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  • Majors, Graduation and Next Steps

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    Discover how many students who start at UT 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 UT.

Student Learning at The University of Toledo

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.

Helping students learn and achieve is The University of Toledo’s prime goal. Attention to continuous improvement of student performance is ingrained in the University community and is a central theme in UT’s strategic plan. Assessment activities are included in all aspects of academic programming at department, college and institution levels, including course, curriculum and program development, scheduling, recruitment, advising and extracurricular activities.

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.

2009-10 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: 1023
Senior Score: 1167
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.

Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 1027
Senior Score: 1124

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: 1098
Senior Score: 1302
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.

Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 1027
Senior Score: 1124

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