GENERAL EDUCTION ASSESSMENT REPORT – 2011-2012
Gen. Ed. Category
Communication subcommittee
Gen. Ed. Outcome Statement:
Analyze, develop, and produce rhetorically complex texts
Approved Courses addressing
this Outcome Statement:
Person submitting this report
(name and e-mail):
Date submitted:
COMM101
ENGL110
ENGL111
Ruth Neveu rneveu@lssu.edu, Julie Barbour jbarbour@lssu.edu, Catherine White cwhite9@lssu.edu
April 10, 2013
Assessment Measurements Conducted During the Current Year
Assessment Tools:
Faculty submitted grades from final research
paper to assess courses in the discipline.
Results from ETS and Senior Survey are
analyzed in the following semester.
Course-based
Activities
Final research paper will show the ability
to analyze, develop, and produce
rhetorically complex texts. The
BODY/SUPPORT and
RESEARCH/DOCUMENTATION
categories on the rubric assess the student's
ability to analyze rhetorically complex
texts through the use of sources in the
Summary of Results
English faculty discussed this information at
length in meeting and determined that, at
this time, final grades are not a sufficiently
detailed measure of how well the writing
program prepares students to meet the
General Education outcomes. They will
continue to use the holistic essay reading as
a more precise and information -rich validity
test.
8o% of students earned a C- or better in
ENGL110 Fall 2011 75% of students earned
a C- or better in ENGL111 Fall 2011
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Recommendations
Final research papers from
ENGL091 and ENGL110 will
be analyzed and assessed in a
faculty norming session in
Spring 2013; Final research
papers from ENGL111 will be
analyzed and assessed in a
faculty norming session in Fall
2013.
Final research papers from
ENGL091 and ENGL110 will
be analyzed and assessed in a
faculty norming session in
Spring 2013; Final research
papers from ENGL111 will be
analyzed and assessed in a
faculty norming session in Fall
2013.
body of the paper.
The LANGUAGE/STYLE/RHETORIC
category assesses the student's ability to
develop and produce rhetorically complex
texts by evaluating the rhetorical
complexity of the research paper itself.
Externally-based
General
Education
Assessment
Activities
ETS exam
ETS
Seniors taking the ETS in July 2012 scored:
Writing, Level 1 66% (Proficient)
22%(Marginal) 11%(Not Proficient)
Writing, Level 2 16%(Proficient)
45%(Marginal) 39%(Not Proficient)
Writing, Level 3 10%(Proficient)
27%(Marginal) 63%(Not Proficient)
Senior Exit Survey
Senior Exit Survey
ENGL110: 10.3% of students reported as
Well Prepared 69% of students reported as
Adequately Prepared 19% of students
reported as Neutral 1.7% of students
reported as Poorly Prepared 0% of students
reported as Not Prepared At All ENGL111:
17.5% of students reported as Well Prepared
64.9% of students reported as Adequately
Prepared 15.8% of students reported as
Neutral 1.8% of students reported as Poorly
Prepared 0% of students reported as Not
Prepared At All
Assess senior-level capstone and advanced
Other Recommendation. courses with forthcoming survey.
.
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Examine current testing
system and alignment to
General Education outcomes.
Faculty across disciplines
might develop a rubric to
analyze writing at the junior
and senior levels.
Faculty are planning on completing a norming session in Spring 2013. They will be
analyzing the data and will make recommendations based on this assessment.
Methods Used for Sharing Assessment Information:
Next Steps: See recommendations
Additional Comments:
in above table.
None at this time.
HLC Six Fundamental Questions
1. How are your stated student learning outcomes appropriate to your mission, programs, degrees, and students?
2. What evidence do you have that students achieve your stated learning outcomes?
3. In what ways do you analyze and use evidence of student learning?
4. How do you ensure shared responsibility for student learning and for assessment of student learning?
5. How do you evaluate and improve the effectiveness of your efforts to assess and improve student learning?
6. In what ways do you inform the public and other stakeholders about what and how well your students are learning?
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