Program Evaluation: Using Multiple Assessment Methods to Promote Authentic Student Learning and Curricular Change

tests (Wolf, Bixby, Glenn, & Gardner, 1991). Of particular interest here is the movement by colleges and universities to use alternative assessments to determine what students learn as a result of their undergraduate education. This article will describe the steps taken by the faculty in the Department of Special Education at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire (UWEC) as they responded to state and University initiatives