Review Assessment Report
Part 1: Contact & Program Identification
| Report Year and Contact Information | ||
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| Academic Year | Modified By | Date Modified |
| 2021-2022 | [email protected] | 2022-10-15T14:59:15.680Z |
| School | Name of Program | Courses |
|---|---|---|
| BIT | Payroll Clerk Certificate | ACCT 1135,ACCT 2110,ACCT 2120,ACCT 2170,BCIS 1110,BUSA 1110,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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In comparison to the prior academic year, there has been a decrease in graduate awards for this certificate, but an increase in the number of declared majors. |
Part 3: Data Review
| 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | |
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| Annual number of graduate awards is greater than 10 | 65 | 62 | 53 |
| Number of declared majors | 8 | 11 | 13 |
| Average Class Size | 21.6 | 20.7 | 17.6 |
| Annual Average Class withdrawal rate is 30% or below (SAGE 35%) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Annual C-Pass rate for coursework is 60% or above | 75% | 72% | 71% |
| Average class fill rate at 60% or above capacity within a term or over a year | 74% | 74% | 64% |
| Graduate Transfer to 4-year Schools | 14% | n/a | n/a |
| Full-time Faculty Coverage by Section | 54% | 56% | 20% |
| Summarize how your program met or did not meet the target measures based on the data above |
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Part 4: Program Learning Outcome Analysis
| Learning Outcome | Population or Course(s) Assessed | Description | Summary of Assessment Results |
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| 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 2021/2022. 83.1% of Acct 2170 students received a score of 75% or higher on these specific final exam problems. The average grade on these 7 exam questions was 87.12%. |
| 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 2021/2022. 50.7% of Acct 2170 students received a score of 75% or higher on these specific final exam problems. In comparison to AY 2020/2021 assessment results for this learning outcome, there was a 15% increase 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 the last problem on the Final Exam. Target was not met in AY 2021/2022. 50.7% of Acct 2170 students received a score of 75% or higher on these specific final exam problems. In comparison to AY 2020/2021 assessment results for this learning outcome, there was a significant decrease in the number 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. Regarding learning outcome #2, even though this target was not met, there was an increase in number of students meeting this target in comparison to the prior year's assessment. With learning outcome #3 being met in the prior year, there is a concern among faculty as to why the results show a significant decreases in students meeting this target. Accounting faculty, in discussing these trends have suggested concerns about the Final Exam being too long/students not given enough time to complete the Final Exam. The learning outcomes for which the targets were not met are on the last three problems of the Final Exam. One suggestion is to rearrange the order of the Final Exam problems, moving these last three questions to the first three questions and see what impact that has on the student's success in meeting these two learning outcomes. |
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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