Overview
The overall goal of SEISMIC Phase Two is to promote greater adoption of equity-oriented assessment practices in large introductory STEM courses across a range of institutions and departments. To achieve this goal, we will support STEM disciplinary teams in piloting revised assessments in STEM courses across the collaboration and evaluating their efficacy.
Disciplinary Teams
Disciplinary teams bring together instructors, staff members, institutional researchers, and students across institutions to strengthen assessment practices and advance equity in STEM education. Each team will move through a Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle (Langley et al., 2009), working together across multiple years to identify, pilot, and refine equity-oriented assessments in their courses.
Parallel Data Analysis
Participating institutions will examine course-level assessment data in 2025-2026 (baseline data) and in future project years to determine the impact of assessment reforms undertaken by the disciplinary teams.
Past Projects from SEISMIC Phase One
Reference
[1] Langley, G. J., Moen, R. D., Nolan, K. M., Nolan, T. W., Norman, C. L., & Provost, L. P. (2009). The Improvement Guide: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance (2nd ed.). Jossey-Bass.