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Data with purpose. The qualitative and quantitative information OIEP curates, analyzes, and publishes illuminates trends, forecasts potential and contributes to the ongoing planning initiatives of the university including strategic institutional goals, program planning and innovation, and student success.

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institutional Effectiveness

How do we know what we are doing works? Defining and assessing student learning outcomes, engaging in rigorous program review, conducting surveys to understand experience and satisfaction and student evaluations of teaching are all ways in which Mason can learn more about how we are doing and what we can improve.

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Mason's Assessment Framework
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Data Analytics and Research

Want to learn more about Mason? Explore the reports here to learn more about applicants to graduates, survey outcomes, human resources and planning.

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Student Evaluations of Teaching

In consultation with the University Effective Teaching Committee, Faculty Senate Chair, the Provost, the Registrar and ITS, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning has selected a new way to conduct student evaluations of teaching. This online format will meet institutional needs in an environmentally friendly and fiscally responsible way. The evaluation software Blue by Explorance was chosen for its functionality, ease of use and demonstrated success at many intuitions, including several in Virginia.

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Student Success

What does the student lifecycle at Mason look like? From where do our applicants come? Where do our admitted students enroll? Once enrolled, how many students are retained to the on the path to graduation? What are the career outcomes? Learn more with these resources.

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Find how to use our reports, answers to common questions and how to request data not already available

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About Us
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OIEP advances the strategic goals of George Mason University through collaborations and partnerships that engage stakeholders (senior leaders/administration, faculty, staff and students) in data-informed strategic, operational and tactical decisions. OIEP does this by capitalizing on our experience and professional judgment drawing upon quantitative and qualitative analytic information.

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Academic Assessment

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Nuventive

 

Nuventive has been selected to replace Tk20 as Mason’s assessment planning and reporting software tool. Updates will be provided througout spring and summer 2023, including training and workshop schedules.

 

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Academic programs and certain certificate programs are required to identify student learning outcomes, and map those outcomes to their curriculum through a curriculum map. Programs will assess one outcome per year and report on that assessment in Nuventive – Mason’s assessment management system.

 

Nuventive has been selected to replace Tk20. More information on Nuventive’s implementation is forthcoming with the hope to have it ready for users in summer 2023. (If you need your previous Tk20 reports, please send a request to oiep@gmu.edu.)

 

Annual Assessment Templates

All academic and student support units must enter the unit’s mission statement, goals, objectives, methods and measures, results and analysis, and improvement plans as shown in the templates below.

Mason Program Assessment Report Template Tk20 Template (Excel)

Mason Program Assessment Report Tk20 Template (Word)

Resources

For more information on administrative unit assessment and worksheets, please refer to the resources below.

 

Student Learning Outcomes Assessment for Academic ProgramsThe 2021-2022 Assessment Feedback Rubric is a guide for academic annual assessment.

 

The following examples of annual assessment elements were submitted by programs at Mason.

 

Assessment Schedule

Academic Units

All degree programs must enter the following by September 1, 2023:

  • Fill out the Measures, Findings and Improvement Plans for the student learning outcome (SLO) assessed in 2022-23.
  • Fill out Improvements Made to report on steps taken from previous assessment cycles to improve student learning.
  • Update the mission statement, SLOs and curriculum map, if necessary.
  • New degree programs need to have a mission statement, curriculum map, and student learning outcomes.

 

Stand-alone and Gainful Employment Certificate Programs

  • Fill out the Measures, Findings and Improvement Plans for any student learning and/or program outcome assessed in 2022-23.
  • Update the mission statement and outcomes, if necessary.
  • New stand-alone certificate programs should have a mission and at least one student learning outcome and one program outcome

Please visit Assessment and Reporting: Certificate Programs and Gainful Employment Disclosures more information.