Assessment: Course Four Column SPRING / SUMMER 2016

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1 Assessment: Course Four Column SPRING / SUMMER 2016 El Camino: (BUS) - Accounting ECC: BUS 1B:Managerial Accounting SLO #1 Preparation - Demonstrate competency in preparing the Statement of Cash Flows for a business entity. Course SLO Assessment Cycle: (Spring 2015) Exam/Test/Quiz - The cash flow statement is tested on Exam #1, thus the grades on that exam are being used for this assessment. The standard grading scale applies. 90% and above = A, 80-89% = B, 7079% = C, 60-69% = D, and <60 % = F. Success is indicated by a 70% or better. For purposes of assessing SLO #1, it is expected that a minimum of 75% of the students will score 70% or higher on this SLO. SLO #2 Problem Solving - Analyze and solve problems pertaining to various costing systems, operational budgeting, and capital budgeting. Course SLO Assessment Cycle: Exam/Test/Quiz - Develop a common comprehensive problem in which students are provided with selected financial data (beginning and ending balance sheet and income statement) with which they must prepare a statement of cash flows. The standard grading scale applies. 90% and above = A, 80-89% = B, 7079% = C, 60-69% = D, and <60 % = F. Success is indicated by a 70% or 06/12/2017 Generated by TracDat a product of Nuventive Page 1 of 11

2 better. For purposes of assessing SLO #2, it is expected that a minimum of 75% of the students will score 70% or higher on this SLO. Exam/Test/Quiz - Final course grade distributions, means, and medians are used to assess student success on this SLO. A sample of final grades from three instructors and four sections were used to assess this SLO. > 70% exam average indicates that SLO was achieved. < 70% exam average indicates that SLO was not achieved. Exam/Test/Quiz - Final grade books were used in creating a combined assessment for this SLO. Three instructors submitted the following data for their sections: (1) Number of students completing the class. (2) Number of those students with a final grade book average of > 70%. (3) Number of those students with a final grade book average of < 70%. (4) Median class score based on the final grade book averages. (5) Additional comments/reflection as deemed necessary. > 70% final grade book average indicates that SLO was achieved. < 70% final grade book average indicates that SLO was not achieved. Data from three instructors, five sections total. Number of students completing the course. 149 Number of students with a final average (including all course points) of > 70% 140 Number of students with a final average (including all course points) of < 70% 9 Mean of means final grades as a % 84.00% Mean of Median final grades as a % 86.00% Individual analysis: Arnold: those students who did the work passed the class. Paula: median higher than mean in one section due to two students who should have dropped but did not Kurt: my scores were too high overall. I gave out too many bonus points. Need to make the exams harder. (09/13/2016) Faculty Assessment Leader: K. Hull Faculty Contributing to Assessment: P. Koch, A. Blanshard Action: Develop common assessment test for all BUS 1B classes, to be implemented in the spring of (03/01/2017) Action Category: SLO/PLO Assessment Process SLO #3 Concepts & Terminology - Exam/Test/Quiz - The final class Page 2 of 11

3 Understand and utilize managerial accounting concepts and terminology. Course SLO Assessment Cycle: (Spring 2017) grade is being used for this assessment as understanding and utilizing managerial accounting concepts are taught and tested throughout the semester. The standard grading scale applies. 90% and above = A, 80-89% = B, 70-79% = C, 60-69% = D, and <60 % = F. Success is indicated by a 70% or better. For purposes of assessing SLO #3, it is expected that a minimum of 75% of the students will score 70% or higher on this SLO. Page 3 of 11

4 ECC: BUS 2B:Intermediate Accounting SLO #1 Concepts and Terminology - Understand the concepts and terminology covering the accounting for investments in financial assets, liabilities, stockholders equity and error corrections. Course SLO Assessment Cycle: (Spring 2015) Exam/Test/Quiz - Course midterm exam #1 assesses the students understanding of the concepts and terminology covering the accounting for investments in financial assets, liabilities, stockholders equity and error corrections. It is expected that 80% of students will score at least Satisfactory (70% or above) on this SLO. See below for rubric/ definition of Satisfaction. SLO #2 Problem Solving - Solve a variety of problems related to the accounting for financial assets and investments in equity securities, current and long term liabilities, income taxes, pension costs and other post-retirement benefits, stockholders equity, and error corrections. Course SLO Assessment Cycle: Exam/Test/Quiz - Course midterm exam #2 assesses students ability to solve a variety of problems related to the accounting for financial assets and investments in equity securities, current and long term liabilities, income taxes, pension costs and other postretirement benefits, stockholders equity, and error corrections. It is expected that 80% of students will score at least Satisfactory (70% or above) on this SLO. See below for rubric/ definition of Satisfaction. Standard Met? : Standard Not Met Total Student Count: 21 (100%) Above Average 6 (29%) Satisfactory 7 (33%) Below Average 8 (38%) It was noted that 62% of the class completed the midterm exam (assessment method) with either satisfactory or above average results. Eight (38%) of the students fell below average. The standard was not met. The primary reason for the low success rates is due to the fact that the college has no time restriction between completion of Business 1A/1B series and Business 2A enrollment. Students who waited longer than 2 years after completion of 1A/1B to take 2A, had to work much harder in this class. Their basic accounting skills were rusty and as a result, their ability to learn intermediate accounting skills suffered. The majority of the students who did not meet the standard waited many years after completion of 1A/1B to enroll in the intermediate course. (09/05/2016) Action: Consider making changes to the SLO Assessment Process. Strategize possibilities to improve and standardize Assessment Process. SLO Assessment Process 2/23/17 (02/23/2017) Action Category: SLO/PLO Assessment Process Action: Continue to improve/ finetune the interactive software technology in order to improve student success. (02/23/2017) Follow-Up: Action Language taken from Spring 2015 assessment New textbook with inclusion of interactive software technology which will allow the students to Page 4 of 11

5 Faculty Assessment Leader: A. Milosevic-Nguyen have extra review of Business 1A/ 1B concepts, terminology, etc. As of the Assessment Data & Analysis Entered Date (9/9/15), this interactive software technology has been implemented in the Business 2A class (Fall 2015). If deemed successful, the same software will be implemented in the Business 2B course during the Spring 2016 semester. As noted above, during the Spring 2015 semester, the assessment was not met. It was decided that the interactive software technology should be implemented the following semester. It was implemented, and although the assessment was not met after implementation, the success rate did increase. We need to continue to monitor the success rate based on the software implementation in future semesters. Please see above for current semester Action Plan. (09/06/2016) SLO #3 Analyzing and Preparation - Analyze transactions, prepare journal entries recording those transactions, and prepare Balance Sheets, Income Statements, Statements of Changes in Stockholders Equity. Course SLO Assessment Cycle: Exam/Test/Quiz - Course final exam assesses the students ability to analyze transactions, prepare journal entries recording those transactions, and prepare Balance Sheets, Income Statements, Statements of Changes in Stockholders Equity. It is expected that 80% of students will Page 5 of 11

6 17 (Spring 2017) score at least Satisfactory (70% or above) on this SLO. See below for rubric/ definition of Satisfaction. Page 6 of 11

7 ECC: BUS 3:QuickBooks SLO #1 Accounting Software - Utilize accounting software to prepare journals, ledgers, and financial statements of the business entity. Course SLO Assessment Cycle: (Fall 2014) Case Study - The students were assigned one comprehensive problem (worth 50 points) requiring them to create a new company in Quickbooks which was previously maintained using a manual accounting system. They set up customers, suppliers, and inventory items and then transferred balances from the previous month into Quickbooks. Upon completion of the project a number of reports including a transactions journal, profit and loss stamen and balance sheet were submitted to me. It is expected that at least 75% of the students will received a score of 75% or higher on this assignment. Reviewer's Comments: Students were given two class periods in a lab as well as a time on their own to complete the case project. Because I assist them in rectifying any errors, I generally expect all of them to receive the maximum points upon completion (50). SLO #2 Reports and Graphs - Prepare and use a variety of reports and graphs to analyze the results of business accounting operations. Course SLO Assessment Cycle: Case Study - The students were assigned 9 case problems during the semester. The third one introduced them to the reporting process where business transactions previously journalized and posted were summarized and reported in both a profit and loss statement and a balance sheet. It Page 7 of 11

8 is expected that at least 75% of the students will received a score of 70% or higher on this assignment. Reviewer's Comments: Students were given 2 and ½ hours in a lab as well as a subsequent week on their own to complete the case project. Because I assist them in rectifying any errors, I generally expect all of them to receive the maximum points upon completion (25). Case Study - Students were assigned 9 case studies for evaluating their ability to analyze the results of business accounting operations. It is expected that 75% of students will score at least 70% on the case studies. More than 80% of the students scored higher than 75% in the case studies. (05/20/2016) Faculty Assessment Leader: P. Nagpal Action: Case study implementation. Case studies due date will be changed so that everyone completes case studies before the end of semester. (12/15/2016) SLO #3 Concepts and Terminology - Understand the concepts and terminology utilized by accounting software packages. Course SLO Assessment Cycle: (Fall 2016) Exam/Test/Quiz - Students were given a comprehensive 50 question short answer final examination (150 points) testing their overall understanding of the terminology and concepts presented in our textbook. I expected the 75% of the students would receive 70% of the total points or higher (105 or above) Exam/Test/Quiz - Students were given an exam that tested all the accounting concepts and assessed their understanding of these concepts and terminologies utilized by accounting software packages. It is expected that 75% of the students will score at least 70% on the More than 80% of the students scored higher than 70% in the exam. (05/20/2016) Faculty Assessment Leader: P. Nagpal Action: Accounting concepts (not just software) will be taught in greater detail. (12/15/2016) Page 8 of 11

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10 ECC: BUS 4:Cost Accounting SLO #1 Concepts and Terminology - Understand cost accounting concepts and terminology. Course SLO Assessment Cycle: (Spring 2015) Exam/Test/Quiz - Final term #1 grade which includes solving theoretical and practical cost accounting problems relating to understanding cost accounting concepts and terminologies. Total Student Count: 26 Above Average 12 Satisfactory 10 Below Average 4 (02/28/2016) Faculty Assessment Leader: A. Blanshard Action: Give more practical examples and more hands on exercise. (05/30/2017) SLO #2 Transactions - Journalize and summarize cost accounting transactions. Course SLO Assessment Cycle: Survey/Focus Group - Lab 4 and Lab 8 which includes journal entries and cost accounting transactions. Total Student Count: 26 Above Average - 11 Satisfactory 12 Below Average 3 (04/10/2016) Faculty Assessment Leader: A. Blanshard Action: I believe the course should be constructed in such a manner so to allow a small percentage of time for reviewing basic accounting skills (Business 1A and 1B) as deemed necessary. (03/15/2018) Action Category: Curriculum Changes Action: Include More Assignments with Journal entries. (05/01/2017) SLO #3 Solving Problems - Solve theoretical and practical cost accounting problems relating to job order costing, process costing, standard costing and variance analysis, and budgeting. Course SLO Assessment Cycle: (Spring 2017) Exam/Test/Quiz - Final term #3 grade which includes solving theoretical and practical cost accounting problems relating to job order costing, process costing, standard costing and variance analysis, and budgeting. Total Student Count: 26 Above Average 14 Satisfactory 9 Below Average 3 (05/15/2016) Faculty Assessment Leader: A Blanshard Action: Add lab to this section to aid student comprehension. (05/15/2018) Action Category: Curriculum Changes Action: To continue its success, I believe we can implement a comprehensive problem in order to summarize the class objectives. (05/01/2017) Page 10 of 11

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