Saint Mary's University

Assessment Matrix: Assessing the Assessment Plan

Learning Goal: The program will help students to learn strategies for staying current in a rapidly changing discipline.

 

Student Outcome	Information Required	Method of Assessment	Data Collection	Analysis Procedure	Reporting Information	Timeline/ Deadlines	Discussion of Results	Recommended Changes
6.1	Examples of software project work which incorporate new technologies unknown to the student.	Select a project for department review.   Code Review.   Project Demonstration	Instructor will grade project using the programming rubric and put project into department folders.   The results of the code review will be compiled by the individual faculty member, and placed in the assessment file.	Results of assessment will be reviewed by the dept and statistical analysis will be performed.	Department faculty and administration.	Final written report will be included in the department's annual report and forwarded to the Provost's office by May 15.	The department will dedicate four meetings per year to assessment.	See previous annual reports.

 

 

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?