ASSESS for Success! - ISU's Second Annual Assessment Day - March 23, 2012. 

Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend ISU's second annual Assess for Success! conference.  All events will take place in HMSU. 

Dr. Jennifer Fager, Assessment Director at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, will deliver the keynote address and provide a workshop on assessing experiential learning.  Fager  previously served as an associate professor and department chair of middle and secondary teacher education at Saginaw Valley State University in University Center, Mich.; as director of academic assessment in the provost's office at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; as director for curriculum and assessment in academic affairs at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Mich.; and in faculty positions at Western Michigan University, the University of New Hampshire and South Dakota State University. She also was a high school teacher in Honolulu, Hawaii, and a middle school teacher in Lincoln, Neb.

Fager is a reviewer for the Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education, an assessment mentor for the Higher Learning Commission's Academy for Assessment of Student Learning, and a consultant-evaluator and team chair for the Higher Learning Commission. She has been a frequent presenter on assessing learning outcomes at conferences of the Higher Learning Commission, The Academy for Assessment of Student Learning and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, as well as a guest speaker at university campuses across the nation.

Other scheduled events include a workshop on Assessment Essentials facilitated by Drs. Eric Hampton and Cindy Crowder, a poster session highlighting best practices in assessment at ISU, and the opportunity for A-Teams to consult with Dr. Fager. 

Schedule:

       9:00 - 10:30 - Keynote Address and Q&A

      10:30 - 11:00 - Poster Session - light refreshments available 

      11:15 - 12:30 - Concurrent Workshops

       1:30 -  3:00 - A-Team Consultations with Dr. Fager

Please click here to register.

Student Learning Outcomes Assessment

Student learning outcomes describe what students are expected to know and able to do by the time of graduation. They are linked to the program objectives and describe the specific knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes that students should acquire as they progress through the program. Student learning outcomes are specific and measurable and are stated in terms of what the student should be able to demonstrate as a result of the learning experiences provided by the program. Outcomes are learner-centered, action oriented, and cognitively appropriate for the program level. Outcomes are measurable indicators of an educational objective. Effective outcomes are stated in the format of one action verb + one something. The action verb describes a specific performance (e.g., analyze, apply, design), and the “something” is the focus of the learning experience (e.g., steps of the design process, chemical reaction, scientific method)

- Examples of program educational objectives and student learning outcomes at ISU

Click Here for Helpful Links and Resources:

There is a wealth of information available on the web concerning higher education assessment including: journals, other higher education institutions, and various higher education assessment organizations.

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published assessment instruments

As part of ISU's assessment efforts, the Office of Institutional Research administers the Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement (BCSSE), the National Survey of Student Engagement(NSSE), and the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE), as well as the ETS Proficiency Profile. The table below indicates the timeline for the administration of these instruments.

BCSSE	NSSE	FSSE	ETS-PP
Summer 2009	Spring 2010	Spring 2010	FR: Fall 2010 SR: Spring 2010
Summer 2012	Spring 2013	Spring 2013	FR: Fall 2012 SR: Spring 2013
Summer 2015	Spring 2016	Spring 2016	FR: Fall 2015 SR: Spring 2016
Summer 2018	Spring 2019	Spring 2019	FR: Fall 2018 SR: Spring 2019

Information of previous NSSE results can be found by clicking HERE.  Information will be added as it becomes available.