Ensuring a high-quality educational experience
UNE makes assessment of the knowledge, 技能, 和 values students develop here central to reaching data-based decisions that ensure 教育的有效性 和 a high quality educational experience. All of UNE’s 学术项目 和 its general education regularly assess 和 annually report on their 学生学习成果. Co-curricular units, including the 学生事务处 和 图书馆服务, also assess 和 report on their 学生学习成果.
The 教务长办公室 和 the University Assessment Committee (UAC) facilitate two ongoing, 平行, 和 interrelated processes that make up the university-wide assessment system. Programs submit an assessment report every year 和, 使用纵向数据, conduct a comprehensive program review 和 create a strategic plan every three to seven years.
UNIVERSITY ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Comprising faculty 和 administrators representing every UNE college, as well as the 学生事务处, 图书馆服务, the Center for Excellence in Teaching 和 Learning, 和 the Office of Institutional 研究, UAC provides a framework, a process, 和 support for fostering 教育的有效性.
年度评估报告
As one part of the two-fold process that makes up the university-wide assessment system, 学术项目, 学生支援服务, 大学, 和 divisions submit annual reports to UAC 和 the 教务长办公室 on the student learning assessment data, 发现, 和 actions they have taken 和 will take to support 和 advance student learning.
学术课程评审
As the other part of the two-fold process that makes up the university-wide assessment system, 学术项目 undergo a regular internal program review that entails a deep dive into their curriculum, 教育的有效性, 和招生, 和 results in the establishment of a unit-level strategic plan. New 学术项目 complete a review following their third full year in the catalog that compares their initial projections with their first three years.
评估资源
Assessment of student learning entails many key components, including identifying program learning outcomes; mapping those outcomes to the courses 和 curriculum; establishing measures, 评估准则, 和 benchmarks; collecting 和 analyzing student learning data on those outcomes; 和 making curricular 和/or instructional changes based on the 发现.
联系
If you need guidance to further your assessment process, 我们提供咨询, 会议, 和 workshops to help with the following:
- Draft 学生学习成果
- Map 学生学习成果 to curriculum
- Determine goals 和 benchmarks
- Design direct 和 indirect assessment measures
- Design 评估准则 和 checklists
- Aggregate 和 analyze assessment data on student learning
- Support annual assessment reporting
- Support periodic program review
- Use assessment data to inform decision-making
更多信息，请发送电子邮件 詹妮弗·曼德尔博士.D., associate director of assessment, at jm和el2@joyerianicaragua.com.