Assessment Plan/Process

 

SLP Faculty meet as a full group monthly and, as needed, in subgroups to assess graduate SLP program performance and determine changes. Annual SLP graduate outcome data are reviewed in the SLP Division August “Retreat” meeting. An annual report is submitted by the SLP Program Director to the external accrediting body every August 1. A full re-evaluation for continuing accreditation is submitted every 8 years, with the next to occur in 2032.

MA/MS SLP students are evaluated and tracked in a dual system of course grades and competency achievement. For grades, students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better every semester with a minimum acceptable course grade of B- (80%). For competency achievement, instructors must have empirical evidence that each student has met a measurable version (objective) of the knowledge and skill course standard linked to that course or clinical setting. If the student does not meet the competency objective, additional remediation actions.

For more information on the SLP Master's degree learning objectives and their achievement, see

• Department SLP website
• ASHA SLP Certification Standards
• Knowledge and Skills Standards to Curriculum Map
• Department graduate and SLP policies
• Publically available course syllabi at USU Course Syllabus Search

For the SLP Master's program learning assessment, the following direct and indirect measures are employed:

1.  Direct:                                                             
1. Course grades, formal remediations, program terminations
2. CALIPSO records of competency achievement
3. Externship supervisor evaluations
4. Comprehensive examination (COMD 6930) or Thesis project (COMD 6970)
5. National certification exam (Praxis) scores
6. Program completion and employment rate
2. Indirect:
1. SLP student exit interviews or questionnaires
2. Alumni surveys
3. Student, advisor, and instructor feedback from informal and formal sources