Assessment Results
General Education Scorecard
The assessment of RIT’s General Education Student Learning Outcomes includes communicating assessment results and how we use results to improve processes, instruments, curriculum, instruction, and ultimately student learning. A variety of reporting methods are used, including an at-a-glance scorecard, reports by learning outcome, presentations, and summary reports.
General Education Outcomes Results: Communication
Express oneself effectively in common college-level written forms
Revise and improve written products
Express oneself effectively in presentations, either in American English or American Sign Language
Demonstrate comprehension of information and ideas accessed through reading
General Education Outcomes Results: Critical Thinking
Use relevant evidence gathered through accepted scholarly methods and properly acknowledge sources of information
Analyze or construct arguments considering their premises, assumptions, contexts, and conclusions, and anticipating counterarguments
Reach sound conclusions based on logical analysis of evidence
Demonstrate creative or innovative approaches to assignments or projects
General Education Outcomes Results: Perspectives
Ethical: Identify contemporary ethical questions and relevant positions
Artistic: Interpret and evaluate artistic expression considering the cultural context in which it was created
Global: Examine connections among the world’s populations
Social: Analyze similarities and differences in human social experiences and evaluate the consequences
Natural Science Inquiry: Demonstrate knowledge of basic principles and concepts of one of the natural sciences
Scientific Principles: Apply methods of scientific inquiry and problem solving to contemporary issues and scientific questions
Mathematical: Comprehend and evaluate mathematical or statistical information
Mathematical: Perform college-level mathematical operations or apply statistical techniques