Fall 2007 Semester Assessment Report Form

Directions: Please complete a form for each of the programs within your department. This form was designed to provide a format for assessment reporting and should not be used to limit the amount of information provided. Each box that is attached to each of the sections is designed to adjust to varying lengths. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Bea Babbitt at x51506 or via email at: .

1. Program Information:

Program / Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program
Department / Nutrition Sciences
College / Allied Health Sciences
Program Assessment Coordinator / Janice Klaassen
Semester Data Collected / Spring 2007
Report Submitted by / Janice Klaassen
Phone/email / 895-1315/
Date Submitted / 3/25/2008

2. According to the Assessment Plan for this program, what were the planned assessments to be conducted during the Fall 2007 semester? You may want to copy and paste from this program’s assessment plan.

Which outcomes for this program were measured? / How did you measure the outcomes? / What results did you expect? If the students performed well what would their performance look like, i.e. percentages, means, or comparisons to a national standard?
__7__outcomes out of a total of __7__ outcomes evaluated this semester.
Student overall knowledge in 7 discipline subject areas within CLS / Reports from ASCP Board of Registry Exam Scores in each CLS discipline area / We expected students to see some improvement in chemistry scores vs national mean and against previous years with the hire of a faculty discipline expert.


3. Results. What are the results of the planned assessments listed above? Describe below or attach to the form.

Results
ASCP BOR Summary Assessment for Spring 2007(exams taken September – December 2007)
Overall Program Performance
The following tables are summary statistics for
·  FIRST TIME EXAMINEES from your program by subject area
·  FIRST TIME EXAMINEES from the total population this cycle
·  ALL EXAMINEES this cycle
The following provides mean scaled scores for your program's First Time examinees on the sub-content areas of the medical technologist examination. Scores in the high and low ranges should be interpreted with caution because they may be based on small numbers of questions and students. The scaled score of 400 can be used as a criterion for assessing overall performance of your program.
Examination Period September – December 2007 – reflects Fall teaching performance in 7 assessment categories in the CLS Program disciplines
Mean Scaled Scores by Subtest For First Time Examinees
BBNK / CHEM / HEMA / IMMU / LO / MICR / UA
Program Mean Scaled Scores: / 395 / 617 / 522 / 490 / 608 / 601 / 774
University Based Program Mean Scaled Scores: / 486 / 482 / 487 / 473 / 505 / 479 / 487
This Cycle Mean Scaled Scores: / 476 / 482 / 479 / 477 / 498 / 470 / 486
First Time Examinees from the total population this cycle
Program / Universities / National
Number of Examinees / 2 / 399 / 564
Mean Scaled Score / 556 / 483 / 478
Standard Deviation / 0 / 98 / 97
Number Passing (Percent) / 2(100%) / 323(81%) / 457(81%)
Number Failing (Percent) / 0(0%) / 76(19%) / 107(19%)
Minimum Scaled Score Achieved / 458 / 183 / 157
Maximum Scaled Score Achieved / 654 / 739 / 739
All Examinees this cycle
Universities / National
Number of Examinees / 484 / 684
Mean Scaled Score / 469 / 464
Standard Deviation / 98 / 98
Number Passing (Percent) / 375(77%) / 523(77%)
Number Failing (Percent) / 109(23%) / 161(23%)
Minimum Scaled Score Achieved / 183 / 157
Maximum Scaled Score Achieved / 739 / 739
100 represents the minimum scaled score
999 represents the maximum scaled score

4. Conclusions and Discoveries. What conclusions or discoveries were made from these results? Describe below or attach to the form.

Conclusions and Discoveries
All subject area scores were above the national program mean scores in this exam cycle except for Blood Bank. This is probably reflective of the individual students involved in this cycle rather than a reflection of the course itself.

5. Use of Results. What program changes are indicated? How will they be implemented? If none, describe why changes were not needed.

Student scores on registry exams along with other tools are used for overall program assessment - not just for a single semester. The semester assessment report is part of a larger process where the combined information is submitted in a Self-Study Assessment and submitted periodically to the NAACLS (National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences). Our last Self-Study and accreditation renewal was in 2003/2004.

6. Dissemination of Results, Conclusions, and Discoveries. How and with whom were the results shared?

These results are shared with the accrediting agency NAACLS as well as our clinical training sites.