Assessing Student Program Achievement

At KSU, we strive to provide students with the learning opportunities and experiences needed to be successful in their degree programs and in their careers. With student learning and student success at the core of our academic mission, the Office of Academic Excellence and the Office of Institutional Assessment work to ensure that our programs are assessing the extent to which students are able to achieve their expected outcomes and are seeking ways to improve the educational experiences for our students.

Using the most up-to-date guidelines from SACSCOC, we have been working on developing a Simplified Assessment Framework that will allow programs to implement more meaningful and manageable practices to assess student achievement of all program student learning outcomes (PSLOs).

 

Information and Feedback Sessions

For faculty interested in learning more about the Simplified Assessment Framework and providing feedback, we encourage them to attend one of our upcoming information and feedback sessions:

Monday (11/27) - 10:00-10:30am

Tuesday (11/28) - 10:00-10:30am

Wednesday (11/29) 2:30-3:00pm

Thursday (11/30) 2:30-3:00pm

Development and Communication Plan

Below, we include our full Simplified Assessment Framework development and communication schedule.  As a collaborative process, we look forward to receiving input from those involved with program assessments across campus. 

    • Communicate new assessment expectations for future assessment cycles
    • Summarize all feedback and discuss with Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment Liaisons.
    • Submit recommendations to the Provost
    • Summarize feedback and share on website.
    • Provide additional opportunities for feedback from program faculty.
  • Facilitate discussions and solicit feedback from stakeholders (faculty program coordinators, faculty assessment peer reviewers, chairs/directors, and associate deans)
    • Orient campus constituents to the Simplified Assessment Framework
    • Communicate the negotiables and non-negotiables for 8.2a
    • Develop Simplified Assessment Framework
    • Review assessment practices at other USG institutions
    • Identify negotiables and non-negotiables according to 8.2a
    • Evaluate KSU assessment practices and identify gaps and areas for improvement
    • Attend SACSCOC Conference
    • Review SACSCOC Resource Guidance on 8.2a