Graduate Assistant compiles raw data for Assessment Committee by survey (where appropriate)

1. Closing the Loop in IST’s Curricular Assessment Process Dr. Lisa Lenze, Director of Learning Initiatives College of Information Sciences & Technology Penn State University https://learning.ist.psu.edu/currentprojects Faculty assess students’ work and complete ANGEL rubrics; PIC office, OLI, and Career Solutions collect student survey data Graduate Assistant compiles raw data for Assessment Committee by survey (where appropriate) and by curricular objective 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 Committee prepares brief (2-3 page) summary of key findings, action items, and person/group assigned to action items Assessment Committee reviews compilation and discusses interesting or puzzling observations Faculty/staff report back to Assessment Committee when action items are completed Faculty/staff work on assigned action items with assigned colleagues Faculty/staff review summary document; possible presentation made at PIC meeting Assessment Committee tracks action items as they are completed and prepares assessment report by due date (noting items that are pending) Assessment Committee tracks evaluation of action items from year to year, to evaluate changes, and includes this in subsequent summary reports

2. Curricular Assessment Process Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering (contact: Dr. Laura Pauley) http://www.mne.psu.edu/Current/UGrad/Assessment/ Faculty assess students’ work Graduate Assistant compiles raw data for Assessment Committee by survey (where appropriate) and by curricular objective Assessment Committee makes recommendations for change in courses, surveys, curricular objectives, data compilation, curriculum road map, etc.; and assigns appropriate people/groups to specific action items Assessment Committee prepares 3-page summary of key findings, recommendations, action items, and people/groups assigned to action items Assessment Committee reviews compilation and discusses interesting or puzzling observations Faculty report back to Assessment Committee when action items are completed Faculty discuss recommendations and designated action items at faculty meeting; also work on assigned action items with assigned colleagues Faculty review summary document Assessment Committee tracks action items as they are completed and prepares assessment report by due date (noting items that are pending) Assessment Committee tracks evaluation of action items from year to year, to evaluate changes, and includes this in subsequent summary reports

3. What have faculty been doing, and what more do we need them to do? Date Event Activity August 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; and add documentation to ANGEL Spring semester, 09 Pilot Test Tools 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 and amend process or tools if necessary; and begin working with non-core courses Fall 2009 Data collection Individual faculty members (Core Courses) use assessment tools; create and refine tools for Non-Core Courses Spring 2010 Data analysis Core Courses review and make sense of data April/May, 2010 Middle States Report Write and submit Middle States Report