Transcript SLO Assessment PDD March 23 2012

SLO Assessment Cycle
Instructional Breakout Session
EVERGREEN VALLEY
COLLEGE
Spring PDD, March 23, 2012
PRESENTED BY
DR. ABDIE TABRIZI
ENGINEERING FACULTY
SLO COORDINATOR
LYNETTE APEN RN, MS
An EVC Student Learning Outcome (SLO) Committee Presentation
PDD Learning Outcomes
 Define assessment purposes/guidelines and access
appropriate resources
 Plan for and implement assessment for
previously created SLOs.
 Utilize assessment data to analyze learning/services
and implement changes as indicated.
Please note that the assessment process is not a part of faculty or staff
evaluation.
Outcomes Assessment vs. Grading
Outcomes Assessment
 Learning of a large
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student cohort
Real world experience
Collaboratively
developed
Common criteria
Results: instructional
improvement
Grading
 Faculty evaluation of
individual student
performance
 Represents overall
assessment of students
class work
Choosing the Right Assessment
 Examine existing assessments you already use
 Does it examine the students’ ability to do the SLO?
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Not all SLOs need to be assessed at once
Are there assessments that you can share?
How can you involve adjunct faculty?
 Assessment examples that measure at least one SLO
 Imbedded question on a final exam (BIO)
 Clinical evaluation tool or lab checklist (NURS)
 Writing assignment with graded rubric (ENGL)
 Laboratory demonstration (ENGR)
Now What? Analysis of Data
Method to
collect/review
Aggregate or
disaggregate
Contextualize
Closing SLO Assessment Loop
Reporting Results
Improving Practice
 Assessment summaries
 Modify SLO
 Celebrate results
 Modify instruction or
 Identify improvement
service
 Integrate to program
review, integrated
planning and resource
allocation
 REASSESS
 Areas for greater
inquiry
 Sustainable
Breakout Session Instructions
10:45-11 overview
11-12:30 work by discipline
12:30-1:30 document & report
1:30-2:30 program assessment
or continue discipline work
References
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Allen, G., Cummings, V. & Sands-Miller, D. (Fall 2007). Course and program student
learning outcomes assessment handbook: course and program level principles and
practices. Project Learn; Santa Rosa Junior College.
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BRIC Inquiry Guide (June 15, 2010): Assessing Student Learning
(http://www.rpgroup.org/BRIC/InquiryGuide/SLOs)
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Fulks, J., Pacheco, B. (n.d.). Student Learning Outcomes Assessment.