WSU Assessment Spotlights
Below are some examples, organized by college, of stories of the many ways that assessment is being used to advance and improve the undergraduate academic experience at WSU.
College of Agricultural, Human, & Natural Resource Sciences
- An Effective Infrastructure that Supports Program-level Assessment (Human Development)
- Team-based Online Focus Group Activity Collects Student Input on Capstone Project (Agricultural and Food Systems)
- Analysis of Mentor Evaluations of Interns (Human Development)
- Developing an Archive for Assessment (School of Design and Construction)
- Integrated Learning and Assessment in the Capstone (Landscape Architecture)
- Visualizing the Curriculum (Interior Design)
- Assessing Students’ Preparation to Meet the World’s Agricultural and Food Challenges (Agricultural and Food Systems)
- An Effective Structure for Faculty Meetings about Assessment (Human Development)
- Assessing Students’ Abilities to Apply Concepts to Real-world Problems (School of Food Science)
- Getting Industry Input on the Curriculum (Apparel, Merchandising, Design & Textiles)
College of Arts & Sciences
- Using Course Grades to Assess the Student Experience (Mathematics)
- Using the Paired Question Technique to Assess Student Learning in General Chemistry (Chemistry)
- Communicating Assessment Results with Faculty (Psychology)
- Using a Rubric to Assess Student Learning at the Senior-Level (Sociology)
- Assessment of Undergraduates’ Experiences with High-Impact Practices (English)
- Using Results of Course-Embedded Assignments to “Close the Loop” (Psychology)
- Assessing Students’ Abilities to Understand Diverse Disciplinary Approaches (Asia Program)
- Development of an Assessment Database to Align Data from Multiple Sources (School of Biological Sciences)
- Using Case Studies to Assess Students’ Abilities to Apply Knowledge to Real-world Situations (Public Affairs)
- Piloting a Computer-adaptive Foreign Language Placement Exam (Foreign Languages and Cultures)
- Using Results of Standardized Examinations to Assess Student Learning Outcomes (Chemistry)
- Faculty Roles in Using Assessment Data to Inform Decision-making (History)
- Using Senior Exit Survey Results to Inform Program Decisions (School of Biological Sciences)
- Identifying Gaps with Curriculum Mapping (Criminal Justice & Criminology)
College of Education
College of Nursing
College of Veterinary Medicine
- Efficient Assessment of Senior Majors: Aligning Grading Rubrics with Program Learning Outcomes (Neuroscience)
- Using National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Results to Assess the Senior Experience (School of Molecular Biosciences)
- Faculty Creation and Validation of a Microbiology Concept Inventory (School of Molecular Biosciences)
- Supporting Student Success in a Capstone Course (School of Molecular Biosciences)
- Seniors Reflect on their Curriculum: Student Focus Groups (Neuroscience)