The Faculty Affairs Committee has been considering the possibility of augmenting the eight-question State University System Student Assessment of Instruction (SUSSAI) instrument. The intent would be to add questions designed to provide for a better and more comprehensive indication of student opinion. It has been proposed that we adopt the 15-question instrument developed by the College of Business.

The procedure used by COBA to develop their instrument, essentially included five steps:

1. Conducted focus groups of students to determine what was important to the students.
2. Completed a literature review on teaching evaluations, to determine objectives that should be     evaluated.
3. Developed a set of questions that would supplement the SUSSAI questions.
4. Pilot tested these questions on students, to fine-tune the wording of the questions.
5. Submitted the questions to the faculty for final review and revision.

The resulting instrument has been in use in COBA for about a year.

Attached is a copy of the 15-question instrument. An open hearing, for all interested in commenting on the instrument and its use, will be scheduled for November 9, at noon, location to be announced.