1. GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE-BASED ASSESSMENT – IT’S EASIER THAN YOU THINK!
C. Griffin

2. OVERVIEW
We teach the skills and content that GVSU and society want our graduates to have
We assess how well students learn it (each course every 3 years)
We report the results (CAR)
We revise our courses

3. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
TEACH the skill and content Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs):
Content Student Learning Outcomes (you have 2 or 3)
Skills Student Learning Outcomes (you have 2 or 3 – more if the course double dips)
Collaboration
Critical and Creative Thinking
Ethical Reasoning
Information Literacy
Integration
Oral Communication
Problem Solving
Quantitative Literacy
Written Communication

4. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
DO NOW
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
1. Do you know the Student Learning Outcomes for your course?
2. Do you know the definition of the Student Learning Outcomes?
Go to the GE website, Click on “Faculty Resources”, then “Assessment”.

5. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE 3. How will you teach the SLOs?
DO NOW
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
3. How will you teach the SLOs?
Go to the GE website, Click on “Faculty Resources”, then “Assessment”.

6. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
• Grades – you can’t use grades! (UAC)
• Use course-embedded measures because
- Students take it seriously because it is a graded assignment
- Results can cycle back faster to improve teaching

7. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
•Assessment is a work-in-progress
•No pre- and post-test needed
•One measurement of learning is fine
–You may not want to assess all SLOs with one measure
•Assess towards the end of the term

8. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
4 Objectives

9. Levels of Student Learning
The levels of student learning are:
3 = Proficient: the level we expect for all graduating seniors
2 = Progressing: the level we hope we always reach after having a chance or two at teaching students skills or content
1 = Baseline: the level we can reasonably expect for adequately prepared entering students
Blank = The student did not submit the assignment.
4 = Distinguished: the aspirational level that we hope graduating students will achieve (rare)
0 = Below baseline (rare)

11. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Content Development Trajectory in General Education Courses

12. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Assess=something that could be graded in your class.
You MUST use the GE rubric to assign assessment scores (1-3)
You can’t use a grade to assign a score (3 is not an A or a B)
For example: A student may get an A- on an assignment in a Foundation course, but they may only receive a 2 on written communication
Critical point → One measure (e.g., a paper) can measure many SLOs but you must evaluate each SLO separately (students aren’t likely to have identical scores on writing and content for one assignment).
We encourage you to share the assessment rubrics you have “scored” with students so they know where they need to focus their efforts.

13. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE 4. How will you assess the SLOs?
DO NOW
4. How will you assess the SLOs?
5. Do you know how to log in?
Go to the GE website, Click on “Faculty Resources”, then “Assessment”.

14. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Main Page
Click here for your section

15. Export the spreadsheet or enter your data online
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Export the spreadsheet or enter your data online

16. Content Student Learning Outcomes
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Content Student Learning Outcomes
These are broad questions (make sure the students see the forest for the trees). It is NOT the score on an exam or the course grade.
Content SLOs
Enter a 1, 2, 3 (or more rarely a blank, 0 or 4) in every cell.

17. Skills Student Learning Outcomes
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Skills Student Learning Outcomes
Enter a score for each objective for each Student Learning Outcome (there are 3 or 4 objectives for each SLO)
Enter a 1, 2, 3 (or more rarely a blank, 0 or 4) in every cell.

18. 6. Enter the assessment data online DO TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEMESTER
Submit the data before Dec. 30 (Fall), or May 5 (Winter)
We’ll you figures of your results.
Go to the GE website, Click on “Faculty Resources”, then “Assessment”.

19. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Report on what you learned in the CAR.
In the CAR discuss how you plan to revise the course (teaching and/or assessing)
Submit the CAR by Feb. 1 for Fall courses, by May 19 for Winter courses
Write 1 CAR – jointly - for all the sections that collected data
CAR to:
7. Complete the CAR (Course Assessment Report)