Annual Assessment Report Form

DUE JUNE 1, 2005

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 Denise Webster at x7714. Send the report form via email to devin1lk@cmich.edu.

1. Program Information:

Program	Master of Arts in Spanish
Department	Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures
College	CHSBS
Academic Year	2004-2005
Report Submitted by	James C. Courtad, Graduate Coordinator
Phone/email	3509 / court1jc@cmich.edu
Date Submitted	May 20, 2005

2. According to the Assessment Plan for this program, what were the planned assessment activities to be conducted during the 2003-2004 Academic Year? You may want to copy and paste from this program’s assessment plan (Section 3: Evidence and Artifacts).

Outcomes assessed for this academic year	Way this assessment was carried out	Expected measures from these assessment instruments
Communication	We compared the entrance oral interview with the exit oral interview to assess oral communication, and the entrance essay with the Plan B paper to assess written communication. All instruments were conducted in Spanish, and we had 6 students graduate this year from our Program.	Advanced intermediate level on the ACTFL scale [for ACTFL Guidelines, see http://departments.bloomu.edu/langcult/resources/actfl.html ]

3. Results, conclusions, and discoveries. What are the results of the planned activities listed above? What conclusions or discoveries were made from these results? Describe below or attach to the form.

Results, conclusions, and discoveries

Three of our graduates are native speakers of Spanish and tested at the Superior level in both written and oral communication upon entering and exiting the program. The other three were non-native speakers, and two of them were at the Advanced Mid level when they entered the program but graduated at the Advanced High level. The third non-native speaker was at the Intermediate High level upon entering and graduated at the Advanced Mid level. These results fall within or exceed the parameters to be achieved for this year’s assessment plan.

4. Use of Results. Did the results lead to program changes? If so, describe the changes made. If not, describe why changes were not needed.

We are satisfied with these results. They speak well for our efforts to concentrate on written and oral communication, and for our Program’s requirement that students complete part of their credits toward the M.A. during two summer abroad components.

5. Dissemination of results, conclusions, and discoveries. How and with whom were the results shared?

The results of this year’s assessment will be shared with the other departmental faculty members at the first faculty meeting in the fall of 2005 and will be published on the FLLC website.