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Assessment Office
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2015 Annual Assessment Report Questions (Undergraduate Degree Programs)
Updated 8/20/2015
1. Institutional Learning Objectives (ILOs) and Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
Edit SLOs [click the link to edit the program SLOs before completing this question]
Directions:
A. Please click on each Institutional Learning Objective (ILO) below. (Your program student learning
outcomes (SLOs) will appear.)
B. Check the box to indicate that the program SLO is directly related to the ILO.
C. Leave the box unchecked if the program SLO is not directly related to the ILO.
Need help? Sign up for an ILO-Program SLO mapping workshop or call us (Monica, 956-6669; Yao, 9564283). Workshop registration
This question is part of implementing Mānoa’s Institutional Learning Objectives for Undergraduates that
was approved by the Faculty Senate in 2012
[+] Expand all
1a. General education
[your program SLOs will appear under the ILO here when you click the ILO]
1b. Specialized study in an academic field
1c. Understand Hawaiian culture and history
2a. Think critically and creatively
2b. Conduct research
2c. Communicate and report
3a. Continuous learning and personal growth
3b. Respect for people and cultures, in particular Hawaiian culture
3c. Stewardship of the natural environment
3d. Civic participation
2. Your program’s SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.
3. Please review, add, replace, or delete the existing curriculum map.
4. For your program, the percentage of courses that have course SLOs explicitly stated on the syllabus,
a website, or other publicly available document is as follows. Please update as needed. (check one)
__0%
__1-50%
__51-80%
__81-99%
__100%
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5. Did your program engage in any program assessment activities between June 1, 2014 and
September 30, 2015?
__Yes
__No (skip to question 16)
6. What best describes the program-level learning assessment activities that took place for the period
June 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015? (Check all that apply.)
__Create/modify/discuss program learning assessment procedures (e.g., SLOs, curriculum map,
mechanism to collect student work, rubric, survey)
__Collect/evaluate student work/performance to determine SLO achievement
__Collect/analyze student self-reports of SLO achievement via surveys, interviews, or focus groups
__Use assessment results to make programmatic decisions (e.g., change course content or
pedagogy, design new course, hiring)
__Investigate curriculum coherence. This includes investigating how well courses address the SLOs,
course sequencing and adequacy, the effect of pre-requisites on learning achievement.de the
university
__Investigate other pressing issue related to student learning achievement for the program (explain
in question 7)
__Other: ________________________
7. Briefly explain the assessment activities that took place in the last 18 months.
8. What types of evidence did the program use as part of the assessment activities checked in question
6? (Check all that apply.)
Direct evidence of student learning (student work products)
__Artistic exhibition/performance
__Assignment/exam/paper completed as part of regular coursework and used for program-level
assessment
__Capstone work product (e.g., written project or non-thesis paper)
__Exam created by an external organization (e.g., professional association for licensure)
__Exit exam created by the program
__IRB approval of research
__Oral performance (oral defense, oral presentation, conference presentation)
__Portfolio of student work
__Publication or grant proposal
__Qualifying exam or comprehensive exam for program-level assessment in addition to individual
student evaluation (graduate level only)
__Supervisor or employer evaluation of student performance outside the classroom (internship,
clinical, practicum)
__Thesis or dissertation used for program-level assessment in addition to individual student
evaluation
__Other: ________________________
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Indirect evidence of student learning
__Alumni survey that contains self-reports of SLO achievement
__Employer meetings/discussions/survey/interview of student SLO achievement
__Interviews or focus groups that contain self-reports of SLO achievement
__Student reflective writing assignment (essay, journal entry, self-assessment) on their SLO
achievement.
__Student surveys that contain self-reports of SLO achievement
__Other: ________________________
Program evidence related to learning and assessment
(more applicable when the program focused on the use of results or assessment procedure/tools in
this reporting period instead of data collection)
__Assessment-related such as assessment plan, SLOs, curriculum map, etc.
__Program or course materials (syllabi, assignments, requirements, etc.)
__Other: ________________________
9. State the number of students (or persons) who submitted evidence that was evaluated. If
applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
10. Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)
__Course instructor(s)
__Faculty committee
__Ad hoc faculty group
__Department chairperson
__Persons or organization outside the university
__Faculty advisor
__Advisors (in student support services)
__Students (graduate or undergraduate)
__Dean/Director
__Other: ________________________
11. How did they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? (Check all that apply.)
__Used a rubric or scoring guide
__Scored exams/tests/quizzes
__Used professional judgment (no rubric or scoring guide used)
__Compiled survey results
__Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, open-ended response data
__External organization/person analyzed data (e.g., external organization administered and scored
the nursing licensing exam)
__Other: ___________________________
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12. Summarize the results of the assessment activities checked in question 6. For example, report the
percent of students who achieved each SLO.
13. What best describes how the program used the results? (Check all that apply.)
__Assessment procedure changes (SLOs, curriculum map, rubrics, evidence collected, sampling,
communications with faculty, etc.)
__Course changes (course content, pedagogy, courses offered, new course, pre-requisites,
requirements)
__Personnel or resource allocation changes
__Program policy changes (e.g., admissions requirements, student probation policies, common
course evaluation form)
__Students' out-of-course experience changes (advising, co-curricular experiences, program
website, program handbook, brown-bag lunches, workshops)
__Celebration of student success!
__Results indicated no action needed because students met expectations
__Use is pending (typical reasons: insufficient number of students in population, evidence not
evaluated or interpreted yet, faculty discussions continue)
__Other:
14. Please briefly describe how the program used the results.
15. Beyond the results, were there additional conclusions or discoveries? This can include insights about
assessment procedures, teaching and learning, and great achievements regarding program
assessment in this reporting period.
16. If the program did not engage in assessment activities, please explain.
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