BSW Program Assessment
Based on the results from our Assessment of Student Learning (2017) Rhode Island College BSW students:
- Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior
- Understand and engage diversity in social work practice
- Advance human rights, social, economic, and environmental justice
- Engage in policy practice
- Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research
- Use engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation skills in their practice
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
LAST COMPLETED: June 2019
This table assists the Council on Social Work Education's Commission On Accreditation evaluate the BSW program's compliance with the accreditation standards below:
4.0.2 The program provides summary data and outcomes for the assessment of each of its competencies, identifying the percentage of students achieving the benchmark.
4.0.4 The program uses Form AS 4 (B) and/or AS 4 (M) to report assessment outcomes to its constituents and the public on its website and routinely updates (minimally every 2 years) these postings.
All Council on Social Work Education programs measure and report student learning outcomes. Students are assessed on their mastery of the competencies that comprise the accreditation standards of the Council on Social Work Education. These competencies are dimensions of social work practice that all social work students are expected to gain during their professional training. The social work program sets a measurement benchmark for each competency. The program considers an assessment score at or above that benchmark to represent mastery of that particular competency. At our school, the benchmark for field evaluation, one measure of competency, is set at "performance is at a typical level" (level 3) and for other indicators of competency, the benchmark is set at 80%.
|
Competency |
Competency Benchmark (5)
N=74 |
Percentage of students achieving competency |
| Competency 1: Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior |
80% of students will demonstrate competence inclusive of 2 or more measures |
91.5% |
Competency 2:
Engage diversity and difference in practice |
98.5% |
|
Competency 3: Advance human rights and social, economic and environmental justice
|
90.7% |
|
Competency 4:
Engage in practice- informed research and research- informed practice
|
84.5% |
Competency 5:
Engage in policy practice |
93.1% |
| Competency 6: Engagement with individuals, families, groups, organizations & communities |
86% |
| Competency 7: Assessment of individuals, families, groups, organizations & communities |
93.1% |
|
Competency 8: Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations & communities
|
92.3% |
| Competency 9: Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations & communities |
94.6% |
