We will meet at 1:15 p.m. in Burnette 250, Parham Road, for two assessment activities:
1. From 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.: Grading calibration of entrance exams and a discussion of what students need to know to be placed in ENG 111, ENG 01, or ENG 09/ENG 111. Part of this conversation will focus on the possibility of reintroducing a two-level developmental writing curriculum (ENG 01 + 03); part will focus on what skills we expect students to demonstrate before they are placed in ENG 111; part will be mutual calibration of grading; and part will focus on the use of a grading rubric developed to evaluate ESL 18 writing for placement in 111. The ESL faculty will join the ENG faculty for this activity.
2. From 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Assessment of ENG 111. This set of assessment activities will look at a set of essays given to a represenative sample of entering ENG 112 students this semester. In these essays, the students discuss their experience in ENG 111, what they valued learning, and their assessment of the experience. Assessment activities will have several foci: a) looking at what our students think of their 111 experience, discussing insights gained, and identifying differences between what they value and what faculty value;
b) assessing the quality of the essays themselves and determining if we're doing what we promise in our 111 Learning Outcomes Statment;
c) getting a handle on how our grading practices contrast and compare with each other’s. All English and ESL faculty are invited.
3. From 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Group meet up and follow-up discussion. (If the discussion looks like it's yielding significant insights, we may continue until 5:30).
