Assessment Committee Meeting Report for January 9, 2012
Attendees: Kelly Gray, Kate Peresie, Deb Hysell, Randy Storms, Robert Slabodnick, Gina Kamwithi, Cindy Freeman
Kate called and conducted the meeting.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
ACTION STEPS
CCSSE and
CLOs
The Committee selected the 2011 CCSSE surveyed courses that will be used for the
CLO assessment report. (We will use the same questions as were used for the 2008
report.)
At the next academic division meetings, Committee members agreed to circulate the
new rubrics (critical thinking, intracultural, and information literacy) and the new
CAR template and ask for faculty volunteers to try them out.
Ask Tom
Prendergast to
generate the report.
Recruit faculty
volunteers.
Recruit
“piloters”
PERSONS
RESPONSIBLE
Kate
TIMELINE
Committee
members
@ Feb.
Div.
mtgs.
Develop a new
definition draft
version.
Kate
By next
mtg.
Share
recommendations
with academic
division at division
meetings.
Committee
members
@ Feb.
Div.
mtgs.
This
week.
So far we have the ADN program trying out CAR, Carolyn Kaple trying the
intercultural rubric, Robert trying the critical thinking rubric.
Computation
CLO
Deb report on her experience with the critical thinking rubric: She used a
modified/simplified version to evaluate the last essay in ENG 101 and thought it was
useful. Deb also thought it would be more useful in ENG 201 Research and is going
to share her experience and thoughts with the English Department at their next
meeting.
The Committee discussed the impact of the semester curriculum with the new college
level math requirement on the current computation CLO definition and assessment.
The Committee decided to recommend the following to the academic division:
 The new computation CLO definition will still have developmental MTH 103
level skills as its foundation.
 Program/discipline-specific math skills will be in addition to the foundation
skill level.
 Assessment of the CLO will be at the program/discipline level and appropriate
to the math skills required. Examples of assessment methods include drug
dosage calculation tests for nurses or calculation of stopping distances tests in
CRJ. Programs/disciplines might also report comprehensive final exam scores
in the highest level math courses required in their curriculum.
(Note: The ADN program will not have a college level math course requirement,
therefore the program might consider using the current computation CLO multiple
choice test – MTH 103-based – to assess their students’ computation skills.)
Logistics for The Committee discussed the logistics of officially changing the CLO definitions
Continue this
CLO changes (computer literacy to information literacy, culture & community to intracultural
discussion
knowledge/competence, computation new definition). This will require updating
course master syllabi. The Committee noted the following:
 The new CLO definitions have been under development for about two years.
 By Fall 2013, the first year of the semester curricula will have been taught and
it is likely that syllabi will need revision then. This could be done
simultaneously. On the other hand, the second year of the semester curricula
will not have been taught.
 Waiting until Fall 2014 seems too long.
 It might best be done all at once – asking the AAs to change the CLO names in
the master syllabi and faculty to provide the changes to the assessment
methods.
 The Assessment Committee might become part of the syllabus approval
procedure – reviewing/approving CLO assessments.
Next meeting January 23, 3:30, 149F.