Oh what a week and thank God it's Friday!
Monday I had my meeting with the head of the assessment committee. Let's just say that the meeting SUCKED!!!! I clearly had done my homework and was prepared to have an HONEST exploration of the best way to assess student performance. I came to the meeting with copies of sample questions based on a heck of a lot of work that ensured the validity of those questions and she didn't even look at my work. It was clear that she had her agenda and the point of the meeting was to tell me what to do, even though her "what to do" SUCKS. Her way of assessing is lazy and even worse meaningless, but it fits a particular cookie-cutter formula and is guaranteed to produce the mediocrity that surely comes with any beaurocratic endeavor. So, like the excellent government worker that I am, I did the only thing that I could do...I delegated the work to someone else and designed said delegation in such a way that I get credit for all the work. Sounds good to me. Oh my, I do believe that I feel the slow creep of mediocrity up my leg.
The good news in all this is that I'm still a free agent and I can still create a valid assessment for my research data and so when all is said and done and I submit my research for publication consideration, I can hold my head up high and know that the mediocrity that slowly is creeping up my leg can be beaten back with hard work, integrity, and pride in a job well done.
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