Assessment of Student Learning - Minnesota State University Moorhead

Public and Human Service Administration
Assessment Report 1999

As part of the Program assessment plan, each student is evaluated by a committee of university faculty that supervises the preparation and oral defense of an administrative research paper called a Final Project. The composite scores in this report cover for students who completed the masters program in 1998-99.

Each of the assessment factors are rated on a five (5) point scale ranging from:

1	2	3	4	5
Poor Average Excellent

Listed below are the categories and the faculty members' composite score for all students completing the Final Project in this evaluation cycle.

Develop and present dear and concise research questions..........4.36

Develop appropriate methods to answer those questions........... 4.28

Integrate and evaluate appropriate literature............................. 4.21

Analyze data and draw appropriate conclusions........................4.08

Communicate logically and clearly the reasoning,
methodology, and results of the project....................................4.43

As the numbers indicate, student performance is generally rated in the very good to excellent range for all assessment factors. The evaluation scores range from 3 to 5 in every category.