California State University, San Bernardino College Portrait
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- Student Success & Progress
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- Student Learning Outcomes
Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at CSUSB.
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Student Learning at California State University, San Bernardino
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.
California State University, San Bernardino has moved forward steadily in its efforts to establish a campus-wide culture of evidence characterized by continuous program improvement and shared organizational learning. Mission driven, the assessment of student learning is central to the university’s primary goal to become "a learning community that excels in creating, applying, and exchanging knowledge." Outcomes assessment at CSUSB for the majors and general education is organized around an infrastructure, institutional funding, an array of planned and tracked assessment initiatives, formative and summative assessment methodologies based on agreed upon programmatic learning goals and objectives, and developing baselines and norms.
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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Test Information
Performance Task Results for First-time, Full-time Students
The increase in learning on the performance task is above what would be expected at an institution testing students of similar academic abilities.
Freshman Score: 989
Senior Score: 1140
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.
Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 887
Senior Score: 924
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: 1084
Senior Score: 1266
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.
Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 883
Senior Score: 945