The measurement and evaluation system at the College of Engineering Technologies, Al-Mustaqbal University, is a fundamental pillar for ensuring the quality of educational outcomes. It goes beyond merely recording grades to include monitoring academic performance and developing assessment mechanisms in accordance with institutional accreditation standards. As part of efforts to familiarize students with examination instructions and regulations, the College, in cooperation with the Measurement and Evaluation Committees in its academic departments, organized a series of awareness-raising and organizational workshops on examination instructions and procedures for dealing with examinations. The workshops addressed examination instructions and the use of the Bubble Sheet system, explaining the correct method of answering questions and how to avoid common errors that may affect the accuracy of electronic grading. The workshops were delivered by a number of faculty members and members of the Measurement and Evaluation Committees and witnessed significant engagement from the students.
As part of the digital transformation process, the Measurement and Evaluation Unit participated in a training course organized by the University’s Central Measurement and Evaluation Unit in cooperation with the Continuing Education Center. The course consisted of two workshops and covered the design of the Bubble Sheet and the mechanism for using it, in addition to a detailed explanation of how to operate the scanner and how to use it in the electronic grading process. The course targeted the teaching and administrative staff involved in the examination process, with the aim of enhancing their skills in using modern technologies for electronic grading, thereby contributing to improving the accuracy and efficiency of the process while reducing the time and effort required.
The College also organized a workshop on the role of measurement and evaluation in improving technical engineering education. The workshop highlighted the shift toward modern assessment methods for measuring students’ skills and learning outcomes, including authentic assessment, digital formative assessment, rubrics, electronic portfolios, and simulation-based assessment, in order to ensure accurate measurement of educational outcomes. The workshop resulted in a number of procedural recommendations, most notably organizing training workshops for faculty members on the art of constructing examination questions in accordance with international academic standards; activating thorough review of examination questions by department heads; reviewing examination discipline procedures; investigating the reasons for variations in success rates among departments; identifying the subjects with the highest levels of difficulty; and organizing focused remedial courses, particularly in mathematics and physics.
In a related context, the College organized a specialized workshop entitled “Institutional Accreditation: Curriculum Standard (Standard Eight),” presented by Assistant Professor Dr. Hassan Hamad Ali, Director of the Planning and Studies Division and Head of Measurement and Evaluation at the College. The workshop included a detailed presentation on the main components of institutional accreditation in higher education institutions in Iraq, with a focus on analyzing students’ skills and academic achievement. It also reviewed the elements of Standard Eight concerning curricula, its indicators and objectives, the required documentary evidence, and the mechanism for preparing such evidence.
As part of its ongoing monitoring activities, the Measurement and Evaluation Unit measures key performance indicators at the College by monitoring examinations and results and evaluating the performance of the College’s teaching and administrative staff.
The Unit also designs, distributes, and analyzes questionnaires and provides recommendations aimed at evaluating performance, improving the quality of education, and achieving the College’s vision and mission in alignment with its objectives.
These efforts are part of the College’s continuous commitment to developing the educational and research processes and promoting a culture of measurement and evaluation as a tool for development rather than merely classification. They also align with the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly the goal of ensuring quality education.