Assignments:
For each of Chapman University’s General Education (GE) Program areas, randomly selected faculty
Sampling:
Each semester, one or two GE areas are selected for assessment (please see the GE assessment schedule). For each GE area, approximately 10-15 course sections are randomly selected for assessment. All students in these courses are assessed. Typically, 300-400 student work samples across these randomly selected course sections are assessed per GE area.
Assessment Tool:
Given the need to assess a variety
Each assignment is assessed using a tailored rubric for that GE area. Each GE Learning Outcome has additional assessment criteria with descriptions and levels of performance. Please see each GE area rubric below for details.
Assessment Criteria:
All students are expected to receive a rubric score of “meets expectations.” Depending on the rubric, this criteria may be a score of 2 or 3. Please see each GE rubric for details (links below):
- GE Artistic Inquiry Rubric
- GE Citizenship, Community, Service Rubric
- GE First Year Focus Rubric
- GE Global Studies Inquiry Rubric
- GE Interdisciplinary Cluster Rubric
- GE Language Inquiry Rubric
- GE Natural Sciences Inquiry Rubric
- GE Quantitative Inquiry Rubric
- GE Social Inquiry Rubric
- GE Values and Ethics Inquiry Rubric
- GE Written Inquiry Rubric
How are the learning outcomes findings used?
Data Analysis and Interpretation:
After the faculty score the students’ work, the assessment scores are sent to the Director of Accreditation and Assessment (soon to be sent to the new Director of General Education) to coordinate, review, and report. When the director receives the scores, they aggregate and analyze the scores at the program level and determine if students met the expected performance levels. For each assignment, the sample size, mean, range, min-max, and standard deviation are calculated for review.
The data analysis, along with a preliminary draft of the report
A portion of the GE assessment reports are published and can be found here:
- GE Artistic Inquiry Assessment Report
- GE Citizenship, Community, Service Assessment Report
- GE First Year Focus Assessment Report
- GE Global Studies Inquiry Assessment Report
- GE Exploration Focus Assessment Report
- GE Language Inquiry Assessment Report
- GE Natural Sciences Inquiry Assessment Report
- GE Quantitative Inquiry Assessment Report
- GE Social Inquiry Assessment Report
- GE Values and Ethics Inquiry Assessment Report
- GE Written Inquiry Assessment Report