GENERAL EDUCATION COURSEBASED ASSESSMENT – IT’S EASIER
THAN YOU THINK!
2015-16
C. Griffin
OVERVIEW
• We teach the skills and content that GVSU and
society want our graduates to have.
• We assess how well students learn it (each
course every 3 years)
• We report the results (CAR)
• We revise our courses
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
1. Teach the skill and content goals:
– Content goals (you have 2 or 3 - unique to the category)
– Skills goals (you have 2 or 3 – more if the course double dips)
Collaboration
Critical and Creative Thinking
Ethical Reasoning
Information Literacy
Integration
Oral Communication
Problem Solving
Quantitative Literacy
Written Communication
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Do you
know the
definition
of the
skills
goals?
Do you
know the
skills goals
for your
course?
Goals with Rubrics
Go to the GE website, www.gvsu.edu/gened. Click on “Faculty Resources”, then “Assessment”.
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
3. How
will you
teach the
goals?
Go to the GE website, www.gvsu.edu/gened. Click on “Faculty Resources”, then “Assessment”.
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
• Grades – we can’t use grades! (UAC)
• We use course-embedded measures because
- Students take it seriously since it is part of a
graded assignment
- Results can cycle back faster to improve
teaching.
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
•Assessment is a work-in-progress
•No pre- and post-test needed
•One measurement of learning is fine
–You may not want to assess all goals with one
measure
•Assess towards the end of the term
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Overall goal definition
Sub-objectives
SKILLS GOALS AND RUBRICS
Click HERE to see the definitions of all of the Skills Goals.
Click on each of the goals below to see the corresponding rubric.
•
Collaboration
•
Critical and Creative Thinking
•
Ethical Reasoning
•
Information Literacy
•
Integration
•
Oral Communication
•
Problem Solving
•
Quantitative Reasoning
•
Written Communication
Levels of Proficiency
The four levels of proficiency and performance descriptors are:
4 = Distinguished: the aspirational level that we hope graduating
students will achieve
3 = Proficient: the level we expect for all graduating seniors
2 = Progressing: the level we hope we always reach after having a
chance or two at teaching students skills or content
1 = Baseline: the level we can reasonably expect for adequately
prepared entering students
0 = Below baseline
Blank = The student did not submit the assignment.
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
•Use the rubric to assign scores (0-4)
–We hope all students get to a level 3 by the time they graduate
–0 is below baseline, blank means they didn’t do it
•You can’t use a grade to assign a score
–A 4 is not an A, a 4 is an extremely high level of skill
•Critical point → One measure (e.g., a paper) can measure many goals
but you must disaggregate the score.
–A student could get an A- on a report. However, that A- doesn’t
translate into a 4 or even a 3 for assessment purposes. You need to
evaluate the report using the rubric. Even though the student received an
A- in a Foundation course, they may only receive a 2 on written
communication, and a 2 on information literacy, and a 3 on the content.
You need to evaluate the goals separately.
•We encourage you to share the assessment rubrics you have “scored”
with students so they know where they need to focus their efforts
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
4. How
will you
assess
the
goals?
Go to the GE website, www.gvsu.edu/gened. Click on “Faculty Resources”, then “Assessment”.
5. Do
you
know
how to
log in?
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Main Page
Click here for your section
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
You can export the spreadsheet or
enter data on line
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Content goals
Content Goals
These are broad questions (make sure the
students see the forest for the trees)
Enter 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, blank
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Skills Goals
Enter 1 score for all skills goals (each of the solid black bars)…….or…….
Enter 4 scores for the sub-objectives (solid yellow) for each goal.
Enter 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, blank in each cell
6. Enter the
assessment
data online
• Submit the data
before Dec. 31
(fall), or May 6
(winter)
• We’ll email you
tables and figures
of your results.
Go to the GE website, www.gvsu.edu/gened. Click on “Faculty Resources”, then “Assessment”.
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
7. Complete
the CAR
(Course
Assessment
Report)
•Report on what you learned and
how you plan to revise the course
(teaching or assessing)
•Submit the CAR by Feb. 1 for fall
courses, by May 30 for winter
courses
•1 CAR for all the sections
•Email CAR to: gened@gvsu.edu