Millersville University of Pennsylvania College Portrait
Millersville University of Pennsylvania1 South George Street, PO Box 1002, Millersville, PA 17551
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- Admissions
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- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
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- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at Millersville 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 Millersville.
- Civic Engagement
Student Learning at Millersville University of Pennsylvania
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.
At Millersville University, an appropriately challenging learning environment helps students to achieve their goals and gain a quality liberal arts education. The University’s new general education program prepares students in several competencies needed to succeed as a citizen and leader in today’s complex world: critical reasoning, oral and written communication, mathematical reasoning, scientific reasoning, information literacy, and technology literacy. Millersville systematically assesses program and general education learning outcomes with the intent to continuously improve student learning experiences. Millersville is regionally accredited through the Middle States Commission for Higher Education; and 100% of academic programs that can seek accreditation in their field are accredited. During 2009-10, 99.18% of Millersville students in the School of Education passed their Praxis exam.
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.
2008-09 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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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: 1085
Senior Score: 1288
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.
Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 1070
Senior Score: 1127
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: 1121
Senior Score: 1275
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.
Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 1064
Senior Score: 1121