Standard 2: Assessment System and Unit Evaluation
The unit has an assessment system that collects and analyzes data on applicant qualifications, candidate and graduate performance, and unit operations to
evaluate and improve the unit and its programs.
2.1 Assessment System
Element
2.1.1
Statement
The unit has developed an
assessment system with its
professional community that
reflects the conceptual
framework and professional and
state standards.
Methods
Portfolio
Formative Evaluation
Summative Evaluation
Action research project
Praxis II
Praxis III
2.1.2
The unit’s system includes a
comprehensive and integrated
set of evaluation measures that
are used to monitor candidate
performance and manage and
improve operations and
programs.
Decisions about candidate
performance are based on
multiple assessments made at
admission into programs, at
appropriate transition points,
and at program completion.
Assessments used to determine
admission, continuation in, and
completion of programs are
predictors of candidate success.
GPA
Praxis I and II test
Portfolio
Pathwise evaluations
Summative evaluations
Comprehensive exams
2.1.3
2.1.4
The unit takes effective steps to
eliminate sources of bias in
performance assessments and
works to establish the fairness,
accuracy, and consistency of its
assessment procedures.
GPA
Praxis I and II test
Portfolio
Pathwise evaluations
Summative evaluations
Comprehensive exams
Licensure checklist
Comprehensive exams
Survey: EBI (candidates),
alumni (graduates)
Praxis III
Training Pathwise mentors
Pathwise evaluation
Comprehensive exams
Evidence
Unit assessment plan
Conceptual framework
Database system
Minutes: UTEBIC,
Undergraduate
Curriculum, Graduate
Council, University Course
and Programs
Unit Assessment Plan
Summative evaluation data
Portfolio
Praxis I and II scores
Unit assessment plan
Summative evaluation data
Portfolio
Praxis I and II scores Record of
progress form
Summary of survey data
Database system
Pathwise evaluation
Record of progress form
2.2 Data Collection, Analysis, and Evaluation
Element
2.2.1
Statement
The unit maintains an
assessment system that
provides regular and
comprehensive information
on applicant qualifications,
candidate proficiencies,
competence of graduates,
unit operations, and program
quality.
2.2.2
Using multiple assessments
from internal and external
sources, the unit collects data
from applicants, candidates,
recent graduates, faculty, and
other members of the
professional community.
2.2.3
The unit maintains a record of
formal candidate complaints
and documentation of their
resolution.
2.2.4
These data are regularly and
systematically compiled,
summarized, and analyzed to
improve candidate
performance, program quality,
and unit operations.
The unit maintains its
assessment system through
the use of information
technologies.
2.2.5
Methods
GPA
Praxis I and II test
Portfolio
Pathwise evaluations
Summative evaluations
Comprehensive exams
Licensure checklist
Comprehensive exams
Survey: EBI (candidates),
alumni (graduates)
Praxis III
GPA
Praxis I and II test
Portfolio
Pathwise evaluations
Summative evaluations
Comprehensive exams
Licensure checklist
Comprehensive exams
Survey: EBI (candidates),
alumni (graduates)
Praxis III
University liaison
Conference
Administrative meeting
Praxis I and II
GPA
Summative evaluation
Portfolio
Data sent to Dean’s office
Evidence
Unit assessment plan
Summative evaluation data
Portfolio
Praxis I and II scores Record of
progress form
Summary of survey data
Database system
Unit assessment plan
Summative evaluation data
Portfolio
Praxis I and II scores Record of
progress form
Summary of survey data
Database system
Administrative file
Unit assessment plan
Code of Student Life (Student
Handbook)
Graduate student grievance
procedure (Graduate
Catalog)
Praxis score data
GPA summary
Unit assessment plan
Unit assessment plan
Database system
Data warehouse
2.3 Use of Data for Program Improvement
Element
2.3.1
Statement
The unit regularly and
systematically uses data,
including candidate and
graduate performance
information, to evaluate the
efficacy of its courses,
programs, and clinical
experiences.
Assessments
Faculty evaluations
Summative evaluations
Surveys: EBI (candidate),
Alumni (graduate),
Mentor teacher
(internship), Principal
(employers)
Evidence
Summary of faculty evaluations
Summary of summative
evaluations
Summary of surveys
Praxis scores
2.3.2
The unit analyzes program
evaluation and performance
assessment data to initiate
changes where indicated.
Candidate and faculty
assessment data are
regularly shared with
candidates and faculty
respectively to help them
reflect on their performance
and improve it.
SEED feedback
Praxis scores
Summary of SEED feedback
Department minutes
Summary of program changes
Faculty class evaluation
Summative evaluation
Intern/mentor
teacher/liaison conference
Comprehensive exams
Purdue data
Summative evaluation data
Pass/fail data for
comprehensive exams
2.3.3