Child and Adolescent Development Department Annual Assessment Report to the College of Health and Human Development 2018-2019

Abstract

The Child and Adolescent Development department 2018-19 annual assessment report to the College of Health and Human Development for the Office of Academic Assessment and Program Review. The department directly assessed PSLO 4 (Information Literacy) in CADV 310, 350, 352, 380, 381, 453, 460, and 470 via a standard quiz designed for the assessment and administered through Canvas, as well as PSLO 1 (Critical Thinking) in CADV 394 and 494 (both internship courses) via a rubric scored culminating experience paper assignment. Results from the assessment of PSLO 4 are reported per question (n=31), with mixed results ranging from 25% of students answering a question correctly to 100%, but overall scores failing to meet a departmental benchmark of 80% correct answers. Results from the assessment of PSLO 1 indicate that 6.7% of interns (3/45) wrote culminating papers that were evaluated as "introduced," another 49% of interns (22/45) wrote culminating papers that were evaluated as "practiced" or proficient, while another 44% of students (20/45) wrote culminating papers that were considered "demonstrated" or "competent," with a goal of all students eventually demonstrating "competent" work with regard to this SLO. Assessment instruments and rubric are included in the report. In 2019-20 the department plans to participate in the General Education Section D assessments, assessing CADV 150: a high DFU lower division GE course among both majors and non-majors.