Assessing student performance outcomes in an information security risk assessment, service learning course
Melissa Jane Dark · 2004
This focus of this paper is on the assessment of student performance in an information security risk assessment, service learning course. The paper provides a brief overview of the information security risk assessment course as background information and a review of relevant educational assessment theory with a focus on outcomes assessment. An example of how assessment theory was applied to this service learning course to assess student performance outcomes is described with the aim of sharing performance assessment methods with other educators. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0313871. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.