Assessment will host our Annual Assessment Workshop in Glass Hall on May 21-22. This summer we are focusing on the General Education Goals 10: Life Science and 11: Physical Science. We sent out invitations to everyone who teaches courses in the Natural World section of general education. If you have colleagues or students who would be interested in attending, please let us … [Read more...] about Assessment Workshop is May 21-22: What You Need to Know
The Senior Survey is the first part of the University Exit Exam. It is a brief series of questions selected to satisfy state reporting requirements and for internal efforts at program improvement. This includes first-destination information, a satisfaction item, and the chance for students to comment on their experience at MSU. At times, the Senior Survey includes additional … [Read more...] about Fall 2018 Senior Survey Summary: College of Natural & Applied Sciences
As we work to reduce our footprint in accordance with campus sustainability efforts, the Office of Assessment will now be using SharePoint to distribute student Public Affairs essay responses from the University Exit Exam with deans and department heads across campus. Deans will have access to all departments in their college site while department heads will have access to view … [Read more...] about Sustainable Distribution of Public Affairs Data with Colleges
By: Mary Bohlen On May 22-24, 2018 the Office of Assessment held the Human Cultures/Information Literacy Assessment Workshop. Over 35 faculty, staff, and students gathered in the Union Club at Plaster Student Union to assess student learning in the areas of Human Cultures and Information Literacy. Reviewers, who received a stipend of $500 to participate in … [Read more...] about Gen Ed Assessment in the Digital Age
For the past five years, the Office of Assessment has facilitated a three- to four-day workshop to assess undergraduate student learning in general education. We began by assessing student work aligned with the public affairs mission and outcomes. Student work was collected from courses with public affairs outcomes, de-identified, and reported in aggregate--the goal was to take … [Read more...] about Requesting Submissions/Participants – Human Cultures & Information Literacy Assessment Workshop