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

2. OVERVIEW
Teach the skills and content (knowledge) that GVSU and society want our graduates to have
Assess how well students learn it (every 3 years)
Report the results and future plans (CAR)
Revise the course

3. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Content (Knowledge) SLOs (1-3)
AND
Skill Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) (2 or 3, more if it 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?
Click on the “Assessment” button.

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?
Click on the “Assessment” button.

6. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Assess = something that you grade
Grades – you can’t use grades! (UAC)
No pre- and post-test needed
One measurement of learning for each SLO
Don’t assess all SLOs with the same measure
Assess towards the end of the term

7. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
You MUST use the GE rubric to assign assessment ratings (1-4)
You can’t use a grade to assign a rating (3 is not an A or a B)
For example: In a Foundation course, a student may receive an A on an assignment 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 ratings on writing and content (knowledge) for one assignment).
We encourage you to share the assessment rubrics you have “rated” with students so they know where they need to focus their efforts.

8. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Levels of Student Learning for Skills SLOs:
3 = Satisfies: the level we expect for graduating seniors
2 = Progressing: the level we hope students reach after having a chance or two at teaching students skills or content (knowledge)
1 = Baseline: the level we can reasonably expect for adequately prepared entering students
Blank = The student did not submit the assignment.
4 = Exceeds: higher than level 3 (rare)
0 = Below baseline (rare)

9. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
4 Objectives

10. Rubric for a SLO

11. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Content (Knowledge) SLOs for all Foundations, Cultures, and Issues courses:
The goal is for students to achieve level 3 for the Knowledge Student Learning Outcomes by the end of each GE course.
A student – regardless of major – demonstrates:
4=advanced understanding
3=basic understanding
2=substantial progress toward a basic understanding
1=very limited understanding
0=no understanding
Assess each student’s work by assigning a rating from 0 to 4. Leave the assessment spreadsheet blank if the work was not done (do not use a 0 if the student did not do the work). For the rare case of student work that is markedly better than level 3, assign a 4.
Assign ratings based only on the part of the assignment relevant to the knowledge outcome being assessed. Reminder – course grades can never be used for GE assessment purposes

12. 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?
Click on the “Assessment” button.

13. Main Page of the Assessment Site
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Main Page of the Assessment Site
Click here for your section

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

15. Content (Knowledge) Student Learning Outcomes
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Content (Knowledge) 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 (Knowledge) SLOs
Enter a 1, 2, 3 (or more rarely a blank, 0 or 4) in every cell.

16. Skills SLOs TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Enter a rating for each objective for each SLO (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.

17. DO TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEMESTER 6. Enter the assessment data online
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
DO TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEMESTER
6. Enter the assessment data online
Submit the data by MAY 4.
We’ll you figures of your results.
Click on the “Assessment” button.

18. 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 May 11
Write 1 CAR – jointly – for all sections that collected data
CAR to:
7. Complete the CAR (Course Assessment Report)