AALS Discussion Group

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Discussion Groups provide an in-depth discussion of a topic by a small group of invited discussants selected in advance by the Annual Meeting Program Committee. In addition to the invited discussants, additional discussants were selected through a Call for Participation. There will be limited seating for audience members to observe the discussion groups on a first-come, first-served basis.

 
American Bar Association Standards 314 and 315 have required some of us to rethink how we assess our students during their study of law. We have started to ask ourselves several questions, including whether we are assessing often enough, whether assessment will change our teaching styles, and what the most effective way to assess our students is.

This discussion group will cover how assessment is handled at several institutions and by several types of professors. The group will also discuss who needs to perform assessments, types of assessment, tools for assessment, the value of student-to-student assessment, graded and ungraded assessment, assessment in the traditional classroom, assessment in the virtual classroom, opportunities and challenges of meaningful assessment, what to do with the assessment, and how the library can help faculty with assessment.