1. Framingham State University
Office of Institutional Assessment

2. Assessment Architecture at FSU
Institutional
Objectives
Academic Program
General Education

3. Infrastructure Faculty defined 8 learning objectives
Built and tested 8 rubrics to assess student learning
Improved inter-rater reliability and assessment processes
Improved processes and website
Over 40 faculty received certificates in Program Assessment
Almost all Graduate and UG programs have or are developing an assessment plan this academic year

4. Infrastructure Faculty Development
Two semester series on Critical Thinking and Written Communication
77 tenured, non-tenured and adjunct faculty
21 departments
Our largest feeder school, MassBay Community College
1200 students engaged and responded to these prompts

5. How is it working?

6. Stakeholder Participation & Visibility
Sample size for Gen Ed has increased 6-fold since 2013
UCC defined learning objectives
Submitted a representative sample for Multi-State Collaborative for CT, WC and QR
Faculty and Staff presented scholarship in assessment at 5 regional, national and international conferences

7. What do we know about student learning?

8. Written Communication AY 2014-15
Gen Ed artifacts, mean = 2.49, SD = 0.67, N = 193.
Senior artifacts, mean = 3.08, SD = 0.61, N=100.

9. Critical Thinking AY 2014-15 Gen Ed, mean = 2.03, SD = 0.72, N = 122.
For Seniors, mean = 2.7, SD = 0.85, N=90.

10. Student Learning in Programs
Program Assessment
Second year of annual assessment report submission
assessment/undergraduate-program-assessment/college-of-arts- and-humanities

11. Closing the Loop
English, History, Chemistry, Biology and Environmental Science and Policy
implemented intensive in-discipline statistics, methods, and/or writing classes, to advance their students critical thinking and written communication skills