Appendix 4

Appendix 4

Inventory of Departmental Assessment Activities, 1993-94

Nationally Normed Tests
 

Accounting	MFAT, FACIT, all majors
Administrative Services	MFAT, BSBA; NTE, MoGEA, BSED
Biology	MFAT, BS, BSED; NTE, BSED
Chemistry	MFAT, BS, BSED; NTE, BSED
Communication Disorders	NTE, only students seeking state certification
Economics	MFAT, recommended
Elementary & Special Education	NTE, MoGEA
English	NTE, BSED; MFAT
Foreign Languages	NTE, BSED
Geosciecnces	NTE, BSED
History	NTE, Social Studies; MFAT, History
Human Environmental Studies	National Home Economics Test, recommended
Management	MFAT, all majors
Marketing	MFAT, all majors
Mathematics	MFAT, BS; NTE, BSED
Music	MFAT, all graduating seniors; NTE, BMED
Philosophy and Religion	GRE or LSAT, all graduating seniors
Physical Education	NTE, MoGEA
Physics	MFAT, BS
Political Science	MFAT, recommended
Sociology & Anthronpology	MFAT
Secondary Education	NTE, MoGEA
Social Work	Area Concentration Achievement Test (2nd Semester of Senior Year)
Speech Communication	NTE, BSED

20 Departments require a nationally normed test of some or all of their graduating seniors. 3 departments recommend a nationally normed test to some or all of their graduating seniors (35 total departments). All graduates seeking a BSED, BMED, or BVHED must take the NTE. All graduates seeking a BSBA must take the MFAT. 

Certification/Licensure Exams

Accounting	CPA exam, accouting; Real Estate Brokerage, Finance
Chemistry	National Registry Exam, Medical Technology
Communication Disorders	National Examination of Speech Pathology, gradaute students only
Health & Leisure	NCTRC, therapeutic recreaction; NAAT, athletic trainers, American College of Sports Medicince Exercise Test Technologist, Cooper Institute Certification, health promotion; IDEA, dance exercise, Certified Leisure Professional
Human Environmental Studies	NCIDQ, interior design majors
Nursing	NCLEX, BSN, & AA

6 departments expect some or all of their graduates to take a national certification/licensure exam. All majors in accounting, medical technology, and nursing are required to take a national certification exam. 

Local Objective Tests

Agriculture	All graduating seniors
Health & Leisure	Pre and Post Exam for all majors
Psychology	Administered for first time in Fall 93, discontinued MFAT as of Spring 94
Criminal Justice	Strongly encouraged

4 departments have developed and use their own objective test of achievement. 

Performance Based Assessments
Active or Partially Implemented: 

Art	Juried Portfolio and Show
Foreign Language	Exit Portfolio
History	Juried senior seminar research project, History; historic preservation, portfolio planned
Industrial Technology	Capstone course senior project
Mass Communications	External review of capstone experience projects
Music	Juried evaluation of musical performance, piano proficiency evaluation, senior recitals and exit performance; portfolio planned
Speech Communication and Theatre	Review of speaking skills, speech; juried review of play direction.

Planned or Under Development: 
 

English	Writing students, portfolio
Philosophy and Religion	Senior paper
Psychology	Portfolio
Secondary Education	Portfolio

6 departments use performance based assessments such as portfolios and senior capstone projects. 4 departments are planning to use performance based assessments. 

Exit Interviews or Surveys 

Criminal Justice	Survey
Foreign Language	Interview
Harrison College of Business	Recent graduate survey, every term, all departments
Mass Communications	Interview
Psychology	Interview
Social Work	Survey

4 departments conduct exit interviews or surveys of graduating seniors. (Note: a campus wide survey of graduating seniors is planned for Spring 1994.) 

Internship Evaluations

Agriculture
Administrative Services	Office Systems Managemnet, business and faculty evaluators
Health & Leisure	Internship Employee Assessment & Research Project for all majors in internships
History	All Historic Preservation majors
Mass Communications	Selected students only
Political Science	Exit interview with supervisor, 30-40% of all students
Elementary and Special Education	Block I Exit Interviews
Secondary Education	Block I, II, III, & IV exit evaluations
Social Work	Senior level internships

8 departments have information available to them about student performance in internships. 

Job Placement Rates 
Active or Partially Implemented: 

Agriculture 
Communication Disorders 
Industrial Technology 
Nursing 
Social Work 

Planned: 

Foreign Language 

4 departments formally maintain job placement rates. One department plans to do so. 

Graduate/Medical/Law School Acceptance Rates
Active or Partially Implemented: 

Philosophy	Graduate school and law school
Biology	Medical school
Chemistry	Medical technolgy programs
Economics	Graduate School

Planned or Under Development: 

Foreign Language 

4 departments formally maintain graduate/medical/law school acceptance rates. One department plans to do so. 

Alumni Follow-Up

Accounting	Survey, 1992-93
Chemistry	Newsletter
College of Education	Beginning Teacher Newsletter
Elementary & Special Education	Newsletter
English	Periodic Survey
Geosciences	Newsletter
Harrison College of Business	All alumni, every five years, all departments\Newsletter
Health & Leisure	Newsletter
History	Occasionally with newsletter
Mass Comunications	Every 4 to 5 semesters, 40% return rate
Music	Satisfaction questionnaire, planned
Nursing	Survey, 93-94; phone contact
Physical Education	Newsletter
Psychology	Fall 1993
Social Work	Roughly every two years

11 departments maintain contact with alumni through newsletters or surveys. The Harrison College of Business conducts a college-level survey. 

Other 

Agriculture	Employer/Faculty/Alumni Advisory Committee
Educational Administration & Counseling	Post-masters and EDS students take the Missouri Admnistrators Assessment
Human Environmental Studies	Instructor and nursery school teacher evaluations, child development
Industrial Technolgy	Departmental Advisory Committee includes employers of graduates
Political Science	Pre and post tests in comparative political systems and US political systems