A18.8 Mid-Semester Assessment

Effective Date: September 7, 2014
Last Reviewed: September 7, 2014


Faculty are required to give each first-year student and first-semester transfer student an assessment by the midpoint of the semester. Mid-semester assessments for all first-year students and first-semester transfer students in every course taken for credit must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office and represent the faculty member's judgment regarding student performance up to the mid-point of the semester in three key areas:

  1. attendance
  2. class participation
  3. performance on any assessed course work (e.g., homework, quizzes, tests, presentations, etc.)

Mid-semester assessments must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office by the established deadline using the following rubric:

S1 Satisfactory currently performing at an A or A- level
S2 Satisfactory currently performing at a B+ or B level
S3 Satisfactory currently performing at a B-, C+ or C level
C-1 Passing level performance due to the lack of quality in assessed course work
C-2 Passing level performance due to excessive absences and/or lack of class participation
C-3 Passing level performance due to lack of quality in assessed course work and excessive absences and/or lack of class participation
D1 Passing poor performance due to the lack of quality in assessed course work
D2 Passing poor performance due to excessive absences and/or lack of class participation
D3 Passing poor performance due to lack of quality in assessed course work and excessive absences and/or lack of class participation
F1 Failing unsatisfactory performance due to the lack of quality in assessed course work
F2 Failing unsatisfactory performance due to excessive absences and/or lack of class participation
F3 Failing unsatisfactory performance due to lack of quality in assessed course work and excessive absences and/or lack of class participation

 
For sophomore, junior, and senior year students, mid-semester assessments must be submitted for all students with a grade of C- or lower in any course using the rubric above.

Mid-semester assessments are only an indication of current progress and are not recorded on student transcripts. Students, their academic advisor(s), the Office of Academic Services and Advising, the Office of Disability Services, and Student Affairs will be notified of mid-semester assessments so that outreach can be made to offer the student any and all available support services.