Outcomes Assessment

The School of Education conducts outcomes assessment consistent with the unit's overall Assessment Plan. Outcomes assessment in the School of Education flows from the vision of the university to the School's mission to specific course objectives and activities in various education programs. Outcomes assessment is an ongoing and significant process in the School of Education . Assessment data is used for the purpose of improving student learning and is required of education programs by national and regional accrediting bodies and state regulatory agencies. Assessment data is collected throughout the year from current and graduating students and educators in the field.

Assessment data is collected through a variety of strategies: student evaluation in the areas of knowledge, skills, and dispositions, course evaluation by students, program evaluation by graduating students, surveys of recent graduates, recommendations from members of advisory boards, assessment of performance objectives by interns, comprehensive examinations, state testing of teacher certification candidates, and student portfolios. Multiple sets of data are collected. This data is used to improve student learning in individual programs and courses. Evaluation data from certification programs and how it has been used to improve courses and programs are reported to state-mandated advisory boards that meet four times each year and in annual reports to OSPI and NCATE.