Current Evidence of Student Learning

Evidence of student learning on the WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals in the context of the UCORE curriculum comes from results of UCORE Assessment activities, including direct and indirect measures.
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-related student learning assessment on the WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals, see UCORE Assessment Summaries.
Annual results of UCORE’s Capstone [CAPS] Assessment are compiled to provide a summary of student learning on the WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals in the context of the UCORE curriculum at the near-graduation level. Click on the link below for the current summary of results from UCORE’s Capstone [CAPS] Assessment. For past summaries and additional information, see Capstone [CAPS] Assessment for UCORE.
- Student Learning at the Senior-level: AY 2021-22 [CAPS] Assessment Results As reported in the AY 2021-22 [CAPS] Assessment Reporting Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that 85% of students met or exceeded expectations at the graduating undergraduate level for Critical & Creative Thinking. Additionally, 83% of students met or exceeded expectations for Written Communication. In courses where faculty members found enough elements to evaluate student learning on […]
Roots of Contemporary Issues Assessment results are compiled each year to provide a summary of student learning on the WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals at the first-year level. Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] assessment includes the Final Papers Assessment (aligned with Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, and Integrative Learning) and the Diversity & Inequality Papers Assessment (aligned with Diversity and Written Communication), conducted biennially in alternating years. Click on the links below for current summaries of Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment results. For past summaries and additional information, see Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment.
- Information Literacy, Integrative Learning, and Critical Thinking Achievement at the First-Year Level: AY 2020-21 Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Final Papers Assessment Results As reported in the AY 2020-21 [ROOT] Final Papers Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that, on average, 78% of first-year students met or exceeded expectations at the first-year undergraduate level at the end of their UCORE first-year experience [ROOT] course on rubric outcomes related to Information Literacy. Additionally, 88% […]
- Diversity and Written Communication Achievement at the First-Year Level: AY 2019-20 Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Diversity & Inequality Papers Assessment Results As reported in the AY 2019-20 [ROOT] Diversity & Inequality Papers Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that, on average, 75% of first-year students met or exceeded expectations at the first-year undergraduate level at the end of their UCORE first-year experience [ROOT] course on rubric outcomes related to Diversity. Additionally, […]
NSSE questions provide biennial indirect evidence of student learning on up to six of the WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals at the first-year and senior levels (NSSE questions mapped to Information Literacy are not part of the standard NSSE instrument and are only administered as part of certain topical modules). Click on the link below for the current summary of selected NSSE results mapped to the WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals in the context of the UCORE curriculum. For past summaries and additional information, 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.
- Student Learning at the First-year and Senior Level: 2021 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Results As reported in the 2021 National Survey of Student Engagement Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), results from the 2021 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) indicate that most WSU seniors (87%) have considerable confidence in their ability to complete tasks requiring clear writing. In addition to Written Communication, results from the 2021 NSSE also provide indirect evidence of student […]