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Using portfolio evaluation for program outcome assessment.

Mavra E Kear¹, Mary Bear

¹Department Chair, Florida Southern College, Nursing Department, Lakeland, FL 33801-5698, USA. mkear@flsouthern.edu

The Journal of Nursing Education

|April 3, 2007

Summary

Portfolio evaluations effectively measure nursing students

Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Curriculum Development
Educational Assessment

Background:

Objective demonstration of program objective accomplishment is crucial in academic settings.
Student perceptions of academic experiences offer valuable insights into educational effectiveness.
A quantitative tool is needed to assess student achievement of nursing program goals.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a portfolio evaluation tool for nursing programs.
To quantitatively measure students' perceptions of their achievement of program objectives.
To inform curriculum revision based on student feedback and performance data.

Main Methods:

Development of a portfolio evaluation tool.
Quantitative data collection from a convenience sample of 26 portfolio evaluations.

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Reliability testing using Cohen's Kappa for interrater reliability.

Main Results:

The developed tool demonstrated high interrater reliability (Cohen's Kappa >0.80 for most items).
Individual achievement of program goals and objectives by students ranged widely from 53.6% to 100%.
The data provide a quantitative measure of student perception of goal attainment.

Conclusions:

Portfolio evaluation is an effective method for assessing nursing program objectives.
The validated tool provides reliable data on student achievement perceptions.
Findings will guide formative curriculum evaluation and revision of program and course objectives.