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What's New in Assessment at OSU in 2006-07
- Continued Development of General Education Assessment. Institutional portfolios have been developed for assessment of writing, science problem-solving, mathematics problem-solving, critical thinking, and diversity. A rubric was developed for assessment of students’ knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding diversity last year; and collection of artifacts for an institutional portfolio for this assessment was begun in 2006-07. All assessments have been modified so that faculty reviewers prove criteria scoring for each artifact, in addition to an overall score. Although this additional step takes more time and reduces the number of artifacts that can be reviewed each year, faculty believe it provides more useful information for guiding change to improve students’ achievement of the learning outcome.
- Professional Development Sessions for Faculty and Assessment Coordinators. The Assessment Council and the General Education Assessment Committee provided a series of professional development sessions for faculty in 2006-07.
- Diversity as a Learning Goal. This faculty workshop provided an opportunity for faculty to discuss and improve the rubric to assess students’ achievement of the general education learning outcome regarding diversity. October 19, 2006.
- Program Outcomes Assessment of Student Learning: Keep it Simple, and Developing a Rubric for Program Outcomes Assessment. Gloria Rogers, associate executive director at ABET, the national accrediting agency for engineering, technology, applied science and computing, presented two workshops during a day-long program. November, 2006.
- Choosing a Published Instrument to Assess Student Learning. Linda Suskie, executive associate director of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, discussed the many facets of assessing student learning, and the factors to consider when undertaking this process, in this online seminar. February 14, 2007.
- Student Learning Outcomes: Evidence of the Teaching and Learning Components of Academic Advising, NACADA Webinar. April 4, 2007.
- On the Future of Higher Education: Conversations on Critical Issues and Concerns. Thisstreaming video conference featuring Steven Crow, President, Higher Learning Commission; Past Pres. CRAC; Doug Lederman, Editor, Inside Higher Ed; George Mehaffy, Vice-Pres., Academic Leadership & Change, AASCU; Jane Wellman, Exec. Dir., Delta Cost Project; Advisor, Assn. of Governing Boards. April 9, 2007.
- Multiple workshops were conducted for graduate program faculty in the College of Education, to develop college-wide assessment method.
- Multiple workshops were conducted for graduate program faculty in the College of Human Environmental Sciences to develop college-wide assessment method
- Assessment Council Reviews of Programs Outcomes Assessment Integrated with Academic Program Review. The Academic Program Review (APR) process requires documentation of the program’s assessment activities. Plans and reports of learning outcomes assessment for each degree program are reviewed by the Assessment Council one year in advance of the program’s participation in Academic Program Review (APR). In Fall 2006, the Council reviewed and provided feedback on program outcomes assessment to those programs scheduled for Academic Program Review in 2008.
- 2007 Survey of Alumni of Graduate Programs. The fourth university-wide survey of alumni of OSU graduate programs was conducted in January 2007. Survey results provide valuable information to academic units about perceptions of program quality and career patterns of recent graduates. See Appendix D for highlights of the survey.
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