Unit Number
15000
Outcome
Number:
Year:
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Institutional
Goal:
Unit Name
Transitional Reading & English
Person Responsible
Jane Blankenship
1
2012­2013
Program Operational Outcome
Seventy­percent of the students enrolled in reading will pass the course with a C or
better.
Goal 2 ­ Assist students in overcoming deficiences and acquiring skills fundamental to
further academic and career achievement.
In the 2011­2012 year, 54% of students passed reading class. Instructors noted that
Initial
the majority of failures occurred because of lack of time spent on applying the skills
Assessment:
and lack of lab attendance.
Scheduled
Completion Fall 2012
Date:
Budget
Amount:
0
Action Plan:
All instructors in reading class will add a 10% lab participation grade in the class
syllabus to encourage students to attend class and work through the modules.
Outcome
Outcome will be measured by student attendance and pass rate.
Measure:
OVERALL RESULTS
The passing rate for 2012­2013 increased to 58% indicating some improvement in
Results:
passing rate.Classes still had low level of attendance with 35% of students attending
less than 60% of class days.
Use of
The faculty members will continue the Action Plan and explore additional ways to
Results:
increase attendance since attendance rate is still low.
There was a slight increase of 4% in passing rate for the class over the year;
Program
however, the attendance rate was still problematic. There is no way to know if other
Improvement:
factors increased the passing rate or if the added participation grade was a factor.
DISTANCE EDUCATION RESULTS
(if applicable to outcome)
Results:
Use of
Results:
Program
Improvement:
No
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Outcome
Number:
Year:
2
2012­2013
Outcome
Type:
Student Learning Outcome
Outcome:
Sixty percent of students enrolled in reading will be able to interpret inferences in
reading passages at 70% accuracy.
Institutional
Goal:
Goal 2 ­ Assist students in overcoming deficiences and acquiring skills fundamental to
further academic and career achievement.
Initial
In 2011­2012, 56% of students passed SKILLS Test 3 with 70% accuracy, which
Assessment: covered inferences in reading.
Scheduled
Completion Fall 2012
Date:
Budget
Amount:
0
Action Plan:
Instructors will access students' scores on the inference module in myreadinglab and
have students repeat any practices that fall below a score of 80%. This repeated
practice will increase student scores on SKILLs test 3.
Outcome
Outcomes will be measured by scores on SKILLS Test 3.
Measure:
OVERALL RESULTS
Results:
Fifty­eight percent of students passed SKILLS TEST 3 with 70% accuracy.
Use of
Results:
The faculty will continue to review teaching strategies and lab participation points and
look into applying this requirement of repeated practice to other modules.
The percentage of students who passed with 70% accuracy increased by 2% on
Program
SKILLS test 3. This indicates scores improved with the repeated practice of modules
Improvement:
that are not completed successfully on the student's first attempt.
DISTANCE EDUCATION RESULTS
(if applicable to outcome)
Results:
Use of
Results:
Program
Improvement:
No
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Outcome
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Year:
Outcome
Type:
3
2012­2013
Student Learning Outcome
Seventy percent of transitional English students will identify correctly punctuated
Outcome:
sentences and distinguish complete sentences and sentence fragments with 70%
accuracy.
Goal 1 ­ Provide students comprehensive and accessible instructional opportunities
Institutional
through community based education, dual enrollment, academic transfer, technical
Goal:
education, health science, and work force development programs.
During the 2011­12 school year, portfolio assessment indicates that 69% of students
Initial
correctly punctuated sentences and distinguished complete sentences and sentence
Assessment:
fragments at 70%
Scheduled
Completion Summer 2013
Date:
Budget
NA
Amount:
1. Faculty will provide practice exercises in order for students to identify and edit
Action Plan: punctuation and sentence errors. 2. Students will edit original paragraphs to eliminate
fragments and revise sentences.
Outcome
Outcome will be measured by analysis of a writing sample using a rubric.
Measure:
OVERALL RESULTS
Portfolio assessment indicates that 74% of students correctly punctuated sentences
Results:
and distinguished complete sentences and sentence fragments with 70% accuracy.
Use of
Results:
Faculty members will continue to assign students activities to edit punctuation and
sentence errors and write paragraphs free of serious, consistent errors.
Program
The outcome was exceeded by four percent or improvement of five percent over the
Improvement: initial assessment.
DISTANCE EDUCATION RESULTS
(if applicable to outcome)
Results:
Use of
Results:
Program
Improvement:
No
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Outcome
Number:
4
Year:
Outcome
Type:
2012­2013
Student Learning Outcome
Seventy percent of students enrolled in Transitional English will be able to produce a
paragraph that contains a topic sentence that clearly expresses the main idea or
Outcome:
purpose and will support the topic sentence with concrete details and examples at
70% accuracy.
Goal 1 ­ Provide students comprehensive and accessible instructional opportunities
Institutional
through community based education, dual enrollment, academic transfer, technical
Goal:
education, health science, and work force development programs.
Post­semester student assessment survey, portfolio assessment, and teacher
Initial
anecdotal data indicate that 57% of students were able to compose a paragraph that
Assessment: contains a topic sentence, three or more supporting sentences, and a concluding
sentence at 70% accuracy.
Scheduled
Completion
Date:
Summer 2013
Budget
Amount:
NA
Action Plan:
1. Faculty will provide assignments that generate ideas for topics. 2. Students will
produce topic sentences from the exercises. 3. Students will produce details for the
paragraph under the direct supervision of the instructor. 4. Students will then produce
a final draft paragraph at 70% accuracy.
Outcome
Outcome will be measured by analysis of a writing sample using a rubric.
Measure:
OVERALL RESULTS
Results:
Analysis of portfolio assessment indicates 60% of students produced a topic sentence
and supporting details in a paragraph with 70% accuracy.
Use of
Results:
Faculty will continue to provide assignments to generate topic ideas and details for
paragraphs.
Sixty percent of students produced a topic sentence and supporting details in a
Program
paragraph with seventy percent accuracy. The percentage of students who meet the
Improvement:
outcome improved by three percent.
DISTANCE EDUCATION RESULTS
(if applicable to outcome)
Results:
Use of
Results:
Program
Improvement:
No
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