ASSESSMENT PLAN
Many students in the health sciences take nationally recognized tests, such as the MCAT,
DAT, OAT, PCAT, GRE, etc. for admission to professional school. At present, not all
students elect to have their scores reported to us and strategies need to be implemented
to increase the reporting rate. However, we do get quite a few scores reported each year
and from those some comparisons can be made with the national average scores on these
tests. Since many of these tests are divided into different academic sections that are
scored separately, we may be able to identify areas of strengths and weaknesses in our
students. |
1999-2000 ASSESSMENT
The Health Programs Office has greatly increased the number of resources available to help
students prepare for the standardized tests (MCAT, OAT, DAT, GRE) that are necessary for
application to many professional schools. These resources include practice tests, study
guides, manuals on test-taking strategies, and a commercial MCAT preparation course. The
Health Programs Office has also helped make the Kaplan test preparation program available
to UNK students. The averages of
UNK students on these standardized tests continue to be very comparable to national
averages. For the MCAT and DAT, the five year average of UNK students is less than 1 point
lower than the national average. The five-year average score of UNK students on the OAT is
continues to be consistently several percentage points higher than the national average.
Unfortunately, GRE scores are not reported to advisors and therefore, the office does not
have any statistics to use for comparisons.
All of these tests continue to be very
important to the acceptance of students to professional school. Therefore, the Health
Programs Office will continue to encourage students to prepare well for these tests and
guide students in choosing classes that will help them be better prepared. The number of
students releasing their scores to their advisor continues to increase, thus improving the
accuracy of our statistics and the quality of the advising. |
1998-99 ASSESSMENT
The Health Programs Office has greatly increased the number of resources available to help
students prepare for the standardized tests (MCAT, OAT, DAT, GRE) that are necessary for
application to many professional schools. These resources include practice tests, study
guides, manuals on test-taking strategies, and a commercial MCAT preparation course. The
Health Programs Office has also helped make the Kaplan test preparation program available
to UNK students. The averages of UNK students on these standardized tests continue to be
very comparable to national averages. For the MCAT and DAT, the five year average of UNK
students is less than 1 point lower than the national average. The five-year average score
of UNK students on the OAT is actually 5 % higher than the national average.
Unfortunately, GRE scores are not reported to advisors and therefore, the office does not
have any statistics to use for comparisons. All of these tests continue to be very
important to the acceptance of students to professional school. Therefore, Health Programs
Office will continue to encourage students to prepare well for these tests and guide
students in choosing classes that will help them be better prepared.The number of students releasing their scores to
their advisor continues to increase, thus improving the accuracy of our statistics and the
quality of the advising. |
1997-98 ASSESSMENT
The Health Programs Office has greatly increased the number of resources available to help
students prepare for the standardized tests (MCAT, OAT, DAT, GRE) that are necessary for
application to many professional schools. These resources include practice tests, study
guides, manuals on test-taking strategies, and a commercial MCAT preparation course. The
averages of UNK students on these standardized tests continue to be very comparable to
national averages. For the MCAT and DAT, the five year average of UNK students is less
than 1 point lower than the national average. The five-year average score of UNK students
on the OAT is actually 5 % higher than the national average. Unfortunately, GRE scores are
not reported to advisors and therefore, the office does not have any statistics to use for
comparisons. All of these tests continue to be very important to the acceptance of
students to professional school. Therefore, Health Programs Office will continue to
encourage students to prepare well for these tests and guide students in choosing classes
that will help them be better prepared.The number of students releasing their scores to their advisor has also
increased over the past year, thus improving the accuracy of our statistics and the
quality of the advising. |
1996-97 ASSESSMENT
The most common standardized test taken by UNK students are the MCAT for medical school
entrance, the DAT for dental school entrance, and the OAT or optometry school entrance.
The averages of UNK students that reported their scores form 1993-1996 were compared with
the national average scores from the same period. Composite scores and scores from the
different academic sections were examined. The results show that UNK students are slightly
below the national average on all three tests. However, no specific academic areas were
identified as strengths or weaknesses for our students. Since these test scores have
become increasingly important to the acceptance committees at professional schools and
programs, the importance of overall study and preparation for these tests will be stressed
to our students during the advising process. The Health Programs Office also intends to
obtain preparatory computer programs and have them installed on numerous computers on
campus to facilitate the study efforts of the students. Student study groups for these
tests will also be encouraged. |
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