1. SUNY General Education
or:
How
I Learned To
Stop
Worrying
And
Love
Assessment

2. The Past
Professors do a tremendous amount of grading.

3. The Past
All the paperwork is gathered up.

4. The Past
We ship the data to Albany

5. The Past Definition: Al·ba·ny (ôlʹbə nē), n. -A place where data
goes to die and be buried in a filing cabinet.

6. Problems with Assessment
Elmira College
Stink Eye

7. Nuts and Bolts How do you get people on board?
How do you create the assessments?
How do you collect the data?
How do you review the results?
How do you report everything?

8. How do you get people on board?
Fulltime Faculty
Adjuncts

9. How do you create the assessments?
Lead Teachers are the key

11. How do you create the assessments?
Time line for middle of the semester assessments
As soon as you and the lead teacher agree, send the assessment to everybody.
Time line for final exam assessments
10 weeks left – Send the assessment questions to all adjuncts and fulltime for their feedback.
4 weeks left – Send out the scoring rubric and reporting sheet.
2 weeks left – Send all three documents again with a reminder.

12. How do you collect the data?
Roughly Speaking
Less than 10 sections – Assess all students
Between 10 and 30 sections – Randomly pick 10 sections to assess
Between 31 and 60 sections – Randomly pick 15 sections to assess
More than 61 sections – Randomly pick 20 sections to assess

13. How do you review the results?
Create a yearly course specific meeting and invite everybody.

14. How do you report everything?
If it is not a SUNY Gen Ed class, create any report you would like.
If it is a SUNY Gen Ed class, I would recommend two documents.

17. Wrap Up Confidential Organizational Methods Three Year Assessment Plan
List of Course Level Outcomes
Folders for Each Class
List of All Professors Whose Sections are Being Assessed
SUNY Gen Ed Outcomes Aligned With Course Outcomes
SUNY Gen Ed Reports
Excel Spreadsheet Reminder

19. Stop Worrying About the State!
If you are creating assessments to measure your course level outcomes and using those assessments to make meaningful decisions about that course, the SUNY Gen Ed part is just a simple little write up. Don’t do an assessment for the state, do the assessment for your course and report those results to the state!

20. Contact Me
Olin Stratton Assistant Professor of Mathematics Assessment Leader M210M X2846