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    Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at SDSU – inside and outside the classroom.

  • Majors, Graduation and Next Steps

    See which majors are most popular at SDSU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.

  • Student Success & Progress

    Discover how many students who start at SDSU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.

  • Student Learning Outcomes

    Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at SDSU.

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Student Learning at San Diego State University

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.

The mission of the Student Learning Outcomes Committee (SLO) is to facilitate the assessment of student learning outcomes on campus. The purpose of assessing student outcomes is to improve teaching, learning, and academic advising at the individual, course, program, and institutional level. Student learning includes cognitive development, skills development, and personal development.

http://dus.sdsu.edu/assessment/

Learning Assessment Examples

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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.

2009-09 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 at or near what would be expected at an institution testing students of similar academic abilities.

Freshman Score: 1090
Senior Score: 1224
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.

Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 1062
Senior Score: 1112

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: 1112
Senior Score: 1300
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.

Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 1024
Senior Score: 1118

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