California State Polytechnic University, Pomona College Portrait

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Student Learning at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

All colleges and universities use multiple approaches to measure student learning. Many of these are specific to particular disciplines, many are coordinated with accrediting agencies, and many are based on outcomes after students have graduated.

Cal Poly Pomona emphasizes student learning and effective teaching, and sustains a culture that views hands-on experience and classroom learning as equally critical to the overall learning environment. Assessment takes place at the University level and the program level as well as at the class level. Student success measures used as part of campus improvement initiatives include graduation and retention rates, professional accreditation, as well as students' performance on tasks that require them to think critically, reason analytically, and write clearly. The programs at Cal Poly Pomona use a variety of assessment tools to guide the development and enhancement of the undergraduate learning environment, including embedded questions in exams, portfolios of student work evaluated in capstone courses, surveys administered to seniors, alumni, and employers, and scores on exams required for post-graduate work. A recently revised assessment plan for general education has served as the basis for broad conversations about the depth and breadth of general education knowledge that a Cal Poly Pomona graduate should possess.

Learning Assessment Examples

Pilot Project to Measure Core Learning Outcomes

Colleges and universities participating in the College Portrait measure the typical improvement in students' abilities to think, reason, and write using one of three tests. This is part of a pilot project to better understand and compare what students learn between their freshman and senior years at different colleges and universities.

- Results from the Collegiate Learning Assessment

The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) measures critical thinking, analytic reasoning, problem solving, and written communication using a performance task and an analytic writing task. The scores from the tasks are reported separately below.

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Performance Task Results for First-time, Full-time Students

The increase in learning on the performance task is at or near what would be expected at an institution testing students of similar academic abilities.

Freshman Score: 1111
Senior Score: 1159
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.

Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 1077
Senior Score: 1077

Analytic Writing Task Results for First-time, Full-time Students

The increase in learning on the analytic writing task is at or near what would be expected at an institution testing students of similar academic abilities.

Freshman Score: 1182
Senior Score: 1246
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.