Assessment Committee Meeting Report for October 28, 2009
Attendees: Gina Kamwithi, Randy Storms, Bob Brownson, Troy Shutler (guest), Anne Vinson, Janny Nauman, Kate Peresie
Kate called and conducted the meeting.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
ACTION
STEPS
Graduate Survey
Troy reported that:
 Adding the graduate survey or a link to the graduate survey to the
graduate petition packet is not a good idea because the petition is already
stuffed , students would get the survey too early at 3 months before
graduating (employment information is solicited, currently at 6 months
post graduation).
 Chris Harris and Mary Rodriguez offered to provide 3 gas cards and 5-10
alumni memberships for drawings as incentives for survey completion.
 NC State does have a license to use Survey Monkey.
Follow-up
with
recommendati
ons, report to
Committee
PERSONS
RESPONSIBLE
Troy
TIME-LINE
Kate
11/4
11/18
meeting
The Committee recommended that Troy and his support team should:
 Get the survey on the Survey Monkey site.
 Pilot test it with a sample of students for ease-of-use, value of incentives
 Contact Subway (or similar) to investigate providing a sandwich coupon,
printable at the computer upon survey completion, as an incentive,
possibly in addition to the gas card/alumni membership drawing.
 Report back to the Committee at our next meeting.
CLOs
The Committee also noted the value of collecting employment information at 6
months post graduation.
Computation Skills
The Committee:
 Reviewed the report provided by John Falls and noted that no results
were included in the report.
 Approved the “Next Steps” of the report, including re-pilot in Fall and
Winter Quarters, then administer to all or random sample of neargraduates in Spring Quarter.
 Noted that, if the Core Curriculum Team for the semester conversion
determines that all programs should include college level math, then the
Report back
to John
assessment test will need to be revised to reflect that change.
Computer Literacy
The Committee:
 Reviewed the spring quarter assessment (First Advantage) results report
provided by Cathy Craig.
 Agreed to set “success” thresholds.
o Decided that first we should:
 Know the cutoff scores when the instrument is used for
placement in the CIS “remedial” course.
 Have a better understanding of the instrument via the
“cheat sheet” supplied to students.
(The Committee also discussed the problem with the CIS
“remedial” course -- that it was not changed so that the learning
outcomes of the course would meet the needs of students as
identified in the assessment, yet students are placed into the
course by the assessment. This will be taken, again, to the
Council of Deans.)
 Noted that the level of this CLO may shift upward if the Core
Curriculum Team for semester conversion determines that all programs
should include a computer or information literacy course.
HLC Assessment The Committee supported the idea of sending a team to the workshop consisting
Workshop
of CLO leaders.
5-column Report
Template
Next Meeting
The Committee discussed changes to the template including adding CLOs and
removing “Board Goals.” Kate will bring a draft to the next meeting. Other
members may do the same.
Next meeting is 11/18, 12:00, 149F. Agenda items not attended to that will
carry over are CCSSE refresher (Sheila Campbell), review/revise CLO
assessment schedule, 5-Column report update.
Get intake
assessment
cutoff scores
and cheat
sheet from
Cathy
Kate
By 11/18
meeting
Put CIS
remedial
course issues
on CoD
agenda
Randy
By 11/18
meeting
Identify CLO
leaders, invite
to workshop
Prepare draft
Kate
By 11/18
meeting
Kate
By 11/18
meeting