Archived Assessment Report
| Program | Spanish Language Certificate |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Midpoint Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| 3. Identify connections between language and culture in the Spanish-speaking world. | Can students identify the connections between language and culture in the Spanish-Speaking world? |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3. Identify connections between language and culture in the Spanish-speaking world. | The tool that will be used for assessment is a letter written from a fictional person to the students. The students must respond to the fictional person in the form of the letter. | Spanish III | Students will respond to the letter understanding the connections between language and culture in the Spanish-speaking world. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3. Identify connections between language and culture in the Spanish-speaking world. | Students did a identify connections between language and culture in the Spanish-speaking world presented to them in the assessment tool. The student average was a 96 percent. | The results support to the original focus area question. The students that were assessed understood the main issues and concepts presented to them in the assessment tool. | The results for the assessment suggest that students in Spanish III are at the level of reading and writing that is expected of them. However, the course that was evaluated was an online course and it would be interesting to see how students in a traditional, face-to-face course would score. |
| 3. Identify connections between language and culture in the Spanish-speaking world. | |
|---|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | For the next assessment cycle, Spanish III will be assessed in a traditional, face-to-face medium. |
| Type of Change | |
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | The change will not require a change in assessment approach or tools. |
| What data motivated the change? | The data that is motivating changes is that traditional face-to-face students were not scored in this assessment process. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | Assessing traditional face-to-face students in Spanish III will complete the type of student that take courses at CNM. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
|---|---|---|
| 3. Identify connections between language and culture in the Spanish-speaking world. | N/A | Spanish III |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Second Round Results | Intepretation of Results, Pre- and Post-Change | Follow up questions, possible next steps |
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Describe any change in student achievement observed as part of this assessment process, and what led to those changes.
Describe long-term changes in the program(s) that the assessment process led to, and what motivated those changes?
What did you learn about the teaching and learning of "Practicing Community" in your programs?
Describe any external factors affecting the program or affecting assessment of the program.