Supplementing Fe Exam Results For Continuous Assessment

Concurrent with the development of specific program outcomes for ABET review, it is necessary to identify assessment vehicles for each stated outcome. One attractive assessment characteristic is the ability to compare student performance from a specified department at the home institution to that of other students in the state and in the nation in a similar department. Ohio University’s Civil Engineering (OUCE) faculty identified the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam as one opportunity to make such comparisons. The appropriateness of using the FE Exam arises due to the broad coverage of core engineering topics, as well as specific upper level topics addressed in discipline specific afternoon sections. The current level of data reporting by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) allows comparison of departmental results on each section of the exam with statewide and national averages, or by Carnegie institutional classification.