Educating Army Leaders for the 21st Century

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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science
E E C S
How to Develop an Assessment Plan
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The USMA
The USMA
Army Needs
Assessment Model
Assessment Model
Articulate
Articulate
Design
Implement
Design
Design
Implement
Design
Learning
Learning
Courses
Instruction
Curriculum
Courses
Instruction
Curriculum
Model
Model
Assessment
PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE IV
PHASE III
PHASE IV
PHASE III
Assess
Assess
Assess
Assess
Assess
Assess
Assess
Assess
Learning
Program
Learning
Program
Outcomes
Implementation
Outcomes
Implementation
Model
Design
Model
Design
Faculty Development
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Program Improvement Cycles (the process)
Determine educational objectives
Determine Outcomes Required to Achieve Objectives
Determine How Outcomes will be Achieved
Evaluate/Assess
Formal Instruction Student Activities
Determine How Outcomes will be Assessed
Input from Constituencies
Establish Indicators that Objectives are Being
Achieved
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Programming Planning and Assessment System
ARMY NEEDS
ACADEMIC PROGRAM GOALS
ARTICULATE LEARNING MODELS
DESIGN PROGRAM COURSES
IMPLEMENT PROGRAM
ASSESS LEARNING MODELS
ASSESS PROGRAM DESIGN
ASSESS PROGRAM IN ACTION
ASSESS GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
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Faculty Collaboration Coordination
Academic Board
General Committee
Assessment Steering Committee
Goal Teams (between 6-15 faculty each team)
Creativity Moral Awareness
Commitment to Continued Intellectual
Development Effective listening, speaking,
reading, and writing skills Culture History Patter
ns of Human Behavior Mathematics and Science
Engineering and Technology Information
Technology
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Developing Goals Programs
MSA ABET
AB95-5.PPT //
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Academic Program Goals

• Graduates anticipate and respond effectively to
  the uncertainties of a changing technological,
  social, political, and economic world.
• As Army Leaders, they
• demonstrate Creativity
• Moral Awareness
• Commitment to Continued
  Intellectual Development
• Effective listening, speaking, reading, and
  writing skills
• understand Culture
• History
• Patterns of Human
  Behavior
• Mathematics and Science
• Engineering and Technology
• Information Technology

AB95-5.PPT //
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USMA ABET Committee

• 33 Members (incl alternates)
• Rep for Each Accredited Program
• Civil, Computer Science, Electrical, Engineering
  Management, Environmental, Mechanical, Systems
• Math/Science Departments
• Chemistry, Math, Physics
• Staff Support
• Dean, Library, OPPA(Data Collection)
• Oversight MSE Committee, Vice Dean for Ed.

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Assessment at the Program Level
Course Proposal
Outgoing Instructor
Incoming Instructor
Record of Changes Support of Outcomes Proposed
Changes Survey Results
Future Plans Handoff of Knowledge
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Assessment at the Program Level

• Outcome Monitors (what can be done at
  graduation)
• Assigned to monitor program outcomes
• Surveys course proposals for Outcome support
• Can collect examples of student work
• Work with program director for external data

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Data Collection
Surveys
Self Study
Advisory Boards
Goal Teams Outcome Monitors
Visiting Professors
Rotating Military 65
Senior Military 15
Civilian Faculty 20
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Assessment Methods
Goal Outside VPs Dept 4CL
1CL EOC Class Embed CDR
Grad Self Reports Review RAs
Survey Survey Survey Visits Assess Survey
Survey Study
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What Graduates Can Do
Academic Program Goal 4th class 1st
class Graduates Commanders
Performance (00-05)
(97-02) (96-98)
(96-98) Communication 4.12
4.39 4.47 4.33
Continued Education
4.26 4.47 4.57 4.56
Creativity
4.14 4.32 4.54 4.38
Cultural Perspective 4.21 4.33
4.53 4.42 Engineering
Thought Process
3.91 4.28 4.15
4.26 Historical Perspective
4.10 4.24 4.35 4.22
Math-Science-Technology 3.87 4.00
4.40 4.49 Moral Awareness
4.36 4.47 4.80
4.58 Understanding Human Behavior
4.02 4.16
4.42 4.24 Number of
Cases 4,909 1,992
1,290 679
1not at all confident 2not very confident
3somewhat confident 4confident 5very
confident
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Scholarships
As of DEC 01