State of Assessment Report
May 30, 2007
During 2006-2007, eight members from the faculty, one from the academic
staff, a student representative of OSA, and an administration liaison,
met monthly during the academic year. Committee member, Jennifer
Mihalick, maintained a website <http://www.uwosh.edu/assessment/>
with committee information, examples of assessment plans, and
spreadsheets that track assessment in university departments.
With the departure of Mihalick from the committee, the site will be
maintained in the future by Marleen Flack, recording secretary,
Provost’s Office.
A major accomplishment for the committee during the past year has
been working with various members of the campus community, especially
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Curricular Affairs, Michelina Manzi, in
preparation for the NCA/Higher Learning Commission accreditation
visit. The committee helped in the preparation of the section of
the UW Oshkosh self-study pertaining to assessment of student
learning. Committee members, Mihalick and Manzi, met with members
of the visiting accreditation team to discuss the state of assessment
here. The committee looks forward to receiving the results of the
NCA/Higher Learning Commission’s visit, and working on incorporating
any suggestions it contains regarding assessment.
In addition, the committee scheduled a workshop for Thursday, May 17,
from 11:00 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Several department representatives received
assistance with revising their plans.
Status of Program Assessments
Once an assessment plan is approved, departments are asked to report to
the FSCASL once every two years. In an effort to minimize duplication
of effort and streamline the process, the committee has contacted
programs that are scheduled for program review in order to offer advice
guidance in matters related to assessment. Most programs have
approved assessment plans, and several departments have revised their
plans to improve data collection. Most departments have collected and
evaluated assessment data; many have used the data to revise their
curriculum and some have been able to collect enough data after a
revision to judge the impact of the curriculum change on student
learning. Grids showing the status of each program appear on the
assessment website, and are attached to this report.
Grids Showing Status of Assessment Plans:
College
of Business Administration
College
of Education and Human Services
College
of Letters and Science
College
of Nursing
Status of General Education Assessment
General Education Assessment is being done at the course and university
department levels. Each department teaching general education
courses
has been asked to identify which of the University’s ten broad goals
are applicable to their subject and then define more specific learning
objectives to be assessed in their courses. To date, most of the
COLS
departments that offer general education courses have submitted these
reports <link to General Education>.
A variety of assessment tools are
being used in the general education courses, including analysis of
written work and a variety of exams.
The Office of Institutional Research (OIR) is working with ten
departments to collect data through pre- and post-testing in general
education courses, and the committee hopes to encourage more
involvement from OIR in future assessment activities on campus.
In addition, the committee has worked with APGES to revise the General
Education attachment for new courses in order to collect information on
assessment plans and procedures for the course. FSCASL will
continue
to monitor the ongoing and various campus discussions pertaining to
changes in General Education at UW Oshkosh, and will work to coordinate
with the relevant constituencies and committees as these discussions go
forward.
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