Tag Archives: SWEAP Instruments

Writing a Test for Social Work Students? Considerations for Question Writing

Social work educators are often called upon to author tests. We often use these exams to  measure student proficiency in an effort towards grading their progress in individual courses. However, it is rare that social work educators are provided guidance on how to develop these tools. This post aims to provide some guidance to social work educators about considerations to make when developing a test, whether for use in a particular class, or towards a broader goal of program assessment.

Accessing Raw Data Collected through SWEAP Instruments

Most of the time that programs are looking at their data collected through SWEAP they are focused on simply gathering the numbers necessary to report to CSWE about student achievement of competency. Every now and then programs are interested in exploring deeper into the responses provided by their students, especially through the SWEAP Exit Instrument.