The Quantum Physics Assessment - A flexible, next-generation quantum assessment tool

As quantum education continues to grow and change in response to the Second Quantum Revolution, it is becomming ever more important that educators and researchers must have effective tools to measure and compare student learning in different courses. However, accommodating the significant variation in topical content coverage in traditional quantum mechanics courses, the new content associated with quantum information science, and differing backgrounds associated with the growing interdisiplinary presence in these courses, presents significant and unique challenges for measuring student learning. In this talk, I will present the design and preliminary development of the Quantum Physics Assessment (QuPA) as a tool to address many of these challenges. The QuPA will allow for flexible assessment, in which instructors will be able to select which content areas are most applicable to their specific course/student population, while still being able to compare their students' outcomes to those from students in other courses. Here, I will discuss some of the challenges that must be overcome in the development of the QuPA and the current strategies to address these challenges.