Assessment Strategy Plan
2003 - 2005
Action Item #1: Continue work on strengthening department review process and developing new program outcomes process (team leader: Helen Grove)
· Develop pilot model with two departments and IT
· Integrate proposed divisional CIT on learning
· Integrate linkage/coordination with specialized program accrediting bodies
· Refine and revise model
· Make recommendation based on pilot data
Action Item #2: Continue discussion of Top 45 courses (team leaders: Mary McGirr and Dean Cole)
· Continue attendance proposal to completion
· Examine prerequisite requirements
· Interface with Basic Skills Task Force concerning their findings
Action Item #3: Monitor program and General Education outcomes (team leader: Lori Zakel)
· Develop gen ed outcomes
· Include gen ed in program outcomes
· Embed relevant gen ed outcomes into master (teaching) syllabi
· Determine feasibility of entry, mid, and exit point gen ed assessment
· Begin development of framework for mapping gen ed outcomes throughout all curricula in Instruction
Action Item #4: Determine work plan for Learning Liaisons (team leader: Teresa Prosser)
· Brainstorm responsibility functions
· Determine timeline for implementation
· Meet with deans
· Develop assessment to gauge effectiveness
· Develop report for accountability
Action Item #5: Aid in determining and use of tools, methods, and process for Assessment (team leader: Sue Merrell)
· Identify and adopt consistent approaches to document learning outcomes at the course and program level (includes General Education
· Improve the curriculum processes to strengthen and emphasize learning outcomes assessment
· Pilot test an electronic portfolio approach to document student learning outcomes
Action Item #6: Identify and develop cadre of experienced personnel who have first-hand experience serving as: (team leader: Helen Grove)
· NCA consultant evaluators
· Reviewers for NCA’s Academic Quality Improvement Process (AQIP)
· Evaluators for specialized program accrediting bodies
· Examiners for the Baldrige Award for Excellence in Education
Action Item #7: Create ongoing promotion of assessment activities and responsibilities (team leader: Tom Huguley)
· Continue new faculty orientation; consider for 2nd year faculty
· Develop SCC assessment fact sheet and info page for Web site
o Create an institution-wide definition of assessment, its purpose and best practices
o Distinguish assessment from evaluation
o Differentiate Program, Course, Class assessment
o Include key resources and contact information
· Use Faculty Forum to feature assessment results and improvement
· Integrate and oversee quarterly assessment training opportunities with other learning centered training (i.e. Fall Faculty Development Day, General Education training days, CWLD, Spring Institute, Summer Institute, Assessment brown bag / Best practices)
· Encourage attendance at state/regional assessment conference especially for junior faculty and have attendees report back
· Link with IPR to communicate best practices and benefits of regular assessment
Action Item #8: Identify available end-user assessment tools, analyze their utility relative to college-wide assessment needs and deploy for college-wide availability (team leader: Shep Anderson)
- Develop a system measurement for course level, department level, division level, and campus level assessment along with means of taking assessment from level one to two to three
- Investigate Flashlight
- Integrate with ILP process
- Determine effects of change to Accuplacer
