Assessing General Education West Virginia State University

Key Points to Remember GE Assessment Plan adopted in 2016-17 calls for a sample of student work to be assessed in ALL sections of ALL PARTS of the GE Curricullum » Not just courses with GED prefix » Assess all sections, but not all students: 10 students per section, unless there are fewer than 10, in which case do assess all students Tier I components (+ programs currently responsible) include: Written Communication (English), Oral Communication (Communications, English), Mathematics, Scientific Reasoning (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) Tier II: Arts (Art, English*, Communications, Music), Humanities (Art, English, Communications, Music), International Perspectives (Communications, International Studies, Economics, Education, English, Foreign Languages, Philosophy, Political Science – Social Work), History, Natural Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), Social Science (Business Administration, Economics, Education, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work), Wellness (Health and Human Performance)

Assessment Logistics Rubrics specified for each course have been sent to deans for distribution to chairs and then to faculty assigned to teach GE curriculum courses - This will allow faculty to select the most appropriate assignment and provide the rubric to the students when assigning the work - No new or additional assessments required; instructors are urged to used existing assignments - Rubric will help students respond in ways appropriate to assessment of the GE component Reporting forms/instructions will be shared with all known instructors (& chairs for TBAs) early in the semester Reporting forms should be downloaded, renamed in format below, completed, and returned to GE coordinator AND program chair - Simply uploading completed form back to shared Google drive folder is NOT preferred, but if you do, please notify GE coordinator & chair Naming format: Component.semester.course.section - Example: Arts.202001.ART 101.01

Assessment Forms Assessment forms and instructions will be in an MS Excel workbook with four (4) worksheets. Worksheet 1: Instructions Worksheet 2: Assigned rubric, for reference Worksheet 3: Reporting form Worksheet 4: Discussion page The reporting worksheet is set up so that all you have to do is enter scores for the ten students; it should automatically compute averages and create bar graphs The discussion page is as important as the data; members of the GE committee need your guidance in understanding the significance of the data If you already use LiveText, data from that platform is fine, but please provide discussion of data (questions provided on request) PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT ASSESSMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES AT WVSU

Reporting Form Worksheet

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