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Assessment at UVI Campus Executive Administration Presentation Mary Ann La Fleur, Ph.D. Office of Institutional Research and Planning August 2007 Assessment in Higher Education and UVI – Two Levels Student Learning (Faculty) Administrative and Educational Support Units (YOU + ME) Assessment - Asks Key Questions? What Do We Do As An Unit? How Well Are We Doing It? How Do We Know How Well We Are Doing? How Can We Use This Information To Improve What We Are Doing? WHY Do Assessment?…. - Insure We Meet Mission/Goals Of Vision 2012 - Insure We Are Becoming Better At What We Do - Insure Accountability To Our Stakeholders And…… - Meet Middle States Commission of Higher Education (MSCHE) Standards Standard 7 – “…sustained assessment to evaluate and improve total range of programs and services…to improve and gain efficiencies in programs, services and processes.” Middle States continued…… – Standard 9 - “…ongoing assessment of student support services and the utilization of assessment results for improvement.” ASSESSMENT COMES TO UVI Background…. – Title III – “Outcomes Assessment” Historically Dates Back to 2003 • Student Learning Outcomes Assessment (SLAC) – Fall 2006 – Assessment Committee Formed Charge = Develop Assessment Plan Assessment Committee Assessment Reviewed 1. Plans From Other Institutions 2. Best Practices OIRP Charged with Drafting Assessment Plan Included: Assessment at UVI from 2003-2007 Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Best practices/templates/Nichols Five Column Model OIRP Charged to Chair Assessment Committee Draft Assessment Plan submitted to Assessment Committee. Assessment Committee – March 9, 2007 – Developed Common Language on Assessment – Defined Assessment at UVI – Agreed on Components of Institutional Assessment Assessment at UVI is… Institutional Effectiveness Institutional Assessment (Administrative and Educational Support Units) Student Learning Outcomes Assessment (Faculty) Key Definitions Institutional Effectiveness Institutional Assessment Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Institutional Effectiveness Umbrella for Institutional and Student Learning Outcomes Assessment UVI’s Goal! Institutional Effectiveness is “the degree to which the University fulfills its mission and accomplishes its stated goals by assessing outcomes and providing evidence of improvement based on the analysis of results.” Institutional Assessment… “is an administrative/education support driven process that systematically gathers interprets, and uses data for the purposes of supporting the achievement of the University’s mission.” Student Learning Outcomes Assessment… “is a faculty-driven process that systematically gathers, interprets, and uses data for the purpose of improving student learning.” Parts of UVI’s Institutional Assessment Plan Strategic Plan – Monitoring and Insuring Full Development of the Plan Middle States Commission of Higher Education – Insuring Middle States Standard 7 is met Unit Assessment Plans (Nichols) – Core of UVI Institutional Assessment and UVI’s Institutional Effectiveness Plan Nichols Visit to UVI May 8-11, 2007 Nichols Model of Assessment – Template for Developing an Assessment Plan Steps To Completing An Assessment Plan 1. Establish a Link to the Institutions Mission/Goals What part of UVI’s Mission/Goals do you support? 2. Look at Your Unit Mission Statement “The Mission of …… is to… . Don’t have one? List the services + clients you serve! Steps ….. 3. ****Formulate Objectives/Outcomes How do you know you are accomplishing the purpose of your unit? A. UNIT NAME will (Improve, Decrease, Increase, Provide Quality) of NAME SERVICE B. NAME CLIENT (STUDENT??) will be satisfied with NAME SERVICE C. CLIENT attending ( List Service/Workshop/Counseling….) will (verb - improve, increase, understand…) WHAT Steps cont. 4. Means of Assessment and Criteria for Success What are you trying to look at? Attitudinal Assessment – Client Satisfaction Direct Measure – Counting the Degree/Vol. of Service, Level of Efficiency, Quality External Validation – Consultant, Prof. Association Auditor, (Neutral Person) Observation/Performance of Clients Steps cont. 5. Results/Summary What did you find out? 6. Use of Results to Improve Unit Service How did you use that information to improve the service you provide? Assessment and UVI THE BEGINNING! Thank you! Office of Institutional Research and Planning