#174 Kara Masick on Assessment Insights from Program Evaluation

<p>The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association.</p> <p>During this episode, US Air Force Major Kara Masick discusses her thought-provoking article: <a href= "https://information-professionals.org/twelve-missteps-from-sober-assessments-confessions-of-a-failed-oie-assessor/"> 12 (Mis)Steps from Sober Assessments: Confessions of a Failed OIE Assessor</a>. Our discussion covers her OIE assessment recovery journey. Like an alcoholic seeking sobriety by first admitting they have a problem and acknowledging where they’ve gone wrong, this essay is 12 confessions of her OIE assessment failures. During the discussion, she presents a new assessment metric that she calls: Most Likely Cause (MLC). Assessors should learn to think like an IT Helpdesk professional; like detectives discovering clues to find the most likely culprit, we can weigh relative likelihoods that our OIE had the effect compared to other potential causes.</p> <p><strong>Resources</strong>:</p> <ul> <li aria-level="1">Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned <ul> <li aria-level="2"><a href= "https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-83"> #83 Joseph Lee on Jung and Archetypes</a></li> <li aria-level="2"><a href= "https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-130"> #130 Teasel Muir-Harmony on Spaceflight, Foreign Policy, and Soft Power</a></li> <li aria-level="2"><a href= "https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-25"> #25 Alan Kelly on Mapping the Strategies of IO Actors</a></li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="1"><a href= "https://information-professionals.org/twelve-missteps-from-sober-assessments-confessions-of-a-failed-oie-assessor/"> IPA Blog Article: 12 (Mis)Steps from Sober Assessments: Confessions of a Failed OIE Ass