Source Material: Students are assessed to determine their mastery of specific topics related to national, state and institutional standards for professional educators. Select courses in which all undergraduate teacher candidates must participate are utilized to conduct these key assessments. The assessment could consist of an examination, a research paper, a report, a presentation, etc. The instructor then scores each assessment according to a formal rubric and at the end of the semester enters student key assessment scores into the Blackboard course shell for database archiving. The Assessment Officer conducts an analysis of the key assessment scores utilizing category ranges predetermined by faculty for individual key assessments. Student performance is categorized into one of three levels (Target, Acceptable, or Unacceptable).The key assessments included in this Undergraduate Key Assessment report are as follows:

• KA1a            Urban Service Reflection Paper
• KA1b            Why Teaching Paper
• KA1c            Technology Competencies
• KA2a            Field Experience – Learning Theory
• KA3a            Culture: Teaching Philosophy
• KA3b            Special Education Final Exam
• KA4a            Technology Showcase
• KA4b            Research on Technology Issue
• KA4c            Technology-rich Lesson
• KA4d            Digital Video Philosophy
• KA5a            Objective-based Assessment
• KA5b            Performance-based Assessment
• KA5c            Interpretation of Standardized Test
• KA5d            Case Study / Portfolio
• KA6a            Field Experience – P.S. Organization
• KA6b            School Board Report

EDHD Report Content: The Undergraduate Key Assessment Report includes:

• Unit Executive Summary Sheet which highlights the key assessments that had the highest percentage of students at the highest rating (Target). It also shows those key assessments that had the highest percentage of students attaining at least an Acceptable rating (Target and Acceptable combined) and the key assessments that had the highest percentage of students scoring at the lowest rating (Unacceptable).
• Program Executive Summary Sheet which lists, in order from most to least, the programs that had the highest total percentage of students attaining the highest rating level (Target). It also lists, in order, the programs that had the highest percentage of students attaining at least an Acceptable rating (Target and Acceptable combined) and the programs that had the highest percentage of students scoring at the lowest rating (Unacceptable).

• Unit Results Percentage Sheet which lists the percentage of students falling within each percentage rating category for each key assessment. The data analysis is combined across students from all of the teacher education programs at BGSU

(Programs outside of EDHD include art, music and technology education.)

• Unit Results Frequency Sheet which displays the same format as the Unit Results Percentage Sheet but lists actual number of students (frequency count) scoring within each category rather than the percentage of students.
• Individual Program Results Percentage Sheets which display the same information as the Unit Results Percentage Sheet but are program specific. The percentages pertain only to students from a particular program named on the sheet For comparison purposes, the Unit Results category percentages are listed again below the Individual Program category percentages.
• Individual Program Results Frequency Sheets which display the same information as the Unit Results Frequency Sheet but are program specific. The frequency numbers pertain only to students from a particular program named on the sheet.

Changes From Previous Year: None