Download - Overview General Education Assessment
Overview General Education
Assessment
Faculty MeetingAugust 2012
Standard 14 Assessment of Student Learning
Institutional Goals
General EducationGoals
Program Goals
Mission
Assessment MUST:• include direct evidence of student learning
• Tests (local or published); rubrics (local or published); certification or licensure exams, field experience supervisor evaluations
• be planned, purposeful, useful and cost-effective• systematized, sustained– Ongoing – minimum annual review of outcomes– Demonstrate link between outcomes and decision-making
Institutional Goals
Gen Ed Goals
Program Goals
Standard 12General Education
• Curriculum must – Tie to institutional mission – Include goals designed to
• enhance intellectual growth• lead to proficiency in oral and written communication, scientific and
quantitative reasoning, and technological competency
• Must have a systematic plan for assessment of student outcomes for general education goals
• Results of assessment are utilized for curricular improvement
• Institutional Research + Provost Office = home of general education assessment
CONCERNS
What we need to do
What do we want
our students to know or be able to do?
What we need to do
What do we want our
students to know or be able to do?
How do we support the
development of this
knowledge or skills?
What we need to do
What do we want
our students to know or be able to do?
How do we support the developmen
t of this knowledge
or skills?
How will we know if
the students have this
knowledge or skills?
Where we can start…..
• Committee – SoTL model• Work through our Gen Ed
Requirements• Starting with CW
• Volunteers? [email protected]
Meaningful
Useful
Where we can start…..
On the near horizon -• Intercultural Learning Assessment Committee• Assessing Intercultural Competencies• Announcing:– Dr. Darla Deardorff– Faculty Workshop in January
