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The Elephant In The Law School Assessment Room: The Role Of Student Responsibility And Motivating Our Students To Learn, Cassandra L. Hill
The Elephant In The Law School Assessment Room: The Role Of Student Responsibility And Motivating Our Students To Learn, Cassandra L. Hill
Cassandra L. Hill
THE ELEPHANT IN THE LAW SCHOOL ASSESSMENT ROOM:
THE ROLE OF STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY AND
MOTIVATING OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN
Cassandra L. Hill
The American Bar Association’s proposed new accreditation standards call for law schools to assess the effectiveness of their academic programs. Law schools are now doing so, quickly giving rise to an assessment movement that closely examines desired educational outcomes and professors’ efforts to attain them. But assessment has to date focused on the professor, who is just one part of the professor-student partnership. All but ignored are the contributions and motivation of the other critical component—the student.
This …