1 / 36

General Education Assessment

General Education Assessment. Trevecca Nazarene University 2011-12. Today’s Questions. Why have a General Education curriculum? How is General Education assessed? What were the results of last year’s assessment?. TNU BA/BS Degree. Why?. General Education Curriculum

harken
Download Presentation

General Education Assessment

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. General Education Assessment Trevecca Nazarene University 2011-12

  2. Today’s Questions • Why have a General Education curriculum? • How is General Education assessed? • What were the results of last year’s assessment?

  3. TNU BA/BS Degree

  4. Why? • General Education Curriculum • Develop skills for life-long learning

  5. Why? • General Education Curriculum • Develop skills for life-long learning • Expand the learner’s worldview

  6. Why? • General Education Curriculum • Develop skills for life-long learning • Expand the learner’s worldview • Locate the Major within human knowledge

  7. Why? Institutional Educational Goals General Education Outcomes

  8. How? • Outcomes Assessment Cycle

  9. Assessment Data • Third-party standardized test • Norm-referenced: 32 doctoral/research universities • Criterion-referenced: skills, content • Multiple and varied approaches • Self-generated content questions • Self-generated survey questions • Samples of student work

  10. 2011-12 Assessment Results • ETS-Proficiency Profile • Measures 4 skills: • Critical Thinking • Reading • Writing • Mathematics • In 3 contexts: • Humanities • Social Science • Natural Science

  11. Proficiency Profile • Norm-referenced: all grades; 365 institutions of all types • TNU Total Score: 66thpercentile (n=148)

  12. Proficiency Profile • Norm-referenced: Seniors; 32 doctoral/research univ. • TNU Total Score: 42ndpercentile (n=148)

  13. 2011-12 Assessment Results Met or exceeded the criterion for 5 of 9 assessment measures Complete report: http://gened.wiki.trevecca.edu

  14. Assessment Results • 3: …articulate parameters of the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition, doctrinal and moral convictions of the Church of the Nazarene and the connection with intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and physical life individually and collectively. • Goal: correctly answer 70% of 5 questions • Actual mean: 65%

  15. Assessment Results • 6: …demonstrate an understanding and practice of various intellectual modes of thinking. • Goal: on PP Critical Thinking, 50% will score “marginally proficient” or “proficient” • Actual: 32% (9% proficient, 23% marginally proficient) • Affinity group: 32% (11% proficient, 21% marginally proficient)

  16. Assessment Results • 7: …value the general education curriculum of their degree program. • Two questions were asked • #12 Trevecca’s General Education program enriched my understanding of my academic major. • #13 Trevecca’s Christian emphasis enriched my understanding of my academic major. • Goal: 80% will agree/strongly agree to each question • Actual: #12, 54%; #13, 58%

  17. Assessment Results • 7: …value the general education curriculum of their degree program. • One question was asked • #14 Trevecca’s General Education program prepared me for Christian leadership and service in a global community. • Goal: 80% will agree/strongly agree • Actual: #14, 54%

  18. 2012-13 GenEd Outcomes

  19. More on ETS PP Criterion measures

  20. PP Skills Scores • Norm-referenced: 32 doctoral/research universities • Critical Thinking: 70th(95% c.i.: 44-84) • Reading: 37th(95% c.i.: 28-58) • Writing: 26th(95% c.i.: 16-42) • Mathematics: 33rd(95% c.i.: 28-49)

  21. PP Context Scores • Norm-referenced: 32 doctoral/research universities • Humanities: 44th(95% c.i.: 30-72) • Social Sciences: 53rd(95% c.i.: 30-77) • Natural Sciences: 44th(95% c.i.: 26-60)

  22. Proficiency Classifications • Criterion –referenced classifications SkillClassification

  23. Proficiency Classifications • Criterion –referenced classifications SkillClassification

  24. ETS PP Item Information Composite Report September 2009 – February 2012 Trevecca Nazarene University (n = 365)

  25. Item Analysis 2009-2012

  26. Reading I (+3.98)

  27. Reading II (+1.14)

  28. Critical Thinking (+1.8%)

  29. Writing I (+3.09)

  30. Writing II (+4.9)

  31. Writing III (+3.23)

  32. Mathematics I (+2.14%)

  33. Mathematics II (+.06)

  34. Mathematics III (+0.9)

  35. Keep in Mind • We don’t live in Lake Wobegon, MN where • the women are strong, • the men are good looking, • and, ALL the children are above average.

  36. General Education Discussion

More Related