Summary of the Results
Faculty rated student achievement towards learning outcomes to be good or excellent in each area. The ratings for each year are similar to each other and are slightly higher than those of the previous biennium. The scores for this biennium are included later in this report.

We are very satisfied with the scores on the ETS Major Field Exams. The percentile ranking on overall scores for our students was 65 in 2000-2001 and rose to an impressive 80 in 2001-2002. We were surprised by a percentile ranking of 79% in calculus for the year 2001-2002, since our rankings in the previous three years were 31, 35 and 38. Because of our consistently low calculus scores, we made curricula changes, but these were not implemented until Fall, 2002. Hence they were not responsible for the improvement. While it is possible our knowledge of the low scores may have affected our teaching, we really believe the change has more to do with the small number of our students being tested and the resulting high variability of the averages.

Curricular Changes Resulting from Assessment
Due to the low percentile rating rankings of our students on the calculus portion of the ETS Major Field Exam during years 1998-2001, we analyzed the calculus sequence. During the last several years we inserted a technology component into these courses, and these courses already had overloaded syllabi. As a result, classical discussions of some notions were rushed. Furthermore, while students used software to solve calculus problems, there was precious little time to use the technology to help students understand calculus principles and theory. It was felt that removing the technology portion from the regular calculus sequence and treating it as a separate course would improve both topics. In the new course, Computer Calculus, there will be time to use software to help students understand calculus concepts as well as using it to solve problems involving considerable calculations. The course was first taught by our department Fall, 2002.

Assessment Plan Revision
We have added an Institutional Effectiveness Goal to our current plan and a copy of the new plan is attached to this report. While we have found our current plan useful, we have a committee studying ways to make it more effective. We hope to submit a new plan during the calendar year 2003.