2023-2024 MSW Concentration Council on Social Work Education – Form AS 4(B): MSW: Accreditation: About: IU School of Social Work: Indiana University

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.

Note: PSAB – Percent of Student Achieving Benchmark

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

Final Signature Assignments
COMPETENCY	COMPETENCY BENCHMARK	IUI PSAB (N=250)	MSW Direct PSAB (N=469)	IU Bloomington PSAB (N=66)	IU South Bend PSAB (N=93)	IU Northwest PSAB (N=23)	IU Fort Wayne PSAB (N=42)	IU Southeast PSAB (N=9)	All Programs PSAB (N=952)
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior	80%	96.9	95.7	**	100	**	100	**	96.7
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice	80%	100	96.3	**	100	**	100	**	97.9
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice	80%	99.4	96.6	**	**	**	**	100	97.5
Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice	80%	95.5	92.1	96.4	100	**	100	**	95.0
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice	80%	99.1	96.1	100	100	**	100	**	94.5
Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities	80%	97.6	93.3	100	98.9	72.7	9.0.	100	94.5
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities	80%	98.2	91.3	100	99.6	95.7	89.2	100	94.3
Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities	80%	98.8	92.4	100	98.9	68.2	90.0	100	94.2
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities	80%	98.5	94.0	98.9	99.4	72.7	100	**	96.2

Field Evaluation (Clinical and Community Practice)

Note: PSAB – Percent of Student Achieving Benchmark

Field Final Evaluation
COMPETENCY	COMPETENCY BENCHMARK	IUI PSAB (N=124)	MSW Direct PSAB (N=123)	IU Bloomington PSAB (N=29)	IU South Bend PSAB (N=56)	IU Northwest PSAB (N=22)	IU Fort Wayne PSAB (N=30)	IU Southeast PSAB (N=0)	All Programs PSAB (N=384)
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior	90%	99.4	99.6	100	98.2	100	98.3	**	99.3
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice	90%	99.8	99.6	100	99.1	100	100	**	99.8
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice	90%	99.7	99.7	100	99.4	100	98.9	**	99.6
Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice	90%	99.6	100	100	99.7	100	100	**	99.8
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice	90%	100	99.6	100	100	100	98.3	**	99.7
Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities	90%	100	99.7	100	98.8	100	98.9	**	99.6
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities	90%	100	99.6	100	100	100	100	**	99.9
Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities	90%	100	100	100	100	100	98.9	**	99.8
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities	90%	100	100	100	99.4	100	100	**	99.9

Compilation Report (Signature Assignment Assessments + Field Final Evaluations)

Note: PSAB – Percent of Student Achieving Benchmark

Final Compilation Report
COMPETENCY	COMPETENCY BENCHMARK	IUI PSAB (N=374)	MSW Direct PSAB (N=592)	IU Bloomington PSAB (N=95)	IU South Bend PSAB (N=149)	IU Northwest PSAB (N=45)	IU Fort Wayne PSAB (N=72)	IU Southeast PSAB (N=9)	All Programs PSAB (N=1336)
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior	85%	98.2	98.2	100	99.1	100	99.2	**	98.0
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice	85%	99.9	99.9	100	99.6	100	100	**	98.8
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice	85%	99.6	99.6	100	99.4	100	98.9	100	98.6
Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice	85%	97.6	97.6	98.2	99.6	100	100	**	97.4
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice	85%	99.6	99.6	100	100	100	99.2	**	98.8
Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities	85%	98.8	98.8	100	98.9	83.4	94.5	100	97.0
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities	85%	99.1	99.1	100	99.8	97.9	94.6	100	97.1
Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities	85%	99.4	99.4	100	99.5	84.1	94.5	100	97.0
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities	85%	99.3	99.3	99.5	99.4	86.4	100	**	98.1

2023-2024 MSW Concentration Council on Social Work Education – Form AS 4(B)

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

Posting Form AS 4 for Ongoing Compliance with AS 4.0.3

Field Evaluation (Clinical and Community Practice)

Compilation Report (Signature Assignment Assessments + Field Final Evaluations)

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