INTERPRETING AND PRESENTING DATA
 
 
 
Reporting Strategies used in UWired
and UW Outcomes Assessment
 
 
 
  Nana Lowell
Office of Educational Assessment
University of Washington

 
Following are "slides" presented at an ACRL 1999 preconference, Assessing the Academic Networked Environment. Some illustrations are in PDF format.  If you do would like to download the free Adobe Acrobat reader, click on the icon:


 

Factors in analysis and reporting
  • Complexity of study and results
         small independent project, multiple inter-related programs
     
  • Purpose of the study
         guide program development (short-term effects),
         establish program effectiveness (long-term outcomes)
     
  • Audience
         project developers, participants, funding agency,
         general academic community
     


Reports should include:
  • Description of program/project
     
  • Assessment methodology
     
  • Findings
     
  • Conclusions
     


Reporting over the web
  • Advantages

    Wide accessibility
    Flexible formating
    Immediate publishing of results
    Can link to related studies or programs
    Easy to update
  • Disadvantages

    Requires connection to and familiarity with Internet
    No prescribed format
    Audience is diverse and largely unknown


Some examples

 
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