Archived Assessment Report
| Program | Payroll Clerk Certificate |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Midpoint Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
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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. | Do students have the necessary skills to accurately calculate gross pay, payroll deductions, and net pay in a workplace setting? |
| 2. Utilize payroll information to prepare Federal payroll tax reports and Federal tax filings. | Do students have the necessary skills to accurately prepare the required federal payroll tax filings in a workplace setting? |
| 3. Analyze, journalize and post payroll transactions. | Do students have the necessary skills to accurately record payroll transactions in a workplace setting? |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
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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. | Final Exam problems in which students calculate gross pay, payroll deductions, and net pay. | Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting | 75% of students will score 75% or higher on these specific Final Exam problems. |
| 2. Utilize payroll information to prepare Federal payroll tax reports and Federal tax filings. | Final Exam problems in which students prepare a partial Form 941 and Form 940. | Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting | 75% of students will score 75% or higher on these specific Final Exam problems. |
| 3. Analyze, journalize and post payroll transactions. | Final Exam problem in which students record the payroll journal entries. | Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting | 75% of students will score 75% or higher on the Final Exam problem in which they are to record the payroll journal entries. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of 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. | 77.14% 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 84.63% | These results support the original focus question. | As in prior years, students continue to successfully meet this learning outcome. In comparison to prior year, the average score on these 7 exam questions increased by over 2.5%. |
| 2. Utilize payroll information to prepare Federal payroll tax reports and Federal tax filings. | Target not met. 71.43% of Acct 2170 students received a score of 75% or higher on these specific final exam problems. The average grade on these specific exam problems was 85.52% | Yes, these results support the focus area question. | Even though this target was not met, there was a marked increase in both the percentage of students scoring 75% or higher on these final exam problems as well as the average grade on these final exam problems when compared to the prior year's assessment. These results show an increase of over 7% in the percentage of students scoring 75% or higher on these specific final exam problems and an increase in the average grade on these specific exam problems of over 11%. |
| 3. Analyze, journalize and post payroll transactions. | 91.43% of Acct 2170 students received a score of 75% or higher on this specific final exam problem. The average grade of this Final Exam problem was 86.54%. | Yes, these results support the focus area question. | There was a marked increase in both the percentage of students scoring 75% or higher on this final exam problem as well as the average grade on this final exam problem when compared to the prior year's assessment. These results show an increase of over 20% in the percentage of students scoring 75% or higher on these specific final exam problems and an increase in the average grade on these specific exam problems of over 13%. |
| 1. Compute wages, deductions, and employer taxes and prepare common payroll accounting documents such as payroll registers and employee earnings records. |
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| Describe the change that was implemented. | A more detailed/explicit grading rubric will be developed to better ensure consistent grading across all sections of the Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting course. |
| Type of Change | - Faculty training/development
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| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | No, not at this time, will this improved grading rubric require a change in assessment approach or tools. |
| What data motivated the change? | Possibility of inconsistent grading among the instructors teaching Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | A more consistent grading of these Final Exam problems will improve the quality of the data gathered, and thus, a better basis for making decisions about this course. |
| 2. Utilize payroll information to prepare Federal payroll tax reports and Federal tax filings. |
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| Describe the change that was implemented. | A more detailed/explicit grading rubric will be developed to better ensure consistent grading across all sections of the Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting course. |
| Type of Change | - Faculty training/development
|
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | No, not at this time, will this improved grading rubric require a change in assessment approach or tools. |
| What data motivated the change? | Possibility of inconsistent grading among the instructors teaching Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | A more consistent grading of these Final Exam problems will improve the quality of the data gathered, and thus, a better basis for making decisions about this course. |
| 3. Analyze, journalize and post payroll transactions. |
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| Describe the change that was implemented. | A more detailed/explicit grading rubric will be developed to better ensure consistent grading across all sections of the Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting course. |
| Type of Change | - Faculty training/development
|
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | No, not at this time, will this improved grading rubric require a change in assessment approach or tools. |
| What data motivated the change? | Possibility of inconsistent grading among the instructors teaching Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | A more consistent grading of these Final Exam problems will improve the quality of the data gathered, and thus, a better basis for making decisions about this course. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
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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. | 7 specified Acct 2170 Final Exam problems. | Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting |
| 2. Utilize payroll information to prepare Federal payroll tax reports and Federal tax filings. | The specified Acct 2170 Final Exam problems. | Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting |
| 3. Analyze, journalize and post payroll transactions. | The specified Acct 2170 Final Exam problems. | Acct 2170, Payroll Accounting |
| 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.