Campus Assessment Update and Faculty Progress Overview
Insights into the campus assessment update presented to the WOU Faculty Senate by Michael Baltzley, highlighting the goals of proposed calendar modifications, accomplishments of faculty in the previous academic year, areas needing improvement such as course goals and program assessment, as well as the use of a rubric to assess assessment practices.
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Campus Assessment Update Presentation to the WOU Faculty Senate Nov. 24, 2020 Michael Baltzley Associate Provost for Academic Effectiveness
Goals of proposed calendar modification Find time to: 1) Allow faculty to focus on assessment 2) Provide professional development opportunities 3) Dedicate a day every Winter term to cultural competency training 4) Reduce term-to-term variation in the number of instructional hours per course 5) Promote Academic Excellence Showcase by dedicating an academic calendar day to the event
What did faculty find time to do last year? In the 2019-20 academic year, despite it s atypical ending, WOU Faculty: Aligned the Bachelors of Music Core with the General Education Program Aligned the Baccalaureate of Applied Science Core with the General Education Program Revised the Foundational Skills General Education Learning Outcome rubric and assessed First Year Seminars Revised Core Content Knowledge Graduate Learning Outcome rubric Submitted 41 Annual Program Assessment Reports Seven Programs worked on the 7-year Program Review Reports 3
What do we need to work on? Course Goals 16% of Fall 2020 term courses do not have Course Goals in our curriculum system (down from 18% in September) All academic divisions have at least one Fall 2020 course with missing course goals 16% of Winter 2021 term courses do not have Course Goals in our curriculum system Program Assessment 25% of Programs did not submit 2018-19 Program Assessment Reports 58% of Programs did not submit 2019-20 Program Assessment Reports by the Oct. 31, 2020 deadline
What do we need to work on? Last year I used a rubric to assess our assessment practices 11 categories with 3 levels Category Benchmark Satisfactory Exemplary Data collected includes work performed near the end of the academic program Data is collected, but not at a consistent point in the program Data is collected from a culminating experience shared by all students Data Source Sample is from student representing mode of expected performance Sampling is random (for larger programs) or all majors are included (<10 grads per year) Data collection is post- hoc rather than planned 5
What do we need to work on? Assessment of our Program Assessment practices 2018-19 Program Assessment Reports 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 6
What do we need to work on? How can I tell if my Program has been completing its annual Program Assessment Report? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16D_91C3PGTYfWt_GF6SG1ZGU TcSB2Vk-ebjbWpwyXUg/edit#gid=1345231590 How can I tell if my Course Goals are in the Course Goals database? Course Goals database https://wou.edu/include_files/iframe_apps/facultysenate/curriculum/forms/co urse_goals.php Google sheet with Fall 2020 courses missing Course Goals https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UgVGFJdaz8APNwAB3q_fdvEIN4 q0_L9yy1oxpGpe5ec/edit?pli=1#gid=0 How do I contact you if I want help? Michael Baltzley, baltzlem@wou.edu, 503-838-8832 7
