Framingham State University Office of Institutional Assessment

Assessment Architecture at FSU Institutional Objectives Academic Program General Education

Infrastructure Faculty defined 8 learning objectives Built and tested 8 rubrics to assess student learning Improved inter-rater reliability and assessment processes Improved processes and website Over 40 faculty received certificates in Program Assessment Almost all Graduate and UG programs have or are developing an assessment plan this academic year

Infrastructure Faculty Development Two semester series on Critical Thinking and Written Communication 77 tenured, non-tenured and adjunct faculty 21 departments Our largest feeder school, MassBay Community College 1200 students engaged and responded to these prompts

How is it working?

Stakeholder Participation & Visibility Sample size for Gen Ed has increased 6-fold since 2013 UCC defined learning objectives Submitted a representative sample for Multi-State Collaborative for CT, WC and QR Faculty and Staff presented scholarship in assessment at 5 regional, national and international conferences

What do we know about student learning?

Written Communication AY 2014-15 Gen Ed artifacts, mean = 2.49, SD = 0.67, N = 193. Senior artifacts, mean = 3.08, SD = 0.61, N=100.

Critical Thinking AY 2014-15 Gen Ed, mean = 2.03, SD = 0.72, N = 122. For Seniors, mean = 2.7, SD = 0.85, N=90.

Student Learning in Programs Program Assessment Second year of annual assessment report submission https://www.framingham.edu/about-fsu/office-of- assessment/undergraduate-program-assessment/college-of-arts- and-humanities

Closing the Loop English, History, Chemistry, Biology and Environmental Science and Policy implemented intensive in-discipline statistics, methods, and/or writing classes, to advance their students critical thinking and written communication skills