What is the ROAD?

The academic senate in the spring of 2011 approved the use of the ROAD (Repository of Assessment Documents) to assess students’ abilities to communicate in writing. Prior to graduation, students seeking a baccalaureate degree will be required to upload two samples of their writing. One document will be from an assignment given in the second English composition course (ENGL 1551). A second document will be a writing sample related to the student’s major. Departments or programs will determine the assignment that the student will upload.

Repository Of Assessment Documents (ROAD)

The ROAD project is designed to assess student writing and critical thinking at YSU. Students are required to upload one paper from Writing 2 (ENGL 1551) and one paper from an upper division course. Randomly selected papers are then evaluated using a rubric developed by a committee of YSU faculty; the evaluation of the papers is administered by the coordinator of the Writing Center.

General Education Assessment

Note: A new general education assessment plan will be available here at the start of the Fall 2024 semester.

• Repository of Assessment Documents (ROAD)

General Education Committee

General Education Course Approval Process

To submit a request to have a course included in the general education model, fill out the appropriate form and e-mail it to the General Education Coordinator (if you are requesting to have the course cross-listed in two knowledge domains you will need to fill out the form for both domains). The links to the forms are listed below; the documents are in the Microsoft Word 2007 format (docx).

The following process is used when submitting a class for inclusion in the General Education Program: