Assessment of degree programs is most effective when all teaching faculty and program leadership are involved. Regular and systematic inclusion of faculty and leadership on urban campuses promotes useful assessment and also contributes to meeting WSU’s accreditation standards. Accordingly, ATL visits WSU’s urban campuses annually to provide support for assessment and to help ATL staff […]
The 2014 assessment report form for undergraduate degree programs is now available on ATL’s website. Reporting annually on program assessment 1) helps programs take stock of their assessment activities, processes, and results, 2) assists in identifying needs and organizing next steps, 3) documents the development of useful and sustainable program assessment, and 4) contributes to WSU’s […]
Instructors, are you looking for a quick way to assess if various aspects of your course are helping students learn? The Student Assessment of Their Learning Gains (SALG) is a free, adjustable course-evaluation tool that measures the degree to which a course helps students reach a course’s student learning outcomes. The SALG invites students to […]
Curriculum maps are like road-maps that guide a student’s progression through a program of study. Using a matrix format, a curriculum map aligns student learning outcomes for a degree with courses in the program of study. It provides a useful visual representation of the curriculum.
How do you know when and if your academic program assessment information is “good enough?” On November 18, director Kimberly Green offered some tips for focusing assessment efforts and determining if the extent and quality of assessment data is adequate for making decisions. She described the nature of program assessment and contrasted it with research […]
In the Office of Assessment of Teaching and Learning, the end of every semester is a time for student focus groups. In the past few years, ATL has conducted focus groups with students in their senior year for several programs at WSU. These conversations can be a great way to capture students’ perspectives on their […]
We did a general update of our entire website and added new resources. Please check out our changes and let us know which resources have been useful and what sorts of resources you would like to see in the future.
ATL worked with departments supporting various aspects of program assessment, including: Developing or revising student learning outcomes (SLO’s) Creating curriculum maps Conducting focus groups of seniors Helping analyze program assessment results from direct measures of student work
Summer faculty fellows Rachel Halverson (Associate Professor, Foreign Languages) and Theresa Jordan (Clinical Faculty, History) are working with us to develop materials for an Assessment Toolkit to support undergraduate programs as they plan, implement, and report assessment of student learning.