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Enhancing Student Learning Assessments: Strategies for General Education Goals

This document outlines standards for assessing student learning in higher education, focusing on the integration of assessment practices with institutional and general education goals. It highlights the necessity of direct evidence of learning, systematic planning, and regular reviews of outcomes to inform decision-making. The commitment to continuous improvement in education, through culturally relevant assessments and workshops led by experts, is emphasized. The goal is to enhance intellectual growth and communication competencies among students, ensuring alignment with institutional mission.

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Enhancing Student Learning Assessments: Strategies for General Education Goals

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  1. Overview General Education Assessment Faculty Meeting August 2012

  2. Standard 14 Assessment of Student Learning Mission

  3. Institutional Goals Gen Ed Goals Program Goals Assessment MUST: • includedirectevidenceof student learning • Tests (local or published); rubrics (local or published); certification or licensure exams, field experience supervisor evaluations • be planned, purposeful, useful and cost-effective • systematized, sustained • Ongoing – minimum annual review of outcomes • Demonstrate link between outcomes and decision-making

  4. Standard 12General Education • Curriculum must • Tie to institutional mission • Include goals designed to • enhance intellectual growth • lead to proficiency in oral and written communication, scientific and quantitative reasoning, and technological competency • Must have a systematic plan for assessment of student outcomes for general education goals • Results of assessment are utilized for curricular improvement • Institutional Research + Provost Office = home of general education assessment

  5. Concerns

  6. What we need to do

  7. What we need to do

  8. What we need to do

  9. Where we can start….. Meaningful • Committee – SoTL model • Work through our Gen Ed Requirements • Starting with CW • Volunteers? Westcott@juniata.edu Useful

  10. Where we can start….. On the near horizon - • Intercultural Learning Assessment Committee • Assessing Intercultural Competencies • Announcing: • Dr. Darla Deardorff • Faculty Workshop in January

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