General Education Assessment

General Education Assessment Framework

The General Education Assessment Framework is based on the learning outcomes for general education approved by the CCSU faculty in Fall 2008. These outcomes appear in the Undergraduate Catalog and represent the basic foundations for life-long learning as rational members of society, to awaken the pleasures of intellectual exploration and to elevate aesthetic sensibilities. Activities designed to assess the effectiveness of general education at CCSU are linked to these outcomes.

General Education Learning Outcomes Performance Reports

These reports compile all available evidence in a given year from multiple sources to illustrate student performance on student learning outcomes in general education.

Performance on General Education Learning Outcomes in 2008-09
Assembles available evidence about student performance on general education outcomes in 2008-09, including material reported by departments in annual assessment reports. This report was prepared by the  the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment and reviewed and approved by the Academic Assessment Committee. It has also been reviewed by the General Education Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee.

Performance on General Education Learning Outcomes in 2007-08
Provides a summary of student performance on general education outcomes in 2007-08. This material was reported in the University’s Annual Assessment Report to the Board of Trustees, submitted in June 2009. Material from this report was presented to the Academic Assessment Committee at the Committee’s first meeting of the 2009-10 academic year.

Performance on General Education Learning Outcomes in 2006-07
Describes a set of pilot projects in 2006-07 designed to measure general education learning outcomes; this document was reviewed by the ad hoc Assessment Committee in Fall 2007 and submitted as a supporting document in the NEASC Self-Study submitted in August 2008.