Review Assessment Report

Part 1: Contact & Program Identification

Report Year and Contact Information
Academic YearModified ByDate Modified
2020-2021[email protected]2021-11-19T21:36:18.707Z
SchoolName of ProgramCourses
CHSSECON Social Behavioral Gen EdECON 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
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

2018-20192019-20202020-2021
Annual number of graduate awards is greater than 10n/an/an/a
Number of declared majorsn/an/an/a
Average Class Size24.825.225.3
Annual Average Class withdrawal rate is 30% or below (SAGE 35%)9%12%12%
Annual C-Pass rate for coursework is 60% or above71%72%67%
Average class fill rate at 60% or above capacity within a term or over a year81%82%84%
Graduate Transfer to 4-year Schoolsn/an/an/a
Full-time Faculty Coverage by Section74%77%55%
Summarize how your program met or did not meet the target measures based on the data above
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 OutcomePopulation or Course(s) AssessedDescriptionSummary of Assessment Results
Communication (Gen Ed)
ECON 1110, 2110, 2120, 2125
    Critical Thinking (Gen Ed)
    ECON 1110, 2110, 2120, 2125, pending state approval
    • In-class Writing Assignment
    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
      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 YearChanges Planned for the upcoming yearData Motivating this change
      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
      Please select all of the following that characterize the types of changes described in the above action plan
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