Individual Development and Educational Assessment

Benchmarked Assessment Products for Higher Education

The success of your institution of higher education is the reason The IDEA Center exists. As a nonprofit organization, we have partnered since 1975 with colleges and universities across the country to reach the same goal — continuous individual and institutional improvement and achievement.

With a range of nationally normed, research-driven, flexible assessment services, The IDEA Center helps faculty members solicit feedback and evaluate teaching as it relates to curricular goals and the measurement of learning. We help faculty, deans, administrators, and department chairs assess how their own and the institution’s objectives are realized.

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News and Events

POD Innovations Award Finalist Pam Milloy at Grand View University
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 10:12am

Congratulations to Pam Milloy at Grand View University who was a finalist for the POD Innovations Award at the 34th Annual Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education Conference for her work “Looking Beyond a Single Class:  A Tool for Extracting Themes and Trends in Student Evaluation Data.” Ms. Milloy, Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, developed an Excel worksheet that allows professors to synthesize IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction results from numerous courses and semesters.  Instructors then draw a manageable number of teaching methods and styles they might consider to enhance learning.  The simple worksheet has markedly increased the attention that faculty are giving to improving their teaching.

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Call for Proposals-League for Innovation
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 3:01pm

Now accepting proposals for the League for Innovation Users Group meeting in Baltimore, MD. Share your best practices, lessons learned, and case studies with the IDEA community. The March 27th, 2010 meeting preceding the League for Innovation will provide an opportunity to discuss issues important to the use of IDEA – including faculty evaluation, teaching improvement, and program assessment/accreditation. Proposal deadline is November 20th, 2009. See more information and Register for the League Users Group. 

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Announcing the 2010 Train the Trainer
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 1:42pm

Join us in Orlando on February 9th & 10th, 2010 for this in-depth, interactive workshop designed to better understanding Student Rating of Instruction. Participants will walk away with the tools needed to assist faculty, administrators, and staff in using the system effectively and accurately.
 
The workshop precedes the 27th annual Academic Chairpersons Conference, co-sponsored by The IDEA Center and the Division of Continuing Education at Kansas State University. See more information and Register to join us in Orlando.

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Training

Chairpersons Conference: February 11-12, 2010

The 27th Annual Academic Chairpersons Conference, co-sponsored by Kansas State University and The IDEA Center is scheduled for February 11-12, 2010 in Orlando, Florida.

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Knowledge Base

Best Practices

The IDEA Center receives numerous inquiries from prospective and current clients alike. One frequent question is, “In what ways have other campuses effectively used the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction system?” Some of those currently using IDEA shared some best practices from their experience.

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