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Collegiate Learning Assessment

The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), developed by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE), is a tool for measuring the value-added of a liberal arts education in the important areas of critical thinking, analytical reasoning, problem-solving, and written communication. These higher order skills are considered central to Hilbert's mission.

Hilbert College began using the CLA as an important component in its overall approach to assessing student learning outcomes in 2008 as a member of a national consortium sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC).

CLA results demonstrate that Hilbert College is above average
in the value it adds to students' learning

CLA Results from 2009-10 and 2010-11

  Value-Added
Percentile Rank
 
 Mean Score
Percentile Rank:
Seniors
 Mean Score
Percentile Rank:
Freshmen
   2009-10  2010-11  2009-10  2010-11  2009-10  2010-11
Total CLA Score   96 71 44 30 20 39
 Performance Task 84  80 29  33  13  42 
 Analytic Writing Task 98  63  54  25  25  37 
 Make An Argument 80 39 40 20 29 46
 Critique An Argument 98 83 74 34 21 28
 Entering Academic Ability     8 6 12 13

Additional Reports

The following reports require Adobe Reader to view which may be downloaded free from here.

  • 2010-2011 CLA Institutional Report
  • CIC-CLA Campus Report 2010
  • 2009-2010 CLA Institutional Report
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