CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIED
MASTERS OF SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME
LAST COMPLETED ON May 2014
The MSW program at CSUB has been accredited until 2015. The Department of Social Work at CSUB has been
continuously implementing the comprehensive program evaluation plan that shows how effectively and systematically the
social work program is measuring the competencies and skills set by CSWE’s (Council of Social Work Education)
Education Policies and Standards. In 2012, Department of Social Work developed a new instrument, Pre Test
Questionnaire, to measure the students’ competencies and practice behaviors. The instrument will generate pre and post
data, which will be used to measure the students’ competencies and skills during orientation, completion of first year and
before graduation to see if there is any significant improvement in the level of competencies and skills. All of the first year
students took the Pre Test during Fall of 2012 and the Posttest during Fall of 2013. The Department replaced the previous
field evaluation instrument with new instruments based on CSWE’s 10 competencies and associated practice behaviors.
Here are major results of the analysis on the Pre Test, Posttest, and the Field Evaluations.
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COMPETENCY
COMPETENCY
BENCHMARK
PERCENT OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING
BENCHMARK
Pre Test
Posttest
Field
Evaluation
2.1.1 Identify as a professional social worker and
conduct oneself accordingly.
85%
17.8%
24%
56.8%
2.1.2 Apply social work ethical principles to guide
professional practice.
85%
3.0%
4%
51.4%
2.1.3 Apply critical thinking to inform and
communicate professional judgments.
85%
20.3%
28%
48.6%
85%
5.1%
2%
59.5%
2.1.5 Advance human rights and social and economic
justice.
85%
19.8%
32%
43.2%
2.1.6 Engage in research-informed practice and
practice-informed research.
85%
59.9%
74%
21.6%
85%
38.1%
44%
32.4%
2.1.4 Engage diversity and difference in practice.
2.1.7 Apply knowledge of human behavior and the
social environment.
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COMPETENCY
2.1.8 Engage in policy practice to advance social and
economic well-being and to deliver effective social
work services.
COMPETENCY
BENCHMARK
PERCENT OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING
BENCHMARK
85%
18.8%
24%
29.7%
85%
36.0%
50%
27%
2.1.10(a)
Practice Engagement
85%
17.3%
10%
56.8%
2.1.10(b)
Practice Assessment
85%
24.4%
38%
48.6%
2.1.10(c)
Practice Intervention
85%
11.7%
10%
40.5%
2.1.10(d)
Practice Evaluation
85%
61.9%
72%
21.6%
2.1.9 Respond to contexts that shape practice.
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