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Program Assessment Plan
As a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited program, the Social Work program is required to engage in assessment of student learning outcomes. The program has designed and implemented a comprehensive assessment plan that provides data on the educational process as manifested in the attainment of educational outcomes by students. Results of the assessment are provided to the public and are used to inform curriculum change and increase programmatic effectiveness.
The assessment plan design includes student learning measurement of each of the nine social work competencies at the BSSW, M.S.W. Generalist, Advanced Integrated Practice (AIP) and Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) levels.
The assessment plan consists of at least two identified outcome measures, a field measure and a course-embedded measure, for each competency at each level. BSSW students are evaluated at the generalist level while 60-credit hour M.S.W. students are evaluated at the generalist level and again at the concentration level (either AIP or ACP) M.S.W. advanced standing students are evaluated at the concentration level. View a Summary of the Program Assessment Plan.
The identified field measure is the Field Instruction Evaluation, completed by field instructors at the end of each field placement experience. The integration of students’ educational knowledge, values, skills and cognitive/affective processes are evaluated in the field environment, allowing for direct assessment of their professional behaviors and learning. A course-embedded measure (such as a test, paper or other assignment) is utilized for the second measure. The program developed nine unique course-embedded measures at the undergraduate level, nine at the M.S.W. generalist level, nine for AIP, and nine for ACP. The course embedded measurement occurs in key required courses throughout the program.
The School has developed benchmarks for each outcome measure, as outlined in the assessment plan. The program determines the percentage of students that attained the benchmark for each outcome measure and then averages the field and course-embedded measure percentages together to obtain the percentage of students demonstrating overall competence. The program then determines whether this percentage is above or below the competency benchmark. The competency benchmark for BSSW students is eighty-five percent and for M.S.W. students is ninety percent. To review past and current learning outcomes view the Historical CSWE Data Reports section.
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Competencies and Behaviors
Competency 1: Demonstrate Professional and Ethical Behavior
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Establish evaluative methods in clinical practice to determine intervention effectiveness
Utilize supervision as a mechanism for clinical practice evaluation to inform best practice knowledge
Evaluate clinical practice in an effort to strengthen knowledge, values, and skills
Utilize empirical literature that critically evaluates practice effectiveness
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Assessment Measures
Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSSW)
Course Embedded Measures
Dimension(s) assessed: Knowledge Knowledge, Values, Skills, Cognitive and Affective Processes.
When/where students are assessed: Each Each BSSW student is assessed using course embedded measures for the following BSSW courses: SWK 314, SWK 315, SWK 328, SWK 361, SWK 401, and SWK 402.
Who assessed student competence? The The course instructor(s) for each BSSW course (see course list above).
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Generalist Field Evaluation
Dimension(s) assessed: Knowledge Knowledge, Values, Skills, Cognitive and Affective Processes.
When/where students are assessed: Each Each BSSW student is assessed at the end of the students 500- hour internship, utilizing an online field evaluation survey software system.
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Competency Benchmark (percent of students the program expects to have achieved the minimum scores, inclusive of all measures) for Competencies 1-9: Overall, 90% of students will achieve competency benchmark.
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Advanced Integrated Practice (AIP)
Course Embedded Measures
Dimension(s) assessed: Knowledge, Values, Skills, Cognitive and Affective Processes.
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Competency Benchmark (percent of students the program expects to have achieved the minimum scores, inclusive of all measures) for Competencies 1-9: Overall, 90% of students will achieve competency benchmark.
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Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP)
Course Embedded Measures
Dimension(s) assessed: Knowledge, Values, Skills, Cognitive and Affective Processes.
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Competency Benchmark (percent of students the program expects to have achieved the minimum scores, inclusive of all measures) for Competencies 1-9: Overall, 90% of students will achieve competency benchmark.
Historical CSWE Data Reports
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