Review Assessment Report
Part 1: Contact & Program Identification
| Report Year and Contact Information | ||
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| Academic Year | Modified By | Date Modified |
| 2020-2021 | lmartin@cnm.edu | 2021-10-29T04:37:45.114Z |
| School | Name of Program | Courses |
|---|---|---|
| BIT | Payroll Clerk Certificate | BCIS 1110,ACCT 2170,ACCT 2110,ACCT 2120,BUSA 1110,ACCT 1135,BUSA 1130 |
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 |
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The success of the Payroll Clerk Certificate through the Covid times is that students have persevered. There have been slight increases/decreases over the past 3 years, as the program data shows. This is particularly significant in that all of the Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting courses during the 20/21 AY were taught online. |
Part 3: Data Review
| 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual number of graduate awards is greater than 10 | 60 | 65 | 62 |
| Number of declared majors | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| Average Class Size | 23.4 | 21.6 | 20.7 |
| Annual Average Class withdrawal rate is 30% or below (SAGE 35%) | 11% | 13% | 11% |
| Annual C-Pass rate for coursework is 60% or above | 77% | 75% | 72% |
| Average class fill rate at 60% or above capacity within a term or over a year | 78% | 74% | 74% |
| Graduate Transfer to 4-year Schools | 3% | 12% | n/a |
| Full-time Faculty Coverage by Section | 45% | 54% | 56% |
| Summarize how your program met or did not meet the target measures based on the data above |
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All target measures were met for AY 2020/2021. |
Part 4: Program Learning Outcome Analysis
| Learning Outcome | Population or Course(s) Assessed | Description | Summary of Assessment Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Compute wages, deductions, and employer taxes and prepare common payroll accounting documents such as payroll registers and employee earnings records. | Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting |
| Target: 75% of students will score 75% or higher on Final Exam problems 1 - 7. Target was met in AY 2020/2021. 86.59% of Acct 2170 students received a score of 75% or higher on these specific final exam problems. In comparison to AY 2019/2020 assessment results for this learning outcome, there was a 1.9% increase of students meeting this target. |
| 2. Utilize payroll information to prepare Federal payroll tax reports and Federal tax filings. | Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting |
| Target: 75% of students will score 75% or higher on Final Exam problems 8 and 9. Target was not met in AY 2020/2021. 35.37% of Acct 2170 students received a score of 75% or higher on these specific final exam problems. In comparison to AY 2019/2020 assessment results for this learning outcome, there was a sharp decrease in students meeting this target. |
| 3. Analyze, journalize and post payroll transactions. | Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting |
| Target: 75% of students will score 75% or higher on Final Exam problems 10 - 12. Target was met in AY 2020/2021. 75.61% of Acct 2170 students received a score of 75% or higher on these specific final exam problems. In comparison to AY 2019/2020 assessment results for this learning outcome, there was a 14.39% increase of students meeting this target. |
| Interpretation of Assessment findings |
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Students continue to do well meeting the learning outcome #1, the computations required in payroll accounting. In prior years, there has been an increase emphasis on learning outcome #3 (preparing the payroll journal entries) when teaching this course. This increased emphasis has paid off and, for the first time in four years, the target for this learning outcome has been met! The marked decrease in the number of students meeting the target for learning outcome #2 is a mystery. There is a 25% drop in the number of students successfully meeting this target. A meeting with the faculty teaching this course will be held as soon as possible to try and determine the reason(s) for this decline. |
Part 5: Additional Action Plan in Support of Student Learning (If Appropriate)
| Upcoming Year | Changes Planned for the upcoming year | Data Motivating this change |
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| 2021-2022 | Meet with faculty teaching Acct 2170 to discuss possible curriculum emphasis/changes for learning outcome #2. | The continual decline in meeting the target measure. for learning outcome #2. |
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