Award for Excellence in Assessment Evaluation Criteria

UPDATED FOR 2024

Submissions will be evaluated on the following criteria:

Identification of problem/project

• Articulates a question focused on a substantive and consequential issue.
• Clearly describes the project aims, identifying the problem to be addressed and relevance to the Pharm.D. program.
• Clearly articulates the project’s assessment-related question.
• Clearly describes how project impacts (moves forward) the college/school, with consideration to internal and external stakeholder concerns.

Data collection and plan for use 

• Uses multiple, relevant data sources and measures.
• Collection of data is easily accessible or embedded in existing college/school processes.
• Provides a clear description of methodology that is appropriate to the problem being addressed.
• Timing of data collection is appropriate for review and decision making.

Interpretation and dissemination of data

• Describes the data analysis.
• Draws appropriate conclusions.
• Provides relevant comparisons or benchmarks of outcomes, within and/or outside the college/school.
• Provides credible evidence to answer the problem being addressed.
• Describes how assessment results are clearly communicated and disseminated within/outside of the college/school and to internal/external stakeholders.

Data-driven action/decision making

• Describes how the data has led to meaningful, useful actionable decisions for program improvement.
• Thoughtful engagement of internal/external stakeholders throughout the decision-making process.
• Provided a timeline for implementation of assessment activity.
• Changes are sustainable over time.

Evaluation, reflection, and next steps

• Evaluates impact of problem being addressed to the overall Pharm.D. program.
• Reflects on lessons learned with potential insights for implementation in other Pharm.D. programs.
• Describes next steps and plans for iterative cycle.
• Describes process for sustainability and implementation of actionable items.

Organization and overall impression of submission

• Clear writing style, well written and free of grammatical errors.
• Well organized, and met the general instructions/guidelines.
• Project demonstrates a novel or innovative approach to meeting ACPE Standard 24 or 25 at the college/school.
• Overall impression.