Assessment System

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Assessment System
Emporia State University
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Topics

• The Assessment System
• Data for Standard 1
• Challenges
• Implementation
• Accountability Management System

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Format

• 24 pages plus (decision point charts, unit
  assessment, etc.)
• Section 1 Overview of Emporia State University
  Assessment
• Section 2 System for Performance Assessment of
  Initial Candidates

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Format (cont.)

• Section 3 System for Initial Program Assessment
• Section 4 System for Performance Assessment of
  Advanced Candidates
• Section 5 System for Advanced Program Assessment
• Section 6 Use of Information Technology

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• Application
• Initial Programs
• All programs follow the same assessment system
  sequence and criteria (few exceptions)
• Elementary PDS and Secondary non-PDS programs are
  somewhat different differences are identified in
  the assessment system
• Advanced Programs
• One generic assessment system
• Each program identifies assessments used at each
  decision point

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Standard 1Data, Data, Data

• Aggregate, aggregate, aggregate
• 30 of the 54 tables in the IR (1 table in Std.
  2)
• Approximately 25 pages
• Provide data for ever element of the standard
• Break out data by element
• e.g., content only items from student teacher
• assessment, follow-up studies, and TWS
• For courses give specific examples

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Data Included in Standard 1

• ACT Scores
• Core General Education GPA
• Praxis I (PPST) and Praxis II (PLT) Scores
• Program Admission Data
• GPAs (several different ones)
• Course Content
• Student Teacher/Field Experience Evaluation
• Teacher Work Sample Scores
• Follow-up Survey Data

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Challenges

• Aggregating Data
• Providing Disposition Assessment Data
• Distinguishing Pedagogical from Content Knowledge
  for Advanced Teaching and Other School Personnel
  Programs
• Providing Student Learning Data for Advanced
  Teaching and Other School Personnel Programs

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Implementation Process

• Created the Assessment Plan
• Got input from professional
• community and edit
• Aggregated existing data and begin
• collecting new data
• Program Reviewed by KSDE
• Applied to Programs

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Implementation Process (cont.)

• Made decisions about candidates
• based on decisions points
• Created and implemented initial
• program accountability management
• system
• Creating and implementing advanced
• program accountability management
• system

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Accountability Management System

• Data Collected and Entered for Each Decision
  Point
• Add and Test Data one Decision Point at a Time
• Create screens of aggregated data
• Tie course and performance assessments to KSDE
  professional education standards