Conference Title
Learning Outcomes Assessment:
Building a Culture for Institutional Effectiveness
Presentation by
Thomas E. Buttross
Penn State Harrisburg
April 22, 2010
Assessment Worksheet
Student 2
Student 3
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Student 16
No. Correct
% Correct
7
21
14
16
8
24
37
28
33
46
45
43
40
49
Student 1
2
4
5a
5d
6a
7a
8b
9b
10e
11a
11b
12c
12e
13c
Comprehensive
Final Exam
Question No.
Assessment
Topic
ACCTG XXX, Sec 1, Semester
1
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17
11
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9
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12
0.87
0.74
0.48
0.91
0.74
0.96
0.87
0.83
0.70
0.57
0.84
0.61
0.65
0.52
Description
of
Assessment
Topic
Cost behavior - traditional
Cost behavior - activity based
Job costing system
Activity-based costing system
Cost of goods manufactured calculation
Breakeven analysis
Operating leverage*
Cash budget
Analysis to keep or drop a product
Variable costing
Absorption costing
Target costing
Theory of constraints
Transfer pricing
No. Correct
12 10
9
9
8 223 9.70
% Correct
0.86 0.71 0.64 0.64 0.57 16
0.69
Pass 70% or Fail Pass Pass Fail Fail Fail
*Operating leverage replaces the work-in process
journal entry assessed in fall 2008; because the
journal entry had 96% correct and is not expected
to drop.
Evaluation of Assessment Results: Using 70% as
the minimum passing score, 15 of the 23 students
(65%) passed, which is below the 70% minimum that
need to pass for the course to be considered
successful in accomplishing the learning objectives.
These results come from the second assessment in
this course.
Analysis: Bolded percentages correct along with
bolded assessment topic descriptions in the two
columns at the immediate left represent five areas
where less than 70% of the class got the exam
question correct. These results come from the second
assessment in this course.
Improvement Plan: These bolded topics at the
immediate left are the areas that will receive more
attention in the next offering of the course. Improving
the scores on these assessment topics while
maintaining the scores on the other topics will bring up
the overall class performance. Improvement will involve
more Camtasia presentations, more instructorprepared exercises, and perhaps, more graded
homework.