Welcome to the COACHes Website,

As educators and leaders committed to meaningful learning, we carry both the power and the responsibility to place students at the center of our work. In every classroom, program, and institutional decision, we have the opportunity to advance student learning and ensure that all students have the support they need to succeed not just through access or persistence, but through learning that can be seen, measured, and celebrated.
This platform is designed to support that mission. Here, you’ll find a thoughtfully curated collection of resources dedicated to the assessment of student learning outcomes with a focus on observable behavior, competency attainment, and skill development. Whether you are exploring new approaches to direct assessment, refining your use of assessment data for continuous improvement, or working to align institutional goals with classroom practices, COACHes provides practical tools, research-informed strategies, and inspirational models to guide your journey.
We invite you to explore these materials and share them with colleagues as you work to make learning not only meaningful but clearly visible to both students and all stakeholders. Our hope is that this site supports your practice and reaffirms your essential role as a changemaker, committed to student success through purposeful assessment of student learning.

Publications

• Humpty Dumpty, AI and the Mastery of Meaning: Navigating Bias in a Digital Age
• Where Behaviorism Meets Bloom: Modern Classroom Learning, How AI reinforces observable behaviors to support skill mastery.
• AI, Language and the Right to Be Understood.
• Why Education Misunderstands Stimuli and Why It Matters.
• Observable Behavior: The Essential Key to Assessing Student Learning
• The Battle Over AI in Higher Education Classrooms Is Being Fought in the Field of Student Agency
• Clarifying Common Myths About Behaviorism in Education
• Rethinking Metrics in Higher Ed: Moving Beyond Persistence and Retention
• Behavior Control Is Real: Education Can’t Look Away Now