Assessments Timetable Data Collection Point
Pre-Admission/Application
- Written application to the program
- Formal interview of undergraduate
- Transcript of undergraduate
- GPA at time of application
- SAT/ACT scores of undergraduate
- Written recommendations of faculty members
Pre-Internship/Post-Admission
- Praxis I results
- Written lesson and unit plans
- Evaluations of student work
Mid-Internship
- University supervisor internship evaluation
- Discipline specialist internship evaluation
- Written self-reflections of undergraduates
- Evaluations of student work
End of Internship
- Cooperating/mentor teacher internship evaluation
- Technology portfolio
- Teaching portfolio
- Evaluations of student work
End of 1st Year of Teaching (if student becomes a teacher)
- State licensure application results
- Praxis II results
- 1st-year teacher survey
- Hiring principal survey
At each collection point, undergraduates are rated on their mastery of certain knowledge, skills, and attitudes that closely linked to the goals and learning objectives outlined above. Rating scores indicate a student’s progress toward mastery and are based on the quantitative and qualitative data listed above. Faculty members, internship supervisors, and/or mentor teachers or administrators use a four-point rubric. All ratings are recorded, reviewed, and discussed with students in the program. Data are analyzed and utilized to guide decisions about the future direction of the program.