ASL – Assessment Overview

Our commitment to planning is reflected in our Institutional Assessment Plan (IAP), which focuses on faculty, student affairs, and college-wide assessment. The IAP is the master plan that guides all assessment at our College. 2019-2022 IAP

Assessment of student learning doesn’t just happen. We coordinate our assessment to capture the learning that happens inside and outside the classroom. Much of what we learn in college, after all, occurs outside of the classroom. That’s why assessment is a continual, ongoing process at our College. At the course level, faculty assess their individual courses (Closing the Loop) and courses with multiple sections (Gateway courses). At the program/discipline level, faculty assess at least two outcomes per year, rotating through the student learning outcomes over a period of four years. Student Affairs does the same rotation with their student learning outcomes. Finally, faculty and staff collaborate to assess our College’s four core student learning outcomes on a rotating basis as well.

Assessment levels provides details about our assessment structure.

Essential Learning Outcomes provides a visual overview of how our assessments fit together.