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TAMU 14 th Annual Assessment Conference February 16-18, 2014 Tau Kadhi, PhD

Assessing the University Core Curriculum: Using the CAAP to Provide Student Profiles for the Departments. TAMU 14 th Annual Assessment Conference February 16-18, 2014 Tau Kadhi, PhD AVP for Learning Assessment West Texas A&M University. Topics Addressed. Need for Assessment

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TAMU 14 th Annual Assessment Conference February 16-18, 2014 Tau Kadhi, PhD

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  1. Assessing the University Core Curriculum: Using the CAAP to Provide Student Profiles for the Departments TAMU 14th Annual Assessment Conference February 16-18, 2014 Tau Kadhi, PhD AVP for Learning Assessment West Texas A&M University

  2. Topics Addressed • Need for Assessment • Assessment at West Texas A&M • What are the components • Assessment Cycle • What is the CAAP? • What do the profiles look like? • Future of Assessment at WTAMU

  3. Need for Assessment Class Average = 70% 80% 100% 80% 80% 70% 70% 70% 90% 60%

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  5. Organization of University Assessment

  6. Levels of Assessment Outcomes

  7. University Learning Assessment Reporting

  8. Offices Reported

  9. Direct Measures Used

  10. WTAMU Assessment Cycle

  11. Methodology • Administer instruments during week of April 7-11, 2014: • Specific courses are identified by appropriate Directors/Chairs • Instruments will be ordered to specific course numbers on March 3 (approximate 250 per subject area) • Assign instrument as ???% of final grade for equal student motivation (will discuss more in Jan meeting) • April 1, Department Chairs to receive instruments from Tau • April 14, Tau collects instruments from Directors/Chairs and sends to CAAP • April 25, Tau shares raw results to Directors/Chairs for optional grades • Full assessment report provided by June 30 as per cycle

  12. CAAP/EPP Courses Tested

  13. CAAP Content Tested

  14. What do the CAAP profiles look like?

  15. WTAMU University Profile

  16. WTAMU College of Fine Arts and Humanities Profile

  17. WTAMU Communications (MCOM) Program Profile

  18. WTAMU Communications (MCOM) Program Profile

  19. What are we working on? • Spreading common assessment language • Overcoming assessment myths • Inclusion of Student Affairs and Student Support units • University Learning Assessment Committee (ULAC) reporting of the University Academic Core • Supporting Discipline Specific Knowledge (DSK) efforts • Supporting General Learning Outcome (GLO) ad hoc committee efforts • Organizing a comprehensive University Assessment Cycle (Assessment Audit Sheet) • New reporting document (12 pages to 4 electronic pages)

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