Assessment at ECC: Past, Present and Future
Your Assessment Committee 2007-2008:
Jessica Carpenter, Chair Sharon BakerRose DiGerlando Leticia Garcia Linda Hartley Peggy HeinrichTim Kaar Tina LeverenzziLinda McEwan Shawn MikulayMichele Noel Mary O’SullivanMary Perkins Elaine ReidJill Russell Manuel SalgadoNicole Scherger Carol SzaboSusan Timm Lisa Wiehle
Why is assessment important?
• To guide our program, course and student service development in a systematic way
• To determine what our students have learned
• To determine what our students have not learned
• To improve our students’ learning
• General Education outcomes revised
• Program-level outcomes established
• Some course-level outcomes established
• Some program-level outcomes measured for every program
• Some course-level outcomes measured for at least one course in each program
Assessment at ECC: Past
• Programs should have completed the Annual Summary Report of Program/Services, available at the assessment committee website via e-net
• Every program should have completed an Annual Summary Report of Course for at least one course
Assessment at ECC: Present
Annual Summary Report cont.
Three Years of Data
• General Education outcome data have been collected for the past three years in the areas of: Reading, Writing (essay & CAAP), Quantitative Skills (Math & Science), Critical Thinking (CCTST), Information & Technological Literacy and Global Awareness
• Today we will focus on Reading, Writing and Quantitative Skills data.
Data on Writing Outcomes (essay)
Year
2005 2006 2007 Total
Average score 2.70 3.27 3.00 3.00
Total writing samples 128 150 115 393
1: Unacceptable, failing % 10.9% 1.3% 8.0% 6.4%
2: Weak in composition, just barely passing
%34.4% 22.1% 20.4% 25.6%
3: Sound in composition, few deviations
%35.9% 37.6% 38.9% 37.4%
4: Solid in all areas, fully developed
%11.7% 26.2% 29.2% 22.3%
5: Strong in all areas, particularly distinguished
%7.0% 12.8% 3.5% 8.2%
Data on Writing Outcomes (CAAP)
Data on Reading Outcomes
Data on Quantitative Outcomes
Summary of CAAP Results
CAAP Results by Number of Hours
CAAP Results, 2005 -- 2007 Cumulative Earned Hours
15/less 16 - 30 31 - 45 46+
Writing Skills Percentile 43.1 47.5 53.8 52.5
Writing: Usage/Mechanics Percentile 48.3 49.8 59.4 56.2
Writing: Rhetoric Percentile 44.7 50.3 54.1 54.1
Math Percentile 54.0 65.3 70.3 67.2
Math: Basic Algebra Percentile 58.1 66.9 73.4 68.8
Math: College Algebra Percentile 54.9 64.5 66.6 68.6
Reading Percentile 47.8 53.0 61.2 55.9
Reading: Arts/Lit Percentile 53.0 57.0 62.4 58.6
Reading: Social Studies/Science Percentile 47.5 54.0 63.3 58.6
Scientific Percentile 57.1 56.8 67.3 64.5
• It is time to “close the loop” on General Education assessment and devise strategies to improve
• The assessment committee will be forming taskforces in the areas of reading, writing and quantitative skills first, other areas will follow.
• We need YOU to assist us in this endeavor!
• Expect to see focus groups and other activities to bring the campus together to tackle these issues
Assessment at ECC: Future
