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Standard 2.0: Overview
Standard 2.1 Assessment System
Standard 2.2 Data Collection, Analysis, and Evaluation
Standard 2.3 Use of Data for Program Improvement
Standard 2: Recommendations/Summary
Exhibits and Displays for Standard 2

Data Analysis and Dissemination

Administrative Services collected data each semester and shared it with the Dean's Leadership Team and the 35 faculty and staff who participated in unit Work Sessions over the three-year period. At the final two Work Sessions, faculty and student services staff received all data sets to analyze and use in final reports and recommendations. Data were analyzed from a number of perspectives: by program, by evaluator, by assessment, by percentages or mean scores, and in tables, charts, and numerous other formats.

Data and recommendations are shared with faculty and staff in College Assembly, with school administrators through Professional Advisory Committee meetings, and with content area faculty from the Teacher Education Advisory Council. Faculty were also encouraged to share data patterns with candidates in courses.

Use of Data for Program Improvement

The goal of any assessment system is to provide direction for candidates and for program improvement. Our newly designed system allows us to examine final performance data, then work backward as necessary to either improve the courses intended to develop each outcome or improve the course assessments intended to measure course outcome. This process provides the College of Education with a robust system to reveal final performance patterns and identify where those performances can be better developed and assessed.

Unit heads, program coordinators and faculty examined final outcome data to discern unit-wide patterns, then examined individual programs. Finally, each program composed and submitted its individual Program Report: Analysis and Recommendations for Improvement. (Complete reports are available in the on-site exhibit room.)

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