Online Assessment Pilot
- Strengths
- Preserves strengths of current programs (scoring, rating, & placement)
- Promises to yield more representative writing samples by increasing composing time
- Expands turnaround time for essay rating
- Provides longer face-to-face contact between students and advisors during orientation
- Bypasses on-site logistical challenges
- Concerns
- Predicting number of student participants
- Addressing honesty issues: plagiarism and unauthorized help
- Insuring the medium conveys the appropriate message to students
- Anticipating potential technical & logistical problems
- Assessing the integrity and fairness of the online vs. onsite assessments