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Curricular Assessment:Update & Discussion
Lisa LenzeDirector of Learning Initiatives
IST All-Faculty MeetingMay 11, 2009
Curricular Assessment CommitteeCommittee’s Charge
Establish curricular goals and outcomes for College of IST undergraduate program, and implement a process to assess the degree to which students meet those goals and outcomes
IST Assessment Planning Committee
Lisa Bertin (Faculty & Director of Academic Affairs, Shenango Valley)
Neill Johnson (Director of Instructional Development & Research, SITE)
Lisa Lenze (Director of Learning Initiatives & Committee Chair)
Hongli Li (Graduate Assistant)
Mike McNeese (Professor-In-Charge)
Gerry Santoro (Faculty & Campus Champion)
Stan Supon (Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs)
Curricular Assessment is not …
• course assessment
• instructor assessment
Curricular Assessment is…
a judgment
of the degree to which
students attain knowledge and skills
outlined in the goals and objectives
for the 4-year degree
Curricular Goals1. Knowledge of the Field
“Understand and apply the interdisciplinary, theoretical knowledge of the information sciences or security sciences”
2. Problem Solving“Understand, apply, and adapt problem solving strategies, using appropriate technologies and methods”
3. Soft Skills/Attitudes (Communication, Teamwork, Respectfulness)“Communicate and work effectively (both individually and in teams) with a range of perspectives and audiences through a variety of media”
4. Professional Responsibility and Context“Understand professional responsibilities in terms of the ethical, legal, security, and social aspects of any given problem and its solution”
5. Lifelong Learning“Commit to the continuous acquisition of relevant knowledge for professional development by self-teaching and/or on-going education”
Role of Course Committees in Curricular Assessment
Create sufficiently general/sufficiently specific
assessment tools
(in the form of rubrics or tests)
to evaluate the level of students’ achievement
on a curricular objective
in the context of a course assignment or exam
Role of Faculty in Curricular Assessment
Use the assessment tool(rubric or test)
housed in ANGELto evaluate the level of students’ achievement
on the assigned curricular objectivethrough your assessment of students’ work
on an appropriate assignment/examin your course
What have faculty been doing, and what more do faculty need to do?
Date Event ActivityAugust 21-22, 2008 Faculty Retreat Create assessment tools for Core Courses
Fall semester, 2008 Committee meetings Refine assessment tools
November, 2008 All Faculty Meeting Test assessment tools; refine tools; andadd documentation to ANGEL
Spring semester, 09 Pilot Test 2 faculty members in each course use tools
May, 2009 All Faculty Meeting Review first assessment data & refine tools
August, 2009 Faculty Retreat Review curricular assessment findings, amend process/tools; begin work with non-core
Fall 2009 Data collection Core course faculty members use assessmenttools; Non-core course faculty create tools
Spring 2010 Data analysis Core Courses review and make sense of data
April/May, 2010 Middle States Report Write and submit Middle States Report
Graduate Assistant compiles rawdata for Assessment Committee by survey (where appropriate)
and by curricular objective
Assessment Committeereviews compilation and discusses interesting or puzzling observations
Assessment Committeereviews compilation and discusses interesting or puzzling observations
Assessment Committee notes problems to be addressed
regarding survey items, curricular objectives, data compilation,
courses, curriculum road map, etc. & determines appropriate person/
group to work on action items
Assessment Committeeprepares brief (2-3 page)
summary of key findings, actionitems, and person/group assigned to action items
Faculty/staff reviewsummary document; possible
presentation made at PIC meeting
Faculty/staff work on assigned action items with
assigned colleagues
Faculty/staff report back to Assessment Committee when
action items are completed
Assessment Committee tracks action items as they arecompleted and prepares
assessment report by due date (noting items that are pending)
IST Curricular Assessment Process
Based on Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Assessment Process (contact: Dr. Laura Pauley)
http://www.mne.psu.edu/Current/UGrad/Assessment/
Assessment Committee tracks evaluation of action items from
year to year, to evaluatechanges, and includes this in subsequent summary reports
Faculty assess students’ workand complete ANGEL rubrics;PIC office, OLI, and Career
Solutions collect student survey data
Example Curricular Assessment in IST 240
• ANGEL notes documenting rubric creation• Sample course assignment• Sample student work• Assessment tool• Data from IST 240• Tracy Mullen’s reflections
Data from IST 240
Data from IST 240
Data from IST 240
Reflections on Curricular Assessment: Tracy Mullen
• You don’t know how useful it will be until you do it—and it’s worth doing.
• Even though our committee followed the directions for thinking through and creating a rubric, there are many things I will suggest changing for next time.
• Although I have information to report for curricular assessment, I learned a lot about my course and my students.
Questions
What else do you want to know?
How can the Assessment Planning Committee help better organize the assessment process?
What does your committee need to do next?
Curricular Goals & Objectives
https://learning.ist.psu.edu/currentprojects
PSU Assessment Conference (UPark)May 13
9:00am – 12:00pm
102 Thomas Building
Break-out Session for Course Committees
Room 202– IST 210, 220, 230, 240
Room 211– SRA 111, 211, 221, 231
Room 208 (here)– IST 110, 301, 331, 432, 440W, and all others