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Workshop for Annual Program Assessment
• Explain the reasons why we do Program Assessment at UWSP.• Understand the rationale for changing how Program Assessment is
reported.• Recognize the parts of an assessment report.• Know how to get assistance and find resources to help with Program
Assessment.• Revel in the knowledge that Assessment reporting obligations for
your departments will be less onerous.
By the time we are done this morning, you will be able to:
Why We do Program Assessment at UWSP1. Because we, as an institution, can always do better, and we strive,
for the sake of our students, to help more students achieve more.
2. Because we are required to document that #1 is true for the HLC.Theinstitutiondemonstratesacommitmenttoeducationalachievementandimprovementthroughongoingassessmentofstudentlearning.
1. Theinstitutionhasclearlystatedgoalsforstudentlearningandeffectiveprocessesforassessmentofstudentlearningandachievementoflearninggoals.
2. Theinstitutionassessesachievementofthelearningoutcomesthatitclaimsforitscurricularandco-curricularprograms.
3. Theinstitutionusestheinformationgainedfromassessmenttoimprovestudentlearning.
4. Theinstitution’sprocessesandmethodologiestoassessstudentlearningreflectgoodpractice,includingthesubstantialparticipationoffacultyandotherinstructionalstaffmembers.
“Assessment” means providing evidence for these
(bottom line)
learning outcomes
measure achievement
apply data to improvement
involve faculty & instructional staff
How We Have Been Doing Program Assessment• Each Department had a
5-year Assessment schedule in harmony with its 10-year Department Review• Every five years,
assessment report on all learning outcomes & a presentation• annual Check-In
• Meta-Assessment by the Assessment Subcommittee of the Academic Affairs Committee
20191. Biology
2. Education
3. MathematicalSciences
4. Philosophy5. Religious Studies6. Psychology7. Social Work8. Sociology
How We Have Been Doing Program Assessment
• This protocol is not meeting our needs because 5 years is too long between reports• too infrequent to be front-burner’d• assessment memory is shorter than
five years• complex and cumbersome
• And it has been unclear what has been needed/wanted and why• Starting Now: Annual Assessment
Reporting — 1 PLO per year
From 2011-2018, 23 of 43 Program Assessment Reports required follow-up reporting.
“...[A]spotcheckofreportsindicatesthatprogramsareusingassessmentdatatomakeimprovementstostudentlearning,butthisactof‘closingtheloop’isnotyetcapturedinasystematicandcomprehensivewayattheprogramorinstitutionlevel.”— 2019HLCReaffirmationReview
How We will be Doing Assessment:1 PLO per Year per Program
PLO
Curriculum Map
Previous Results
Previous Actions
Methods
Results
Actions
Report it!
5-Year Plan
Closing the Loop!
February
this year, due20 February 2020
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
knowledge
skills
dispositions
Curriculum Map
Previous Results
Previous Actions
added a prerequisite course
standardized instruction across sections
revised how achievement was measured
Methods
how
what, when, where
benchmark
Results
Closing the Loop!
number that metoutcome,
number that didn’t
improvement!
Actions & Dissemination of Findings
revise rubric
revise goals in prerequisite
Five-Year Plan
The plan needs to get thru ALL PLOs in five years!
Meta-Assessment & Feedback• still drafting feedback rubric• no more interim reports — just apply
feedback to next years report• UWSP will be able to document that we
are continually improving our programs, e.g.:• number of programs complying• number of programs closing the loop• number of programs showing
improvement• trends in those metrics changes over time• examples of actions leading to
improvement• We will be helping more students
achieve more!!
Help is available!• these documents will be made
available on the Assessment of Student Learning web page• professional development for
departments/disciplines• workshops for particular tasks
• articulating learning outcomes• designing assessment instruments• analyzing quantitative data
• opportunities to share successes• follow-up survey• Questions?