Development of Outcome Assessments at WPI

William W. Durgin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Lance Schachterle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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_{NOTE: At the time of publication, the author William W. Durgin was affiliated with Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Currently, January 2008, he is the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.}

Abstract

The WPl PLAN, adopted by the WPl faculty in 1970, strongly anticipates current thinking about student outcomes assessments by structuring degree requirements that mandate that students demonstrate their ability to perform professional functions embodied in ABET Criteria 2000, especially Criteria 3 and 4. The WPI faculty has also practiced both student and self evaluations of these outcomes through respectively grades and peer review (both departmental and campus-wide) of student performance.