1. Initial Results from the ROAD (Repository Of Assessment Documents)

2. Step 1: Student Submits File to ROAD Each student will upload two writing samples: one from ENGL 1551 and one from an upper-division course in their major

3. Step 2: Random Sample Selected

4. Step 3: Reviewers Score Using Rubric

5. Student Characteristics All Students in ENGL Sample 1551, Spring 2011 CharacteristicNMean Mean Age19322.3 22.8 High School GPA 1653.36 3.10 YSU GPA* 1933.16 2.79 Hours Completed* 19343.2 41.1 ACT English Score15721.9 21.1 *After completion of Spring, 2011

6. Student Characteristics, cont. All Students in ENGL Sample1551, Spring 2011 EthnicityFreq.% Asian52.61.3 Black189.312.4 Hispanic42.12.1 White1578178.9 Other000.9 Unknown94.74.4

7. Student Characteristics, cont. All Students in ENGL Sample1551, Spring 2011 GenderFreq.% Female1105754 Male834346

8. Items with Highest Rubric Scores Syntax and Mechanics (Item #5) Mean = 2.03 Context and Purpose (Item #1) Mean = 1.90

9. Items with Lowest Rubric Scores Student’s Position (Item #6) Mean = 1.68 Writing Conventions (Item #3) Mean = 1.62

10. Scores and Student Characteristics For each of the seven rubric items logistic regression analysis was conducted to see if there was a relationship between the rubric score and: Age Gender Ethnicity (white/nonwhite) ACT English Score

11. Age No relationship for 5 of the 7 items (The exceptions were Sources and Evidence, item #4, and Conclusion, item #7. Younger students had higher scores.) White/Nonwhite No relationship for any of the 7 items Scores and Student Characteristics, cont.

12. Gender No relationship for 6 of the 7 items (The exception was Conclusions, item #7. Men had higher scores.) English ACT Score Positive relationship for 6 of the 7 items (The exception was Writing Conventions, item #3.) Scores and Student Characteristics, cont.

13. English ACT and Sources and Evidence (Item #4)

14. Scores and Course Grades All Students in ENGL Sample1551, Spring 2011 Grade Freq. % A107 57.5 44.2 B49 26.3 28.1 C15 8.1 11.7 CR2 1.1 7.9 NC13 7.0 15.2

15. Rank (Spearman) Correlation Results: No evidence of a relationship between the rubric scores and the final grade in the course with two exceptions:  Sources and Evidence (item #4, 0.1 significance level)  Conclusions (item #7, 0.1 significance level) Scores and Course Grades, cont.

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17. Acknowledgements Initial Planning Donna Wainio Kevin Ball Gary Salvner Sharon Stringer Angela Messenger 2010-11 General Education Committee Computer Services Robert Forchione Salem Alemaishat Rubric Committee W. Gregg Sturrus Patricia Sarro Tammy King Angela Messenger Alan Tomhave Gail Saunders Smith Writing Center Angela Messenger Funding Provost Ikram Khawaja