University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee College Portrait
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- Students
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- Admissions
See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at UWM. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.
- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Classes and Campus Life
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- Student Experiences
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
See which majors are most popular at UWM and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.
- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at UWM 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 UWM.
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Student Learning at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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.
Assessment is a continuous activity at UWM as a means to determine the degree to which the curriculum and services match desired outcomes.
Assessment within the major is conducted regularly by each department. Assessment of general education goals is a campus-wide activity involving cross-disciplinary work. Feedback from these activities inform future work and enhancements to programs and majors.
In addition to the assessment activities conducted by departments and majors and general education outcomes, support services at UWM continuously assess their efforts in order to ensure their units provide the assistance students need to excel both inside and outside the classroom. At the university level, student satisfaction and patterns of student behavior, completion and success, are closely monitored.
All together, these assessment activities combined ensure that the student experience at UWM is engaging, thoughtful, fulfilling and, ultimately, meets the needs of preparing students for further study and fulfilling careers.
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.
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: 1122
Senior Score: 1194
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.
Average ACT scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 23
Senior Score: 23
Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 1036
Senior Score: 1057
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: 1178
Senior Score: 1278
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.
Average ACT scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 22
Senior Score: 23
Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 1036
Senior Score: 1057