Assessment
TOURO COLLEGE MASTER’S SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
OVERALL ASSESSMENT FINDINGS
LAST COMPLETED DECEMBER 2016
All Council on Social Work Education programs measure and report student learning outcomes. Students are assessed on their mastery of the competencies which comprise the accreditation standards of the Council on Social Work Education. These competencies are dimensions of social work practice which all social workers are expected to master during their professional training. A measurement benchmark is set by the social work programs for each competency1. An assessment score at or above that benchmark is considered by the program to represent mastery of that particular competency.
| COMPETENCY | COMPETENCY BENCHMARK (FOUNDATION) | COMPETENCY BENCHMARK (SPECIALIZATION) | PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING BENCHMARK | ||
| Foundation | Specialization Clinical Social Work |
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| Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior | 90% |
< 90% |
95% | 98% | |
| Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice | 90% | 90% | 97% | 99% | |
| Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice | 90% | 90% | 92% | 94% | |
| Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice | 90% | 90% | 93% | 89% | |
| Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice | 90% | 90% | 92% | 94% | |
| Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities | 90% | 90% | 95% | 96% | |
| Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities | 90% | 90% | 99% | 92% | |
| Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities | 90% | 90% | 97% | 94% | |
| Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities | 90% | 90% | 97% | 97% | |
1The benchmark columns represent the percentage of students that have achieved mastery operationalized by various measures with benchmarks identified for each measure.
