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

2. OVERVIEW
Teach the skills and content 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
TEACH the content and skill Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs):
Content Student Learning Outcomes (1-3)
Skills Student Learning Outcomes (2 or 3 – more if the course 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
• Grades – you can’t use grades! (UAC)
• Use course-embedded measures because
Students take it seriously because you grade it
Results cycle back faster to improve teaching
• 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
Assess = something that could be graded in your class.
You MUST use the GE rubric to assign assessment scores (1-3)
You can’t use a grade to assign a score (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 scores on writing and content for one assignment).
We encourage you to share the assessment rubrics you have “scored” 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 = Proficient: 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
1 = Baseline: the level we can reasonably expect for adequately prepared entering students
Blank = The student did not submit the assignment.
4 = Distinguished: higher than proficient (rare)
0 = Below baseline (rare)

9. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
4 Objectives

10. Rubric for an SLO

11. TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Content Student Learning Outcomes for all Foundations, Cultures, and Issues courses:
The goal is for students to achieve the proficient* level for the Content Student Learning Outcomes by the end of each GE course. 
Performance levels are described below:
3 = Proficient: Demonstrates a competent understanding by a nonmajor (not an advanced understanding as would be expected of a student majoring in the discipline) of the content outcomes described in each of the Foundation, Cultures, or Issues categories
2 = Progressing: between baseline and proficient
1 = Baseline: Knowledge of a non-major entering the course
*Students have multiple exposures to the Skills outcomes, therefore, we do not anticipate proficient scores for the Skills outcomes after a single course (but we do anticipate it by graduation).
Students only have one or two exposures to the Content outcomes; thus, they need to achieve proficiency for the Content outcomes for a single course.

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

16. Skills Student Learning Outcomes
TEACH, ASSESS, REPORT, REVISE
Skills Student Learning Outcomes
Enter a score for each objective for each Student Learning Outcome (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 before Dec. 22 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 before Jan. 19
Write 1 CAR – jointly - for all sections that collected data
CAR to:
7. Complete the CAR (Course Assessment Report)