Assessment Activities

A partial list of assessment activities follows:

administration of the Ruffalo Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory, Adult Student Priorities Survey, and Priorities Survey for Online Learners;
administration of standardized testing to graduating seniors in selected departments (e.g. MFT); graduating seniors complete these assessments as required by certain departments;
analysis of reported performance on graduate and professional school examinations (including the Pre-Professional Skills Test and the Praxis II in Education); the Medical College Admission Test, the Law School Admission Test, and the National Council Licensure Examination in Nursing;
internal academic program reviews rotating all departments on a 5-year basis, with periodic external reviews;
analysis of placement information based on alumni surveys;
administration of a faculty and staff survey to gain knowledge of the opinion of faculty and staff about the institution;
analysis of exit surveys from graduating seniors and classroom assessment summaries from every academic department;
analysis of student retention, experiential education, career planning between education and career;
linking assessment results to program development, and;
an ongoing evaluation of our assessment program.

While formal and informal reports from alumni, employers, trustees and other constituencies comprise additional information relevant to assessment, student input constitutes the critical source of assessment data. Therefore, all students will be expected at various junctures during their tenure at University of Jamestown to contribute to our assessment program by completing surveys, standardized tests, and exit surveys as required by their curriculum.