Assessment and Improvement

1. Assessment and Improvement 3rd Annual CAU GE Faculty Retreat Presented By: Dr. Lauren Lopez, AVP and SACSCOC Accreditation Liaison Officer Ms. Stephanie Suddith, Assessment and Program Evaluation Coordinator THE OFFICE OF PLANNING, ASSESSMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

2. WHY Do We Assess General Education? SACSCOC: Core Requirement 8.2.b General Education • Rationale: This standard ensures that general education competencies are specifically addressed by establishing expected learning outcomes, assessing these outcomes, and providing evidence of seeking improvements based on the findings. • This Core Requirement establishes 2key principles regarding general education courses: • Is based on a coherent rationale • General education courses are college-level and comprise a substantial component of each undergraduate degree. Office of Planning, Assessment and Institutional Research

3. WHY Do We Assess General Education? SACSCOC: Core Requirement 9.3 Educational Program Structure & Content • Rationale: The institution requires the successful completion of a general education component at the undergraduate level that: • This Core Requirement establishes 3 key principles regarding general education courses: • is based on a coherent rationale. • is a substantial component of each undergraduate degree program for baccalaureate programs, a minimum of 30 semester hours or the equivalent. • ensures breadth of knowledge. These credit hours include at least one course from each of the following areas: humanities/fine arts, social/ behavioral sciences, and natural science/mathematics. These courses do not narrowly focus on those skills, techniques, and procedures specific to a particular occupation or profession. (General education requirements) [CR] Office of Planning, Assessment and Institutional Research

4. ACTION PLAN for Improvement AY 2018-2019 Utilization of Fall 2018 to strategically plan GE’s: • Planning & Preparations Activities • Development of the Assessment Schedule for the GE Core Competencies • Identifying GE Assessment Liaisons • Development of the University Learning Goals (UGLs) • Improvement to IMPROVE Office of Planning, Assessment and Institutional Research

5. COMING Summer 2019 • Aligning GE Competencies to the Undergraduate Academic Programs • Aligning University Learning Goals (UGLs) to Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Degree Programs Office of Planning, Assessment and Institutional Research

6. ASSESSMENT Data Preparation • Select Key Assessment Assignment (i.e. exam, written assignment, project, presentation, etc) • Collect the results (scores) for this assessment, • Each Assessment should be a evaluated using GE rubric (attachment). Rubric scores from 1 to 4. Use the percent conversions listed under the rubric to obtain the rubric score for each student. • Calculate the percentage of students in your class who have earned a 2 or higher. • Insert your results/findings using the following exact language Ex. At least 70% of the students completing the Position paper are expected to score a 3 or higher on the evaluation rubric in CSCJ215) Office of Planning, Assessment and Institutional Research

7. GE AY 2017-2018 Assessment Summary Office of Planning, Assessment and Institutional Research

8. GE Assessment in IMPROVE Result Assessment Year Criterion Met Assessment Tool Criteria of Success Assessment Schedule (when assessed) Section(s) Assessed Planned Action for Improvement/Enhancement

9. Thank You Dr. Lauren Lopez x6294 Llopez@cau.edu www.cau.edu/opar/institutional-assessment Ms. Stephanie Suddith x8655 Ssuddith@cau.edu www.cau.edu/opar/institutional-assessment