Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes
ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY
BACCALAUREATE SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
LAST COMPLETED: August 26, 2019
Form AS4 (B)
This form is used to assist the COA in the evaluation of the program’s compliance with the accreditation standards below:
4.0.2 The program provides summary data and outcomes for the assessment of each of its competencies, identifying the percentage of students achieving the benchmark.
4.0.4 The program uses Form AS 4 (B) and/or AS4 (M) to report assessment outcomes to its constituents and the public on its website and routinely up-dates (minimally every 2 years) these postings.
All Council on Social Work Education programs measure and report student learning outcomes. Students are assessed on their mastery of the competencies that comprise the accreditation standards of the Council on Social Work Education. These competencies are dimensions of social work practice that all social workers are expected to master during their professional training. A measurement benchmark is set by the social work programs for each competency. An assessment score at or above that benchmark is considered by the program to represent mastery of that particular competency.
Table: Competency Assessment Results – BSW
| Compilation of Survey Results Fall 2017 – Spring 2019 | |||||
| COMPETENCY | COMPETENCY BENCHMARK | Student Exit Survey (“Exit Survey”) | Field Instructor Survey (“Final Field Internship Evaluation”) | ||
| % | N=53 | % Achieving Benchmark | N=53 | % Achieving Benchmark | |
| Identify as a Professional Social Worker | 70% | 53/53 | 100% | 53/53 | 100% |
| Apply Ethical Principles | 70% | 52/53 | 98.1% | 53/53 | 100% |
| Apply Critical Thinking | 70% | 53/53 | 100% | 49/53 | 92.4% |
| Engage Diversity in Practice | 70% | 53/53 | 100% | 50/53 | 94.3% |
| Advance Human Rights/ Social and Economic Justice | 70% | 52/53 | 98.1% | 50/53 | 94.3% |
| Engage Research Informed Practice/ Practice Informed Research | 70% | 48/53 | 90.5% | 48/53 | 90.5% |
| Apply Human Behavior Knowledge | 70% | 53/53 | 100% | 50/53 | 94.3% |
| Engage Policy Practice to Advance Well-Being and Deliver Services | 70% | 49/53 | 92.4% | 48/53 | 90.5% |
| Respond to Practice Contexts | 70% | 52/53 | 98.1% | 51/53 | 96.2% |
| Practice Engagement | 70% | 53/53 | 100% | 53/53 | 100% |
| Practice Assessment | 70% | 53/53 | 100% | 53/53 | 100% |
| Practice Intervention | 70% | 53/53 | 100% | 53/53 | 100% |
| Practice Evaluation | 70% | 53/53 | 100% | 53/53 | 100% |