Report Format for Program Assessment Reports

1. Goal(s)/Objective(s) Assessed: Identify the program's mission, goals(s) and objectives(s), and then list (or otherwise identify) those goal(s) and objective(s) that were assessed during the reporting period.

2. Assessment Method(s): Describe the assessment technique(s) used for each objective that was assessed. Include details such as number of students tested, number of faculty involved, number and composition of portfolios reviewed, dates and locations of activities. Attach copies of instruments when appropriate. The Assessment Subcommittee needs details to understand how the program was assessed, and the Department will need them so it can remember what was done in prior assessments and carry out future assessments.

3. Results: Describe what was learned about the program. Be specific. Avoid generalities like "students seemed to have trouble with… " Or "students seemed to be skilled writers… " Instead, respond with specific counts of strengths or weaknesses. For example, 25% of the students were unable to correctly write a citation for an article appearing in a book of readings. Provide examples, qualitative and quantitative data where appropriate. These data are required for year-to-year comparisons.

4. Plans/Implications: Describe how the assessment results will be used to improve instructional delivery or the curriculum.

5. Planning/Budget Implications of Proposed Changes: Identify any resources that will be needed to implement the plans described above? How and from where will these resources be obtained? Internal department resources? College? University? Grants?

6. Evaluation of Assessment Instrument: Describe what worked and what didn't. Provide suggestions for people in your department who will be doing future assessments.

7. Assessment Dissemination: Identify how (report, newsletter, website, memo) and to whom (program faculty, majors, alumni, employers, advisory board) assessment results were disseminated.

8. Changes Implemented Because of Previous Assessment Results: Describe what has been done to address prior assessment results. Have previous plans been funded and implemented?