COMMITTEE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING
MINUTES
February 18, 2014
The 2013-2014 CASL minutes and other information are available on the Web at the Assessment
website: http://www.eiu.edu/~assess. Please note: These minutes are not a complete verbatim
transcript of the CASL meeting.
Call to Order
The Committee for the Assessment of Student Learning was called to order on February 18,
2014 at 2:00 p.m. by Danelle Larson, (co-chair), in classroom 1115 of Ninth Street Hall.
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Members present:
Rebecca Throneburg, (co-chair), Danelle Larson, (co-chair), Michael
Cornebise, Terri Fredrick, Melissa Jones, and Debra Reid
Members absent:
Richard Jones, Jill Fahy, Karla Sanders, Simon Lee, and Dawn
VanGunten
Approval of minutes from January 21, 2014
The minutes from January 21, 2014 will be approved at the next meeting since there were not
enough present for a quorum.
Executive Summary Visits-updates/questions/discussion
Danelle Larson attended the CAH meeting last week and reported that the discussion
centered on their concerns about critical thinking and the Electronic Writing Portfolio’s.
Melissa Jones attended the COTE, and members expressed concerns about critical thinking.
She will be attending the College Curriculum and Unit Assessment Committee also. Her
dean also asked her to attend the Dean’s meeting.
Simon Lee attended the LCBAS Administrative Council and Curriculum Committee and
reported to Danelle Larson through an email that no questions were raised.
Mike Cornebise will arrange a meeting with the College of Sciences.
Danelle Larson and Karla Sanders will be attending the Faculty Senate meeting on February
25th. Danelle Larson reported she tried to contact CAA but has not received a reply.
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Learning Goals-How many are now expected to be assessed by each program?
CASL discussed the Learning Goals work and developing rubrics for a campus resource
related to the revised learning goals. Rebecca Throneburg disseminated paper copies of
AAC&U rubrics and the Degree Qualifications Profile-2 with discussion following.
Debra Reid disseminated the Responsible Citizenship Goals. Discussion followed with four
of the five goals being recommended to be assessed by each program. A vote will be taken
at the next CASL meeting.
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IV.
Learning Goals Work-Continued examination for appropriate assessments for eachdivide into groups/pairs
CASL divided up in workgroups by learning goal area. Responsible Citizenship (Debra
Reid, Karla Sanders, and Dawn VanGunten); Quantitative (Mike Cornebise and Rebecca
Throneburg); Critical Thinking (Danelle Larson and Melissa Jones); Writing (Terri Fredrick
and Tim Taylor); Speaking (Rich Jones) who can tell CASL when he needs assistance; and
Simon Lee needs to choose a group to work with.
Rebecca Throneburg pointed out that the new writing goal members may wish to consider
information from The Written Communication Value Rubric, The Reading Value Rubric, and
the Information Value Rubric (maybe critical thinking too). The new speaking goal members
may wish to consider information from the Oral Communication Value Rubric, and the
Information Literacy Value Rubric (maybe critical thinking too). The quantitative reasoning
goal members may wish to consider the Quantitative Literacy Value Rubric and the Problem
Solving Rubric. The critical thinking goal members may wish to consider the Critical
Thinking Value Rubric, the Problem Solving Rubric, the Inquiry and Analysis Rubric, and the
Creative Thinking Value Rubric.
The next meeting will begin the discussion with Rich Jones reporting on the Speaking
Assessment.
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Other
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Study your Learning Goals area in comparison to AAC&U VALUES
Communicate information with groups
Bring information back to CASL
Degree Assessment for next meeting
Adjournment
The meeting ended at 3:22 p.m.
Next CASL Meeting
The next CASL meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 4 in classroom 1115 in Ninth Street
Hall beginning at 2:00 p.m.
~Minutes submitted by Kimberly Sweeney, Recording Secretary
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