Assessment Guidelines for Departments
The following guidelines should help academic departments and their Chairs to implement Outcomes Assessment policy in compliance with NECHE standards.
Tier I: NECHE E-Series Grid (Overview)
Category:
Department; Division; Degree Program or Office |
(1) Where are the learning outcomes published? Include URLs where appropriate. | (2) Other than GPA, what evidence is used to determine that students have achieved the stated outcomes? | (3) Who interprets the evidence? What is the process? | (4) What changes have been made as a result of using the evidence? | (5) Date of most recent program review |
Example:
Social Work Department BA in Social Work |
http://staging.www.wcsu.edu/sw/assessment/ | Senior Integrative Seminar (SW 350) and Field Placement Evaluations (SW 320, 321) | Department faculty meet as a group to review student performance in the field and capstone courses annually. | Assignments have been changed to increase student contact with social work policy and research content. | October 2013 |
Tier II: Student Learning Outcomes (Details)
For each department, division, or other unit, specify Student Learning Outcomes (SLO), and indicate any feedback for outcomes assessed more than once.
Student Learning Outcome: Goal; Objective or Competency |
Bench-mark(s) for success/ proficiency | How Assessed | When Assessed | Assessment outcome(s) compared to benchmark(s) | Feedback: Improvement from prior assessment(s) “Closing the loop” |
Example: Students will be able to recognize ethical behaviors. |
Score of 3 or higher on a 4-point rubric | Team of faculty scoring student projects | End of spring semester for rising juniors completing SW 3XX | 85% scored 3 or higher on a 4-point rubric | Last year 75% scored 3 or higher on a 4-point rubric |
Approved by the Assessment Committee on January 24, 2018. For a more detailed presentation, please see the Busy Person’s Guide to Assessment.