College of Education & Human Services
Social Work Student Outcome Assessment
LAST COMPLETED ON May 19, 2023 (Data collected April 2023)
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COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION - FORM AS 4(B)听
听WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY BACCALAUREATE SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM听
ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES听
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Form AS 4(B): A form required for Reaffirmation, Candidacy, and ongoing compliance per AS 4.0.3. 听This form is used to assist the COA in the evaluation of the program鈥檚 compliance with the accreditation standard below:
4.0.3: The program uses Form AS 4(B) and/or Form AS 4(M) to report its most recent assessment outcomes for each program option to constituents and the public on its website and routinely up-dates (minimally every 2 years) its findings.
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All programs accredited by the Council on Social Work Education鈥檚 Commission on Accreditation (COA) are required to measure and report student learning outcomes.听 All students are assessed using a minimum of two measures on their mastery of the nine competencies that comprise the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) and any additional competencies programs may choose to add. 听These holistic competencies reflect the dimensions (knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive & affective processes) of social work practice that all social workers are expected to master during their professional training. 听
Programs determine a percentage-based benchmark听for each competency and determine an outcome-measure benchmark (minimum score) for each measure. The competency benchmark (which can differ for each competency) represents the minimum percent of students the program expects to have achieved the outcome measure benchmarks in both/all measures for each of the nine competencies. The program then determines the percentage of students that attained each outcome measure (e.g., minimum score or higher), and aggregates the percentages for both/all measures together to obtain the percentage of students demonstrating competence inclusive of two (2) or more measures. The result of aggregating both/all outcome measure percentages provides the percentage of students achieving the competency benchmark.听An aggregated percentage at or above the competency benchmark is considered achievement of that competency. If the program has more than one program option, the program must report data for each program option, and also an aggregate of all program options combined to determine an overall percentage of students across all program options achieving the competency benchmark.
Posting Form AS 4 for Ongoing Compliance with AS 4.0.3
Per the requirement of CSWE COA鈥檚 recognizing body, the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), and accreditation standard 4.0.3, programs must post this form publicly on its website and routinely up-date (minimally every 2 years) its findings. 听Upon request, programs must provide CSWE with the weblink to the published form on the program鈥檚 website where it is accessible to the public. 听Data presented on the form must be collected within 2 years of today鈥檚 date at all times.
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Summary of the Program鈥檚 Assessment Plan | Generalist Practice
All students are assessed using a minimum of two measures on their mastery of the nine competencies that comprise the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards of the Council on Social Work Education and any additional competencies programs may choose to add.听听
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Assessment Measure #1: SWEAP Field Placement / Practicum Assessment Instrument (FPPAI) |
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Dimension(s) assessed: |
Knowledge, Values, Skills Cognitive/Affective Processes |
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When/where students are assessed: |
SW 480: Practicum (final semester) |
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Who assessed student competence: |
Field Education Supervisor |
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Outcome Measure Benchmark (minimum score indicative of achievement) for Competencies 1-9: |
3 (competent) on 1-5 performance scale |
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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: |
85% |
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Assessment Measure #2: Course Embedded Assessments |
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Dimension(s) assessed: |
Knowledge, Values, Skills, C/A Processes |
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When/where students are assessed: |
Course embedded assignments SW 312, 315, 316, 325, 380, 415, 425 |
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Who assessed student competence: |
Allwardt, Connor, Perone, Peterman, Smith Okon, Zellmann |
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Outcome Measure Benchmark (minimum score indicative of achievement) for Competencies 1-9: |
For all competencies (1-9) students must achieve a minimum score of 3 on a scale of 1-5. |
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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: |
85% |
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听FORM AS 4:听Assessment Data Collected during the Academic Year (2022-2023)听
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COMPETENCY听 |
COMPETENCY BENCHMARK (%) |
PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING BENCHMARK |
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Aggregate of Students from All Program Options n = (121) |
Program Option #1 Macomb Campus BSW Program 听 n = (121) |
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Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior |
85% of students will demonstrate competence inclusive of 2 assessment measures |
97.62% |
(100% + 95.23%)/2 = 97.62% |
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Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice |
85% of students will demonstrate competence inclusive of 2 assessment measures |
100% |
(100% + 100%)/2 = 100% |
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Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice |
85% of students will demonstrate competence inclusive of 2 assessment measures |
100% |
(100% + 100%)/2 听= 100% |
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Competency 4: Engage in Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice |
85% of students will demonstrate competence inclusive of 2 assessment measures |
95.67% |
(100% + 91.34%)/2 听= 95.67% |
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Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice |
85% of students will demonstrate competence inclusive of 2 assessment measures |
100% |
(100% + 100%)/2 = 100% |
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Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities |
85% of students will demonstrate competence inclusive of 2 assessment measures |
100% |
(100% + 100%)/2 听= 100% |
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Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities |
85% of students will demonstrate competence inclusive of 2 assessment measures |
94.14% |
(96.97% + 91.30%)/2 = 94.14% |
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Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities |
85% of students will demonstrate competence inclusive of 2 assessment measures |
96.97% |
(93.94% + 100%)/2 听= 96.97% |
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Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities |
85% of students will demonstrate competence inclusive of 2 assessment measures |
100% |
(100% + 100%)/2 听= 100% |
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