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What is a Measure? Planning and Assessment Ramapo College What is a Measure? A measure(s) are tools used to determine whether your outcomes have been achieved. Tools that will provide useful and useable information. Measures


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What is a Measure?

Planning and Assessment Ramapo College

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What is a Measure?

  • A measure(s) are tools used to determine

whether your outcomes have been achieved.

  • Tools that will provide useful and useable

information.

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Measures

  • Inventory tools used by the unit:
  • What information is collected already
  • What assessments are being used
  • What assessment is recommended by

professional associations

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Examples of Assessment Measures

  • Satisfaction surveys
  • Data system indicators
  • Number of complaints
  • Program participants
  • Average wait time
  • Benchmarking best

practices

  • Staff training hours
  • Professional standards
  • Number of applications
  • Processing time
  • Focus groups
  • External reviews
  • Dollars raised
  • Average service time
  • Admissions yields
  • Facilities Usage
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Measures

  • For each outcome
  • How will progress be assessed?
  • What measures will be used?
  • Direct, indirect
  • Qualitative, quantitative, objective, subjective
  • When will they be assessed?
  • Indicate the time frame for assessment (e.g. every spring

semester)

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Measures and Findings

Measures Sources of evidence from which you gain data or information used to verify the extent to which you achieved your

  • utcomes/objectives

Outcome/Objective The College will increase access and support for underrepresented students For example: Measure:

Enrollment Report

  • Fin. Aid Grants and Waivers Report

Findings The number of underrepresented Students increased by 3%. Scholarships for underrepresented students increased by 4%.

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EXAMPLE

1. Goal = Conduct research 2. Out./Obj. = Administer N.S.S.E. increase response rate 2% 3. Meas./Find. = Number of sampled students responding compared to last test administration 4.

  • Achiev. Target

= Administer N.S.S.E. Survey/Increase response rate 2% 5. Findings a) Met Response rate from 31% to 33% NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED b) Partially Met Response rate from 31% to 32% REQUIRES ACTION PLAN c) Not Met No change it remained at 31% REQUIRES ACTION PLAN

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