Shared Governance

Assessment Committee

Welcome

The Assessment Committee is one of the Strategic Committees of the University, charged with assessment oversight, promotion and support for both academic and instutional support operations. Academic assessment is an on-going, open, evaluative process focused on improving student learning.  It requires the University to make its learning expectations clear to students and to establish appropriate learning outcomes at the course and program levels.  It helps determine how well student performance matches the expected outcomes.  The resulting information is used to inform changes in courses and programs for the improvement of student learning.

University Assessment Plan 2011-2013

link to:

Institutional Assessment

How do we "articulate and differentiate our learning goals"? Consider how course and program objectives define student learning in the context of the New Bloom's Taxonomy.
http://download.intel.com/education/Common/in/Resources/DEP/skills/Bloom.pdf
http://edtechvision.org/?p=123 or http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy

Assessment Committee Activities

Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes

• The Assessment Committee's Internal Website (LSSU accounts only)
• Assessment Planning Guidelines 2012
• The Digital Shoebox - a 10 minute tutorial on Google Sites
• Annual Program Assessment - 2012 Report Template
• Program Assessment Outcomes, Plans and Annual Reports

LSSU Assessment System (below) - red lines represent the flow of assessment data (click image for .pdf version)

Resources

• Membership 2011-2012
• Minutes 2011-2012
• Charge to the Committee Oversight Committee Charge to the Committee: revised October 18, 2011
• Definition of Assessment - revised 18Oct2011
• Faculty Development and other Presentations Related to Assessment

Assessment Resources

• Targeted Assessment Projects (TAP) website - an assessment mini-grant program.
  • A single-file 2012 complete TAP pack is available for review, but applications must be filed electronically- download the application form from website
  • Four Targeted Assessment Project mini-grants were funded for 2012, with the specific aims of enhancing and supporting school assessment activities.  Each project director will make a presentation on their project success in late 2012.
    • School of Biological Sciences TAP Grant Proposal (senior project presentations), Kirkpatrick, $746
    • Assessment of Psychology Major's Knowledge of their Field with a Nationally Normed Measure, Searight, $375
    • Implementation of the "Athletic Training Education Competencies, 5th Edition" into the LSSU Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP), Susi, $1000
    • Assessment Examinations for Physical Sciences (American Chemical Society Examinations), Werner, $992
• 2011-2012 Course-level Assessment Report - aggregated assessment data across courses and disciplines
  • Fall 2011Survey The Survey the The Link to the Survey The Fall 2011 Results as Charts and Narratives
  • Spring 2012 The Survey the Link to the Survey The Spring 2012 Results: Full Report

General Education Assessment - (link)

Institutional Assessment Website (link)

Members of the LSSU community (an LSSU Google-email account is required)
can view additional resources at the Campus Community Assessment Page.

Questions, contact the Assessment Committee chair:
Dr. David Myton, Assoc. Provost dmyton@lssu.edu