ASSESSMENT

FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY PRESENTS

OF LEARNING OUTCOMES

WHAT IS ASSESSMENT?

Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development (Palmoba and Banta, 1999).

WHAT DOES ASSESSMENT ENTAIL

AT FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY?

Assessment at Franklin fosters an institution-wide, documented continuous improvement of student learning and success that includes measurements, conversations, and the applications of lessons

learned to promote sustained incremental

progress.

ASSESSMENT CYCLE

Identify Outcomes

Identify  Measures

Collect & Analyze

Data

Interpret & Discuss Findings

Improve

WHAT ARE STUDENT LEARNING

OUTCOMES?

THE EXPECTED KNOWLEDGE,

SKILLS, ATTITUDES, COMPETENCIES, AND HABITS OF

MIND THAT STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO

ACQUIRE...

NILOA, N.D.

Student learning outcomes state

CENTRALIZED ACADEMIC MODELFRANKLIN UNIVERSITY USES AS CENTRALIZED ACADEMIC MODEL.

This means programs and courses are designed by collaborative teams that consist of major area faculty and instructional designers with input from industry practitioners.

CASCADINGOUTCOMESOutcomes cascade from program

to course and then to assignment.

Programs and courses have consistent

outcomes, wherever/however they’re

offered. We compare learning in

different formats, lengths, and locations to

explore how these factors might impact

learning and to use findings to inform

improvement strategies. 

Program

Course

Assignment

EXAMPLE PROGRAM OUTCOME

GRADUATES WILL COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY.

For Franklin's general education:

OUTCOME MAPS

For all undergraduate and

graduate courses, program

outcomes are linked or

mapped to required courses

in the respective programs. 

An outcome map for a

program shows

where each

outcome is

Introduced (I),

Reinforced (R),

and Assessed

within a

program's

curriculum.

HOW ARE OUTCOMES ASSESSED?

Exams Course Projects

Portfolios Surveys

ETS Major Field Test

Common Professional

Component (CPC) Exams

Major course projects

Capstone projects

Assessed by rubrics

Internal: Course & Faculty

Evals, Graduating Student,

Alumni, Course (Capstone)

Reflections

External: National Survey of

Student Engagement, Noel-

Levitz, Adult Priorities Survey

"A collection of multiple

pieces of student's work

completed across time."

Writing portfolios, project

portfolios, etc.

Assessed by rubrics

A LIST OR CHART THAT DESCRIBES

THE CRITERIA

SUSKIE, 2009

A rubric is a scoring guide, or

that can be used to to evaluate or grade student assignments.

EXAMPLE RUBRIC

CLOSING THE ASSESSMENT

LOOP 

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REPORTS

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES & MEASURES

ASSESSMENT RESULTS

ACTION PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT

EACH ACADEMIC PROGRAM COMPILES AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REPORT, WHICH CONSISTS OF:

Programs also conduct periodic program reviews that go beyond learning outcome assessment into areas such as:

Assessment is an essential element of program reviews.

Graduation/Retention  Rates & Enrollment

Competitor Analyses Strategic Planning

ASSESSING STUDENT

LEARNING IS MORE THAN MEASURING

EXPECTATIONS AND IDENTIFYING IMPROVEMENT -

IT'S ALSO CELEBRATING

STUDENT SUCCESS.

REFERENCES National Institute of Learning Outcome Assessment. (n.d.). Student learning outcome statements. Retrieved from http://www.learningoutcomeassessment.org/TFComponentSLOS.htm

Suskie, L. (2009). Assessing student learning: A common sense guide. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Palomba, C. A. and Banta, T.W.  (1999). Assessment essentials: Planning, implementing, and improving assessment in higher education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.