Review Assessment Report

Part 1: Contact & Program Identification

Report Year and Contact Information
Academic Year	Modified By	Date Modified
2020-2021	[email protected]	2021-11-19T15:24:23.934Z

School	Name of Program	Courses
CHSS	Bench Jewelry Certificate	ARTS 2096,ARTS 2820,ARTS 2810,ARTS 1810

Part 2: Program Summary

Provide a high level review of the program to include highlights, successes, challenges, significant changes, and significant resources needed to support the program
Bench jewelry did not fall under last year's assessment cycle and thus the assessment findings do not specifically address this certificate program, but only CHSS general education.

Part 3: Data Review

	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Annual number of graduate awards is greater than 10	8	6	4
Number of declared majors	25	22	12
Average Class Size	9.1	8.5	6.5
Annual Average Class withdrawal rate is 30% or below (SAGE 35%)	11%	4%	10%
Annual C-Pass rate for coursework is 60% or above	80%	93%	83%
Average class fill rate at 60% or above capacity within a term or over a year	76%	71%	68%
Graduate Transfer to 4-year Schools	n/a	n/a	n/a
Full-time Faculty Coverage by Section	47%	60%	60%

Summarize how your program met or did not meet the target measures based on the data above
With the exception of graduates, Bench Jewelry exceeded all of its targets. The number of graduates was negatively impacted by the COVID-19 shutdown.

Part 4: Program Learning Outcome Analysis

Learning Outcome	Population or Course(s) Assessed	Description	Summary of Assessment Results
5. Participate in all phases of casting.	ARTS 2820 Jewelry Portfolio	In-class Writing Assignment	This years assessment cycle focused on the critical thinking essential skill and its four sub-skills: problem setting, evidence acquisition, evidence evaluation, and reasoning/conclusion. Roughly two thirds of students assessed demonstrated proficiency in the first two sub-skills and over half of students showed proficiency in the other two.

Interpretation of Assessment findings
The primary take away from the assessment findings is that roughly two thirds of students tested at proficient in Problem Setting and Evidence Acquisition, but those numbers dropped into the 50th percentiles for Evidence Evaluation and Reasoning/Conclusion. While all of these numbers show a majority of students passing, the results do suggest the latter two skills are weaker areas that will likely require more attention moving forward. It should also be noted that the CHSS Assessment Team (CAT) has made changes to the prompt and will be assessing critical thinking again in Spring 2022 to align with the Assessment Academy's focus on Thinking in Action.

Interpretation of Assessment findings

The primary take away from the assessment findings is that roughly two thirds of students tested at proficient in Problem Setting and Evidence Acquisition, but those numbers dropped into the 50th percentiles for Evidence Evaluation and Reasoning/Conclusion. While all of these numbers show a majority of students passing, the results do suggest the latter two skills are weaker areas that will likely require more attention moving forward. It should also be noted that the CHSS Assessment Team (CAT) has made changes to the prompt and will be assessing critical thinking again in Spring 2022 to align with the Assessment Academy's focus on Thinking in Action.

Part 5: Additional Action Plan in Support of Student Learning (If Appropriate)

Upcoming Year	Changes Planned for the upcoming year	Data Motivating this change
2021-2022	Bench Jewelry courses now have an assessment cycle created for them moving forward and will be assessed through CAT.
2021-2022
2021-2022

Please select all of the following that characterize the types of changes described in the above action plan

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