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 | [email protected] | 2021-11-19T21:36:18.707Z |
School | Name of Program | Courses |
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CHSS | ECON Social Behavioral Gen Ed | ECON 2110,ECON 2120,ECON 1110,ECON 2125 |
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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ECON shared the challenges of the pandemic year - students and faculty struggled to adjust to an online format and the loss of face-to-face interactions. |
Part 3: Data Review
2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | |
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Annual number of graduate awards is greater than 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Number of declared majors | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Average Class Size | 24.8 | 25.2 | 25.3 |
Annual Average Class withdrawal rate is 30% or below (SAGE 35%) | 9% | 12% | 12% |
Annual C-Pass rate for coursework is 60% or above | 71% | 72% | 67% |
Average class fill rate at 60% or above capacity within a term or over a year | 81% | 82% | 84% |
Graduate Transfer to 4-year Schools | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Full-time Faculty Coverage by Section | 74% | 77% | 55% |
Summarize how your program met or did not meet the target measures based on the data above |
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Class fill rate at 85% - above target of 60%.
Retention rate is 88% (assuming this is calculated by subtracting withdrawal rate from 100%) - above target of 70%.
C-pass rate is at 67% (a 4-5 percentage point drop from previous years) - above target of 60%, but worth watching. Hopefully our return to face-to-face classes and the introduction of hybrid and Attend Anywhere options improves student success rates. |
Part 4: Program Learning Outcome Analysis
Learning Outcome | Population or Course(s) Assessed | Description | Summary of Assessment Results |
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Communication (Gen Ed) | ECON 1110, 2110, 2120, 2125 | ||
Critical Thinking (Gen Ed) | ECON 1110, 2110, 2120, 2125, pending state approval |
| The Critical Thinking essential skill and its four sub-skills: problem setting, evidence acquisition, evidence evaluation, and reasoning/conclusion were assessed using a standardized writing prompt. |
Personal & Social Responsibility (Gen Ed) | ECON 1110, 2110, 2120, 2125 |
Interpretation of Assessment findings |
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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 |
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2021-2022 | In cooperation with the CHSS assessment team, ECON will continue to assess critical thinking during the 2021-2022 year. | CHSS has made some changes to the schedule for assessment the general education skills. |
2021-2022 | Create more options for face-to-face learning environments in ECON, including hybrid classes and Attend Anywhere classes. | A large body of published research concludes that economics students have lower C-pass rates, retention and persistence rates in online relative to traditional classes, once researchers adjust for selection issues. The drop in C-pass rates with the shift to online classes suggest that is also the case at CNM. |
2021-2022 |