This website contains important information for departmental faculty, students, and accrediting agencies regarding the assessment system that is in place for each of our Spanish courses. Specifically the website includes the following for each course:

1. Performance-based objectives—i.e., what knowledge students will be able to demonstrate and what skills they will be able to perform by the end of each course.

2. Student Outcomes Assessment Matrix, which illustrates:

-the relationship between course objectives and the College of Education and Educational Technology Conceptual Framework, ACTFL/NCATE Program Standards, and IUP Spanish Education Program Competencies;

-the types of assessments that verify attainment of each course objective. One assessment that appears in bold has been identified as the “key assessment” for the course. Accrediting agencies will find student performance data from these key assessments for each semester on the College of Education and Educational Technology website.

3. A scoring rubric for each key assessment that describes student performance in terms of three levels of performance: Target, Acceptable, Unacceptable. Information regarding conversion of rubric scores to the NCATE categories of Target, Acceptable, and Unacceptable, as well as to grades/points is provided.

Assessment is a dynamic process, and the results inform and often change instructional practices and course design (i.e., objectives and assessments). This website will be updated on a regular basis to reflect these changes.