Assessment Plan

The associate dean of academic affairs leads the assurance of learning process for the undergraduate program, including communicating with the undergraduate program assessment faculty leads. Faculty teaching courses identify the assessment measurements that will be used for assessing objectives. The faculty lead is asked to combine the results of the individual instructors for reporting purposes. A submission form is now provided that can be used to report on student performance for competency objectives, including an opportunity to include “closing the loop” discussion. The process allows for training and follow up (e.g., correction of identified errors), provides a consistent template for submitting results, and offers a uniform display of outcomes data while providing an opportunity to note what can be done to improve on a given objective. The undergraduate assessment measures include direct measures, defined as those that provide “evidence from learner work" (AACSB Standards, page 41) and indirect measures. Finally, undergraduate program faculty are asked to submit results for statewide campus students specifically to allow for assessment of the performance of our statewide students on our objectives. Graduate programs carry out assessments for their programs that include some similar processes (e.g., gathering assessments for objectives, using the same form to submit assessments, and having relevant communication with the associate dean of academic affairs). These programs use direct measures (MHR also uses indirect measures). The School of Accountancy has its own assessment process and is separately accredited by AACSB.