State University of New York College at Oneonta College Portrait
State University of New York College at OneontaRavine Parkway Oneonta, NY 13820-4015
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- Student Learning Outcomes
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Student Learning at State University of New York College at Oneonta
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.
SUNY Oneonta conducts systematic assessments of its academic programs on an ongoing basis, and is in full compliance with Middle States’ and SUNY’s assessment requirements. All academic majors undergo evaluation every seven years, including a site visit by two external reviewers. For general education, every three years SUNY Oneonta assesses all ten Knowledge and Skills areas and two Competencies making up the SUNY General Education Requirement. The following academic programs are subject to rigorous accreditation/certification requirements by external agencies: Education (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education); Human Ecology (American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences); Dietetics (Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education); Chemistry (American Chemical Society); Economics and Business (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International); and Music (the National Association of Schools of Music).
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.
2007 - 08 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 above what would be expected at an institution testing students of similar academic abilities.
Freshman Score: 1146
Senior Score: 1213
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.
Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 1111
Senior Score: 1072
Analytic Writing Task Results for First-time, Full-time Students
The increase in learning on the analytic writing task is above what would be expected at an institution testing students of similar academic abilities.
Freshman Score: 1164
Senior Score: 1292
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.
Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 1082
Senior Score: 1079