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Assessment
 

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)

2008 CLA Update

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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