Assessment

The Division's first New Student Orientation will be held tomorrow. This is the first event at which our incoming class will be on campus as NMSU students!

Students and their families are a key audience for the Division. These events are important opportunities for learning about how to succeed at NMSU.

Students will participate in a 3-hour orientation in small groups headed by Student Orientation Leaders. They will also get ID cards, register, be advised, and take their first steps toward becoming an Aggie.  read more »

Attached is the assessment plan template for Microsoft Excel shared at the retreat on March 25, 2008.

Attached are the two sample assessment plans from Campus Activities and Student Information Management used at the "Planning to Assess" retreat on Tuesday, March 25th.

The following list of reasons to do assessment were developed by Natalie Aranda, Program Manager for Planning and Support Services in DSS. I think Natalie has really hit the nail on the head and has provided all of us with some insight to make assessment, especially Student Learning Outcomes Assessment, more meaningful for all of us. Thanks Natalie!

Thoughts on benefits of identifying, measuring, and assessing learning outcomes in the Division of Student Success
March 24, 2008

1. Emphasis and focus is back on what matters most, students (i.e. learners)  read more »

Starbucks closed all their stores for 3 hours last week for re-education of the baristas.

Elliot Masie posted an 8-minute video from his local 'Buckies that takes an outcomes approach to the learning required to make that steamy cup of foamy perfection.
http://www.masieweb.com/starbucks

Thanks to Julia Parra from CEL for passing this on.

NMSU Division of Student Success colleagues - mark your calendars for a Learning Outcomes Follow-up Retreat on March 25th from 7:15 AM to 10:30 AM . This retreat will focus on measurement of the learning outcomes submitted earlier this year.

We are pleased to announce that Executive V.P./Provost Cruzado will join the retreat from 7:30 AM to 8:15 AM.

You are invited to visit this site often as the retreat approaches to reconnect with our previous efforts. For more information, please contact the Office of the Vice President for Student Success at 646-1638.  read more »

ETS posted a report yesterday about developing a culture of evidence surrounding student learning outcomes relevant to what we are doing at DSS with learning outcomes. The file is attached, and the link is below. There are two other reports also at the link on a culture of evidence.

http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc392...  read more »

This is Judy's powerpoint on Measurement she presented at the Teaching Academy - it's quite long.

This is Judy's powerpoint on measurement from the Division of Student Success Retreat on September 24, 2007

At the DSS Retreat on January 8, there was some confusion about "measurement" and "measurement tools." Several of the Post-its had measurement tools listed but not a measurement. This was likely driven by #4 on the worksheet that said "Explain how the outcome can be measured." Sorry about that! It is not enough to say "surveys" because surveys can ask any type of question. Surveys are a tool to use in measurement. What would you put on the survey to be able to find out if your audience learned what you defined in your leaning outcome?  read more »