kennedy-king college’s assessment academy project report october 2013
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Kennedy-King College’s Assessment
Academy Project ReportOctober 2013
A Brief History of Writing Across the Curriculum
• WAC has been an ongoing initiative at KKC for nearly ten years
• Two years ago, WAC was added as a project to KKC’s Assessment Academy Project with the Higher Learning Commission
• Last year, WAC worked in partnership with the Dean’s office to assess our students’ writing across the general education curriculum
What We’ve Done…
• Re-tooled scoring rubric to provide a better snapshot of student writing (based on Academy mentor recommendation)
• During 2011-12 committee collected 230 writing samples from 10 departments
• During 2012-2013 committee collected 377 writing samples from 23 different courses
What We’ve Done…
• Held workshops to train committee members on paper scoring
• Scored writing samples analytically using revised WAC rubric
• Compiled data for distribution to faculty• Provided concrete recommendations for
improving writing on campus
WAC Analytic Scoring Rubric (Old version)
2012-2013 WAC Scores (Raw Numbers)
Score Composition Organization StyleSentence Structure
Usage Mechanics
4 101 90 76 66 61 64
3 155 155 142 135 145 145
2 103 112 141 144 126 134
1 18 20 18 32 35 34
2012-2013 WAC Scores (Percentages)
Score Composition Organization StyleSentence Structure
Usage Mechanics
4 27% 24% 20% 18% 17% 17%
3 41% 41% 38% 36% 38% 38%
2 27% 30% 37% 38% 36% 36%
1 5% 5% 5% 9% 9% 9%
Some Quick Takeaways…
• Composition is the strongest aspect of our students’ writing with 68% scoring a 4 or 3.
• Sentence Structure is the weakest aspect of our students’ writing with 47% achieving only a 1 or 2.
• Usage and Mechanics also proved difficult for our students with only 55% achieving a 4 or 3 in both areas.
How We Compare To Last Year…
Composition Scores:
2012 2013 Net Change
4 – 37% 27% -10
3 – 44% 41% -3
2 – 17% 27% +10
1 – 2% 5% +3
Organization Scores:
2012 2013 Net Change
4 – n/a 24% n/a
3 – n/a 41% n/a
2 – n/a 30% n/a
1 – n/a 5% n/a
How We Compare To Last Year…
Style Scores:
2012 2013 Net Change
4 – 29% 20% -9
3 – 39% 38% -1
2 – 31% 37% +6
1 – 1% 5% +4
How We Compare To Last Year…
Sentence Structure Scores: 2012 2013 Net Change
4 – 32% 18% -143 – 41% 36% -5 2 – 25% 38% +131 – 2% 9% +7
How We Compare To Last Year…
Usage Scores:
2012 2013 Net Change
4 – 22% 17% -5
3 – 43% 38% -5
2 – 32% 36% +4
1 – 2% 9% +7
How We Compare To Last Year…
Mechanics Scores:
2012 2013 Net Change
4 – 25% 17% -7
3 – 43% 38% -5
2 – 32% 36% +4
1 – 2% 9% +7
How We Compare To Last Year…
Why The Change?
• Bigger sample size
• Rubric changes
• Submissions focused only on general education classes
• Submissions process
Concrete Things We’ve Done:
• Recommend all faculty provide writing rubrics to students for all writing assignments
• Encourage use of the Writing Center tutoring services through adoption of GradesFirst technology
• WAC Committee regularly meets with Communications Department to discuss strategies
Concrete Things We’ve Done:
• WAC Committee makes annual presentation of findings to all faculty and staff during Faculty Development Week
• WAC Committee members have been participants on college search committee for new institutional researcher
Where We’re Heading…• WAC is scheduled to officially report out
of the Assessment Academy this fall
• WAC will meet separately and with Department Chairs to formulate specific more recommendations to improve writing
• WAC will continue to explore ways to expand awareness of the project and to increase submissions.
Where We’re Heading…
• Recommendations will be shared and refined with the English Department
• Final recommendations will be distributed to entire KKC faculty through Department Chairs
Questions?
Thank you
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