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How Assessment Data Is Reported
IR handles externally reported university-wide assessment information. Graduation rates along with other data are reported to the CCHE. Many departments also keep track of their graduates on an informal basis. The Department of Music is developing a newsletter to increase the contact with alumni, actively works on placing teachers, and follows up on alumni success at an annual state music educators’ conference. The results of the MFTs given in various departments and other outcomes-assessment reports are shared with the faculty in each department, deans, and other administrative offices as appropriate. For example, in HSB, all graduating seniors take the MFT, and the results are reviewed each year by the faculty during fall Convocation. The Department of Chemistry reports results of its assessments and other data to the American Chemical Society. The Department of Engineering uses the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam as part of its assessment. The Department of Nursing uses an eight-year self-report and annually reports to National League of Nursing. All departments include information on graduation rates, pass rates on licensing exams, placement rates, and transfer rates in their five-year program review self-studies.
CSU-Pueblo seeks to assess all educational offerings, including off-campus  courses. The Division of Continuing Education measures student learning at off-campus sites along with print-based correspondence courses for students who are unable to attend classroom based classes via special student evaluation questionnaires. The division also offers Senior-to-Sophomore-CORE (STS) dual-credit courses in area high schools, where student evaluations of courses/teaching are reviewed. The university compiles quantitative institutional research on grades that STS students earn once they have matriculated to the university.137
137See Senior to Sophomore Enrollee Records at CSU-Pueblo, at http://www.colostate-pueblo.edu/hlca/DocumentsReferenced.htm
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