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Community College NURSE EDUCATION NURSE EDUCATION
COMPUTERIZED ASSESSMENT
APPLICATION
APPLICATION
NURSE EDUCATION COMPUTERIZED ASSESSMENT APPLICATION
ASSESSMENT APPLICATION Jane E. June
John Lefave
John Lefave
OBJECTIVES
Identify general steps in the assessment process
Discuss assessment of nurse education programs as it relates to external accrediting agencies
Id tif th l f th N Ed ti
Identify the goals of the Nurse Education
Computerized Assessment Application (NECCA)
Provide an overview of NECCA
Provide an overview of NECCA
Demonstrate NECCA
Identify challenges of NECCAIdentify challenges of NECCA
OVERVIEW OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment practice is based on a p number of assumptions.
Assess what is most important
Assess what is most important.
Anything that can be taught or learned can be assessed
can be assessed.
Assessment should be applied at
d i i i l
course, program, and institutional
levels.
OVERVIEW OF ASSESSMENT
Courses and programs should be
organized around clearly articulated learning goals and objectives, explicit assessment methods, and measurable program outcomes.
The assessment process should be
manageable to insure that it is regular g g
and ongoing .
OVERVIEW OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment, evaluation and , analyzing data for decision making are critical elements making are critical elements
needed for external accrediting
agencies.
STEPS OF THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS
PROCESS
Step One: Define intended program outcomes. Example: What do we want p our graduates to know and/or actually be able to do?
Step Two: Design an evaluation tool (survey) to measure the outcomes
(survey) to measure the outcomes.
STEPS OF THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS
PROCESS
Step Three: Have students, graduates and employers complete the survey.
Step Four: Measure the results of the p
survey including whether outcomes have been met.
Step Five: Make decisions based on the results of the data collected
results of the data collected.
“TIPS” ON THE CREATION OF AN ASSESSMENT TOOL
ASSESSMENT TOOL
When you are creating the Assessment Tool, remember and understand
remember and understand….
Don’t ask the questions unless you want an answer.
When you ask the question, know you should do something with the answer.
Collect the data from the questions asked
Collect the data from the questions asked.
Analyze the data.
Make decisions based on the data received from the questions asked.
COMPONENTS OF AN
ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR NECCA ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR NECCA
Objective Assessment Tool
Likert Scale Strongly Agree Agree Likert Scale- Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree and Not Applicable
Applicable
Subjective Assessment Tool
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Comment Section
IN THE BEGINNING….
NOW AN EASIER AND MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS
STREAMLINED PROCESS…
GOALS OF NECCA
T id t ti
To provide a systematic
structure to document and analyze the nurse education program’s courses, labs and
p g ,
clinical rotations
GOALS OF NECCA
To provide easy access to p y
students, faculty, the department administrator and coordinators
administrator and coordinators.
To assure that it is secure to
each group.
GOALS OF NECCA
To provide the capability to store and track each program student’s demographic
each program student s demographic
information, course grades, and a wide range of factors that may be correlated to predict a student’s success or failure in the program student s success or failure in the program.
To provide anonymity of the students, while p y y , recording completion and submission of each student component of NECCA.
GOALS OF NECCA
To assure that human involvement in administering the application is minimal administering the application is minimal.
To provide for analysis and reporting of data p y p g that is as simple as the selection of criteria and the click of a button.
To assure that the processed information is displayed in both a graphic and numerical fashion allowing rapid visual evaluation fashion allowing rapid visual evaluation.
GOALS OF NECCA
To provide for comparisons of aggregated p p gg g year-to-year, semester-to-semester data.
To display and track trends in each evaluation question as well as each complete evaluation.
Establish a research committee to evaluate the results at the end of each semester. This allows informed decisions and resulting action to
make program improvements.
OVERVIEW OF NECCA
NECAA is a collection of online survey, analysis and reporting utilities The information is gathered via a reporting utilities. The information is gathered via a battery of evaluations completed by students and
faculty alike. The resulting data is stored and analyzed in real-time producing a variety of reports, rich in
graphical and numerical information. The application is a key component to the nursing program’s
is a key component to the nursing program s
systematic approach to maintaining a consistent high quality learning environment, professional in all of its aspects
aspects.
OVERVIEW OF NECCA
Customized versions are in place to meet the specific needs of both the Associate degree Nurse Education needs of both the Associate degree Nurse Education and Certificate for Practical Nursing Programs.
Evaluations focus on courses of study, textbooks, classroom environment, laboratory and clinical
experiences. The reported results meet the evaluation standards set forth by the National League for Nursing standards set forth by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.
OVERVIEW OF NECCA
As a web based application, access to
CAA’ l ( l i i
NECAA’s several areas (evaluation, reporting and administration) are controlled by varied levels of security Curriculum evaluation is levels of security. Curriculum evaluation is conducted at the end of each semester, while clinical and laboratory evaluation schedules y are set as required according to their unique schedules.
STATISTICS
A.D.N. DATABASE
35-Relational Tables
Nine Years of Data Collection
Nine Years of Data Collection
9-Megabyte 1078 St d t
1078 Students
Two four-semester divisions with
different semester schedules
STATISTICS
PNP DATABASE
2.5 MEGABYTES OVERALL
OVERALL
