Using the Major Field Test-Business as an Assessment Tool and Impetus for Program Improvement: Fifteen Years of Experience at Virginia Military Institute

Autor/inn/en	Bush, H. Francis; Duncan, Floyd H.; Sexton, Edwin A.; West, Clifford T.
Titel	Using the Major Field Test-Business as an Assessment Tool and Impetus for Program Improvement: Fifteen Years of Experience at Virginia Military Institute
Quelle	In: Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 5 (2008) 2, S.75-88 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1544-0389
Schlagwörter	Evaluation; Program Improvement; Field Tests; Military Schools; Academic Achievement; Reliability; Validity; Accreditation (Institutions); Outcomes of Education; National Norms; Surveys; Grade Point Average; Student Motivation; Test Results; Faculty; Higher Education; Virginia; ACT Assessment; Major Field Achievement Test in Business; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evaluierung; Praxisübung; Militärschule; Schulleistung; Reliabilität; Gültigkeit; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Schulische Motivation; Academic Staff; Lehrkörper; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	We examine the history of VMI's use of the Major Field Test as an assessment tool for its Department of Economics and Business. Further, we chronicle how the information gathered from a decade and a half of use has shaped the curriculum, faculty composition and policies within the Department. There is evidence that the policies surrounding how and when the Major Field Test is administered influences student performance on the test and that it can be a valuable component of a comprehensive assessment program. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Clute Institute. P.O. Box 620760, Littleton, CO 80162. Tel: 303-904-4750; Fax: 303-978-0413; e-mail: Staff@CluteInstitute.com; Web site: http://www.cluteinstitute.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10