Assessment of Student Learning
Assessment Planning & Reporting
Faculty Assessment Projects
For assessment of student learning projects there are two options:
1) Identify a Course Learning Outcome or an Institutional Learning Outcome
Competency in a course that you teach
2) Use the Course Learning Outcome or Institutional Learning Outcome that your
department has chosen in a course that you teach
Often the outcome is selected because there is a concern about the extent to which students
demonstrate learning of the outcome. The assessment of the outcome means that there is a
commitment to addressing the concern by using the assessment process to research it and to
strive for demonstrable improvement in the student learning of that outcome.
PLANNING
In the planning step for assessment, you need to identify which Course Learning Outcome and
Institutional Learning Outcome Competency you will be evaluating and the method you will be
using to gather data about that outcome (see measures below).
OUTCOMES & MEASURES IDENTIFICATION
Identify the outcome(s) that are being assessed below and identify the outcome level (Course
Learning Outcome [CLO]), and/or Institutional Learning Outcome [ILO] Competency) by checking
the appropriate box. Identify the type of measurement instrument used to collect data.
Indicate whether the measure is a direct or indirect measure of student learning. You must
include at least one direct measure in your assessment project.
Examples of common direct measures include tests, quizzes, projects w/rubrics, student
performance w/ratings or rubric, and written assignment w/rubric. Common examples of
indirect measures include: student surveys, faculty surveys, focus groups, advisory board
minutes, and faculty discussions.
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Assessment of Student Learning
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Measure(s):
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CLO
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Data Collection Process & Timeline
[Brief description of data collection process and timeframe for data collection and project completion.]
REPORTING
FINDINGS
Initial Data and Findings
[Summarize the data and findings from the measurement of student learning. Make sure to
include specific data. For example, what is the percentage of students that demonstrated
achievement of the outcome? What are the results on the test (and items), rubric (and individual
criterion) that you used?
Final grades should not be used. Please use percentage, mean, ranges, or another descriptive
analysis technique.]
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Assessment of Student Learning
Curricular or Pedagogical Changes Implemented
[Briefly describe the curricular or pedagogical changes that were made in this past academic year
based on the data that you collected. If you did not make a curricular or pedagogical change,
please describe your plan to do so for the next academic year.]
Data and Findings (post improvement/change)
[Summarize the data and findings from the measurement of student learning. Make sure to
include specific data.]
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