Assessment Types

In order to fully support our vision of academic excellence and spiritual vitality and strategic goals, we assess both student learning and institutional capacity.

Student Assessments

The assessment system of student performance incorporates three categories of data including student survey data, student participation data and student achievement data. The multiple measures provide contextual understanding and eliminate bias (external and internal), in a variety of student response modes (direct and indirect). Portions of the same data sets may be used to respond to different student learning outcomes, building a strong interrelated system of analysis using targeted measures.

Types of Measures and Student Response

External

Provides comparison with national populations

Internal

Institutionally designed and meaningful to that context

Direct

Objective measures of students’ learning based upon standardization or evaluation criteria

ETS Proficiency Profile
Collegiate Learning Assessment

Thematic General Core GPAs
General Education Proficiency Assessment (GEPA)

Indirect

Measures about student learning by looking at indicators of learning other than student work output

College Senior Survey
Furnishing the Soul Inventory

Chapel Survey
Cross-Cultural Student Data
Focus Group Data from Assessment Day
Leadership Participation Data

With this multiple-tier design, the assessment system comprises a balanced approach with three levels of measures to provide information for evaluating and improving student performance.

Institutional Assessments

The focus of our institutional assessment process begins at the departmental level, extends downward to program levels, and moves upward to administrative tactical areas. At all levels, the assessment process is aligned to the Strategic Goals and Targets by which the institution measures its effectiveness. Academic departments design objectives that address three specific charges of student learning (Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes), while Support Services departments design objectives to address charges related to institutional capacity and effectiveness (Customer Service and Efficiency, as well as Student Learning and Community Impact where applicable).

Assessment Measure	Responsibility for Administration	When Administered	Analysis Responsibility
Chapel Survey	IE & Cornerstone Committee	Spring – Assessment Day	IE & Cornerstone Committee G General Education Committee & IE
LA	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment within IE	Spring – Assessment Day—Cross section of all students	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment; General Education Committee & IE
College Senior Survey (CSS)	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment within IE	August – Incoming Freshman Spring – Assessment Day (seniors)	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment; General Education Committee & IE
Cross-Cultural Participation	Office of Cross-Cultural Experiences	Aggregated at end of each year	General Education Committee & IE
EPP (formerly MAPP)	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment within IE	August – Incoming Freshman Spring – Assessment Day (Seniors)	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment; General Education Committee & IE
Focus Group	IE & Dr. Gay Holcomb as associated with Assessment Day	Spring – Assessment Day	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment; General Education Committee & IE
General Education Proficiency Assessment (GEPA)	IE & Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences	August – Incoming Freshman Spring – Assessment Day (seniors)	General Education Committee & IE
Institutional Priorities Survey (IPS)	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment within IE	Every four years	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment & IE
Leadership Participation Data	Student Development	Aggregated at end of each year	General Education Committee & IE & Student Development
Major Field Tests	Department Chairs	Spring	Department Chairs & IE
MyVoice	IE	Spring – Assessment Day	IE & Cornerstone Committee G General Education Committee & IE; Department Chairs
PRAXIS/FCTE (KY & FL Licensure Exams)	Dean of School of Education	Ongoing	School of Education & IE
SAILS	Morgan Tracy, Director Kinlaw Library	Spring	Library & IE
Spiritual Transformation Inventory (STI)	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment within IE	August – Incoming Freshman Spring – Assessment Day (seniors)	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment; General Education Committee & IE
Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI)/ Adult Student Priorities Survey (ASPS)	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment within IE	Every two years	Dr. Gay Holcomb – Dir. of Inst. Research & Assessment & IE
Thematic GPA Data for each SLO (validation purposes only)	Registrar & IE	Aggregated at end of each year	Registrar & IE & GEPA Committee

Common data sets help ensure uniformity across campus. Data is collected online and centrally housed in our WEAVEonline database. All data collection is intentionally designed to build a culture of evidence that informs institutional practice, policy, and effectiveness.