Triangulated Authentic Competency Assessment in a Four-Campus Evaluation Center Academic Article in Scopus uri icon

abstract

  • We introduce an institution-scale educational innovation: a standardized Evaluation Center deployed across four campuses (Cuernavaca, Toluca, Tampico, Sonora Norte) in synchronous hybrid mode, simulating professional recruitment and performance. Multi-campus teams collaborated via Zoom with external evaluators. The study integrates triangulation framework (students, employers, faculty) and a PRE/POST design with explicitly defined constructs to estimate perceived change and convergent validity. Participants included students (PRE n=56; POST n=44), 5 employers, and 11 faculty; internal consistency was high (¿=0.96 PRE; 0.93 POST). POST results indicated utility 8.8/10, realism 8.6/10, confidence gained 8.4/10; 84% recommended continuation. Cross-campus deployment with shared governance and calibrated rubrics under a common operational protocol enabled comparable metrics, detection of local gaps, and immediate formative feedback. Triangulation confirmed alignment with professional competencies: employers rated 9-10 / 10 on industry relevance, while faculty stressed curricular applicability. The primary contribution is the integration of professional simulation, longitudinal evidence, and inter-campus governance into a replicable mechanism for program-outcomes assurance and accreditation readiness, supported by openly accessible and anonymized assessment instruments. Novelty lies in combining PRE/POST evidence, actor triangulation, and hybrid synchronous operation, thus underpinning external validity. This work demonstrates that authentic, multi-campus performance assessment can simultaneously scale, maintain fidelity, and enhance employability while preserving ethical data practices and methodological transparency.

publication date

  • January 1, 2026