Academic Year 2008-2009 Assessment Plan and Report Department/Program of _Undergraduate Business Core__________ Submitted by: __Under Graduate Business Program Committee ________ Action Due Date CAC Approval 11/04/08 Submit initial Assessment Plan 4th Friday Spring Qtr 2008 Conduct process 2008-09 academic year Submit findings in Assessment Report (below) 4th Friday Fall 2009 11/04/08 Assessment Plan 1 2 3 4 5 6 Learning Objective Performance Characteristics Scoring Expectation Outcome of Levels Standard Goal Measurement Student A rubric was Writing Content and Organization: Logical flow, Poor Acceptable writing developed to samples without accurate and concise details, clear and Needs measure was communicates measure content grades or focused paragraphs. improve 3 or higher effectively and comments from Word Choice: Interesting and natural, organization, instructors were properly addresses audience, free of trite Adequate word choice, collected from words and unnecessary phrases, precise and Proficient fluency and MGMT326 and brief. Excellent conventions MGMT423. Fluency: Sentences enhance meaning, and with the The committee vary in length and structure. Sound expectation that then read each paragraphs have thoughtful transitions, and students would writing sample reinforce organizational structure. at least perform and used the Conventions: Correct spelling, accurate adequately in rubric to it. punctuation, grammar and usage, parallel each of these sentence construction, avoidance of passive areas. voice. Assessment Report 7 8 9 10 11 Observations from Conclusions Actions Recommended Based on Plan and Timetable for Overall Reflection on Summary Data Student Observations Taking Action Assessment Learning Students barely met the Students The committee recommends two The committee chair has The goal is of utmost content and organization have not courses of action. (1) That the already met with the importance to the standard, and need accomplished college enters into discussions with English department and success of our students. improvement in all this goal. the English department about the has requested a syllabus areas. content of ENGL201, and decides for ENGl201. The measurement to either ask for changes in that methods used produced course or changes the English The workshop should be important information requirement for the course. (2) That held in the Fall Quarter that gives us concrete the college hold a workshop for all of 2008. evidence for something faculty but especially for those who that many of us already teach classes where the writing suspected. component is addressed. This workshop should address what we as faculty can do about student writing and how faculty can help students improve their writing skills.
Assessment Plan and Report Academic Year 2008-2009 Department/Program of _Undergraduate Business Core__________ Submitted by: __Under Graduate Business Program Committee ________ Action Due Date CAC Approval Submit initial Assessment Plan 4th Friday Spring Qtr 2008 11/04/08 Conduct process 2008-09 academic year Submit findings in Assessment Report (below) 4th Friday Fall 2009 11/04/08 Assessment Plan 1 2 3 4 5 6 Learning Outcome Goal Objective of Measurement Performance Characteristics Scoring Levels Expectation Standard Student writing communicates effectively A rubric was developed to measure content and organization, word choice, fluency and conventions with the expectation that students would at least perform adequately in each of these areas. Writing samples without grades or comments from instructors were collected from MGMT326 and MGMT423. The committee then read each writing sample and used the rubric to it. Content and Organization: Logical flow, accurate and concise details, clear and focused paragraphs. Word Choice: Interesting and natural, properly addresses audience, free of trite words and unnecessary phrases, precise and brief. Fluency: Sentences enhance meaning, and vary in length and structure. Sound paragraphs have thoughtful transitions, and reinforce organizational structure. Conventions: Correct spelling, accurate punctuation, grammar and usage, parallel sentence construction, avoidance of passive voice. Poor Needs Adequate Proficient Excellent Acceptable measure was 3 or higher Assessment Report 7 8 9 10 11 Observations from Summary Data Conclusions Student Learning Actions Recommended Based on Observations Plan and Timetable for Taking Action Overall Reflection on Assessment Students barely met the content and organization standard, and need improvement in all areas. Students have not accomplished this goal. The committee recommends two courses of action. (1) That the college enters into discussions with the English department about the content of ENGL201, and decides to either ask for changes in that course or changes the English requirement for the course. (2) That the college hold a workshop for all faculty but especially for those who teach classes where the writing component is addressed. This workshop should address what we as faculty can do about student writing and how faculty can help students improve their writing skills. The committee chair has already met with the English department and has requested a syllabus for ENGl201. The workshop should be held in the Fall Quarter of 2008. The goal is of utmost importance to the success of our students. The measurement methods used produced important information that gives us concrete evidence for something that many of us already suspected. improve