General Education Assessment SACSCOC Findings Pilot Program - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

T IDEWATER C OMMUNITY C OLLEGE Closing the General Education Assessment Loop: Beyond Faculty Pedagogy Kellie Sorey, Associate Vice President for Academics Jennifer Ferguson, Director of General Education Assessment & Transfer Partnerships

Assessment Drivers VCCS General Education Assessment SACSCOC Findings

Pilot Program • Assessment Coaches • Rubric development • Course selection/faculty notification • Small sample size • GEA Assessors-training • Paper collection

Assessment Findings Scientific Reasoning Dimension Overall Career/Tech Transfer Argument or Topic 1.78 (.81) 2.00 (.80) 1.69 (.81) Selection N=29 N=8 N=21 Existing Knowledge, 1.41 (.77) 1.28 (.94) 1.48 (.70) Research and/or Views N=29 N=9 N=20 Methodology 1.81 (1.05) 1.75 (1.13) 1.83 (1.06) N=24 N=6 N=18 Analysis 1.62 (.81) 1.57 (.79) 1.64 (.83) N=29 N=7 N=22 Conclusions, Limitations 1.33 (.78) 1.17 (.83) 1.41 (.77) And Implications N=29 N=9 N=20

What have we learned about process? • Cumbersome notification, collection and assessment process

What have we learned about process? • More assessors (more training opportunities) • Greater sample size • Increased credit hours — 30 to 45 • Assess less, reflect more

What have we learned from data? • Too many competencies checked Competency Supporting Courses Written and Oral Communication 1080 Critical Thinking 1171 Cultural and Social Understanding 503 Information Literacy 902 Quantitative Reasoning 596 Scientific Reasoning 471 Personal Development 418

What have we learned from data? Pre-Review/Change Post Review/Change Written -- Written Communication 50 Communication Oral Communication -- Oral Communication 5 Critical Thinking 79 Critical Thinking 64 Cultural and Social 60 Cultural and Social 52 Understanding Understanding Information Literacy 52 Information Literacy 29 Quantitative Reasoning 20 Quantitative Reasoning 12 Scientific Reasoning 26 Scientific Reasoning 27 Personal Development 17 Personal Development 10

What have we learned from data? • Communication - split • More assessors, more training • New Faculty Academy • GEARS & Participation from Instruction Committee • Batten Centers • Academic Standards Policy • General Education Course Approval Process

What have we learned from data? • Awareness campaign • Faculty ownership • Institutional resources • Dynamic, Methodical and Slow Process

What’s new? • General Education Committee • Annual/formal course outline review • Educational opportunities (Batten LI) • Interrater Reliability • Authentic Assignment Tool

Where are we going? • Revision of Assessment Cycle • Benchmarks • Rubric Revisions • Content Experts • Discipline-specific workgroups • Remote Assessor Training

Where should we be going? ?

Questions Kellie Sorey ksorey@tcc.edu (757) 822-1065 Jennifer Ferguson jferguson@tcc.edu (757) 822-1923