Assessment anyone?

The CMA board met with the executive director of the Council for the Advancement of Standards during the National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C., to discuss a potential partnership that would create a set of suggested guidelines for assessing student media. Several CMA members have recently posed questions about assessment guidelines, and CAS is very eager to work with CMA in developing standards. It would begin at the membership level, as CMA members would have a say in developing these standards, then it would go to the CMA board, and then to the CAS board for approval. The key here is that we keep content out of the assessment process, but there are plenty of other items that could be developed as standards. The board announced the possibility for working with CAS at the CMA advisory council meeting in D.C., and the new board will soon begin soliciting feedback and putting together one of those blue ribbon task force thingys to work on this project. Contact your nearest board member if you are interested in joining the force. More information will be forthcoming.