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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MIDDLE STATES AND ASSESSMENT New York State Disability Services Council June 20, 2012 Lake Canandaigua, NY Presented by: Mary Beth Orrange Kathy Hoffman
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MIDDLE STATES AND ASSESSMENT
New York State Disability Services Council
June 20, 2012
Lake Canandaigua, NY
Presented by:
Mary Beth Orrange
Kathy Hoffman
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
MSCHE accredits degree-granting colleges and universities in the Middle States region, which includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and several
locations internationally.
The Commission
The Commission is a voluntary, non-governmental, membership association that defines, maintains, and promotes
educational excellence across institutions with diverse missions, student populations, and resources. It examines each institution as a whole, rather than specific programs
within institutions.
MS Standard 7: Institutional Assessment
The institution has developed and implemented an assessment process that evaluates its overall effectiveness in achieving its mission and goals and
its compliance with accreditation standards
Evidence of the Assessment Cycle
• Evidence goes beyond anecdote show systemic evidence
• Such as grade distributions, not individual GPA
• Aggregate numbers, not star alumni
Evidence of the Assessment Cycle
Assess and quantify your activities with constant focus on improving student learning. Connect each
activity or service provided by your office to student learning.
The Assessment Cycle
• What have our students learned?• How can we improve?• Implement changes leading to
improvement.• Re-measure student learning.
Show what you are doing and have done, not what you plan to do!!!!
Your role in institutional assessment
Each institutions report and assessment process is unique as is
your role. Some of you are central to the institution by functionality and others by personality. Focus on systemic assessment of student
learning outcomes is the common thread throughout all your reports.
MS Cycle of Assessment
• Decennial site visit – every ten years with a range of follow-up activities
• Periodic Review Report (PRR) – five years after decennial. No site visit required but full report on 14 standards
Key components of Assessment Process
SystemicSustainable
EvidenceConnect to Student Learning
Outcomes
Assess your activitiesThe institution has developed and
implemented an assessment process that evaluates its overall effectiveness in achieving its mission and goals and
its compliance with accreditation standards
Your office fits into this overall assessment process.
Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) –
Self Assessment Guidelines (SAG) Very specific, well organized
guidelines 14 components 5 steps in self-assessment Criterion measure rating scale Examples How to create an action plan
Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education
(CAS)CAS Self-Assessment Guide for Disability Support Services
Updatehttp://www.una.edu/studentaffairs/CAS_Disability_Support_Services.docx.pdf
Update linkUpdated version available September 2012
Benchmarking
IPEDShttp://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/
IPEDS is an open website.
IPEDS
The institution has developed and implemented an assessment process that evaluates its overall effectiveness in achieving its mission and goals and
its compliance with accreditation standards
Program Review process at your own campus
Participate!!!
Case Study
Erie Community College
Contact InformationMary Beth Orrange
Erie Community CollegeMiddle States, Faculty Chair
Kathy HoffmanErie Community College
Director of [email protected]
