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Assessing Student Learning Outcomes Presented by Jan Connal, PhD March 25, 2011

Assessing Student Learning Outcomes Presented by Jan Connal, PhD March 25, 2011. An RP Group initiative funded by the Hewlett Foundation Fall 2010. Introduction. My focus today: Share SLO assessment strategies and models for instructional courses and programs

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Assessing Student Learning Outcomes Presented by Jan Connal, PhD March 25, 2011

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  1. Assessing Student Learning Outcomes Presented by Jan Connal, PhD March 25, 2011 An RP Group initiative funded by the Hewlett Foundation Fall 2010

  2. Introduction My focus today: Share SLO assessment strategies and models for instructional courses and programs Generate ideas about embedding assessment into our regular practices Prompt reflection about where you are and where you can go with your Instructional SLO assessment activities

  3. Description Why do we Assess? What are the major overarching principles? • To implement strategies that respond to diverse needs. • To improve effectiveness by: • Measuring how and what students learn, • Developing new and varied educational experiences, and • Revealing students mastery. • Promotes collaboration • Is dynamic and continuous • Ensures quality education • Focuses on learning; how, what and how well students learn • Is integrated into our daily teaching and planning Pg. 6 – Description

  4. Background: Questions Facing Colleges Are students acquiring needed skills and values? • Can students apply information to real world applications? Pg. 7– Background

  5. Six Building Blocks to Assessment Pg. 10– Six Building Blocks

  6. Research and Align SLOs • Building Block #1 Pg. 11– Building Blocks

  7. Define Measurable SLOs • Can be observed and measured • Address knowledge, skills or attitudes as they relate to: • Cognitive Domain: Critical thinking • Behavioral Domain: Concrete actions • Affective Domain: Feelings and attitudes • Represent the overarching outcomes of a course, program, degree or certificate • Are larger and more encompassing than objectives • Building Block #2 Pg. 12– Building Blocks

  8. Questions in the SLO Process • Building Block #2 Pg. 12– Building Blocks

  9. Define and Conduct Assessment • Assessment is a process that generates continual flow of evidence to demonstrate learning and to suggest areas for improvement. • Data must be manageable and directly tied to decision-making. • Evidence can be: • Quantitative: capable of numerical manipulation and analysis • Qualitative: performance or observational based experience • Embedded assessment are those that are built into curricular or program activities. • Building Block #3 Pg. 13– Building Blocks

  10. Analyze the Results Types of student performance from assessments • Building Block #4 Sets baseline levels of performance so that retest can be done after an intervention has been implemented. Measures student attainment against a set of criteria Pg. 14– Building Blocks

  11. Report the Results • Building Block #5 Pg. 15– Building Blocks

  12. Improved Practice • Ultimate goal of assessment: • Continued quality improvement • Positive changes in teaching and learning • When examining improvements consider: • Modifying instruction • Improving student feedback • Changing programmatic structure • Integrating outcome results into program review • Linking results to inform integrated planning and resource allocation • Building Block #6 Pg. 16– Building Blocks

  13. Find Out More! RP Group Website www.rpgroup.org BRIC http://www.rpgroup.org/projects/BRIC.html Rob Johnstone, BRIC Project Director johnstoner@smccd.edu Kathy Booth, RP Group Executive Director kbooth@rpgroup.org Priya Chaplot, BRIC Project Coordinator pchaplot@rpgroup.org

  14. BRIC TAP Inquiry Guide Series Assessing Student Learning Outcomes Assessing Strategic Intervention Points in Student Services Assessing Institutional Effectiveness Assessing Basic Skills Outcomes Maximizing the Program Review Process Turning Data into Meaningful Action A Model for Building Information Capacity and Promoting a Culture of Inquiry Research and Assessment for Non-credit Institutions http://www.rpgroup.org/content/BRIC-inquiry-guides

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