In the process of assessment all objectives and outcomes are evaluated. Each concentration student is required to develop a portfolio to demonstrate to the faculty the accomplishment and professional integration of both foundation and concentration objectives. Portfolio work is in process throughout the students tenure in the M.S.W. program and is submitted in stages. The first installment is due to the faculty upon return to school at the beginning of the concentration year. The format of the product is negotiated with the students faculty field liaison who then reviews the quality of the portfolio on an ongoing basis.
Assessment is qualitative in nature.
Faculty meet regularly to review student progress on portfolios and to discuss needed adjustments to course content based on student learning and integration as observed in the portfolio. The primary focus of this package is the measurement of Values, Empathy levels and related measures. To date each class has been given the examination. A Paradox for Windows data base has been developed to ensure relatively more accurate data entry and the data has been moved into SPSS for analysis. Preliminary analysis indicates that variables such as years of experience in human services and type of education may, in combination with quarter of administration, provide a better explanatory model of prediction on the above measures than quarter of administration alone.