Assessment Plan:
MSU Educational Leadership (Administration) Ed. D.

2016

Program Learning Outcomes

Our graduates will:

  1. have the knowledge required to be successful in the field of Education Administration/Leadership.
  2. have the skills needed to be able to effectively lead schools at the district level.
  3. be able to analyze problems of practice in education and develop solutions or strategies to solve those problems.
  4. be able to communicate effectively with a growing and diverse audience.
  5. be able to apply the code of ethics from the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders when making decisions.
  6. be able to design an experiment and analyze data.

Curriculum Map

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    Outcomes  
    Cr 1 2 3 4 5 6  
  EDLD 610 Organizational Leadership 3 M D M   M D  
  EDCI 602 ED Stats II 3           D  
  EDLD 630 Supervision and Instructional Leadership 3 M M M D M D  
  EDLD 643 Leading Social Justice 3 M M   M M    
  EDLD 657 Policy and Politics 3 M     M M M  
  EDU 610 Qualitative Research 3           M  
  EDU 607 Quantitative Research 3           M  
  EDLD 620 The Supt. 3 D   M        
  EDLD 645 Personnel and Collective Bargain 3 M M     M    
  EDLD 655 MT Legal Policy Studies 3 M   M M      
  EDLD 690 Dissertation 14+           M  

Student Performance: Data Sources

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    Outcomes  
    Cr 1 2 3 4 5 6  
  EDLD 643         X X    
  EDLD 630         X   X  
  EDLD 610 X              
  EDLD 620   X            
  EDLD 690             X  
  EDLD 645   x   X        
  EDLD 655     X     X    
                   
                   
                   

Response Threshold

At least 80% of students will be rated “Acceptable” or higher on every category of the scoring rubrics.

Schedules

Outcomes

 

    Year  
  Outcome 2011‐12 2012‐13 2013‐14 2014‐15 2015‐16 2016‐17  
  1 X     X      
  2 X     X      
  3   X     X    
  4   X     X    
  5     X     X  
  6     X     X  

 

Assessment Plan Elements

A yearly exit review with Ed. D. graduates also provides qualitative data to help faculty review program content, delivery, and overall student satisfaction.

 

    Year  
  Outcome 2011‐12 2012‐13 2013‐14 2014‐15 2015‐16 2016‐17  
  1 X     X      
  2 X     X      
  3   X     X    
  4   X     X    
  5     X     X  
  6     X     X  

 

Course Review

 

    Review Year  
  Course 2011‐12 2012‐13 2013‐14 2014‐15 2015‐16 2016‐17  
                 
                 
                 
                 
  EDLD 610           X  
  EDLD 643           X  

Process for Assessing the Data

Annual Assessment Process

  1. Data is collected from identified courses.
  2. Random samples of collected assignments are scored by two faculty members using
    prepared scoring rubrics.
  3. The assessment coordinator tabulates the scores. Areas where the acceptable performance threshold has not been met are highlighted.
  4. The scores are presented to the faculty for assessment.
  5. The faculty reviews the assessment results, and makes decisions on how to respond.
    • If an acceptable performance threshold has not been met, a faculty response is required. Possible responses:
      • Gather additional data next year to verify or refute the result.
      • Change something in the curriculum to try to fix the problem.
      • Change the acceptable performance threshold.
      • Choose a different assignment to assess the outcome.
    • Faculty can respond to assessment results even if the acceptable performance threshold has been met.
    • It is OK to determine that changes are not needed when students are demonstrating proficiency with each learning outcome.
  6. A summary of the year’s assessment activities and faculty decisions is reported to the Provost’s Office in your Department’s Annual Assessment Activities report.

 

Submit Your Assessment Plan to

Ron Larsen, Associate Provost
212 Montana Hall
406‐994‐4371
ronl@montana.edu


Please cc Diane Heck, at dheck@montana.edu.