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

COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION - FORM AS 4(M)   [PROGRAM NAME] MASTER’S SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM  ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES 

Submitting Form AS 4 for Reaffirmation Self-Study & Candidacy Benchmarks #

 This form is used to assist the Commission on Accreditation 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 (CSWE) 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.  

Signature Assignment Assessments #

Note: PSAB – PERCENT OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING BENCHMARK

Generalist Practice

** Course not offered during the measurement period due to cohort course sequencing. 

Final Signature Assignment Assessments
COMPETENCY COMPETENCY BENCHMARK IUPUI PSAB (N=176) MSW Direct PSAB (N=148) IU Bloomington PSAB (N=49) IU South Bend PSAB (N=35) IU Northwest PSAB (N=23) IU Fort Wayne PSAB (N=25)* IU East PSAB (N=*) All Programs PSAB (N=456)
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior 80% 94.0 93.9 87.1 ** 100 ** ** 93.8
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice 80% 96.4 99 96.7 ** 100 ** ** 98.0
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice 80% 94.7 98.5 96.7 ** 88.1 ** ** 95.0
Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice 80% 94.8 97.5 ** ** 100 ** ** 94.1
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice 80% 100 98.2 100 81.3 100 ** ** 95.9
Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities 80% 97.3 94.7 100 100 100 100 ** 95.1
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities 80% 95.2 92.0 100 100 100 100 ** 95.1
Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities 80% 96.5 93.6 100 100 100 100 ** 98.4
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities 80% 79.6 94.7 100 100 100 45.5 ** 87.7

Field Final Evaluations #

Note: PSAB – PERCENT OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING BENCHMARK

Generalist Practice

** Course not offered during the measurement period due to cohort course sequencing. 

Final Field Evaluations
COMPETENCY COMPETENCY BENCHMARK IUPUI PSAB (N=97) MSW Direct PSAB (N=64) IU Bloomington PSAB (N=20) IU South Bend PSAB (N=42) IU Northwest PSAB (N=17) IU Fort Wayne PSAB (N=0) IU East PSAB (N=12) All Programs PSAB (N=252)
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior 90% 100 98.4 100 99.5 100 ** 100 99.7
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice 90% 100 98.4 100 100 100 ** 100 99.7
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice 90% 100 98.4 100 97.6 100 ** 100 99.3
Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice 90% 99.0 95.3 100 97.6 100 ** 91.7 97.3
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice 90% 99.0 98.4 100 97.6 94.2 ** 100 98.2
Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities 90% 99.5 97.7 100 100 100 ** 100 99.5
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities 90% 99.3 96.4 100 99.2 98.0 ** 97.2 98.4
Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities 90% 99.5 96.1 100 99.4 100 ** 100 99.2
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities 90% 99.3 94.8 100 97.6 100 ** 100 98.6

Compilation Report (Signature Assignment Assessments + Field Final Evaluations) #

Note: PSAB – PERCENT OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING BENCHMARK

Generalist Practice

** Course not offered during the measurement period due to cohort course sequencing. 

Final Field Evaluations
COMPETENCY COMPETENCY BENCHMARK IUPUI PSAB (N=273) MSW Direct PSAB (N=212) IU Bloomington PSAB (N=69) IU South Bend PSAB (N=77) IU Northwest PSAB (N=40) IU Fort Wayne PSAB (N=25)* IU East PSAB (N=12) All Programs PSAB (N=708)
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior 85% 97.0 96.2 93.6 99.5 100 ** 100 97.7
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice 85% 98.2 98.7 98.4 100 100 ** 100 99.2
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice 85% 97.4 98.5 98.4 97.6 94.1 ** 100 97.7
Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice 85% 96.9 91.4 100 97.6 100 ** 91.7 96.3
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice 85% 99.5 98.3 100 89.5 97.1 ** 100 97.4
Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities 85% 98.4 96.2 100 100 100 100 100 99.2
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities 85% 97.3 94.2 100 99.6 99.0 100 97.2 98.1
Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities 85% 98.0 94.9 100 99.7 100 100 100 98.9
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities 85% 89.5 94.8 100 98.8 100 45.5 100 89.8