Social Work Accreditation
Submitting Form AS 4 for Reaffirmation Self-Study & Candidacy Benchmarks
This form is used to assist the COA in the evaluation of the program’s compliance with the accreditation standard below:
4.0.3: The program uses Form AS 4(B) and/or Form AS 4(M) to report its most recent assessment outcomes for each program option to constituents and the public on its website and routinely up-dates (minimally every 2 years) its findings.
All programs accredited by the Council on Social Work Education’s Commission on Accreditation (COA) are required to measure and report student learning outcomes. All students are assessed using a minimum of two measures on their mastery of the nine competencies that comprise the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) and any additional competencies programs may choose to add. These holistic competencies reflect the dimensions (knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive & affective processes) of social work practice that all social workers are expected to master during their professional training.
Programs determine a percentage-based benchmark for each competency and determine an outcome-measure benchmark (minimum score) for each measure. The competency benchmark (which can differ for each competency) represents the minimum percent of students the program expects to have achieved the outcome measure benchmarks in both/all measures for each of the nine competencies. The program then determines the percentage of students that attained each outcome measure (e.g., minimum score or higher), and aggregates the percentages for both/all measures together to obtain the percentage of students demonstrating competence inclusive of two (2) or more measures. The result of aggregating both/all outcome measure percentages provides the percentage of students achieving the competency benchmark. An aggregated percentage at or above the competency benchmark is considered achievement of that competency. If the program has more than one program option, the program must report data for each program option, and also an aggregate of all program options combined to determine an overall percentage of students across all program options achieving the competency benchmark.
Posting Form AS 4 for Ongoing Compliance with AS 4.0.3
Per the requirement of CSWE COA’s recognizing body, the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), and accreditation standard 4.0.3, programs must post this form publicly on its website and routinely up-date (minimally every 2 years) its findings. Upon request, programs must provide CSWE with the weblink to the published form on the program’s website where it is accessible to the public. Data presented on the form must be collected within 2 years of today’s date at all times.
Summary of the Program’s Assessment Plan | Generalist Practice
All students are assessed using a minimum of two measures on their mastery of the nine competencies that comprise the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards of the Council on Social Work Education and any additional competencies programs may choose to add. Summarize the program’s competency-based assessment plan. Programs may add/delete rows to accurately reflect the number measures included in the data presented.
| Assessment Measure #1: Field Portfolio | |
| Dimension(s) assessed: | Knowledge, Skills, Values |
| When/where students are assessed: During terms of field placement, once each 100 of 400 clock hours during Senior Field Seminar and Field P | During terms of field placement, once each 100 of 400 clock hours (cumulative). |
| Who assessed student competence: | Faculty field instructor; agency field task supervisor |
| Outcome Measure Benchmark (minimum score indicative of achievement) for Competencies 1-9: | 70% |
| Competency Benchmark (percent of students the program expects to have achieved the minimum scores, inclusive of all measures) for Competencies 1-9: | 100% of students |
| Assessment Measure #2: Agency Supervisor Evaluation | |
| Dimension(s) assessed: | Knowledge, Skills |
| When/where students are assessed: | End of clock hours for two developments sites; at mid (200) and final (400) for senior field placement |
| Who assessed student competence: | Faculty field instructor, agency field task supervisor |
| Outcome Measure Benchmark (minimum score indicative of achievement) for Competencies 1-9: | 70% |
| Competency Benchmark (percent of students the program expects to have achieved the minimum scores, inclusive of all measures) for Competencies 1-9: | 100% of students |
| Assessment Measure #3: Foundation Curriculum Assessment Inventory – (SWEAP) | |
| Dimension(s) assessed: | Knowledge, Values |
| When/where students are assessed: |
Pre – within 1st 4 weeks of Intro SWK course Post- during final term |
| Who assessed student competence: | Standardized online instrument |
| Outcome Measure Benchmark (minimum score indicative of achievement) for Competencies 1-9: | 70% |
| Competency Benchmark (percent of students the program expects to have achieved the minimum scores, inclusive of all measures) for Competencies 1-9: | 100% of students |
| Assessment Measure #4: Embedded Coursework Assignments | |
| Dimension(s) assessed: | Knowledge, Values, Cognitive/Affective |
| When/where students are assessed: | Once during the academic year, 9 separate upper division courses |
| Who assessed student competence: | Program Faculty |
| Outcome Measure Benchmark (minimum score indicative of achievement) for Competencies 1-9: | 70% |
| Competency Benchmark (percent of students the program expects to have achieved the minimum scores, inclusive of all measures) for Competencies 1-9: | 100% of students |
UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE BACCALAUREATE SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES 2021-2023 ACADEMIC YEARS
| COMPETENCY | COMPETENCY BENCHMARK | PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING BENCHMARK | |
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Program Option (Main, F2F) |
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| Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior | 70% | 100 | |
| Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice | 70% | 100 | |
| Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice | 70% | 100 | |
| Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice | 70% | 100 | |
| Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice | 70% | 100 | |
| Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities | 70% | 100 | |
| Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities | 70% | 100 | |
| Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities | 70% | 100 | |
| Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities | 70% | 100 | |
LAST COMPLETED on October 30, 2023