Assessment

2012-2016 Academy for the Assessment of Student Learning.

From 2012-2016, the University demonstrated its student-learning focus through its voluntary participation in the HLC Academy for Assessment of Student Learning. Through this process, the university matured and elevated its commitment to course and program assessment activities through a four-year sequence of events and interactions. LSSU’s efforts in the Academy helped to direct and intensify the University’s culture of robust assessment processes in support of an institution-wide commitment to student learning. The University entered the Academy in the summer of 2012 graduating with a successful project in June 2016.

1. Initial Documents

• Academy Concept and Activity – June 2012
• Version 1.0 Report

2. February 2013 Version 2.0 Activity Detail Support Documents

• Assessment update
• Courses not Required not Taught 201310
• MASTER Assessment Program Degree listing F2012
• Version 2 Academy Reviewer Comments and Response
• Version 2.0 Report

3. August 2013 Version 3.0 Activity Detail and Support Documents

• Version 3 Academy Reviewer Comments and Response
• Version 3.0 Report

4. February 2014 Version 4.0 Activity Detail and Support Documents

• Version 4.0 Report

5. August 2014 Version 5.0

Memoranda and supporting documents from The Assessment Committee/Academy Team providing feedback and recommendations regarding assessment, program review, and accreditation.

• Version 5.0 Report
• Response to Version 4.0 Reviewer Feedback
• Supplemental Narrative to Version 5.0

6. February 2015 Version 6.0

• Version 5.0 Reviewer Comments (September 2014)
• Response to v.5.0 Reviewer Comments
• Version 6.0 Report

7. Version 7.0 project resources

• Committee Comment: On Assessment 1 – Good Assessment Practices – final exam week 2015
• Assessment Activity Log – Standard and General Education versions – submit evidence without using Tracdat
• Assessment Presentation to President’s Cabinet 04-07-2015
• Academy Mentor feedback 03-15-2015
• Tracdat user guides: Administrator-level Strategic Reporting, Reports with Tracdat
• Status reports Summer 2015
  • Memo to Campus: Assessment Update – Academics June 2015
    • Course Assessment
    • General Education Assessment
    • Program Assessment
    • Program Review
  • Memo to Campus: Assessment Update – Strategic Plan
    • Strategic Plan Assessment
• Assessment Committee Blog
  • Faculty evaluation and the practice of assessment
  • Frustrated with Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • Grades as Assessment
  • Is Assessment a Distraction
  • Meaningful Assessment Matters
  • To Tracdat or Not to Tracdat
  • Why Care about Assessment
  • The END of TRACDAT

8. Impact Report and Results Forum, June 8-10, 2016

• The university acknowledges the support and assistance of our project mentors:
  Dr. Sandra Harris, Dr. Jim Sherohman, and Dr. Gloria Rogers.
• Compiled Submissions over entire scope of the Academy Project
• Spring 2016 Project Summary Report
• Results Forum poster