Fall 2008
Report
to Faculty
Coming up à In spring 2009, NMC will assess student
performance on the Critical Thinking general education outcome using artifacts
and the CAAP Critical Thinking test.
Please see the Assessment Schedule below for upcoming
activities.
In the Resources for Faculty section you
will find some links to pertinent sections of the Institutional Research
assessment website that may help in preparing you to participate in assessment.
See the Quick Results section below for information
regarding last year's assessment of the Communications artifacts.
Look for more specific information on assessment
in the coming weeks from academic area chairs and Institutional Research. Do not hesitate to contact Darby Hiller (995-1084) with your questions
regarding the general education outcomes and assessment methods. We are looking forward to working with you.
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Assessment Schedule |
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2008-2009 |
CAAP Critical Thinking Test |
Test Dates:
February 2 - February 13, 2009 |
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Faculty to be notified by December 1, 2008, of course selection to participate in
CAAP testing |
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Critical Thinking Artifacts |
Faculty to be notified mid-January of selection to submit student work |
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Mark your calendar: Artifact Scoring Day is Thursday, May 7, 2009 |
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2009-2010 |
Communications Artifacts |
Collecting fall 2009, scoring early January
2010 (slightly earlier
schedule stay tuned) |
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Resources
for Faculty |
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Rubric for Communications |
Rubric
for Critical Thinking |
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NMC's
General Education Policy |
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Assignment examples: |
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Quick Results -
Artifacts |
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Percent of
near-graduates sufficient or above |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
Goal |
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Communication |
62.2% |
76.2% |
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87.1% |
100% |
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Strongest Skill |
Demonstrating an
awareness of audience |
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Weakest Skill |
Supporting main idea with relevant material and
documented sources |
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Critical Thinking |
79.3% |
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72.4% |
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100% |
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Strongest Skill |
Identifying issues
or problems |
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Weakest Skill |
Demonstrating an
understanding of different perspectives in solving a problem |
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For more detailed
Artifact Reports, click here |
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Quick Results -
CAAP Test |
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CAAP Critical
Thinking in 2007, administered in 21 courses to 388 students |
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What the CAAP Critical Thinking Test
tells us. |
1. Benchmarking NMC
students' performance at the national level |
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2. Assess performance by
content area in the aggregate |
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3. Compare overall
performance by education level (value-added) |
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For CAAP Results,
click here. |
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Quick Results -
Graduate Follow-Up Survey |
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Graduate
Perceptions over Time |
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Percent
reporting their skill level at sufficient or above |
2006 (N=203) |
2007 (N=243) |
2008 (N=263) |
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Communications |
93.2% |
91.0% |
93.2% |
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Critical
Thinking |
96.3% |
95.0% |
95.4% |
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For more
survey results, click here. |
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