Fire Science Program
Assessment Plan Summary: 2005-06
September 28th,
2005
Learning Outcome
Learning
Outcome 1: Technology Skills: 100% of students will perform at a
level of “acceptable” or above (80%+) for each characteristic identified on the
assignment rubric specific to the Skills portion of the State of
Learning Outcome 2: Communication: 90% of all students will apply the principles of objective analysis and be able to write for clarity and readability when preparing incident or investigative reports or other analytic writing assignments required in their coursework at a level of “acceptable” for each characteristic identified on the assignment rubric as determined by the Subject Matter Experts assigned to their class.
No significant change. Due to required strict adherence to both State of Colorado and national standards of performance and training curricula specific to all courses taught in the PSV/Firefighter academies, there is no designated capstone course for students in the academies; all students in these programs must pass in-house exit tests measuring cumulative didactic and applied skills and technological knowledge, as well as passing the State of Colorado and national standardized and certified tests for professional credentialing/certification in order to graduate from the program.
Measure of the Student Learning
Direct Measure: No significant change. Embedded assignments will be used to as a
direct measure of student learning of specific application skills.
Indirect
Measure: No significant change.
Data Collection
No significant change in data collection.
Data Recording and Storage
No significant change to data recording and
storage.
Data Analysis and Reporting
No significant change in data analysis and
reporting.
Decision Making and Program Change Based on Data
No significant changes in the process.
Student and Adjunct Faculty Involvement
No significant changes.