{"id":4304,"date":"2025-10-07T18:07:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2025-10-29T18:18:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T01:18:48","slug":"using-assessment-to-inform-decision-making-in-ay-2024-25-caps-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2025\/10\/07\/using-assessment-to-inform-decision-making-in-ay-2024-25-caps-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Assessment to Inform Decision-making in AY 2024-25 [CAPS] Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of AY 2024-25 [CAPS] Assessment Reporting for UCORE, instructors were asked if they planned to make any changes in future semesters based on assessments from the current semester. <strong>Overall, 60% of instructors indicated that they planned to make a change to their course based on assessment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most commonly the changes were to assignments. Below are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-31-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-31\">Use of Assessment to Inform Changes: AY 2024-25 UCORE [CAPS] Report Summary Results<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-31\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-31\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-31-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Type<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Quotations - Selected Sample<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Assignments<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"Give students an assignment to compare an essay they wrote on their own with an essay generated by AI\"<\/li><li>\"I will be revising a couple of assignments to build in more check-in points\"<\/li><li>\"An additional milestone assignment for research and writing\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Course content<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"Review concepts more since foundation seemed weaker in some students\"<\/li><li>\"Provide more guidance on how to conduct research and how to evaluate sources\"<\/li><li>\"I plan to incorporate a short module on working with generative AI tools\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Teaching or instruction<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"I hope to use a 'flipped' design\"<\/li><li>\"I plan to hold more required writing sessions to assist students more in person\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Course resources<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"A more formal rubric to evaluate in class performance\"<\/li><li>\"I plan to incorporate more workshops and career-prep materials\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Other changes<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"I did not have an attendance policy. I will include one, based on student feedback.\"<\/li><li>\"I want to solicit more feedback from the project sponsor in future iterations so I can use their evaluation as part of my own\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Assessment results inform continual reflection and discussion of teaching and learning; they contribute to decision making to ensure effective teaching and learning. Decisions can include choosing to make changes, continue current effective practices, or build on strengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information about how student learning evidence contributes to decision-making intended to support student learning and quality undergraduate education, see\u00a0<a href=\"\/assessment\/use-of-evidence\/\">Use of Student Learning Evidence<\/a>. See Key Assessments for additional information about\u00a0<a href=\"\/assessment\/key-assessments\/caps\/\">[CAPS] Assessment for UCORE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of AY 2024-25 [CAPS] Assessment Reporting for UCORE, instructors were asked if they planned to make any changes in future semesters based on assessments from the current semester. Overall, 60% of instructors indicated that they planned to make a change to their course based on assessment. Most commonly the changes were to assignments. 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