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Resource: MDHE Report on Participation, Persistence and Performance of Missouri Developmental Education Students, 2009

This report is from the Missouri Department of Higher Education. This statewide look at developmental education in Missouri’s public higher education system includes data from MSU-West Plains.

MDHE Report on Participation, Persistence and Performance of Missouri Developmental Education Students, 2009

Resource: Assessment Committee Annual Report, 2008-09

Here’s the Assessment Committee’s Annual Report for 2008-2009, as authored by Chair Jim McLeane and approved by the Committee. Also attached here is the Committee’s Annual Report for 2007-2008.

Assessment Committee Annual Report 2008-09

Assessment Committee Annual Report 2007-08

Resource: HLC Statement of Affiliation Status for MSU-WP

For your information and use, this is the most current HLC Statement of Affiliation Status for the campus.

HLC Statement of Affiliation

Resource: HLC Analysis of Progress Report on Assessment (Sept 2009)

Here’s the HLC’s analysis of our Progress Report on Assessment, which was submitted in September, 2009. Summary: Our report was accepted, and “no further reports are required” before our next HLC comprehensive visit in 2013.

HLC Analysis of Progress Report (9-09)

Workshop: Putting Assessment in the Driver’s Seat

USING ASSESSMENT TO DRIVE INSTRUCTION: This white paper is from the Foundation for Critical Thinking, and it’s worth reading!  http://www.criticalthinking.org/files/White%20PaperAssessmentSept2007.pdf

November Assessment News Connections

ASSESSMENT VS. ACTION: Vast majority of colleges have systems in place to measure what undergraduates learn, survey finds. But using that information? That’s another story: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/10/26/assess

ASSESSING THE ASSESSMENTS: This article considers the effectiveness of the national assessment instruments, such as the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency or CAAP, which use here at MSU-WP, and the Collegiate Learning Assessment or CLA, which we also use. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/05/vsa