Coordinating Ethical Assessment at the Program Level

Abstract

A coordinated approach to assessment and academic integrity among educators in a program or in a subject area has the potential to support ethical action in teaching and learning. Academic integrity research has most often looked at action either at the individual instructor level (e.g., teaching and detection practices) or at the institutional level (e.g., policymaking and awareness-building). In this chapter, the case for collective action at the program level is made, three coordinated approaches to assessment are described, and the limits, benefits, and complexity of each are acknowledged.