1. Analyses of Passing and Failing Data in IEP Courses
Presenter: Lauren Rein
Academic Assessment Specialist
Culture and Intensive English Program
University of Northern Iowa – Cedar Falls, Iowa

2. Presentation Handout:

3. Culture and Intensive English Program
Our Mission Statement
“…to provide International Students with quality intensive academic English language instruction and a cultural orientation to the United States in preparation for study at the University of Northern Iowa or other institution of higher learning.”

4. Overview Background Our Procedure A Demonstration…
Some Decisions We’ve Made

5. Background How we used to calculate passing rates…
Pass/Fail Memo Report
Percentage Rates by skill area
Divide All passing grades = _____ = _____%
All grades received in [skill] class
Percentage Rages by level
All grades received in [level] class

6. Background, cont. Programmatic Changes New leadership
CEA Re-Accreditation, 2015

7. CEA Standards Curriculum Standard 1
Length and Structure of Program of Study Standard 2
The curriculum is consistent with the mission of the program or language institution, appropriate to achieve the organization’s goals and meet assessed student needs, and available in writing.
The program or language institution’s curricular design clearly indicates the levels of instruction and specifies how students progress through a full program of study.
(requires pass/fail data documentation)

8. CEA Standards, cont. Student Achievement Standard 2
Program Development, Planning, and Review Standard 2
The program or language institution documents in writing whether students are ready to progress to the next level or to exit the program of study, using instruments or procedures that appropriately assess the achievement of student learning outcomes for courses taken within the curriculum.
The program or language institution regularly reviews and revises its program components and has plans, in writing, to guide the review of curricular elements, student assessment practices, and student services policies and activities. The plans are systematically implemented.

9. The New Procedure
CIEP Pass/Fail Rates Procedure

10. The New Procedure, cont. Adding Columns Column A: Last Name
Column F: L/S Level
Column K: Writing Level (recode)
Column P: Reading Final Grade
Column B: First Name
Column G: L/S Level (recode)
Column L: Writing Final Grade
Column Q: Reading Grade (recode)
Column C: Student #
Column H: L/S Final Grade
Column M: Writing Final Grade (recode)
Column R: First Language
Column D: Country
Column I: L/S Final Grade (recode)
Column N: Reading Level
Column S: First Language (recode)
Column E: Country (recode)
Column J: Writing Level
Column O: Reading Level (recode)
Column T: Term (recode)

11. The New Procedure, cont. Recode Excel formulas
Coding letter grades to passing (1) failing (0), n/a (99)

12. The New Procedure, cont.
Pivot Tables
Making Bar Charts

13. A Quick Demo…

14. Some Changes We’ve Made
Listening/Speaking Curriculum
: decreasing passing rates towards advanced levels
2015: Listening/Speaking Committee formed

15. Some Changes We’ve Made, cont.
Writing 4 Curriculum
data: plateau in Level 4 Writing
2013: Curriculum Revision
2015: close examination of writing & grammar exam scores

16. Some Changes We’ve Made, cont.
Reading 3-5 Curriculum
2015: New Curriculum
Decreases in passing at intermediate levels

17. Thank you!
Questions?