2014-2015 Assessment Report
Program (and PeopleSoft Code):
College or Division:
Assessment Coordinator:
Assessment Coordinator Contact Information (phone/email):
Date Submitted:
Please fill out this template as thoroughly as possible and return it as an attachment to Dr. Russell Stone,
University Assessment Coordinator, at crstone@unr.edu. For further information on assessment plans
and reports, see www.unr.edu/assessment.
Assessment is required for UNR to maintain regional accreditation under the guidelines of the
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Assessment on campus involves three levels of
review and analysis: institutional, program, and course. Updated program assessment plans and
completed program assessment reports are required annually from every degree-granting program at
UNR, and every summer the University Assessment Coordinator will review these documents and
produce a report on the state of holistic assessment at the institution: that is, a quantitative and
qualitative analysis of the alignment of program, college, and institutional goals and mission
statements.
This report will focus on the quantitative measurement of Student Learning Outcomes, the use of this
data to deduce key findings regarding your program, and your plans to modify your program based on
the assessment process.
The Executive Summary (Section 6) will be made publicly available at www.unr.edu/assessment,
while the remainder of this report (Sections 1-5) will be stored on a private site and analyzed by the
University Assessment Coordinator.
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1: Assignments and Assessment Methods
This section was included in your annual assessment plan. For the purposes of this report,
you need only enter any updated or changed information since the submission of that plan.
Please identify which direct and indirect assessment methods you employed during the last
academic year. If you spent time discussing the implementation of new or revised assessment
strategies after filing your assessment plan, see below:
Assignments and Direct Methods:
☐Portfolios of student work
☐Written assignments
☐Qualifying examination
☐Examination with common,
embedded questions
☐Thesis/dissertation
☐Presentations (individual or
group)
☐Oral defense of project or
proposal
☐Comprehensive (oral or written)
examination
☐Exhibition or demonstration of
student work
☐Laboratory project
☐Demonstration of fluency in
secondary language
☐Capstone project (please explain
below)
☐Internships
☐Service learning
☐Field work
Indirect Methods:
Surveys:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
☐Current students
☐Senior/exit
☐Alumni
☐Employer
☐Other
☐Student retention rates
☐Transcript analysis
☐Employment placement
☐Graduate/professional school
placement
☐Data from Institutional Analysis
or other departments on campus
☐Other methods (please explain
below)
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Assessment Strategies currently under discussion for revision or implementation:
☐Assessment plan
☐Rubrics or grading/assessment criteria
☐SLOs
☐Assignments and direct assessment methods
☐Surveys, evaluation questions, or other indirect assessment methods
☐Curriculum maps
☐Other:
2.A: Professional Accreditation Assessment Activities
If your program conducted assessment for the purposes of professional accreditation (as you
indicated in your annual assessment plan), please describe the results or attach any relevant
information when you submit this report:
2.B: Other Assessment Activities
1. If versions of your courses are offered through USAC, have USAC faculty or staff provided
you with assessment data for those courses?
2. If your program conducted assessment beyond the scope of this report (as you indicated in
your annual assessment plan), please describe the results or attach any relevant information when
you submit this report:
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3. Student Learning Outcomes
Outcome #1:
Please list all indirect and direct assessment methods used to measure this learning outcome.
Refer to section 3 of your assessment plan or to the list in section 1 of this report, and provide
any description of this method, as you deem necessary:
Student Performance on this Outcome: Please fill out the following to total 100%, based on
the commentary and benchmarks for success/failure in your assessment plan:
__% Fully Meeting Expectations
__% Partially Meeting Expectations
__% Failing to Meet Expectations
Outcome #2:
Please list all indirect and direct assessment methods used to measure this learning outcome.
Refer to section 3 of your assessment plan or to the list in section 1 of this report, and provide
any description of this method, as you deem necessary:
Student Performance on this Outcome: Please fill out the following to total 100%, based on
the commentary and benchmarks for success/failure in your assessment plan:
__% Fully Meeting Expectations
__% Partially Meeting Expectations
__% Failing to Meet Expectations
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Outcome #3:
Please list all indirect and direct assessment methods used to measure this learning outcome.
Refer to section 3 of your assessment plan or to the list in section 1 of this report, and provide
any description of this method, as you deem necessary:
Student Performance on this Outcome: Please fill out the following to total 100%, based on
the commentary and benchmarks for success/failure in your assessment plan:
__% Fully Meeting Expectations
__% Partially Meeting Expectations
__% Failing to Meet Expectations
Outcome #4:
Performance Indicators: Please list all indirect and direct assessment methods used to
measure this learning outcome. Refer to section 3 of your assessment plan or to the list in
section 1 of this report, and provide any description of this method, as you deem necessary:
Student Performance on this Outcome: Please fill out the following to total 100%, based on
the commentary and benchmarks for success/failure in your assessment plan:
__% Fully Meeting Expectations
__% Partially Meeting Expectations
__% Failing to Meet Expectations
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Outcome #5:
Please list all indirect and direct assessment methods used to measure this learning outcome.
Refer to section 3 of your assessment plan or to the list in section 1 of this report, and provide
any description of this method, as you deem necessary:
Student Performance on this Outcome: Please fill out the following to total 100%, based on
the commentary and benchmarks for Success/Failure in your Assessment Plan:
__% Fully Meeting Expectations
__% Partially Meeting Expectations
__% Failing to Meet Expectations
*Please insert additional Learning Outcomes as needed.
4. Key Findings and Engagement
Please describe (1) any conclusions, including concerns or reasons for satisfaction, to be drawn
from this year’s assessment activities, and (2) how stakeholders in your program engaged in
data-driven discussions relevant to these findings.
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5. Program Modifications
Based on assessment data gathered for this report or otherwise, please describe any program
changes that have been implemented or are under discussion, planned, or in progress. These may
be modifications to curriculum, assessment procedures, instruction, professional development,
TA training, advising, facilities, or other areas considered vital to the success of your program.
Please be as thorough as possible.
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6. Executive Summary
This brief paragraph will be made publicly available at www.unr.edu/assessment. Please
provide a qualitative summary of the assessment results in this report, including (1) how the
measured Student Learning Outcomes collectively indicate strengths in your program or aspects
of your program to be discussed for potential modification, (2) changes (completed or
forthcoming) to your program and/or curriculum, and (3) the fulfillment of your mission
statement. Feel free to copy text from elsewhere in this report, if you believe that you have
addressed these issues in earlier sections.
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