Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA)
Who takes it?
Seniors who are
required to take the CLA 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?
During the
senior year.
What office
administers it?
The Assessment
and Testing Office administers it online in coordination with The Council
for Aid to Education.
Who originates the
survey?
Council for Aid
to Education and the RAND Corporation.
When are the results
typically available?
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?
Provost, Assessment Committee, and the campus
community through the Assessment Almanac.
Are the results
available by division or discipline?
No.
Are the results
comparable to data of other universities?
Yes.
(The following are excerpts from each year's Assessment Almanac)
CLA Update | Full Report 05-06*
What is the CLA? | Full Report 04-05*
*Report is restricted to Truman IPs only
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