Colorado School of Mines
Annual Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes Report
For Academic Year 2015-16 Undergraduate Programs
The purpose of assessment is to promote excellence in student learning and educational practices by
fostering a campus culture of self-evaluation and improvement. The annual assessment report enables
CSM to document engagement in continuous improvement efforts.
Please provide responses to the following questions/items and upload this completed document and
supporting documentation (rubrics, meeting notes, or any other documents that support your assessment
efforts) to the Blackboard site at Dept.Assess.Plans.perm: Departmental Assessment Plans by
September 23, 2016. The Assessment Committee will provide written feedback in response to the
department annual report, using this rubric as the basis for their feedback.
Department/Program:
Person Submitting This Report:
Email address:
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Assessment of the Major/Degree Program
1. Describe your assessment plan for your major/degree program (list not only the activities
completed in the past year, but your entire ongoing plan.)
Student Outcome 1:
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Student Outcome 2:
Student Outcome 3:
2
Student Outcome 4:
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Student Outcome 5:
Student Outcome 6:
Student Outcome 7:
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Student Outcome 8:
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Student Outcome 9:
Student Outcome 10:
Student Outcome 11:
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2. Map your assessment methods to your outcomes.
Table 1
Assessment
method 1:
Assessment
method 2:
Assessment
method 3:
Assessment
method 4:
Assessment
method 5:
Assessment
method 6:
Student outcome 1
Student outcome 2
Student outcome 3
Student outcome 4
Student outcome 5
Student outcome 6
Student outcome 7
Student outcome 8
Student outcome 9
Student outcome 10
Student outcome 11
3. Map the student outcomes to courses and to the ABET outcomes. Please designate the extent to
which the outcome is emphasized in each course by using one of the following notations:
 P=primary emphasis and S=secondary emphasis
 I=Introduced, R=Reinforced, and E=Emphasized
 Or any other designations of your choosing
Table 2
Courses
Student outcome 1
Student outcome 2
Student outcome 3
Student outcome 4
Student outcome 5
Student outcome 6
Student outcome 7
Student outcome 8
Student outcome 9
Student outcome 10
Student outcome 11
If your assessment plan only includes the ABET outcomes and you have no additional outcomes, you do
not need to complete table #3.
Table 3
A
B
C
D
ABET Outcomes
E
F
G
Student outcome 1
Student outcome 2
Student outcome 3
Student outcome 4
Student outcome 5
5
H
I
J
K
4. Identify the assessment activities that your program has implemented in the past year.
Direct measures:
Indirect measures:
5. Describe how you have shared assessment results with faculty. Describe who attended
faculty meetings to discuss assessment results, when these meetings were held, and how the
discussions and recommendations were documented.
6. Describe how faculty have used assessment results to improve student learning, including the
specific actions you have taken or will take to facilitate students’ attainment of the student
learning outcomes. (ABET Criterion 4C.)
Table 5
Action #1 taken:
Date action taken:
Basis for this action:
Student outcome
impacted:
Specific assessment
measure(s) that motivated
action (if not described
above):
Measurement/assessment
of the impact of the action
that was taken:
Action #2 taken:
Date action taken:
Basis for this action:
Student outcome
impacted:
Specific assessment
measure(s) that motivated
action (if not described
above):
Measurement/assessment
of the impact of the action
that was taken:
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Action #3 taken:
Date action taken:
Basis for this action:
Student outcome
impacted:
Specific assessment
measure(s) that motivated
action (if not described
above):
Measurement/assessment
of the impact of the action
that was taken:
Action #4 taken:
Date action taken:
Basis for this action:
Student outcome
impacted:
Specific assessment
measure(s) that motivated
action (if not described
above):
Measurement/assessment
of the impact of the action
that was taken:
6. Describe any changes that you are planning to make in your assessment plan for next year.
7. Describe how you have used the feedback from the assessment committee in response to last
year’s report to improve your assessment efforts.
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Assessment of the Core Curriculum Courses
1. Describe your assessment plan for the core curriculum courses offered by your department (list
not only the activities completed in the past year, but your entire ongoing plan.)
Student Outcome 1:
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Direct assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Indirect assessment
measure(s)/method(s)
Performance
criteria
Population/sample/
recruitment
strategies
Frequency/timing of
assessment
Student Outcome 2:
Student Outcome 3:
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3. Map the student outcomes to courses and to the ABET outcomes. Please designate the extent to
which the outcome is emphasized in each course by using one of the following notations:
 P=primary emphasis and S=secondary emphasis
 I=Introduced, R=Reinforced, and E=Emphasized
 Or any other designations of your choosing
Table 2
Courses
Student outcome 1
Student outcome 2
Student outcome 3
If your assessment plan only includes the ABET outcomes and you have no additional outcomes, you do
not need to complete table #3.
Table 3
A
B
C
D
ABET Outcomes
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
Student outcome 1
Student outcome 2
Student outcome 3
4. Identify the assessment activities that your program has implemented in the past year.
Direct measures:
Indirect measures:
5. Describe how you have shared assessment results with faculty. Describe who attended faculty
meetings to discuss assessment results, when these meetings were held, and how the
discussions and recommendations were documented.
6. Describe how faculty have used assessment results to improve student learning, including the
specific actions you have taken or will take to facilitate students’ attainment of the student
learning outcomes. (ABET Criterion 4C.)
Table 5
Action #1 taken:
Date action taken:
Basis for this action:
Student outcome
impacted:
Specific assessment
measure(s) that motivated
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action (if not described
above):
Measurement/assessment
of the impact of the action
that was taken:
Action #2 taken:
Date action taken:
Basis for this action:
Student outcome
impacted:
Specific assessment
measure(s) that motivated
action (if not described
above):
Measurement/assessment
of the impact of the action
that was taken:
Action #3 taken:
Date action taken:
Basis for this action:
Student outcome
impacted:
Specific assessment
measure(s) that motivated
action (if not described
above):
Measurement/assessment
of the impact of the action
that was taken:
Action #4 taken:
Date action taken:
Basis for this action:
Student outcome
impacted:
Specific assessment
measure(s) that motivated
action (if not described
above):
Measurement/assessment
of the impact of the action
that was taken:
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6. Describe any changes that you are planning to make in your assessment plan for next year.
7. Describe how you have used the feedback from the assessment committee in response to last
year’s report to improve your assessment efforts.
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