MDCOE Unit Assessment System Michael D. Eisner College of Education Data Warehouse & Assessment System Beverly Cabello July 9 – 10, 2009

College of Education Assessment System University Mission NCATE/CTC Common Standards for Teachers and Other School Professionals: ● Content Knowledge ● Professional Knowledge and Skills ● Dispositions ● Pupil Learning ● Diversity Depts. collect data that can be aggregated and used to show growth in knowledge, skills, and dispositions across transition points: ● Entry to program ● Prior to entering fieldwork ● Exiting fieldwork ● Program completion Other professional accreditation agency standards (e.g. School Nurse, Communicative Disorders, School Counseling, School Psychology) DATA WAREHOUSE Holds data for all candidates in the College of Education and unit: ● In full use since 2007 ● Access to data for review limited to chairs and dept. staff. Access for analysis limited to College Assessment Coordinator. ● Repository for data from SOLAR, DARS, and department data files.. MDCOE Conceptual Framework MDCOE UNIT PROGRAMS Mission, framework, standards undergird program design, implementation, assessment. Assessments conducted electronically and fed into data warehouse. Departments receive reports from Data Warehouse; program faculty review and use the data for program modification.

Assessment Governance UNIT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE – Provides leadership for implementation of system, monthly meetings ASSOCIATE DEAN, COLLEGE ASSESSMENT COORDINATOR DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, DEPARTMENT PROGRAM COORDINATORS, ASSOCIATE DEAN HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS EED 2 CREDENTIALS 1 MASTERS 1 CERTIFICATE MDCOE SED 4 CREDENTIALS 1 MASTERS 1 CERTIFICATE MDCOE SPED 2 CREDENTIALS IN 4 SPECIALIZATIONS 1 MASTERS 3 CERTIFICATES MDCOE EPC 2 CREDENTIALS 2 MASTERS 5 CERTIFICATES MDCOE ELPS 2 ADMINISTRATIVE CREDENTIALS 1 MASTERS MDCOE SCHOOL NURSE 1 CREDENTIAL HHD ADAPTED PE 1 CREDENTIAL HHD COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS 1 CREDENTIAL HHD

Foundations Underlying Assessment NCATE & Other Accreditation Standards CTC Standards (CSTPs/TPEs) WASC Student Learning Objectives Aligned to: College Conceptual Framework Program Curriculum & Assessments Program Assessment of: Program Organization & Management Goals & Objectives Curricula Faculty Practices (in teaching, supervision) Candidate Performance Outcomes

Data Flow & Storage Admissions & Records ITR IR DARS SOLAR CO EEO Health Sciences KinesiologyEEDSED SPEDEPCELPS Communication Disorders Shading indicates units that currently maintain databases/datasets Database Departments in MDE COE Unit- Programs that have datasets/bases are listed below. Current Data Flow at CSUN Warehouse

Data Content Departments collect fieldwork, disposition, or other measures electronically. Assessment Coordinator accesses other candidate data (e.g. demographics, test scores) from other university sources such as Institutional Research or SOLAR, creates tables and sends these to departments.