Emporia State University College Portrait

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Student Learning at Emporia 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.

ESU places excellence in teaching first among its priorities as an institution of higher education. We value and celebrate demonstrated student learning, performance, and achievement. Campus wide and departmental honor societies, competitions for best papers, best essays, best artwork, and many award celebrations recognize the academic achievements of our students. Our assessment programs provide an infrastructure which ensures that our academic practices contribute measurably and significantly to these achievements. The American Productivity and Quality Center cited ESU as a Best Practice organization in the assessment of student learning. Other recognition has come from such organizations as the American Association for Higher Education, the National Academic Advising Association, and the International Quality and Productivity Center.

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.

2010 - 11 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: 948
Senior Score: 1170
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.

Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 981
Senior Score: 1055

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: 979
Senior Score: 1160
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.