Direct Measures
NCIDQ Practice Practicum Test portion of the Senior Show
| Objective |
Participants |
Evaluators |
| Knowledge: 1 |
all Interior Design majors |
Faculty
using Practice Practicum Test Rubic |
The National Kitchen and Bath Organization (NKBA), Endorsed College Program requires completed student project drawings to be submitted to NKBA annually for external review. Student project drawings are reviewed using a rubric (see department for copy). Student project drawings are selected from the FSID 305, Residential Kitchen and Bath Design, a required course. Completed student project drawings are a direct measure of learning objectives of the program. NKBA returns the student drawings with accompanying scored review sheets. NKBA also reports UNK student rankings in comparison to student work submitted from all other NKBA endorsed colleges/universities.
| Objective |
Participants |
Evaluators |
Knowledge: 1
|
all Interior Design majors |
external experts |
All students must participate in an Internship. The internship consists of 320 clock hours under direct supervision of a practicing professional. The supervisor completes an evaluation of the intern at the conclusion of the internship.
Assessment of the Assessment Process
Faculty will annually assess the relevance and reliability of existing assessment measures to determine whether the assessment process accurately measures student outcomes and whether the measurements contribute to the specific skills, attitudes, knowledge and overall quality and preparedness deemed desirable of graduates.
The data for the assessment of the assessment plan is derived from external feedback from Field Place and Internship sponsors, requirements of external disciplinary accrediting bodies, and ongoing discussion by the department faculty surrounding teaching methods, content and student achievement. Our primary internal questions are:
- Are current measures of student assessment reflective of the competencies we expect our graduates to have?
- Are current methods of assessing students effective, and consistent, within the standards of our disciplines?
- Are there new or modified methods which will better assess what we want to learn about student outcomes?
Previous Plan, Replaced Fall 2005