STEM-ESS Assessment

STEM-ESS Assessment: What, Why, Who, and When

What

• A self-assessment tool based on the STEM-ESS Model that rates institutional leadership’s intentionality to accelerate Latino student success in undergraduate STEM education.

• A comprehensive presentation and analysis of the institution’s STEM-ESS Assessment data and visualizations that also takes into account the college Strategic Plan and existing STEM initiatives (See Example Current Situation Assessment (CSA) Report).

Why

The value gained from taking the STEM-ESS Assessment includes:

• Provides a collective picture of strengths, challenges, and desired improvements

• Becomes the starting point for open, deliberate discussion

• Leads to sharing strengths & best practices across departments

• Helps understanding of current state and aspirations for student success, industry engagement, technology integration, STEM educational pathways, and leadership strategies that signal intentionality to accelerate success of Hispanic/Latinx STEM students

• Reveals opportunities to adopt and adapt examples of evidence-based practices from successful STEM programs

• Serves as the basis for prioritization and informed action planning to accelerate success of Hispanic/Latinx STEM students

• Provides insight to expectations for the Seal of Excelencia

• Establishes a starting point to initiate Institutional Transformation to Hispanic-Serving Identity in STEM

Who and When

After they form their STEM-ESS Team, organizations can take the STEM-ESS Assessment as part of the STEM-ESS Institute professional development offering, within a sponsored research project, or as an initial step in a fee-for-service STEM-ESS bundle.

Example Feedback from STEM-ESS participants

• Very helpful as it put everything in an organized way and allowed us to articulate clearly the direction we want to go. (STEM-ESS Assessment)

• I liked two things about the CSA: information came from participants and an outside perspective on that information was useful.

• It was so helpful to see where we are to figure out where we want to go so that we can truly SERVE our students. (CSA)

• We already set-up a meeting to share with key stakeholders and will share the assessment and plan so we can keep building on it