{"id":122,"date":"2016-07-07T16:53:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T23:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/?page_id=122"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:21:29","slug":"evidence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Evidence of Student Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Evidence of Student Learning<\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-daesa\/uploads\/sites\/3064\/2016\/07\/panel_evidence-of-student-learning-v2.png\" alt=\"Visual depiction of the NILOA Transparency Framework Evidence of Student Learning Component.\" width=\"123\" height=\"142\" title=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Evidence of student learning<\/strong> on the <a href=\"\/assessment\/learning-goals\/\">outcomes of the UCORE general education program<\/a> comes from results of UCORE Assessment activities, including direct and indirect measures. These results also provide evidence of UCORE\u2019s contribution towards advancing the WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>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 <a href=\"\/assessment\/ucore-assessment-summaries\/\">UCORE Assessment Summaries<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h2 id=\"unique-id-1__56522\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Capstone [CAPS] Assessment for UCORE<\/button>\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__56522\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--small\">Results of UCORE&#8217;s Capstone [CAPS] Assessment are compiled to provide a summary of student achievement of [CAPS] designator learning outcomes at the near-graduation level. <em>Click on the link below for the current summary of results from UCORE&#8217;s Capstone [CAPS] Assessment.<\/em> <em>For more summaries of results and additional information, see <a href=\"\/assessment\/key-assessments\/caps\/\">Capstone [CAPS] Assessment for UCORE<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wsu-news-list mw--80ch\">\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2025\/09\/08\/student-achievement-of-caps-designator-learning-outcomes-ay-2024-25-caps-assessment-results\/\">Student Achievement of [CAPS] Designator Learning Outcomes: AY 2024-25 [CAPS] Assessment Results<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs reported in the\u00a0AY 2024-25 [CAPS] Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that\u00a087% of students met or exceeded expectations at the graduating undergraduate level\u00a0on the designator learning outcome associated with\u00a0Integrative Learning. Additionally,\u00a084%\u00a0of students met or exceeded expectations for\u00a0Information Literacy. In courses where instructors evaluated student learning on additional applicable learning [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h2 id=\"unique-id-1__73964\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment<\/button>\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__73964\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<p>Results of Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment are compiled to provide a summary of student achievement of [ROOT] designator learning outcomes. <em>Click on the links below for current summaries of Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment results.<\/em> <em>For more summaries of results and additional information, see <a href=\"\/assessment\/key-assessments\/roots\/\">Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wsu-news-list mw--80ch\">\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2025\/10\/08\/information-literacy-and-written-communication-achievement-in-first-year-experience-root-courses-ay-2024-25-root-assessment-results\/\">Information Literacy and Written Communication Achievement in First-Year Experience [ROOT] Courses: AY 2024-25 [ROOT] Assessment Results<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs reported in the\u00a0AY 2024-25 [ROOT] Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that, on average,\u00a071% of students met or exceeded expectations\u00a0on the [ROOT] designator learning outcome performance criteria associated with\u00a0Information Literacy. Additionally, on average,\u00a081% of students met or exceeded expectations\u00a0on the designator learning outcome performance criteria associated with\u00a0Written Communication. UCORE\u2019s [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h2 id=\"unique-id-1__75749\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Scientific Inquiry [BSCI]\/[PSCI] Assessment<\/button>\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__75749\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--small\">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. <em>Click on the links below for the summaries of these [BSCI]\/[PSCI] assessment results.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wsu-news-list mw--80ch\">\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2024\/11\/27\/assessing-student-learning-in-scientific-inquiry-courses-ay-2023-24-bsci-psci-assessment-results\/\">Assessing Student Learning in Scientific Inquiry Courses: AY 2023-24 [BSCI]\/[PSCI] Assessment Results<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs reported in the&nbsp;AY 2023-24 [BSCI]\/[PSCI] Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that that&nbsp;72% of students met or exceeded expectations&nbsp;on the designator learning outcomes associated with&nbsp;Scientific Literacy. Additionally,&nbsp;66%&nbsp;of students met or exceeded expectations for&nbsp;Quantitative Reasoning,&nbsp;69%&nbsp;for&nbsp;Critical Thinking,&nbsp;67%&nbsp;for&nbsp;Information Literacy,&nbsp;69%&nbsp;for&nbsp;Written Communication, and&nbsp;71%&nbsp;for&nbsp;Breadth of Learning. Inquiry in the Biological Sciences [BSCI] and Inquiry in [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2023\/06\/27\/assessing-student-learning-in-scientific-inquiry-courses-spring-2023-bsci-psci-pilot-assessment-results\/\">Assessing Student Learning in Scientific Inquiry Courses: Spring 2023 [BSCI]\/[PSCI] Pilot Assessment Results<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs 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 [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h2 id=\"unique-id-1__72338\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)<\/button>\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__72338\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--small\">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. <em>Click on the link below for the current summary of selected NSSE results mapped to the learning outcomes of the UCORE general education program.<\/em> <em>For more summaries of results and additional information in the context of UCORE Assessment, see <a href=\"\/assessment\/key-assessments\/nsse\/\">National Survey of Student Engagement<\/a>.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--small\"><em>Note: NSSE also provides participating institutions with a variety of reports. WSU\u2019s complete current and historic NSSE results are available on <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.wsu.edu\/nsse-survey\/\">Institutional Research\u2019s NSSE survey webpage<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wsu-news-list mw--80ch\">\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2023\/10\/02\/student-learning-at-the-first-year-and-senior-level-2023-national-survey-of-student-engagement-nsse-results\/\">Student Learning at the First-year and Senior Level: 2023 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Results<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs reported in the\u00a02023 National Survey of Student Engagement Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), results from the 2023 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) indicate that\u00a0most WSU\u00a0seniors\u00a0(93%) have considerable confidence in their ability to complete tasks requiring\u00a0critical thinking and analysis of arguments and information. 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