Saint Mary's University

Assessment Matrix: Assessing the Assessment Plan

Learning Goal: The program will provide the necessary knowledge units (as recommended by the ACM) for understanding modern computation in the context of a student's particular computing major.

 

Student Outcome	Information Required	Method of Assessment	Data Collection	Analysis Procedure	Reporting Information	Timeline/ Deadlines	Discussion of Results	Recommended Changes
3.1	Current ACM recommended guidelines.   Current CS syllabi.	Grade of C or better in all required courses.	Collect the most recent guidelines from ACM and put it in the ACM recommendation assessment file.   Current syllabi will be preserved in a syllabi file.	Department will compare syllabi specified course outcomes against ACM guidelines.	Students, department faculty, and administration.	When new guidelines are published.   Student grades on monitored on a semester basis.	When new guidelines are published.   Student grades on monitored on a semester basis.	Course outcomes are matched against ACM guidelines.

 

 

Clarification of Headings:

Student outcome-should match outcomes that are branches of program goals.

Information required-what does faculty need to assess this outcome?

Method of assessment-how will this information be obtained from students?

Data collection-who will collect this data and in what settings?

Analysis Procedure-How will the data be analyzed and by whom?

Reporting Information-Who will see the results of the data analysis?

Timeline/Deadlines-How often and when will this data be collected and analyzed?

Discussion of Results-When will the analysis be evaluated? How often? By whom? In what setting?

Recommended Changes-What changes in programs or instructional planning happened as a result of this data?

If not changes were made, why?