评估

评估

In this section we discuss the process 和 procedures that will be used to assess the QEP project. Being in a position to determine the extent to which the project is meeting its goal is crucial to realistically impacting academic success at the university. Two different levels of assessment will be used to monitor the success of the QEP. The first level will be at the project level. This assessment will directly address the goal of the QEP effort, 学生学业成就, by examining student learning outcomes that can be defined as academic success. The second level of assessment will be used to monitor the progress of the 14 plays. This level of assessment focuses on project implementation 和 uses both process outcomes 和 student learning outcomes. The student learning outcome measures to be used at the second level are not intended to be academic success outcome measures, but rather success outcomes that our previous findings have indicated directly impact academic success. Regular assessment data will inform continuous improvement 和 successful plays will become ingrained in the institution.

项目水平评估

The project level assessment will focus on the extent to which students achieved academic success. We have defined academic success using four different student outcomes:

• 学生在课堂上的表现，
• whether students return to the university after their first-year,
• whether they have successfully earned the recommended number of hours for a first-time student after the first academic year, 和
• whether they are able to successfully progress through the university 和 graduate in no more than 6 academic years.

Specific metrics that will be used for each of these student outcomes are provided in 附录 7.

第一个项目措施, 学生课堂表现, will be collected each long semester for each first-time freshman cohort (i.e.(秋季及春季). Data on student retention after the first-year will be collected for each first-time freshman cohort during the Fall semester following their initial enrollment at the University. 同样的, data on student’s academic progression in regards to credit hours earned will be collected for each first-time freshman cohort during the Fall semester following their initial enrollment. 最后, the graduation rate for each freshman cohort will be collected after 12 和 16 long semesters after their initial enrollment.

实施水平评估

The second level assessment measures will be both process outcomes 和 student learning outcomes. Process outcomes will be used for plays related to knowledge of university practices 和 plays related to institutional engagement. Student learning outcomes will be used for plays related to skills 和 motivation.

附录 7 provides a list of these second level outcomes, along with the metric that will be used to assess success.

For four of the knowledge plays (申请及录取, 金融援助, 通知及注册, 和 住宅订婚) assessment data will be collected at the end of the 45-day intervention window for each first-time freshman cohort exposed to the QEP intervention. For all other plays data will be collected at the end of the first semester for each first-time freshman cohort exposed to the QEP intervention.