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General Education Assessment

SUNY System Updates:

"Policy & Guidance: State University General Education Requirement"

General Education Assessment Schedule, Deadlines, & Forms:

The chart below provides an overview of the General Education assessment process.

Item
Action
Assessment Schedule
DEADLINES
  • General Education Reports are due to SUNY System by SEPT 1st
  • All reports & (attachments) are to be submitted ELECTRONICALLY to SUNY System
SUNY Summary Report Form
  • SUNY requires that each General Education area being assessed complete and submit the Summary Report Form

STEPS in Completing the General Education Assessment:

Step
Description
1. REVIEW (previous) Assessment PLAN
  • Review the previous cycle’s General Education assessment plan
  • All assessment plans for each General Education area will be available on the assessment webpage
2. REVISE Asessment PLAN
  • Revise plan, as needed, to reflect current assessment initiative
3. CONDUCT Assessment
  • Fall semester can be used for planning the assessment and Spring semester used to implement assessment
4. RESULTS & “Closing the Loop”
  • Review & share assessment results
  • Identify several improvement initiatives based upon the results
  • Collaborate with Institutional Planning, Assessment, & Research Office, Assessment Advisory Committee, and CTL to develop an improvement “plan” in order to ensure assessment results are communicated & utilized. 

Assessment Resources:

Resource
Description
SUNY RESOURCES SUNY's General Education Assessment Review Group (GEAR) Homepage:www.cortland.edu/gear/index.html
Institutional Planning, Assessment & Research Office C. Work will be available to meet throughout the entire assessment process to assist with planning, implementing, & analysis:Christine Work; christine.work@sunyorange.edu; x4763
Assessment WEBPAGE General Education assessment material(s) will be available for download & use from SUNY Orange’s (new) assessment webpage:www.sunyorange.edu/assessment/Please share any & all feedback about the webpage with C Work
Assessment Advisory Committee The Committee is also a great resource for support in planning and implementing the assessment.  Additionally, the Committee would like to support efforts at “closing the loop” as they work to address Middle State’s recommendations for the submission of the Periodic Review ReportAssessment Advisory Committee Chair – Sheila Stepp x4245

*SCBA = Strengthened Campus Based Assessment


General Education Triennial Report

SUNY campuses were requried to submit to GEAR a report in February 2008 that described any updates to existing campus-based General Education assessment plans as well as a summary of "closing-the-loop" activities. GEAR plans to conduct such reviews every three years since most campuses follow a 3 year cycle of General Education assessment.

If you are interested in viewing the report that SUNY Orange submitted to GEAR in February 2008, please follow the links below.

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