Assessment Plan	Criminal Justice AAS & AA	Who: Larsen
Assessment Plan year:	2007-2010	Prior plan
The AAS degree program in Criminal Justice is designed to provide men and women with the necessary attitudes, knowledge and skills to enter criminal justice occupations. A minimum of 69 semester credit hours is required for an Associate of Applied Science degree in Criminal Justice.

TSJC Mission Linkage	Program Goal / Objective	Assessment Instrument, Rubric	Data Collection: Population and Timing	Goals for this assessment	Mechanics and Reporting	Result Evaluation and Conclusion
2a. To educate and qualify students for careers in technical fields and to assist them in securing employment in these fields.	Graduates will place at the performance goal for the Colorado Postsecondary Performance Core Sub-Indicators	VE 135 survey data	Every spring based on the previous year’s graduates contacted.	Report will be within 10% of the State Performance Goals for subindicators 1P1, 1P2, 2P1, 3P1 and 3P2.	The program coordinator will obtain the necessary data to develop the VE 135. The data will be sent to the state.	CTE office will collect VE-135 data from students. This data is also sent to the state. Results
GenEd Goal #2 Explain and defend ideas orally and in writing. #3 Examine ideas using critical reasoning. #4 Solve problems using logic, mathematics, computers, and creative thinking.	Collect, analyze and present data in a specific report format typical of a Criminal Justice professional.	Reports, assignments and written examinations. Standard 0-100 pt scale.	Sample of all Criminal Justice students in all core CRJ courses .	90% of students will perform at a 70% or higher level.	Develop scores from classes, which measure general and specific CRJ skills.	All instructors will critique and evaluate the student’s final project and report on the TSJC online assessment site.
	Demonstrate gains in academic achievement during the coursework at TSJC.	Students will be scored on a standard 100 point grading scale.	All CRJ students.	90% of students will show gains of 50 or better.	Pretest will be given during the first week of class. Posttests will be given as the final for each individual class.	All instructors will critique and evaluate the student’s final project and report on the TSJC online assessment site.

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