May 5, 2014
Assessment Process and Actions
2013-2014 – Year Review (Outline)
Accomplishments:
 Development and approval of ILOs and an ILO assessment process (including new
survey tools).
 Development and implementation of new online assessment tools: course level
planning and PLO mapping.
 Development of instructions and flow charts to describe the assessment process.
 Dialogue Sessions:
 GE Dialogue resulting in addition of Area E under GE, and the proposal to
require English 102/150 for all GE courses are a result of those sessions.
 Placement testing dialogue session resulting in better communication between
student services and discipline areas and potential changes to placement testing
procedures.
 Financial Aid dialogue.
 Workshops and trainings.
 Establishing the roles of faculty and Deans in the assessment process - ongoing
Challenges:
 Role of faculty and Deans in the assessment process.
 Tracking completion of course assessments (in accordance with plans) on a semester or
yearly basis.
 Coordination of assessing multi-section courses taught at multiple campuses.
 Completion of program-level assessments to accomplish a two-year cycle of
assessment.
 Keeping course planning and program mapping pages up to date.
 Integrating Student Services and Instructional Assessments.
 Stream-lining the assessment process to fit into faculty work loads.
 The degree of detail provided in the "findings" sections of the assessment reports
(“unevenness” of reports).
 Closing Loops and the general process of opening and closing assessment loops.
 Degree of assessment reporting within program review documents
To do:
 Web page updates to remove outdated material and limit redundant options.
 Implementation of ILO assessment process.
 Work with Deans to better coordinate and track assessment.
 Convocation workshops and emphasis on completion of program level assessment
reports.
 Refinement of reporting templates.
 Refinement of program review reporting of assessment