Current Evidence of Student Learning

Visual depiction of the NILOA Transparency Framework Evidence of Student Learning Component.

Evidence of student learning on the outcomes of the UCORE general education program comes from results of UCORE Assessment activities, including direct and indirect measures. These results also provide evidence of UCORE’s contribution towards advancing the WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals.

Click on the headings below for more information about current evidence of student learning from a particular assessment activity. For current and past overall summaries of UCORE assessment on the learning outcomes of the UCORE general education program, see UCORE Assessment Summaries.

Results of UCORE’s Capstone [CAPS] Assessment are compiled to provide a summary of student achievement of [CAPS] designator learning outcomes at the near-graduation level. Click on the link below for the current summary of results from UCORE’s Capstone [CAPS] Assessment. For more summaries of results and additional information, see Capstone [CAPS] Assessment for UCORE.

  • Student Achievement of [CAPS] Designator Learning Outcomes: AY 2024-25 [CAPS] Assessment Results As reported in the AY 2024-25 [CAPS] Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that 87% of students met or exceeded expectations at the graduating undergraduate level on the designator learning outcome associated with Integrative Learning. Additionally, 84% of students met or exceeded expectations for Information Literacy. In courses where instructors evaluated student learning on additional applicable learning […]

Results of Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment are compiled to provide a summary of student achievement of [ROOT] designator learning outcomes. Click on the links below for current summaries of Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment results. For more summaries of results and additional information, see Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment.

In spring 2023 (pilot) and AY 2023-24, Inquiry in the Biological Sciences [BSCI] and Inquiry in the Physical Sciences [PSCI] course instructors were asked to complete [BSCI]/[PSCI] Assessment Reports for UCORE, to help UCORE understand how well students (including students who do not complete majors that emphasize scientific inquiry) are achieving the [BSCI]/[PSCI] designator student learning outcomes. Click on the links below for the summaries of these [BSCI]/[PSCI] assessment results.

  • Assessing Student Learning in Scientific Inquiry Courses: AY 2023-24 [BSCI]/[PSCI] Assessment Results As reported in the AY 2023-24 [BSCI]/[PSCI] Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that that 72% of students met or exceeded expectations on the designator learning outcomes associated with Scientific Literacy. Additionally, 66% of students met or exceeded expectations for Quantitative Reasoning, 69% for Critical Thinking, 67% for Information Literacy, 69% for Written Communication, and 71% for Breadth of Learning. Inquiry in the Biological Sciences [BSCI] and Inquiry in […]
  • Assessing Student Learning in Scientific Inquiry Courses: Spring 2023 [BSCI]/[PSCI] Pilot Assessment Results As reported in the Spring 2023 [BSCI]/[PSCI] Pilot Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), pilot assessment results indicated that that 74% of students met or exceeded expectations on the designator learning outcomes associated with Scientific Literacy. Additionally, 67% of students met or exceeded expectations for Quantitative Reasoning, 66% for Critical Thinking, 75% for […]

NSSE results are compiled for UCORE Assessment to provide indirect evidence of student learning on the outcomes of the UCORE general education program at the first-year and senior levels. Click on the link below for the current summary of selected NSSE results mapped to the learning outcomes of the UCORE general education program. For more summaries of results and additional information in the context of UCORE Assessment, see National Survey of Student Engagement.

Note: NSSE also provides participating institutions with a variety of reports. WSU’s complete current and historic NSSE results are available on Institutional Research’s NSSE survey webpage.