University of Rhode Island
School of Education

NCATE Table of Evidence

STANDARD 2: Assessment System and Unit Evaluation

Requested Evidence	School of Education Evidence
Document describing the unit’s assessment system in detail.	Unit Assessment System
Samples of key assessments used to ensure that candidates are ready to progress through the program and enter the profession, for each program.	NCATE Advanced Program Accreditation Charts
Minutes of meetings on the development and refinement of the assessment system.	School of Education Faculty and Council for Teacher Education Minutes
Unit or institutional policies for handling student complaints.	Graduate Student Manual (section 6) Graduate Program Requirements
File of student complaints and the unit’s response.	Consult the Office of Teacher Education for examples
Description of information technology used to manage performance data.	Information Technology Rationale
Examples of changes made to courses, programs, and the unit in response to data gathered from the assessment system.	Examples of changes
Policies and procedures that ensure data are regularly used to make improvements.	Unit Assessment System (see pgs 4-5)
Employment Surveys and State Tests (post Graduate information)	Graduate Exit Survey Graduate Exit Survey (disaggregated by program) Adult Education Program Outcomes Survey Psychology exit survey Additional Tests PLT Tests for state licensure 2003 Title II
Graph of Program Assessment Plan	Figure 1 Unit Assessment Graph Current SPA Status of Unit Programs
Complete schedule of unit assessment design and implementation plan	School of Education Strategic Plan 2005-2007 Implementation plan 2005-2007

STANDARD 6: Unit Governance

Required Evidence	School of Education Evidence
Unit organizational chart	Unit Organizational Chart
Unit policies on recruitment and admissions.	Graduate Manual, Section 10 (Grading Policies) Graduate Manual, Section 3 (Admissions) Joint Agreement Early Childhood Education: CCRI/URI Talent Development Program School of Education Perspective Applicants Meet the University
Unit policies on student services such as counseling and advising	Academic Enhancement Center Counseling Center Health Services List of Student Services available at URI Graduate Student Manual: Section 4
Policies on governance and operations of the unit.	School of Education Strategic Plan for 2005-2007 Council for Teacher Education Reinstatement (bylaws) Faculty Contract
Descriptions of the unit governance structure, including organization charts.	School of Education Governance and Operations (may take up to 3 minutes to download due to large file size) Unit Assessment System
Minutes of meetings of unit governance committee.	School of Education Meeting Minutes
Unit catalogs and other printed documents describing admission practices, academic calendars, and grading policies.	2004-2005 Course Catalogue Graduate Student Manual School of Education programs
Unit budget, with provisions for technology.	2005 SOE Budget
Budgets of comparable units on campus and Program Contribution Analysis (fiscal analysis of programs across institution).	PCA Revenue Comparisons Budget Comparisons to other units on campus (contact Cliff Katz for additional information)
Lists of facilities, including computer labs and curriculum resource centers.	Office of Multimedia Support Services Campus List of Available Computer Labs Campus List of Instructional Computing Facilities Future Anticipated Technological Resources
Workload policies.	Workload Expectations (2003-2004) Workload Expectations (2004-2005)
Summary of faculty status and workload.	Student Evaluation Data on SOE faculty: Fall2004/Spring 2005 SET Summary data on SoE (Fall 2004) SET Summary data on SoE (Spring 2005) Ratio of Faculty to Support Staff Workload Documentation School of Education School of Education Faculty Workload for Fall 2004-Fall 2005 Affiliated Programs CMD Faculty Workload 2003-05 Library Media Faculty Workload 2003-05 HDF Faculty Workload 2003-05 Music Faculty Workload 2003-05 Physical Education Faculty Workload 2003-05 School Psychology Faculty Workload 2003-05
List of vita and support personnel for unit.	Unit Support Staff School of Education Faculty Vita Faculty Vita School of Education: List of Part time faculty and lecturers
Faculty development expenditures.	2005 SOE Budget
15. Additional Material Requested by BOE Chair	Evidence for requested information (Standard 6)

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