ACHIEVEMENT SUMMARY / ANALYSIS

1. ACHIEVEMENT SUMMARY / ANALYSIS Presented by Gay Wakefield April 2012

2. Texas Legislative opinion “You have made one of the most important fundamental points: Our success in public education is going to be gauged not by the amount of money we put in it, but by the results that we get and the outputs—and we are going to spend a lot of time, I think, clarifying just what the outputs are [that] we desire, in very empirical form, and then how do we get there in terms of effort expended and money invested there. Teaching, as the representative alluded to, is going to be a big, big part of that.” ~ Sen. KelSeliger April 6, 2012—14:50—assessment; 16:27—budget cuts too hard on higher ed

3. Current Issues • SACS Fifth-Year Interim Self-Study • Must reflect assessment maturation • Upgrade of SLO reporting frequency (2-3 times in each 5-year period) • Thorough analyses of results • Improved annual documentation

4. Fifth-Year Interim report • Academic Assessment Section • Highest area of noncompliance citations • Citations for 93% of recent Fifth-Year Interim Reports

5. Fifth-Year Interim report • Among most frequent citations • Limited data—details and factors • Immature data—trends and changes • Non-representative sampling • Not addressing all distance education, alternate-delivery modes, and off-campus program sites • Including those added since previous SACS accreditation review

6. Sacs cautions • Demonstrate ongoing compliance. • Annual reporting improvement • If sampling … • Include rationales for the sample as reasonable and representative.

7. Sacs cautions • Include data on programs offered at off-campus sites and via distance learning. • Required if >50% of program available without classes on main campus • Must compare results to Stephenville results

8. Sacs cautions • Provide analyses of data. • “Not just data dumps” (SACS quote) • Use clear, succinct writing. • Avoid discipline jargon • Reviewers likely not from your field

9. Upgrades starting 2011-12 • Expectations • Triangulated measures • Action-plan progress each semester • Factor findings and implications • Data trends • Action-plan completion rates and results

10. Upgrades starting 2011-12 • Analysis=interpretation of data • According to SACS and THECB • Craft like discussion section of journal article or grant report

11. Hands-on session follows • Click to reach WEAVE log-in page. • Use Tarleton name and password. • Select a program you manage. • Apply information learned in this training session.

12. Hands-on session follows • Revise your program’s 2010-11 “Assessment Summary/Analysis.” • Step-by-step screen shots follow. • Additional help and resources: • Accompanying example handout • Academic Assessment Committee representatives (click for list)

13. WEAVE-Year

14. Achievement summary / analysis

15. Achievement summary / analysis Automatically generated by findings entered. Manually generated by you.

16. Achievement summary / analysis If your summary looks like this ... • then you have not entered 2010-11 findings, which were due 5/31/11. • Enter those findings, then continue.

17. Achievement summary / analysis

18. Expanded view • Provides info needed for annual analysis

19. Expanded view • After expanding this section, compare what you see to the example on the handout accompanying this training session. Manually generated by you.

20. Expanded view • If you see no entry, click “Add.” • If you see an entry that does not meet required criteria, click “Edit.”

21. entries Enter your upgraded Analysis here.

22. entries When finished, click “Final” …

23. entries ... then click “Save” and repeat the process for any other programs you manage.

24. Pass the softchalk quiz to finish the training session.