Gen Ed Assessment

General Education Assessment

General Education Assessment Loop (DOCX, 30.2 KB)

Texas State Alumni Survey Results

General Ed Competencies on Alumni Survey Gen Ed Item Results 2008 (XLSX, 9.2 KB)

General Ed Competencies on Alumni Survey Gen Ed Item Results 2007 (XLSX, 9.9 KB)

General Ed Competencies on Alumni Survey Gen Ed Item Results 2006 (XLSX, 10.0 KB)

Collegiate Learning Assessment Scoring System

Holistic assessment of common skills

Critical Thinking
Analytic Reasoning
Written Communication
Problem Solving

Measurement of value‐added
Institution as initial unit of analysis
Direct measurement of typical performance

The CLA is administered by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE), a non‐ profit organization based in New York City.

The CLA is a cross‐sectional study, in which growth between freshmen and seniors is estimated by testing samples of students, not the entire class. Students take the CLA online in proctored settings. Testing time is approximately 90 minutes.

Slides 25-39

CLA_Spotlight_0708_Institutional Report (PDF, 877.5 KB)

Architecture of the CLA Tasks (PDF, 2.4 MB)