FACULTY SURVEY ON STUDENT ASSESSMENT AT YSU

Factor
Accuracy

Survey Question
Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about student assessment at YSU: 1. Student assessment methods accurately measure student learning outcomes 2.There are standard criteria for assessing student performance 3. Regular assessment of students accurately captures what they are learning in the classroom 4. Student grades provide the best measure of what students learn

Response Options

Assessment is Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about working student assessment: 1. Most faculty do a good job of assessing what students are learning in the classroom 2. Most faculty regularly assess what their students are learning in the classroom 3.Student assessment activities are coordinated by administration Improves education Please indicate your level of agreement with the following views about assessment: 1. Student assessment improves the quality of education 2. Student assessment is a distraction and competes with essential academic work 3. The results of student evaluations of my teaching influence my approach to assessing student work Necessity Please indicate your level of agreement with the following views about assessment: 1. The effectiveness of teaching is enhanced when faculty regularly assess students 2. From an educational standpoint, it is necessary for us to monitor what students learn 3. What I learn by assessing student learning has immediate relevance to what takes place in the classroom Use of assessment data How important are each of these activities at YSU? 1. Encouraging faculty to use student performance information to reflect on their own teaching 2. Using student assessment data to improve teaching & learning Please indicate your level of agreement on statements about students in your courses: Learning 1. Students learn best when they are given a test on course content 2. Students learn best through repetition of material in lectures, texts, and exams 3. Students want more feedback than grades or exam scores provide Student feedback How frequently have you engaged in each of the following activities? 1. Provided feedback more than 3 times each term to all students 2. Limited all student feedback to final course grades 3. Utilized short class activities to assess whether students have grasped concepts 4. Provided feedback to students immediately after each assessment 1=never 2=occasionally 3=frequently 1=not important 2=somewhat important 3=very important 4=essential 1=disagree strongly 2=disagree somewhat 3=agree somewhat 4=agree strongly 1=disagree strongly 2=disagree somewhat 3=agree somewhat 4=agree strongly

STUDENT (GRADUATE) SURVEY ON ASSESSMENT AT YSU

Factor
Course interaction

Survey Question
In the past year, how often have you experienced each of the following in your courses? 1. Received oral feedback 2. Received feedback more than3 times 3. Discussed goals for learning with instructor 4. Received advice based on performance 5. Met with faculty outside formally scheduled time

Response Options

1=never 2=once or twice 3=several times 4=regularly

Quality of assessment

Please indicate your level of agreement on the following statements about student assessment at YSU: 1. I hardly ever get a chance to show what I have learned in a class at all 2. Most faculty regularly assess what their students are learning in the classroom 3. I usually have ample opportunity to express what I have learned on course exams 4. Most faculty do a good job of assessing what students are learning in the classroom 5. In general, the criteria in my assessment tasks accurately measure what I have learned

Effectiveness Please indicate your level of agreement on the following statements about of assessment student assessment at YSU: 1. My performance on exams usually reflects my skill-level accurately 2. Exams reflect what I learned in class 3. Student grades provide the best measure of what students learn 4. Students are assessed more than is really necessary Assessment methods Please indicate your level of agreement on the following statements about student assessment at YSU: 1. Multiple-choice or fill-in-the-blank type exams allow me to convey what I learned 2. Essay-type exams allow me to convey what I learned 3. Oral exams allow me to convey what I learned

1=disagree strongly 2=disagree somewhat 3=agree somewhat 4=agree strongly