Measures of Success

CAEP Accredited ProviderOur mission is simple; a quality major produces a graduate who is prepared and excels in the classroom. UE's early school placements during the freshman year lead to intensive internship and student teaching experiences for all majors. As a result, our graduates are well prepared for the rigors of the 21st century classroom.

Our four Core Values are integrity, innovation, intellectual curiosity, and inclusive community.

The School of Education is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). CAEP advances excellent education preparation through evidence-based accreditation that assures quality and supports continuous improvement to strengthen P-12 student learning. This accreditation status is effective between Fall 2023 and Fall 2030. Similar to all Educator Preparation programs, site visits occur every seven years. Please see the listing below for programs that have been reviewed by CAEP and approved by the Indiana Department of Education.

  • Elementary Education
  • Secondary Education - Grades 5-12- English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, World Languages
  • Exceptional Needs Mild Intervention and Intense Intervention
  • Fine Arts Visual Arts
  • Music Education
  • Elementary Transition to Teaching
  • Secondary Transition to Teaching
  • Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)

CAEP Accountability Measures

Measure 1: Completer Impact and Effectiveness (R4.1)

From 2022, 2023 and 2024 teacher surveys, 95% of the graduates have rated the University of Evansville's School of Education as good or excellent in the following categories:

From the 2024 Effectiveness Report, 100% of teachers with 1-3 years of experience achieved highly effective or effective ratings.
  • View the Full Effectiveness Report includes 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 data.
  • View Annual Case Study
    • Participants are completers in the classroom 3 years or less in a local school corporation
    • 2023-2024, the overall mean iObservation Score is a 3.53 (n=43)
    • 2022-2023, the overall mean iObservation Score is a 3.29 (n=32)
    • 2021-2022, the overall mean iObservation Score is a 3.37 (n=39)
    • Locally Developed Assessment (LDA) data available. (IDOE removed student data ratings from the evaluation process in the 2020-21 school year).
    • 2019-20, 95-100% student growth range from pre-test to post-test.
    • 2018-19, 92-100% student growth range from pre-test to post-test
    • Overall, it appears that our graduates consistently perform at an acceptable level and impact P-12 student growth, learning and development.

Measure 2: Satisfaction of Employers and Stakeholder Involvement (R4.2, R5.3, RA4.1)

  • 92% of hiring principals believe graduates are well-prepared and are satisfied with the training their teachers received from the University of Evansville. 100% of hiring principals agree or strongly agree that our graduates:
    • Adhere to legal and ethical requirements of the teaching profession
    • Openly accept suggestions/constructive feedback
    • Work effectively with other professionals, parents/guardians, school leaders and school culture
    • View the full Principal Survey Report
  • 95% of graduates believe they were overall well prepared to teach by the Teacher Education Program at the University of Evansville's School of Education.
  • View the full Teacher Survey Report
  • The EPP Annual Case Study data indicates that our graduates consistently perform at an acceptable level and impact P-12 student growth, learning and development. View Annual Case Study

Measure 3: Candidate Competency at Completion (R3.3)

Percentage of Candidates Meeting State Licensure Requirements

TRADITIONAL

Traditional
University of Evansville (1208) Statewide
Group Number Taking Assessment Number Passing Assessment Institutional Pass Rate Statewide Pass Rate
All program completers, 2022-2023 29 27 93% 88%
All program completers, 2021-2022 15 14 93% 87%
All program completers, 2020-2021 21 19 90% 81%

ALTERNATE

Traditional
University of Evansville (1208) Statewide
Group Number Taking Assessment Number Passing Assessment Institutional Pass Rate Statewide Pass Rate
All program completers, 2022-2023 14 11 79% 93%
All program completers, 2021-2022 20 18 90% 92%
All program completers, 2020-2021 13 11 85% 84%

See more details in the full Title II Reports below.

You can download the reports using the links below:

2024

2023

2022

Measure 4: Ability of Completers to be Hired in Education Positions for Which They Have Been Prepared

  • 100% job placement for students who seek employment.

Graduation Rates

  • Our job placement rate for the 2022-23 school year is 100% for those seeking employment. All students who wanted to secure a position have been successful. In a small number of cases, graduates have decided not to pursue a teaching position upon graduation. More specifically, of the graduates from the 2022-2023 cohort 26 of 28 completers sought employment in the field of education. Of these, 26 graduates secured a teaching position, and 2 students did not seek a teaching position but chose to pursue areas such as the military, graduate school and other interests.

Freshman surveys

According to focus group data from the previous two freshman classes, the strengths of our Teacher Education program include:

  • Affordable!
    • Teaching Fellows Scholarship
    • Changemaker Scholarship
      • “I received enough scholarships that it was comparable to many schools and even cheaper than some.”
  • 100% job placement
  • Reputation of UE and the School of Ed in the community
  • Small class sizes-Home Like Environment
    • “I knew that I would receive a personalized education with involved professors.”
  • Getting into classrooms as a freshman
    • “We begin to think like a classroom teacher during our first semester.”
  • Personal contact with faculty and academic advisors
    • “I fell in love with the Education Department!”
    • “The education department made me feel like a person rather than a number.”
    • “The education program is a tight knit family.”
    • “There was such a community feel!”
    • “When I first stepped on campus, I felt like it was home!”
  • Campus and faculty diversity
  • Various opportunities to study abroad

Quotes

One graduate wrote in the survey, “The preparatory program at the University of Evansville is very thorough. I took part in a practicum, two internships, and a student teaching assignment. The hands-on experience I received there proved to be quite helpful in my first two years of teaching.”

Another graduate wrote, “The University of Evansville was an excellent program and I couldn't have asked for better professors or a better program.”