Miami University College Portrait

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Student Learning at Miami 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 Miami assessment process is designed to gather useful information about students’ learning and development and to use this information to continuously revise and modify the curriculum and cocurriculum to further enhance student learning and developmental outcomes. The assessment process is built on a learning-centered culture and the commitment of faculty and staff who value efforts to continuously improve students’ education. Assessment is viewed as a seamless, collaborative process between Academic and Student Affairs that focuses on students holistically and involves the examination of the curriculum as well as the cocurriculum.

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: 1207
Senior Score: 1298
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.

Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 1218
Senior Score: 1247

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: 1225
Senior Score: 1281
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.