Nt1310 Unit 6 Curriculum Analysis

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1. Develop Understanding the goals of the assessment tool Sometimes raters have a hard time separating grading individuals from assessing how well the program’s curriculum prepares learners. To help faculty at NCPS view the QIPER as a tool for program evaluation, we pointed out patterns in CRs scores. Once faculty started to see patterns in scores themselves, the conversations moved away individual performance on the QIPER and back evaluating how well the curriculum prepares CRs to lead a QI/PS project. Once raters understood the goal of using the QIPER, insistences of leniency, strictness and first impression errors were reduced and rater agreement improved. 2. Create an environment of respect In order to generate consensus amongst

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