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Programs not submitting full reports are required to submit updates, which includes a summary paragraph of assessment of student learning for publication on the Annual Program Summaries webpage, details changes made to the program assessment plan, and discusses changes made based on the previous data and their resulting changes (or closing the feedback loop).
The Fall 2011 example presented here is courtesy of Greg Phipps, Senior Lecturer & Program Coordinator in the Sociology program in the School of Social Sciences. It is a solid example of what is expected of programs in years in which they are not required to submit full reports, but simply updates.
Programs submitting full reports must include the above requirements. In addition, the Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Assessment now asks programs submitting full reports to also include a Curriculum Map of their program, i.e., their course requirements mapped to their program learning goals and student learning outcomes. Details on this process can be found on the Resources page of this website.
An example is forthcoming, but content is often a function of how advanced a program’s assessment plan is with regards to development of outcomes, measurement tools, and feedback loop discussions.
Annual programmatic assessment reports were due on Friday, November 25, 2011. Full reports were due for annual and biennial cycle programs, and updates were due for triennial programs. If you have not yet submitted, please contact Ron Severtis at rseverti@ius.edu to request an extension. As of Monday, November 28, 11 of 34 programs (32.4%) have already submitted their reports or updates with another 6 programs (17.6%) having received extensions.
One primary goal of the Assessment Specialist is to work with faculty of all programs, especially those with annual or biennial assessment cycles, to improve programmatic assessment and facilitate each program to achieve triennial cycle status. As of Fall 2011:
