Area	Percentile
Abnormal	64
Animal Learning	57
Developmental	68
Experimental	73
Human Learning	72
Personality	59
Physiological	71
Sensation & Perception	68
Social	72
Statistics	76
Total	77

Below are the standard scores (mean = 500; standard deviation = 100) of the last 52 students who took the ACAT in Psychology at UNK. The second column contains the average score for students who did not have the relevant coursework for that content area, and the third column contains the average scores for students who had taken the relevant coursework.

Area	All Students	Students WITH related course	Students WITHOUT related course
Abnormal	538	538	538
Animal Learning	523	573	510
Developmental	546	544	548
Experimental	540	***	***
Human Learning	548	564	530
Personality	517	537	498
Physiological	535	534	539
Sensation & Perception	538	642	516
Social	559	569	545
Statistics	545	***	***
Total	547	N/A	N/A

*** These courses are taken by all Psychology majors.

As seen in the graph below, objective indications are that the program has become increasingly effective at imparting knowledge. Overall scores on the ACAT for the 2000-2001 academic year are at the 77th percentile of a comparison group that includes over 200 colleges and universities.

ACAT Psychology Total Score Percentile Ranking Across Academic Years Comparison Group n > 4500
	80
	70
	80
	60
	80
	50
	40
		97-98	98-99 (Fall Only)	99-00	00-01
		Academic Year

The departmental assessment committee will review the data during the Fall 2001 semester and decide whether or nor programmatic changes are warranted on the basis of this data.

Area	Percentile
Abnormal	73
Animal Learning	70
Developmental	58
Experimental	78
Human Learning	71
Personality	59
Physiological	59
Sensation & Perception	59
Social	79
Statistics	74
Total	76

Below are the standard scores (mean = 500; standard deviation = 100) of the last 35 students who took the ACAT in Psychology at UNK. The second column contains the average score for students who had not had the relevant coursework for that content area, and the third column contains the average scores for students who had taken the relevant coursework.

Area		All Students		Students WITHOUT related course		Students WITH related course
Abnormal		515		501		521
Animal Learning		515		511		521
Developmental		523		526		521
Experimental		509		***		***
Human Learning		544		523		564
Personality		515		542		494
Physiological		508		487		528
Sensation & Perception		545		547		541
Social		525		520		528
Statistics		519		***		***

*** These courses are taken by all Psychology majors.

In Fall, 1999 the departmental Assessment Committee met to discuss how to interpret and use the findings of the ACAT (Area Concentration Achievement Test) and the PAQ (Program Assessment Questionnaire). The departmental assessment committee reviewed this data and decided that no programmatic changes are warranted.

Area	Percentile
Abnormal	48
Animal Learning	39
Developmental	50
Experimental	45
Human Learning	62
Personality	38
Physiological	46
Sensation & Perception	70
Social	56
Statistics	49
Total	46

1997-98 ASSESSMENT
Eighteen graduating psychology majors took the ACAT in Spring 1998. The following results were obtained for this cohort:

Area	Percentile
Abnormal	46
Animal Learning	59
Developmental	61
Experimental	42
Human Learning	66
Personality	66
Physiological	58
Sensation & Perception	64
Social	52
Statistics	55

Although these results are only preliminary and come from a small sample, they are encouraging in that eight out of the ten areas showed our students performing above the national average.