Teaching Resources for Law Faculty

Assessment 

In accordance with ABA standards, Marquette Law School uses both formative and summative assessment methods to measure and improve student learning, and to provide meaningful feedback to students. 

Faculty interested in learning more about formative and summative assessment are directed to the articles and books below.

Law Review Articles on Assessment

• Olympia Duhart, The ‘F’ Word: The Top Five Complaints (And Solutions) About Formative Assessment, 67 J. Legal Educ. 531 (2018)
• Herbert N. Ramy, Moving Students from Hearing and Forgetting to Doing And Understanding: A Manual for Assessment In Law School, 41 Cap. U. L. Rev. 837 (2013)
• Carol S. Sargent and Andrea Curcio, Empirical Evidence That Formative Assessments Improve Final Exams, 61 J. Legal Educ. 379 (2012)
• Rogelio A. Lasso, Is Our Students Learning? Using Assessments to Measure and Improve Law School Learning and Performance, 15 Barry L. Rev. 73 (2010)
• Andrea A. Curcio, Moving in the Direction Of Best Practices and The Carnegie Report: Reflections on Using Multiple Assessments in a Large-Section Doctrinal Course, 19 Widener L.J. 159 (2009)

Books on Law School Assessment (available at the Law Library)