The Chicana/o Studies Department 2018-2019 Annual Assessment Report to the College of Humanities

Abstract

The Chicana/o Studies department 2018-19 annual assessment report to the College of Humanities for the Office of Academic Assessment and Program Review. Participating in the 2018-19 General Education Section C assessments, the department designed signature assignments and rubrics aligned with the six GE SLOs, for six Arts & Humanities courses, including close reading essays, capstone essays, critical reading essays, a glossary assignment, and a literary analysis essay. Results of the assessments are reported as follows: 93% (15 out of 16) students in the CHS 201 sample scored 5’s or 4’s (out of 5) in the areas of Analysis and Complexity on the rubric; four of four sections of CHS 310 were assessed reporting average scores for 24 randomly selected papers. The overall average for the CHS 310 sections was 26.29 out of 30. Scores ranged from 19 out of 30 points (lowest score) to 30 out of 30 points (highest score); the average score for critical response essays in Chicana/o Studies 350 was 23.4 points out of 30 points—scores ranged from twenty-two points (lowest score) to twenty-seven points (highest score), with a median score was 22.5 points; 38 of 46 students or 82.6% scored 8-10 of 10 points on their glossaries in Chicana/o Studies 351, while 7 scored 5-7 points out of 10 points possible; 89% of students (n=18) scored 80-100/100 points on their Chicana/o Studies 380 Chicana/o Literature literary analyses, while 11% scored from 60-79 points; and in Chicano/a Studies 381 28 papers were scored from a class of 35 students, of which seven students did not complete the assignment, six of twenty-eight or 21% scored 18 of 20 points, seven of twenty-eight or 25% scored 15-17 points, eleven of twenty-eight or 39% scored from 12-14 points, and four of twenty-eight or 14% scored from 9-11 points. Overall 15 of 28 students or 54% of students scored in the 70% range of the rubric indicating an adequate grasp of the content. However, 13 of 28 or 46% scored 65% or lower indicating an inadequate grasp of the material. Reflections on these results are included in the report. In 2018-19 the department will participate in the General Education Section D assessments, focusing on CHS 345, CHS 346, CHS 361, and CHS 366.