Date and Time: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 from 11:00am – 12:00pm.

In 2008, under administrative mandate, Kamakakūokalani was asked to provide
evidence of a systematic evaluation and student learning assessment. Over the past 15
years, our assessment and evaluation committee faced the challenge of developing an
assessment plan that included a program-level student learning assessment (e.g.,
Student Learning Outcomes, curriculum maps, and rubrics) that honored Kanaka Maoli
ways of knowing. Today, our blended assessment plan consists of three elements: a
capstone class, student portfolios, and a Program Learning Outcome rubric. These
mechanisms support the collection of three distinct textualities: written (research paper),
oral/aural (performative piece), and visual (articulation). Implementing this culturally
sustaining assessment is routed/rooted in student learning and Kanaka Maoli ways of
knowing that measure the students’ success and experience.

Presenters:

Lia O’Neill M.A. Keawe, PhD
Associate Professor
Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge 
lia@hawaii.edu 

Rochelle Piʻilani H Kaaloa, PhD
Interim Dean of Graduate Division
Associate Specialist, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
rochelle@hawaii.edu