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General Education Assessment. General Education Committee Meeting February 22, 2012. 2011-2012 College Input. Fall 2011 Faculty Focus Groups Individual meetings with faculty and deans February 2012 Faculty Survey Deans’ Meeting (02/16/2012). Four Commonly Discussed Methods.
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General Education Assessment General Education Committee Meeting February 22, 2012
2011-2012 College Input Fall 2011 • Faculty Focus Groups • Individual meetings with faculty and deans February 2012 • Faculty Survey • Deans’ Meeting (02/16/2012)
Four Commonly Discussed Methods • Course-level Assessment (i.e. CAFS) • Embedded Test Questions (across disciplines) • General Education Rubrics • National Testing Instrument (e.g. ETS, CCLA)
Major Distinctions A. Course-level Assessment B. Embedded Test Questions C. General Education Rubrics D. National Testing Instrument National (peer comparison) Pre-constructed PAR-administered Detailed reports provided Least time-intensive • Local (no peer comparison) • Faculty-developed • Faculty-administered • Faculty-reported • Most time-intensive
National Tests • ETS Proficiency Profile (formerly MAPP) • Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) • Community College Learning Assessment (CCLA)
Alternative National Test: CCLA Students are randomly assigned to a 90-minute Performance Task or 75-minute Analytic Writing Task. In addition to one of our CLA measures, students take a 12-minute multiple-choice aptitude test (the Scholastic Level Exam). Total testing time is approximately 105 minutes.