I think I get it now. I had thought the term assessment meant a systematic and appropriately rigorous measurement of a construct or phenomenon of interest, like program outcomes, community needs, service quality, and so on. Only now have I come to understand that a self-assessment is a different animal altogether. Who would have thought that the purpose of a self-assessment is not really to assess anything? The purpose, I now realize, is to inform and educate. All this time I have been applying research methodology standards to tools that are intended to advocate and indoctrinate. No wonder my observations have been so off-base! [Read more...]
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