Assessment Committee Meeting Report for February 22, 2008
Attendees: Mike Allen, Chris Stevens, Janet Boeckman, Robert Slabodnick, Kate Peresie
Kate called and conducted the meeting.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
Assessment The Deans Plus and Faculty Caucus support the Assessment Day concept. The
Day
Committee will move ahead with planning:
 See if this fits in Student Services in terms of logistics, organizational
responsibility.
 Submit a budget/project proposal to PAC.
 Target population is students who are graduating.
 Sample from spring quarter graduating students (largest population).
 Assess 2 to 3 of the 5 CLOs every year on a rotating schedule.
 Randomly assign each student selected to one CLO assessment.
 Schedule the day on spring quarter professional development day (classes
cancelled) beginning 2009.
 Have two sessions – day and evening.
 Establish penalty for graduates who do not participate -- they do not “walk” at
graduation. Or make it a requirement for graduation?
 Add information on this requirement to admissions materials.
 Determine proctors – adjunct faculty? Staff or faculty released from
professional development day?
 Communicate to faculty via Caucus that if assessment data reveal that the
College has not attained the desired threshold in a CLO, then the next step is
to develop strategies to improve -- including strengthening learning in courses
where the CLO was included.
 Consider these issues:
o Computer literacy, computation literacy, and critical thinking CLOs
are written and/or computerized tests – do not require much labor for
administering or scoring.
o Culture & Commuity CLO assessment can shift to more institutionwide than course-based.
o Communication by Writing and Culture & Community CLOs require
written essay to be assessed by faculty – labor intensive.
ACTION
STEPS
PERSONS
RESPONSIBLE
TIMELINE
Talk with Peg
Moir
Further
discussion -on next
meeting
agenda
Kate
By 3/7
Kate
By 2/29
Talk with
Paul Sukys,
invite Paul
and Phil
Martin to next
meeting.
Mike
By 3/7
CLO
Syllabus
Project
Next
Meeting
o Assessment of writing in this setting is not WAC, therefore consider
continuing with WAC efforts in capstone courses.
o Assessment of Communication by Speech cannot occur during an
assessment day unless faculty submits videotapes of student
presentations.
The Committee worked on feedback for business program courses.
Next meeting is Friday, March 7th, 9:00 in 149F. Agenda: Further discussion of
Communication and Culture & Community CLO assessment, Assessment Day; work
on more syllbi from education Teri Kofod’s area.
Bring
sampling of
programs’
syllabi
Teri
3/7