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BSW Assessment Data

Southwest Baptist University
Baccalaureate Social Work Program
Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes

Form AS 4(B): A form required for Reaffirmation, Candidacy, and ongoing compliance per AS 4.0.3.

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: Final Field Evaluation
Competency(ies) assessed: 1-9
Dimension(s) assessed: Knowledge Skill, Cognitive Affective Process, Critical Thinking 
When/where students are assessed: During their final semester and field placement
Who assessed student competence: Faculty for SWK 4266
Outcome Measure Benchmark (minimum score indicative of achievement) for Competencies 1-9: 

Competency 1: Score of 20 out of 25
Competency 2: Score 12 out of 15
Competency 3: Score 8 out of 10
Competency 4: Score 12 out of 15
Competency 5: Score 12 out of 15
Competency 6: Score 8 out of 6
Competency 7: Score 16 out of 20
Competency 8: Score 20 out of 25
Competency 9: Score and 18 out of 20

Competency Benchmark (percent of students the program expects to have achieved the minimum scores, inclusive of all measures) for Competencies 1-9: 80%
Assessment Measure #2: Comprehensive Case Assignment 
Competency(ies) assessed: 1-9
Dimension(s) assessed: Knowledge Skill, Cognitive Affective Process, Critical Thinking 
When/where students are assessed: At the conclusion of the final semester in SWK 4266
Who assessed student competence: Faculty 
Outcome Measure Benchmark (minimum score indicative of achievement) for Competencies 1-9:  Students must score a minimum of 3 out of 5 on all competencies 
Competency Benchmark (percent of students the program expects to have achieved the minimum scores, inclusive of all measures) for Competencies 1-9: 80%

2023 BSW Cohort

Competency

Competency
Benchmark

Percentage of Students Achieving Benchmark
Aggregate of Students from All Program Options Program Option #1
(identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #2
(identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #3
(identify campus/delivery method)
Competency 1: Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior 85% 90.3% 90.3% N/A N/A
Competency 2: Engage diversity and difference in practice 85% 100% 100% N/A N/A
Competency 3: Advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice 80% 100% 100% N/A N/A
Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice 85% 94.4% 94.4% N/A N/A
Competency 5: Engage in policy practice 80% 100% 100% N/A N/A
Competency 6: Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 91.7% 91.7% N/A N/A
Competency 7: Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 94.4% 94.4% N/A N/A
Competency 8: Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 85% 94.4% 94.4% N/A N/A
Competency 9: Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 100% 100% N/A N/A

2021 BSW Cohort

(Last completed on May 25, 2022)

Competency

Competency
Benchmark

Percentage of Students Achieving Benchmark
Aggregate of Students from All Program Options Program Option #1
(identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #2
(identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #3
(identify campus/delivery method)
Competency 1: Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior 80% 88% 88% N/A N/A
Competency 2: Engage diversity and difference in practice 80% 100% 100% N/A N/A
Competency 3: Advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice 80% 100% 100% N/A N/A
Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice 80% 96% 96% N/A N/A
Competency 5: Engage in policy practice 80% 76% 76% N/A N/A
Competency 6: Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 96% 96% N/A N/A
Competency 7: Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 92% 92% N/A N/A
Competency 8: Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 92% 92% N/A N/A
Competency 9: Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 80% 80% N/A N/A

2020 BSW Cohort

(Last completed on May 31, 2020)

Competency

Competency
Benchmark

Percentage of Students Achieving Benchmark
Program Option #1
(Identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #2
(identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #3
(identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #4
(identify campus/delivery method)
Competency 1: Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior 80% 96% N/A N/A 96%
Competency 2: Engage diversity and difference in practice 80% 94% N/A N/A 94%
Competency 3: Advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice 80% 92% N/A N/A 92%
Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice 80% 93% N/A N/A 93%
Competency 5: Engage in policy practice 80% 94% N/A N/A 94%
Competency 6: Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 95% N/A N/A 95%
Competency 7: Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 89% N/A N/A 89%
Competency 8: Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 87% N/A N/A 87%
Competency 9: Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 87% N/A N/A 87%

2019 BSW Cohort

(Last completed on May 31, 2019)

Competency

Competency
Benchmark

Percentage of Students Achieving Benchmark
Program Option #1
(Identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #2
(identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #3
(identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #4
(identify campus/delivery method)
Competency 1: Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior 80% 99% N/A N/A 99%
Competency 2: Engage diversity and difference in practice 80% 99% N/A N/A 99%
Competency 3: Advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice 80% 97% N/A N/A 97%
Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice 80% 94% N/A N/A 94%
Competency 5: Engage in policy practice 80% 87% N/A N/A 87%
Competency 6: Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 98% N/A N/A 98%
Competency 7: Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 97% N/A N/A 97%
Competency 8: Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 95% N/A N/A 95%
Competency 9: Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 94% N/A N/A 94%

2018 BSW Cohort

(Last completed on June 1, 2018)

Competency

Competency
Benchmark

Percentage of Students Achieving Benchmark
Program Option #1
(Identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #2
(identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #3
(identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #4
(identify campus/delivery method)
Competency 1: Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior 80% 84% N/A N/A 84%
Competency 2: Engage diversity and difference in practice 80% 84% N/A N/A 84%
Competency 3: Advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice 80% 83% N/A N/A 83%
Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice 80% 83% N/A N/A 83%
Competency 5: Engage in policy practice 80% 79% N/A N/A 79%
Competency 6: Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 84% N/A N/A 84%
Competency 7: Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 89% N/A N/A 89%
Competency 8: Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 90% N/A N/A 90%
Competency 9: Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 81% N/A N/A 81%

2017 BSW Cohort

Competency

Competency
Benchmark

Percentage of Students Achieving Benchmark
Program Option #1
(Identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #2
(identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #3
(identify campus/delivery method)
Program Option #4
(identify campus/delivery method)
Competency 1: Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior 80% 94% N/A N/A 94%
Competency 2: Engage diversity and difference in practice 80% 95% N/A N/A 95%
Competency 3: Advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice 80% 95% N/A N/A 95%
Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice 80% 96% N/A N/A 96%
Competency 5: Engage in policy practice 80% 94% N/A N/A 94%
Competency 6: Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 97% N/A N/A 97%
Competency 7: Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 95% N/A N/A 95%
Competency 8: Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 93% N/A N/A 93%
Competency 9: Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities 80% 90% N/A N/A 90%