Newark, Delaware, specifically the University of Delaware campus is the origin site for this post and the place for today's rethinking of students' placement into composition courses. I attended the all-day Assessment Institute that is part of the annual conference of the Council of Writing Program Administrators.
I come away with more questions than answers, but that's a good thing. When I began, I wasn't even sure where to begin asking questions! The task seems overwhelming, but I'm more convinced than ever that our placement system at LeTourneau does work for us. Our method isn't a theoretically-popular one among composition theorists, but oddly enough, more universities use it than want to admit! How does placement fit into the larger picture of program assessment? How is it driven by (rather than drive) curriculum design? Those are the questions I'm pondering.
Tonight, though, I miss Ken, home, and my doggies. New family member Kuuipo and I have been bonding, and the separation seems a wide gulf.
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