Rubrics for Evaluating Student Learning

The Guide to WISR program learning outcomes, course rubrics, and program assessment procedures

Faculty use a network of documents provides the conceptual rationale, as well as the specific procedures, rubrics and program learning outcomes used by faculty at WISR to assess and guide student learning, and to continually evaluate and improve the curriculum and instruction at WISR.  Those documents can be found at:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hddo5vneRy7M3a6S6nj99VtBviWlOjtV

THE PRIMARY FORM USE TO GRADE STUDENTS, AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RELEVANT RUBRICS, ARE FOUND AT https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jAZ7NCo0FgI-jqjU9gPlFxG53wk1rfTZ/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=103123778365600072062&rtpof=true&sd=true

If a student disagrees with the faculty member’s assessment, they have the right to ask that another WISR faculty member, who is qualified in their area of study, review their work. There are also procedures whereby a student may file a grievance (see WISR's Catalog for details). These instances are extremely rare at WISR over more than 40 years, because students and faculty are able to work out any differences by involving another faculty member to bring their perspective to the evaluation process.

Rubric to be used by WISR faculty as a guide in Oral Exams at WISR (course, mid-program, Comprehensive EdD Oral Exam, and Graduation Review Board exams).

To access the Rubric, go to:  as a word doc:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QRz1FHBRlKlWFYGQUF9yLmfZ941pu48P 

as a pdf:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zkiCNLK9UNq24q73TmEt4yz8By9_7xxG 

This Rubric is to be used as a guide by WISR faculty, in evaluating student performance in Course Oral Exams, Mid-Program Oral Exams, EdD Comprehensive Oral Exams, and Graduation Review Boards.  These rubrics are to be used to evaluate student oral exam performance when students are discussing their completed assignments (e.g., written papers, theses/dissertations, self-assessments, etc.), and with faculty also being mindful of assessing whether or not students have achieved course outcomes and/or degree program outcomes.

Faculty need not fill out these forms, unless requested to do so by the student (in which case the faculty member must comply with the request).

PASSING STANDARDS:  In any case faculty should use these forms to communicate clearly with students how and why they either fail to meet outcome standards, or when they need to make significant improvements going forward (see below):

o   if Student receives a “0” or “1” in any outcome area (1 = a “C”, 0 =”D/F”). in any category, they fail the exam, and must meet with faculty to discuss the work they must do in order to repeat the exam and pass the course, and/or move forward in their studies.

o    if Student receives a “2” in any outcome area on a course or “mid-program” exam (that is, not the Graduation Review Board or not the Oral Comprehensive Exam for EdD students), they will still pass the exam. However, faculty are to discuss explicitly with the student, and inform the student of special efforts they should take, going forward in that outcome area, in order to progress toward acceptable achievement of degree program outcomes and eventual graduation.

o   In the Oral Comprehensive Exam for EdD Students, and in Graduation Review Boards for students in every degree program, students are expected to receive “3’s” in relation to most topics discussed, and in relation to most outcomes assessed. Students who perform in the “high range” of a “2” on some outcomes, or in relation to some topics, will pass the exam, so long as the student’s performance is clearly most often deserving of a score of “3” with regards to most topics discussed, and so long as there are no outcomes where there are questions about the student’s having achieved that outcome.

o   Further, there are additional rubrics, to be used along with these basic WISR rubrics, that are specifically designed to evaluate EdD student performance on the written and oral comprehensive exams, and the dissertation proposal. For more details, go to the online course site for EDD 693—the Comprehensive Assessment of Student Learning and Plans for the Dissertation:  https://sites.google.com/wisr.edu/edd693comprehensiveassessment/home 

o   Also, there are additional rubrics and criteria to be used in evaluating the performance of MFT students in their practicum. For details go to:  https://sites.google.com/wisr.edu/mft591supervisedpracticum/home 

Rubric to be used by WISR faculty as a guide in Oral Exams at WISR (course, mid-program, Comprehensive EdD Oral Exam, and Graduation Review Board exams).

This Rubric is to be used as a guide by WISR faculty, in evaluating student performance in Course Oral Exams, Mid-Program Oral Exams, EdD Comprehensive Oral Exams, and Graduation Review Boards.  These rubrics are to be used to evaluate student oral exam performance when students are discussing their completed assignments (e.g., written papers, theses/dissertations, self-assessments, etc.), and with faculty also being mindful of assessing whether or not students have achieved course outcomes and/or degree program outcomes.

Faculty need not fill out these forms, unless requested to do so by the student (in which case the faculty member must comply with the request).

PASSING STANDARDS:  In any case faculty should use these forms to communicate clearly with students how and why they either fail to meet outcome standards, or when they need to make significant improvements going forward (see below).

To access the Rubric, go to:  as a word doc:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QRz1FHBRlKlWFYGQUF9yLmfZ941pu48P 

as a pdf:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zkiCNLK9UNq24q73TmEt4yz8By9_7xxG 

Learning Outcomes and Measures for Each WISR Degree Program: 

Go to: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nOQyCamvqZcjwxn7vK4cmRcDuuNlUgBW/edit