Student Assessments
Results from each of the components listed below are distributed to:
- Outcomes Assessment Committee
- President's Advisory Council
- Instructional Advisory Council
- Division Chairs
- Board of Trustees
- EWC Website
| Component | Responsibility | Time Schedule | Population/Program | Use of Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPASS Placement Tests (Math, English, and Reading) | Testing/Counseling Center-Debbie Ochsner, Director & Angie Babcock, Coordinator, and outreach coordinators. | Prior to students' enrollment | All associate degree seeking students
Certificate and non-degree seeking students enrolling in math and English Prior college credit or ACT scores may exempt testing |
To appropriately place students in math, reading, and English courses, and to correlate with CAAP |
| Withdrawing Student Survey | Vice President of Student Services, Marilyn Cotant, tabulation of withdrawal cards. | Yearly | Students who elect to withdraw from EWC | To determine number of students withdrawing from EWC. |
| University of Wyoming Report on Transferring Students from Community Colleges | Vice President for Learning, Richard Holcomb | Fall Deans' Meeting, September | All past EWC students transferring to Univ. of Wyoming and still in attendance | Cumulatively to be used as a part-measure of institutional effectiveness at preparing students for transfer |
CAAP Exit Test for all AA and AS students |
Vice President of Student Services, Marilyn Cotant: identifying and notifying students to be tested
Career/Testing Center: Debbie Ochsner, Director and Angie Bacock, Coordinator, and outreach coordinators. Vice President for Learning, Richard Holcomb; Division Chairs, Patti Sue Peterson, Janet Martindale, Wayne Deahl; faculty as assigned: assessment of data |
Semiannually, 3-4 weeks prior to graduation | AA & AS majors (graduates) | To assess effectiveness of student learning in the general education and core competency areas. |
| Graduate Survey | Director of Institutional Research, Kimberly Russell | Odd years in December | All EWC graduates from the previous year | Assess student satisfaction with EWC |
| Perkin's Grant Evaluation and Assessment | Dean of Instruction: Outreach & Lifelong Learning-Dee Ludwig: disseminate results & prepare final report for WDE and WCC
Vocational/Technical Program Faculty Members, Special Populations Coordinator: Anne Hilton, coordinate assessment process Vice President for Learning, Richard Holcomb; Division Chairs, Patti Sue Peterson, Wayne Deahl, Janet Martindale, and faculty: assessment of composite data |
Spring semester | Students enrolled in all vocational programs | To assess vocational-technical program effectiveness for vocational program-also fulfills U.S. and Wyoming Department of Education requirements |
| UW Principal-Counselor Student Conference | Vice President of Student Services, Marilyn Cotant; Recruiting Coordinator, Mell Cooper |
Every Spring | EWC transfer students attending the University of Wyoming | To examine former EWC students' attitudes about how well EWC prepared them for university studies |
| UW Principal Counselor Student Conference | Vice President of Student Services, Recruiting Coordinator, Mell Cooper | Every Spring | EWC transfer students attending UW | To examine former EWC students' attitudes about how well EWC prepared them for university studies. |
| UW Transfer Student Survey | Director of Institutional Research, Kimberly Russell | Odd years in the fall | Students who transfer to UW | Transfer success, articulation meetings, curriculum improvement |
| Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) | Director of Institutional Research, Kimberly Russell | Odd Spring semesters | Random Sample of students and faculty | Measure student assessment against CCSSE benchmarks for successful engagement strategies. |
| Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) | EWC classroom instructors, adjunct, and concurrent enrolment instructors | Each semester | Students taking classes from EWC through concurrent enrollment | Examine how learning is taking place in the classroom and confirming current activities or encouraging a change in teaching strategies |
| Course Assessment | EWC instructors | Each year | One course chosen by instructor either semester | Examine how courses are fulfilling program goals and college goals |
| Program Assessment | EWC instructors | Each year | Graduates participation in designated program activity | Examine needed program changes based on results of activity |
