1. CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY Office of Educational Effectiveness
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CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY Office of Educational Effectiveness
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2. What is Assessment?
Collecting evidence to help determine to what degree a program is meeting its stated goals.
The collected evidence provides the basis for deciding what (if any) improvements are warranted.

3. Why do Assessment? Better serve our students
Academic excellence
Obtain reliable information
Decision-making: budget, personnel, curriculum, etc.
Preparation level
Meet expectations
Constituency
Accreditation
CBU

4. What is the Goal of Assessment?
Demonstrating educational effectiveness
Done by collecting evidence
How do we know we are doing what we say we are doing?
Claim: We offer a quality product that is worth what we are charging
How do we know this is true?
How can we show others that this is true?

5. Evaluation: The Next Step
Evaluation seeks to make judgments and decisions, based on the assessment data, about the appropriate course of action
Continue on as is
Make indicated adjustments
Add a needed element

6. Who is Responsible?
The people who are directly responsible for the success of the program
Deans and Associate/Assistant Deans
Department Chair or Program Director
Assessment Coordinator
Faculty/Staff in program

7. Assessment Methods Must be appropriate to the academic discipline
Quantitative: rubrics, grad school acceptance rates, # of publications, etc.
Qualitative: s, pictures, comment cards, etc.
There are many different strategies and methods
Select at least one option for each outcome to be measured

8. The Assessment Process at CBU
CBU Mission, Priorities
and USO’s
College,
Department, program
Mission
SLO’s
and
“Curriculum Map”
Overall Assessment Plan
Annual Implementation Plan
As Needed
CBU Program Reviews
WASC Self Studies
Professional
Accreditation Reports
Grant Requests
ASSESS
Collect data (evidence)
Analyze the data
Make decisions (evaluate)
Make any needed changes
Yearly Report
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9. CBU Mission and Priorities
California Baptist University believes each person has been created for a purpose. CBU helps students understand and engage this purpose by providing a Christ-centered educational experience that integrates academics with spiritual and social development opportunities. Graduates are challenged to become individuals whose skills, integrity and sense of purpose glorify God and distinguish them in the workplace and in the world.

10. Planning Documents
Overall Plan
Annual Plan

11. Yearly Report (YReport)
Include evidence to support claims
Rubric data
Rubrics
Include commentary to explain data
Where are the areas of strength?
Where are the opportunities for growth?
What are the plans for improvement?
What does the data not show?

12. Basic Assessment Steps
State your program’s mission
Write university, program, and student learning outcomes
Include faith integration
“Map” your outcomes
Explore and select assessment methods
Develop an OPlan
Each year write an APlan
Collect and analyze data (evidence)
Use data to make identified adjustments
Report assessment actions and results (Yearly Report)
Implement improvements

13. Realistic and Manageable
Assessment must be realistic and manageable
It is not necessary or possible to assess everything every year
Accumulate evidence over time
Build a “weight” of evidence
Leads to “Program Review”

14. CBU
What is Program Review?
A periodic, detailed, and documented analysis of an entire program and all of its academic components
A comprehensive review of all the previous years’ assessment
A comparative curriculum review
A comparative “industry standards” review
A review of “capacity” data
A visit and review done by an expert in the field
A final report that addresses the quality and efficacy of the program based on the previous information
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15. Program Review Elements
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Program Review Elements
Mission
Student and Constituent Feedback
Curriculum
Faith Integration
Program Viability and Sustainability
Faculty Information
Outside Reviewer Report
Student Information
Summary and Conclusions
Tied to external accrediting body, if applicable.

16. Program Review Results
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Program Review Results
Program Review is designed to systematically identify a program’s strengths and weaknesses. The results are used to make:
Budget requests for additional faculty
Budget requests for additional physical resources
Curricular adjustments
Teaching/learning adjustments
Decisions about adding program need