Overview Core and breadth area committees are established and staffed with representatives from the relevant departments and a liaison from the General Education Improvement and Assessment Committee (GEIAC). All area committees met at least once this academic year to discuss assessment and findings. With the implementation of the WSU Program and discussion of changes to learning outcomes within general education, area committees continue to be more active and engaged in GE reforms and assessment. GEIAC recommends that general education (GE) courses be assessed on a 3-year schedule. GEIAC works with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE) to ensure that departments teaching GE courses both set and keep to their assessment schedules. The common reporting tool – evidence of learning rubric - includes these items (see http://weber.edu/oie/gen_ed_assessment.html): GE learning goal Course-specific measurable learning outcome aligned to GE outcome Identified assessment(s) for measuring student learning Threshold for expected student performance Actual student performance data Analysis/interpretation of findings Action plan for changes to be put in place based upon performance and analysis. Integration of GE reporting with Department Annual Assessment reporting. Development of tools and functionality to support GE assessment. Chitester question-level outcome alignment tool with reporting feature GE learning outcomes are available in Canvas as learning outcomes from which faculty can design rubrics. Results of assessment: Core areas: In 2014-15, data was gathered in 13 of 25 courses for a yield of 52%. The proportion of courses assessed in core areas ranged from 0 (COMP, QL, IL) to 67% (CIL). Breadth areas: In 2014-15, data was gathered in 47 of 115 courses for a yield of 41%. The proportion of courses assessed in breadth areas ranged from 26% (CA) to 88% (LS).
Overview Core and breadth area committees are established and staffed with representatives from the relevant departments and a liaison from the General Education Improvement and Assessment Committee (GEIAC). All area committees met at least once this academic year to discuss assessment and findings. With the implementation of the WSU Program and discussion of changes to learning outcomes within general education, area committees continue to be more active and engaged in GE reforms and assessment. GEIAC recommends that general education (GE) courses be assessed on a 3-year schedule. GEIAC works with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE) to ensure that departments teaching GE courses both set and keep to their assessment schedules. The common reporting tool – evidence of learning rubric - includes these items (see http://weber.edu/oie/gen_ed_assessment.html): GE learning goal Course-specific measurable learning outcome aligned to GE outcome Identified assessment(s) for measuring student learning Threshold for expected student performance Actual student performance data Analysis/interpretation of findings Action plan for changes to be put in place based upon performance and analysis. Integration of GE reporting with Department Annual Assessment reporting. Development of tools and functionality to support GE assessment. Chitester question-level outcome alignment tool with reporting feature GE learning outcomes are available in Canvas as learning outcomes from which faculty can design rubrics. Results of assessment: Core areas: In 2014-15, data was gathered in 13 of 25 courses for a yield of 52%. The proportion of courses assessed in core areas ranged from 0 (COMP, QL, IL) to 67% (CIL). Breadth areas: In 2014-15, data was gathered in 47 of 115 courses for a yield of 41%. The proportion of courses assessed in breadth areas ranged from 26% (CA) to 88% (LS).
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