ASSESSMENT RECORD

FOR

 

______English_____________                                    _Bachelor of Arts______                                

(Instructional Degree Program)                                    (Degree Level)

 

____2006-7________ _______                                  October 30, 2006______

(Assessment Period Covered)                                                  (Date Submitted)

 

Submitted by:  __________Kurt Haas____________

 

 

 

Expanded Statement of Institutional Purpose Linkage:

 

Institutional Mission Reference: Mesa State College’s legislative charter states that the college offer liberal arts and science programs as well as limited professional programs.  The English major, with its three emphases, fulfills Mesa State College’s mission in both these areas.

 

College/University Goal(s) Supported: The English degree meets goals outlined in the Academic Master Plan: to offer programs that uniquely serve the needs of the region, to continue to provide a broad liberal arts based education, and to revise existing programs to meet the needs of students.  The English program serves all Mesa State College students through required general education composition and literature courses.  The program also serves a good number of majors who aspire to graduate school, teaching, or professional careers.

 

Intended Educational (Student) Outcomes:

 

1. Students in the English program will express themselves effectively in written form.

 

2. Students in the English program will demonstrate strong content area and pedagogical knowledge.

 

3. Students in the English program will demonstrate critical thinking skills.

 

Form B-Linkage Page

NOTE:  There should be one form C for each intended outcome on form B.  Intended outcome should be restated in the box immediately below and the intended outcome number entered in the blank spaces.

 

Intended Student Outcome:

 

1. Students in the English program will express themselves effectively in written form.

 

First Means of Assessment for Outcome Identified Above:

 

Means of Program Assessment and Criteria for Success: Eighty percent of students in English 492 Seminar in Writing will produce work deemed “publishable” by a committee of our writing faculty. 

 

Summary of Data Collected: 

 

Use of Results to Improve Instructional Program: 

 

Second Means of Assessment for Outcome Identified Above:

Means of Program Assessment and Criteria for Success: As a requirement for English 494, the capstone English course, students will turn in a writing portfolio containing an extended research paper and a paper written for a lower-division class.  Portfolios will be appraised, using the five question rubric created by the Senior Seminar Committee in 2000.  The Department goal for this criterion is 90% of students showing significant improvement from their lower-division work.  In addition, we will examine the “guiding readership through an argument” element of the rubric, looking to assure a similar rate of improvement.

 

Summary of Data Collected: 

 

Use of Results to Improve Instructional Program:

 

Form C-Educational Outcome Report Page

NOTE:  There should be one form C for each intended outcome on form B.  Intended outcome should be restated in the box immediately below and the intended outcome number entered in the blank spaces.

 

Intended Student Outcome:

 

2.  Students in the English program will demonstrate strong content area and pedagogical knowledge.

 

First Means of Assessment for Outcome Identified Above:

 

Means of Program Assessment and Criteria for Success: Students in the English literature emphasis will complete the MFAT for British and American Literature.  The average of the scale score mean for these students should be 150 or higher.  (Note: ETS appears to be in the midst of adjusting their exam in English, so we may have to choose another statistical means of evaluating their performance on the test.)

 

Summary of Data Collected:  This data is not available this year.

 

Use of Results to Improve Instructional Program:

 

Second Means of Assessment for Outcome Identified Above:

 

Means of Program Assessment and Criteria for Success: Seventy-five percent of our Secondary Education emphasis students will pass the PRAXIS exam on their first attempt.

 

Summary of Data Collected:

 

 

Use of Results to Improve Instructional Program: 

 

Form C-Educational Outcome Report Page

NOTE:  There should be one form C for each intended outcome on form B.  Intended outcome should be restated in the box immediately below and the intended outcome number entered in the blank spaces.

 

Intended Student Outcome:

 

3.  Students in the English program will demonstrate critical thinking skills.

 

First Means of Assessment for Outcome Identified Above:

 

Means of Program Assessment and Criteria for Success: Students taking our core literature classes (254, 255, 261, and 262) will score at least 70% on the critical thinking component of the Gen. Ed. Assessments we administer.

 

Summary of Data Collected:

 

Use of Results to Improve Instructional Program:

 

Second Means of Assessment for Outcome Identified Above:

 

Means of Program Assessment and Criteria for Success: Critical essays written as assignments for English 111 and 112 will be randomly selected and appraised by the Department Writing Committee.  Success will be defined as 75% of the essays scoring 3.0 or higher on the newly created rubric question asking whether the essay demonstrates critical thinking.

 

Summary of Data Collected: 

 

Use of Results to Improve Instructional Program: 

 

Form C-Educational Outcome Report Page