1. Simultaneously Assessing and
Grading Student Work
Dr. Ann Saurbier
Walsh College
Troy, MI
@ACBSPAccredited #ACBSP2016
Embedding Functional Rubrics
2. Walsh College
@ACBSPAccredited
#ACBSP2016
• Established 1922
• Professional accounting school
• Night courses for working adults
• Legacy
• ‘practical’ business education for working adults
• Non-traditional students
• Upper division undergraduate / graduate programs
• Headcount = 3,700
• 92% Part-time attendance
3. Embedding Functional Rubrics
@ACBSPAccredited
#ACBSP2016
Walsh College Mission
Provide a relevant business education that
integrates theory and application to prepare
graduates for successful careers through:
• Faculty who bring meaningful scholarship,
academic credentials and professional work
experience to the learning process
• Close ties with the business community
• A supportive environment that inspires student
achievement
4. Embedding Functional Rubrics
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#ACBSP2016
Walsh College Core Competencies
• Problem Solving
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Master a Business Discipline
• Accounting, Finance, Information Technology,
Management, Marketing, Taxation
7. Embedding Functional Rubrics
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#ACBSP2016
• Identify courses to be assessed
• Identify the assignments to be assessed
• Identify artifacts to be collected
• Identify the competencies to be assessed in
each course and assignment
Direct Internal Measures
12. Embedding Functional Rubrics
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#ACBSP2016
• Maximize the inherent connection
• assignment grading
• assignment assessment
• Assignment AND Assessment focus
• Problem Solving
• Written Communication
• Embed learning outcome assessment into
assignment grading
13. Embedding Functional Rubrics
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#ACBSP2016
• Identify assignments in target courses that focus on the
institution-level core competencies
• Problem solving
• Written communication
• Review existing assignment instructions
• Map assignment instructions/rubric criteria to institution-
level core competencies
• LMS integration
Process Flow
21. Embedding Functional Rubrics
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#ACBSP2016
Walsh College …
the process thus far
• 17 courses using the integrated functional rubrics
• 71 course sections have produced data for assessment analysis
• Multiple modalities covered
• Online, on ground, blended courses, flipped classrooms
25. Embedding Functional Rubrics
Continuing the Loop
Criterion 4.4
use results to improve educational processes in
the interest of continuously improving student
learning outcomes
Drive students toward Performance
• Identify the problem
• Target the issue
• Experiment
• Assess results
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Identify
Experiment
Target
Assess
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