Current Evidence of Student Learning

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

Evidence of student learning on the learning outcomes of the UCORE general education program (and the associated WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals) 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 learning outcomes of the UCORE general education program (and aligned WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals), see UCORE Assessment Summaries.

Results of UCORE’s Capstone [CAPS] Assessment are compiled to provide a summary of student learning on [CAPS] designator learning outcomes (and the associated WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals) 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 Learning at the Senior-level: AY 2022-23 [CAPS] Assessment Results As reported in the AY 2022-23 [CAPS] Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that 83% of students met or exceeded expectations at the graduating undergraduate level on the designator learning outcome associated with Information Literacy. Additionally, 84% of students met or exceeded expectations for Integrative Learning. In courses where instructors […]

Results of Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment are compiled to provide a summary of student learning on [ROOT] designator learning outcomes (and the associated WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals) at the first-year level. Currently in transition, Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] assessment previously included 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 more summaries of results and additional information, see Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment.

In spring 2023, Inquiry in the Biological Sciences [BSCI] and Inquiry in the Physical Sciences [PSCI] course instructors were asked to complete pilot [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 (and associated WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals). Click on the link below for the summary of the spring 2023 pilot assessment results.

NSSE results are compiled for UCORE Assessment to provide indirect evidence of student learning on the outcomes of the UCORE general education program (and the associated WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals) 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 (and the associated WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals). 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.