Development of a school wide assessment plan-questions answered and questions raised

In this paper, the authors describe the process that has transformed the attitudes of their faculty toward outcomes assessment from one of resistance to one of cooperation and action, an important precursor to buy in. They describe the questions that they have had to answer, the arguments that faculty used to defend their initial resistance, the transformation process and the organization structure of the school-wide committee that made the transformation possible. In addition, they discuss some of the questions that they have yet to answer, and give suggestions of ways that deans and chairpersons of school-wide committees can influence faculty buy in.