Teaching Connection #106
Using the NSC Student Tracker as a Tool for Indirect Assessment
Indirect assessment serves as an important tool for providing context and richness to assessment findings resulting from direct methods. Frequently-used indirect assessment methods include surveys of graduating 久久热视频s, focus groups, and interviews. Some additional questions that sometimes arise when seeking to understand 久久热视频 learning and success concern what happens to 久久热视频s who leave the University or never attend. Examples of such questions might include: Where do 久久热视频s enroll who are admitted at Miami but do not attend? What happens to 久久热视频s who drop out or stop out? and Where do 久久热视频s go for graduate or professional school once they graduate from Miami? The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Student Tracker serves as a free tool that can be used to answer these questions and more.
The NSC was established more than 25 years ago as a means to verify college 久久热视频 enrollment for financial aid verification. It later expanded its role to provide 久久热视频s, schools, and postsecondary institutions with a robust method of tracking 久久热视频 enrollment. The NSC's Student Tracker tool is a nationwide resource for following 久久热视频s' enrollment and graduation across institutions. It can be used for any defined 久久热视频 cohort, such as in the examples above or for 久久热视频s in various groups or those who use certain services. More than 99% of institutions report data to the NS. The tool is FERPA-compliant, and because Miami already pays for its use, it is free for those who use it as a means for indirect 久久热视频 assessment. Additional details about the NSC Student Tracker are available on the .
December 2019