Why Potential Assessment Data?
We call this section "Potential Assessment Data" because assessment is not simply data collection. Assessment involves evidence-based decision making. You often hear people refer to "closing the loop" as the most important part of the assessment process. "Closing the loop" involves using data that has been collected to inform decisions and making any appropriate changes to a program. After changes are made, data is collected again to see if changes had an impact on the program. IRAP collects institutional data that we hope will be useful to departments in their assessment process. We share the overall data in various reports, but departments may want data disaggregated to help in their assessment efforts.