Processes (P)

1P13 Measuring Student Performance

Western uses cumulative and most-recent semester grade point average (GPA) data to assess learners’ satisfactory academic progress in general studies and in the majors. It monitors student retention the fourth week of each semester and graduation rates each academic year.

All graduates take a standardized test measuring student performance (ETS Academic Profile) in general education and an exit exam in the discipline (approximately 60 percent of these are nationally standardized examinations, either ETS Major Field Exam or PRAXIS). Measures of student performance include the following:

• General education skills assessment
• Senior portfolios
• Capstone courses
• C-Base teacher admission requirement
• PRAXIS Teacher Education Examination
• Licensure examinations
• Acceptance rates for graduate and professional schools
• National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
• Assessments (1P11), including Applied Learning
• Percentage of students completing courses
• Freshmen success (2.0 GPA after 24 credit hours)
• Mid-term grades
• Passage rates in developmental math, writing, and reading
• Academic suspension and probation rates