Course GE Assessment Plan

(Attach to the departmental plan, together with a sample rubric or equivalent if possible. As long as your department provides at least one sample rubric for each area now, it is acceptable to submit the remaining rubrics up until two weeks before the course/area combination is liable to be assessed.)

This is for the assessment of :

Course Number ________________

Course Name _________________________________

Particular Sections, or "All" ____________________

Area (GE Category or Competency) ___________________________

(You may combine plans for courses or assessment areas, but be sure to clearly specify enough information about how each course will be assessed in each area.)

1. The default method for selecting students to have their work assessed is to have Institutional Research randomly select entire course sections. If students are to be selected by another method, please specify it.

2. Describe the assignment(s) that will be used to assess each learning outcome (objective) for this area, and state when in the semester the assignment will occur. (To insure proper sampling of students, we suggest that these be required assignments.)

3. Attach a rubric (or equivalent) that describes the level of student performance that constitutes “Exceeds,” “Meets,” “Approaches,” and “Does Not Meet” for each learning outcome. (Be sure to design assignments and rubrics so that clear distinctions can be drawn between the four levels.)

4. How will you ensure that the rubric will be used consistently by different instructors?

(This is "inter-rater reliability". For example, samples of student work at each level could be provided, or instructors could evaluate some assignments together in a "norming session".)