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ASSESSMENT
FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY PRESENTS
OF LEARNING OUTCOMES
WHAT IS ASSESSMENT?
Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development (Palmoba and Banta, 1999).
WHAT DOES ASSESSMENT ENTAIL
AT FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY?
Assessment at Franklin fosters an institution-wide, documented continuous improvement of student learning and success that includes measurements, conversations, and the applications of lessons
learned to promote sustained incremental
progress.
ASSESSMENT CYCLE
Identify Outcomes
Identify Measures
Collect & Analyze
Data
Interpret & Discuss Findings
Improve
WHAT ARE STUDENT LEARNING
OUTCOMES?
THE EXPECTED KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS, ATTITUDES, COMPETENCIES, AND HABITS OF
MIND THAT STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO
ACQUIRE...
NILOA, N.D.
Student learning outcomes state
CENTRALIZED ACADEMIC MODELFRANKLIN UNIVERSITY USES AS CENTRALIZED ACADEMIC MODEL.
This means programs and courses are designed by collaborative teams that consist of major area faculty and instructional designers with input from industry practitioners.
CASCADINGOUTCOMESOutcomes cascade from program
to course and then to assignment.
Programs and courses have consistent
outcomes, wherever/however they’re
offered. We compare learning in
different formats, lengths, and locations to
explore how these factors might impact
learning and to use findings to inform
improvement strategies.
Program
Course
Assignment
EXAMPLE PROGRAM OUTCOME
GRADUATES WILL COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY.
For Franklin's general education:
OUTCOME MAPS
For all undergraduate and
graduate courses, program
outcomes are linked or
mapped to required courses
in the respective programs.
An outcome map for a
program shows
where each
outcome is
Introduced (I),
Reinforced (R),
and Assessed
within a
program's
curriculum.
HOW ARE OUTCOMES ASSESSED?
Exams Course Projects
Portfolios Surveys
ETS Major Field Test
Common Professional
Component (CPC) Exams
Major course projects
Capstone projects
Assessed by rubrics
Internal: Course & Faculty
Evals, Graduating Student,
Alumni, Course (Capstone)
Reflections
External: National Survey of
Student Engagement, Noel-
Levitz, Adult Priorities Survey
"A collection of multiple
pieces of student's work
completed across time."
Writing portfolios, project
portfolios, etc.
Assessed by rubrics
A LIST OR CHART THAT DESCRIBES
THE CRITERIA
SUSKIE, 2009
A rubric is a scoring guide, or
that can be used to to evaluate or grade student assignments.
EXAMPLE RUBRIC
CLOSING THE ASSESSMENT
LOOP
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REPORTS
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES & MEASURES
ASSESSMENT RESULTS
ACTION PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT
EACH ACADEMIC PROGRAM COMPILES AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REPORT, WHICH CONSISTS OF:
Programs also conduct periodic program reviews that go beyond learning outcome assessment into areas such as:
Assessment is an essential element of program reviews.
Graduation/Retention Rates & Enrollment
Competitor Analyses Strategic Planning
ASSESSING STUDENT
LEARNING IS MORE THAN MEASURING
EXPECTATIONS AND IDENTIFYING IMPROVEMENT -
IT'S ALSO CELEBRATING
STUDENT SUCCESS.
REFERENCES National Institute of Learning Outcome Assessment. (n.d.). Student learning outcome statements. Retrieved from http://www.learningoutcomeassessment.org/TFComponentSLOS.htm
Suskie, L. (2009). Assessing student learning: A common sense guide. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Palomba, C. A. and Banta, T.W. (1999). Assessment essentials: Planning, implementing, and improving assessment in higher education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.