Classroom Assessment Techniques 
                   (CATs) 
                        
                        
                        
                  Kay Schneider 
                Director of Assessment 
                       Learning Outcomes  
                       for Today’s Session 
        Participants will:  
        1.    Identify classroom assessment techniques that 
              faculty could use in one of their courses. 
        2.    Identify best practices related to the 
              implementation of CATs. 
            
         
   Select all that apply:  
     • I am not yet familiar with the concept of CATs. 
     • I have not implemented CATs in any of my 
      course(s). 
     • I have occasionally implemented CATs in my 
      course(s).  
     • I regularly implement CATs in my course(s). 
     • Assessment is a four-letter word. I’m only here 
      for the food.  
                  Definition of Assessment 
        “A process that asks important questions about 
        student learning, gathers some meaningful 
        information on these questions, and uses the 
        information for academic improvement.”  
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
           
      Source:  Palomba, C. & Banta, T. (1999). Assessment Essentials:  Planning, Implementing, 
      and Improving. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.