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Turn evidence into improvements in student learning and programs.
Turn evidence into improvements in student learning and programs.
Meaningful assessment helps teams understand student learning, evaluate program effectiveness, and identify opportunities for improvement. Level Up supports academic programs, student affairs units, and co-curricular initiatives in developing practical assessment approaches, interpreting evidence, and connecting findings to decisions. Whether you are refining an assessment plan or preparing a program review, we work with faculty, staff, and leaders to establish priorities and create useful resources.
Assessment Planning
Assessment Planning
Build a manageable approach to assessing learning and program effectiveness.
Build a manageable approach to assessing learning and program effectiveness.
We help academic, student affairs, and co-curricular teams connect learning outcomes, program goals, assessment methods, and improvement priorities. Support may include:
Developing or refining measurable student learning and program outcomes.
Mapping outcomes across courses, services, activities, and student experiences.
Selecting direct and indirect assessment methods.
Developing rubrics and identifying appropriate evidence of learning and program effectiveness.
Creating assessment plans with clear responsibilities and timelines.
Planning how findings will inform teaching, student support, and program improvements.
Possible deliverables: Learning and program outcomes, curriculum or experience maps, assessment plans, rubrics, reporting templates, and assessment timelines.
Who this supports: Faculty and staff teams, department chairs, student affairs leaders, program directors, and assessment committees.
Program Review Support
Program Review Support
Connect program evidence to clear priorities and next steps.
Connect program evidence to clear priorities and next steps.
We support review of academic programs, student affairs services, and co-curricular initiatives by helping teams organize evidence, interpret findings, and develop recommendations. Support may include:
Reviewing available evidence of participation, enrollment, student characteristics, course success, service use, and program outcomes.
Examining student learning outcomes and assessment findings.
Gathering student and stakeholder perspectives through surveys, interviews, or focus groups.
Facilitating conversations about program strengths, challenges, and opportunities.
Developing review narratives and recommendations with faculty and program leaders.
Creating improvement plans with actions, responsibilities, and measures of progress.
Possible deliverables: Evidence summaries, stakeholder findings, program review narratives, facilitated planning sessions, and improvement plans.
Who this supports: Department chairs, program directors, academic deans, student affairs leaders, co-curricular program coordinators, and institutional effectiveness teams.
Team Learning & Facilitation
Team Learning & Facilitation
Help teams use assessment with confidence and purpose.
Help teams use assessment with confidence and purpose.
We design professional learning and working sessions around your team’s priorities. Sessions combine practical examples, guided activities, and time to develop or refine your own assessment resources. Support may include:
Workshops on learning outcomes, assessment methods, and rubric design.
Working sessions to develop assessment plans and curriculum maps.
Guided interpretation of assessment findings.
Facilitated discussions connecting findings to teaching, student support, and program decisions.
Support for preparing program review evidence and narratives.
Possible deliverables: Customized workshops, team working sessions, assessment resources, and follow-up guidance.
Who this supports: Faculty, staff, academic and student affairs leaders, assessment committees, and professional learning teams.
Sample Workshop Topics
Sample Workshop Topics
Workshops can be customized to your institution’s goals, existing processes, and your team's experience with assessment.
Building a Practical Assessment Plan
Building a Practical Assessment Plan
Connect learning outcomes, assessment methods, responsibilities, and timelines in a plan your team can use.
Participants leave with: A draft assessment plan and priorities for refinement.
Using Rubrics to Understand Student Learning
Using Rubrics to Understand Student Learning
Explore how clear criteria and shared expectations can support consistent review of student work and meaningful conversations about learning.
Participants leave with: A draft or revised rubric and a plan for reviewing student work together.
Turning Findings into Program Improvements
Turning Findings into Program Improvements
Examine assessment findings and program evidence to identify priorities, select actions, and plan how to evaluate progress.
Participants leave with: An initial improvement plan connected to available evidence.
Experience That Supports Your Team
Experience That Supports Your Team
Megan Karns Garvy, Ed.D., brings experience in faculty development, student learning assessment, program review, and research methods. Her work includes student outcomes committee leadership, development of faculty professional learning on assessment, and collaborative program review using enrollment, demographic, scheduling, course success, and learning outcomes data. She also teaches graduate research methods and mentors dissertation research.
How We Work Together
How We Work Together
Understand your priorities. We discuss your goals, existing processes, available evidence, and the support your team needs.
Define the project. Together, we establish deliverables, responsibilities, timelines, and a manageable scope of work.
Develop and interpret. We collaborate with your team to create resources, examine evidence, and facilitate productive discussions.
Plan for improvement. We connect findings to practical actions and identify how your team can monitor progress.
Engagements may include a focused project, a workshop series, or ongoing guidance.
Discuss Your Priorities
Discuss Your Priorities
Developing an assessment plan, preparing a program review, or helping your team use findings to improve student learning and program effectiveness.
New consulting engagements available beginning May 2027.
Schedule an Introductory Consultation
Email: megan.garvy@levelup-edupathways.com
Phone: 480.208.2147
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