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Assessment
A sample of first-year students are administered the CLA through their Extended Truman Week course in the fall.  For fiscal year 2007, close to 300 seniors (instead of the usual 50-100) will be required to take the CLA as their senior test.  In fiscal year 2008, the University will return to seeking senior volunteers to take the exam (based on a random sample of students).

Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA)

Who takes it?
A sample of first-year students and seniors.  Effective December 2006, seniors were no longer sampled.  Those seniors who take the CLA from this point forward are required to do so as their senior test.  The disciplines requiring the CLA are: Classics, Communication, Communication Disorders, English, Exercise Science, Interdisciplinary Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy and Religion, Russian, and Theatre.

When is it administered?
First-year students take the CLA in the Fall and seniors in the Spring.
 

What office administers it?
The Council for Aid to Education administers it online with coordination from the Assessment and Testing Office and Vice President for Academic Affairs Office.

Who originates the survey?
Council for Aid to Education and the RAND Corporation.

When are the results typically available?
First-year results are available in the spring and senior results in the summer.

What type of information is sought?
The CLA is divided into two tasks: an Analytical Writing Task and a Performance Task.  Students take one of the two tasks, which measure critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and written communication.

From whom are the results available?
Council for Aid to Education
215 Lexington Avenue, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10016-6023
(212) 661-5800
http://www.cae.org/content/pro_collegiate.htm
e-mail: cla@cae.org

To whom are the results regularly distributed?
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Assessment Committee, and the campus community through this Almanac.

Are the results available by division or discipline?
No.

Are the results comparable to data of other universities?
Yes.

CLA Update* | Full Report 05-06**

What is the CLA?* | Full Report 04-05**

 

*From the Assessment Almanac
**Report is restricted to Truman IPs only

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