Assessment of the General Education Program
ASSESSMENT: The process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs, to inform program improvement. "Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development" (Marchese, 1987).
Assessing Student Learning Outcomes (campus assignment #2, due Oct. 1st 2008 for every General Education course)
General Procedures and Deadlines (updated 8-08) Deadlines and procedures for submitting your assessment task, rubric and results.
Overview of Assessment tasks and Rubrics Instructions on how to develop an assessment task and rubric for your General Education courses.
Specific Instructions on Submitting Assessment Information to the web site, complete with screen shots of the submission website.
Submission Web Site URL: http://honesty.cs.uwlax.edu/GEA/ Anyone in a given department can fill out the assessment forms for a General Education course, but only their Department Appointee can submit the final form. By default this person is the department chair. Any questions should be directed to Scott Cooper (cooper.scot@uwlax.edu).
Mapping Student Learning Outcomes (campus assignment #1)
Instructions to Department Chairs/Program Directors
Grid used to map outcomes
Sample mapping assignment (using Biology Department GenEd courses)
RESULTS of SLO Mapping (as of 4-9-08)
GE Assessment Task Force Proposal Draft, Oct. 2007
Developing Course-Embedded Instruments
Examples of Course-Embedded Instruments: Economics, Writing/Critical Thinking, Psychology/Critical Thinking, Biology/Modeling
Examples of Scoring Rubrics, by SLO
Past Assessment Findings:
The General Education Assessment Working Group Report, 2005
GE Assessment Instruments used from 1995-2005
Summary of Findings 1993-2000
