INtopFORM Assessment Plan

INtopFORM Summer WorkshopAugust 5, 2016

Allison Heming, Assessment Coordinator

Goals for Today

Discuss the basics of student learning outcomes assessment

Describe each part of the Assessment Plan Template

Clarify responsibilities of ITF faculty members

Summarize important dates and timelines

What is assessment?

What is assessment?

Decide what we want our students to learn…… make sure they learn it

A useful teaching & learning tool

Assessment CycleEstablish Learning

Goals

Provide Learning

Opportunities

Assess Student Learning

Use the Results

Program-Level

Assessment for

INtopFORM

Assessment Template

Outcomes: six discipline-specific ITF Learning Outcomes

Opportunities: where students practice Measurement Sites: course/assessment Sampling: if used Baseline Data: when, where, how Sharing: who can enact improvement from

results

A. Outcomes

Establish six INtopFORM Learning Outcomes

What do they mean for YOUR discipline?

Record a draft of ITF LOs for your program in Column A of the Assessment Plan Template

Six INtopFORM Learning Outcomes

QuestioningSeeking

EvaluatingUsing

Communicating Recognizing

B. Opportunities

MUST allow students to practice and develop the six INtopFORM Learning Outcomes

Where will this take place in your curriculum?

What methods might you use? (teaching ideas)

Record ideas in Column B of Assessment Plan Template Be Specific!!

C. Measurement Sites

Where will you measure learning?

MUST be measurable or observable

The data does NOT need to be publishable data, just “reasonably accurate, truthful evidence” Good enough to use with confidence

C. Measurement Sites

What course(s)? 4000-level courses; capstone course

Gain information on as many students as possible

Record possible courses in Column C of Assessment Plan Template

D. Assessment Measures

What assessment(s)?

Two options: Modify an existing

assessment OR

Create a new assessment

D. Assessment Measures

Single assignments

Project/paper

Exam items

Culminating assessments

Record possible assessment(s) in Column D of Assessment Plan Template

E. Sampling

More evidence collected means higher confidence in conclusions

If you sample, adequately represent your student populations

Record the sampling information in Column E of Assessment Plan Template

F. Baseline Data

Collected during 2016-2017 academic year

Overall assessment for each of the six outcomes

Record ideas of how your program might collect baseline data in Column F of the Assessment Plan Template

G. Results and Improvements

Meaningless assessment provides worthless data

How will results be analyzed? Who will analyze them and make improvements?

When will the results be shared?

Discuss how your program might use the assessment information and record in Column G of the Assessment Plan Template

Assessment

Guidelines

Of INtopFORM

Assessment Guidelines

Must evaluate all six INtopFORM Learning Outcomes

Must occur annually Must provide data on the culminating skills

and abilities of students Must yield findings applicable to all students

in the program

Assessment Guidelines

Must be on a three point scaleNumber and percent students rated:

3=Excellent2=Satisfactory1=Unsatisfactory

Whether each student was rated satisfactory or better on all outcomes

Program Goals

of INtopFORM

Program goals are for…

Each program to improve in years 2-5 compared to baseline data

>=30% of students score “excellent” on each ITF Learning Outcome

>=90% of students score “satisfactory” or above on each ITF Learning Outcome

>=90% of program majors demonstrate at least “satisfactory” or above on ALL ITF LOs

Annual Assessment and

Improvement Meetings

Assessment and Improvement Meetings

Each fall in years 3-5 Includes: Assessment Coordinator, QEP

Director, Instructional Design Consultant, program leaders, and other interested faculty

Annual assessment and improvement report drafted by ITF staff and approved by program faculty

Assessment and Improvement Meetings

Review previous year’s assessment data Use results to refine plan for enhancing

information fluency As needed, define improvement actions,

responsible parties, and calendars

Assessment Calendar

for INtopFORM

Year 3: 2018-2019 Year 4: 2019-2020

Su Fa Sp Su Fa Sp

Develop program assessment plan

Collect baseline data

Collect and analyze results, refine plan, make improvements

X X X X X X

Assessment Calendar: OverviewYear 1: 2016-2017 Year 2: 2017-2018

Su Fa Sp Su Fa Sp

Develop program assessment plan X X X (refine)

Collect baseline data X

Collect and analyze results, refine plan, make improvements

X X X

Assessment Calendar: Year One

Assessment Calendar: Year Two

Assessment Calendar: Years 3-5

Support throughout

Participation

Support Services

INtopFORM provides support during Faculty Learning Communities

ITF Staff will hold meetings with each program to discuss assessment and implementation plans

The Assessment Coordinator (with QEP director) assists with designing assessments and approves each programs’ assessment

All pictures are public domain or ETSU owned

Allison Hemingheming@etsu.edu

(423) 439-6712135 Sherrod Library