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in Assessment:  \nCollective Issues in Need of Solutions  \nKaren Singer-Freeman & Christine Robinson  \n[www.learningoutcomesassessment.org](www.learningoutcomesassessment.org)  \nContents  \nAbstract   3  \nGrand Challenges in Assessment: Collective Issues in Need of Solutions . . . .4  \nGrand Challenges and Assessment. . . . .4 The Ten Grand Challenge in Assessment . . . .5  \nDrive Innovation   5  \nInform Budget . . . . .5  \nImmediate Improvements. . . . .6  \nIncrease Equity. . . . .6  \nDisaggregate Data. . . . .7  \nChange Over Time. . . . .7  \nStudent Self-Evaluation   8  \nePortfolios   8  \nMassive Data   9  \nCommunicate   9 Final Words   10  \nReferences   11 About the Authors   16 About NILOA   17  \nPlease Cite As:  \nSinger-Freeman, K., & Robinson, C. (2020, November) . Grand challenges in assessment: Collective issues in need of solutions (Occasional Paper No. 47) . Urbana, IL: University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment.  \nNILOA Mission  \nThe National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA), established in 2008, is a research and resourcedevelopment organization dedicated to documenting, advocating, and facilitating the systematic use of learning outcomes assessment to improve student learning.  \nNational Institute for  \nLearning Outcomes Assessment  \nNational Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment | 2  \nAbstract  \nA number of national and international organizations have compiled lists of grand challenges to unify the efforts of scholars and practitioners in a field. Unified efforts increase the possibility of creating meaningful and lasting progress. In this paper we share ten grand challenges that were identified through an examination of the assessment literature and a national survey. Each of the grand challenges are described. The four challenges which were identified as being of greatest concern to the assessment community are currently being addressed by the Grand Challenges in Assessment Project for possible collective solutions.  \nNational Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment | 3  \nGrand Challenges in Assessment: Collective Issues in Need of Solutions  \nKaren Singer-Freeman & Christine Robinson  \nA grand challenge is defined as a problem requiring collective cooperation within a community of scholars to successfully resolve. Grand challenges were first identified via a publication of a list of mathematics problems by Hilbert (1902) in an attempt to advance creative solutions. Since that inception, grand challenges have been identified by national and international organizations who generate lists of challenges to unify and converge the efforts of scholars and practitioners within colleges and universities and affiliated organizations (Omenn, 2006). While grand challenges have been undertaken to address problems such as creating economical sources of solar energy (National Academy of Engineering, 2016), developing renewable fuel alternatives (National Research Council, 2005), and including active science inquiry in all introductory college science classes (Alberts, 2013), the field of assessment had not yet employed the concept of grand challenges to address some of the most enduring issues in need of solutions through collective research and action. This paper explores why grand challenges are a useful conceptual framework to advance assessment efforts and outlines the ten grand challenges identified in a review of the literature—arguing that it is indeed the case that the field of assessment in higher education has grand challenges in need of collective solution development.1  \nGrand Challenges and Assessment  \nPerceptions about the value and worth of assessment in higher education at times are bleak. A survey of chief academic officers found that almost a third thought assessment was for appeasing politicians and accreditors as opposed to improvi","cbCaiv38z3jF4WOV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiv38z3jF4WOV","pdf",338857,18,"English","# Abstract\n# Grand Challenges in Assessment: Collective Issues in Need of Solutions\n## Grand Challenges and Assessment\n## The Ten Grand Challenge in Assessment\n## Drive Innovation\n## Inform Budget\n## Immediate Improvements\n## Increase Equity\n## Disaggregate Data\n## Change Over Time\n## Student Self-Evaluation\n## ePortfolios\n## Massive Data\n## Communicate\n# Final Words\n# References\n# About the Authors\n# About NILOA","[{\"question\":\"What is the definition of a grand challenge in assessment, according to the paper?\",\"answer\":\"A grand challenge is a problem requiring collective cooperation within a community of scholars to resolve successfully.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the ten grand challenges for assessment identified?\",\"answer\":\"They were identified through an examination of assessment literature and a national survey of higher education assessment professionals.\"},{\"question\":\"Which grand challenges have the greatest concern from the assessment community?\",\"answer\":\"The paper highlights four challenges identified as being of greatest concern, which are being addressed by the Grand Challenges in Assessment Project for possible collective solutions.\"}]","Grand Challenges in Assessment - Collective Issues in Need of Solutions - Occasional Paper No. 47 | PDF",1792055178,45]