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| Pat Flood, CAOT Professor Student Learning Outcomes Coordinator February 2007 - Present |
| Deborah Paulsen, Art Professor Assistant Student Learning Outcomes Coordinator |
SLO Links & Resources
SLO Related Links
SLO Assessment Sites
General Assessment Sites:- http://www.calstate.edu/Acadaff/sloa/links/csu_sites.shtml
- http://landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php
Concrete Examples:
- CSU Bakersfield http://www.csub.edu/assessmentcenter/reports.shtml
- CSU Sacramento http://webapps2.csus.edu/assessment/plans/default.aspx
- Gainesville, FL http://intranet.brenau.edu/assessment/default.asp
- MSU, Montana http://www.montana.edu/aircj/assess/majors/majors9899
SLO's:
- Outcomes http://missionoutcomes.pbwiki.com/outcomes
- Short Quiz http://missionoutcomes.pbwiki.com/quiz
- Blooms Taxonomy http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloom.html
| Other Useful Websites | ||
| ACCJC Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges | 2002 Accreditation Standards and the Guide to Evaluating Institutions ACCJC/WASC | http://accjc.org Go to “Core Documents and References. Refer to the new 2002 accreditation standards and the accreditation reference handbook. |
| ALA American Library Association | . | http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/assessingstudent.htm Information on the Association of College & Research Libraries' online course to help librarians develop an assessment program on their campus |
| California Assessment Institute | Website | http://cai.cc.ca.us/ |
| Carnegies Institute faculty inquiry groups (FIG) | website | http://72.5.117.129/general/sub.asp?key=26&subkey=1816&topkey=26 |
| Community College Survey of Student Engagement | Annual updates on benchmarks for students in various parameters | http://www.ccsse.org/survey/survey.cfm |
| Center for Student Success (RP) | website | http://css.rpgroup.org/ |
| Research and Planning Group (RP) | Website | http://rpgroup.org/ |
| FLAG | Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide | http://www.flaguide.org/ |
| Teaching Goals Inventory | Self evaluation of teaching goals and practice | http://www.uiowa.edu/~centeach/tgi/background.html |
| Other Community College Outside of California | ||
| College | Resource | Link |
| Baltimore County Community College | Website | http://www.ccbcmd.edu/loa/index.html |
| Delaware County Community College | Website | http://www.dccc.edu/catalog/competencies.html |
| Johnson County Community College | Assessment Processes and Results | http://www.jccc.net/home/depts/S00015 |
| Sinclair Community College | Website | http://www.sinclair.edu/about/assessment/resources/index.cfm |
| Other Universities | ||
| College | Resource | Link |
| CSU System | Outcomes Website with links to all campus sites | http://www.calstate.edu/AcadAff/SLOA/ |
| Alverno | http://www.alverno.edu/academics/ddp.html | |
| Southern Illinois University | Undergraduate Assessment and Program Review Web | http://www.siue.edu/assessment/index.html |
Commercial SLO or Curriculum Web storage sources
CurricUNET – create and store curriculum documents of recordhttp://www.curricunet.com/cnet_home/ Elumin – Store curriculum information and assessment data(http://www.elumin.com/ Google.docs and Spreadsheets – create and edit from anywhere – used for group exercises to collaboratively write SLOs and record assessment datahttp://www.google.com/google-d-s/b1.html
Useful Short Articles
American Association for Higher Education. (n.d.). Nine principles of good practice in assessing student learning. Retrieved September 18, 2002 , from http://www.aahe.org/assessment/assess_links.htm Angelo, T. A. (1999, May). Doing assessment as if learning matters most. Retrieved January 20, 2003 , from American Association for Higher Education Web site: http://aahebulletin.com/public/archive/angelomay99.asp Boud, D. (1995a). Assessment for learning: contradictory or complementary? Retrieved January 4, 2004 , from University of Technology Sydney Web site: http://www.education.uts.edu.au/ostaff/staff/publications/db_9_boud_seda_95.pdfWright, B. D. (1999). Evaluating learning in individual courses. Retrieved June 10, 2003 from the California Assessment Institute Website. http://www.cai.cc.ca.us/Resources/Wright2.docWiggins, Grant (1990). The case for authentic assessment. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2(2). Retrieved February 16, 2004 from http://PAREonline.net/getvn.asp?v=2&n=2 Copyright 1990, PAREonline.net. Pacheco, D. A. (1999). Culture of evidence. Retrieved June 1, 2003 , from the California Assessment Institute, Resources Web site: http://www.cai.cc.ca.us/Resources/Pacheco.htm
Books
Don’t forget to use the codes to save you money on purchases; for Jossey- Bass CCC 20 and with Stylus HE04Angelo, T. A., & Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA : Jossey-BassAstin, Alexander. Assessment for Excellence: The philosophy and practice of assessment in evaluation in higher education. Westport,Conn : ORYX Press, 1993Brookhart, Susan. The art and science of classroom assessment: The missing part of pedagogy. ASHE -ERIC Higher Education Report (Vol. 27, no.1). Washington D.C. : The George Washington University , Granduate School of Education and Human Development, 1999.Huba, Mary E. and Jann E. Freed. Learner-centered assessment on college campuses; Shifting the focus from teaching to learning. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 2000.These next few books by National Academy Press are free to read online or they can be purchased for a very reasonable price. Just click on the book covers.National Research Council [NRC]. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Washington , DC : National Academy Press http://www.nap.edu/ National Research Council [NRC]. (2001b). Knowing what students know: The science and design of educational assessment. Washington , DC : National Academy Press http://www.nap.edu/
Maki, P.L. Assessing for learning: Building a sustainable commitment across the institution. Sterling, VA : Stylus. Publishing 2004.Nichols, James O. and Karen W. Nichols. A road map for improvement of student learning and support services through assessment . New York : Agathon Press, 2005. available from the Schurz Library LB2331.63 .N55 2005Nichols, J. O. (2001). General education assessment for improvement of student academic achievement: Guidance for academic departments and committees. Flemington, NJ : Agathon Press. http://www.agathonpress.comNichols, James O. The Departmental Guide and Record Book for Student Outcomes Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness. New York : Agathon Press, 1995Palomba, C. A., & Banta, T. W. (1999). Assessment essentials: Planning, implementing, and improving assessment in higher education. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass.Stevens, Dannelle D. and Antonia J. Levi. Introduction to rubrics: An assessment tool to save grading time, Convey Effective Feedback and Promote Student Learning. Sterling VA : Stylus Publishing, 2005.Stiehl, R. and Lewchuk, l. The outcomes primer: Reconstructing the college curriculum. The Learning Organization.Suskie, L. Assessing student learning, A common sense guide. Bolton, MA : Anker Pub.2004.Walvoord, Barbara E. Assessment clear and simple: A practical guide for institutions, departments, and general education. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2004
Walvoord, B., & Anderson, V. J. (1998). Effective grading: A tool for learning and assessment. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass.Zull, J. E. (2003). The art of changing the brain: Enriching the practice of teaching by exploring the biology of learning. Sterling, VA : Stylus. The publisher has asked that I include a special discount code HE04 for multiple copy purchases of any books on their site.
Accrediting AssociationsCHEA - Council for Higher Education Accreditation http://www.chea.org/(particularly http://www.chea.org/Chronicle/vol5/no2/Chron-vol5-no2.pdf) Regional Accreditation AssociationsMSCHE - Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Middle States Commission on Higher Education http://www.msache.org ACCJC WASC - Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges http:// www.accjc.org (see definitions in accreditation standards page 29 WASC Senior - Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities http:// www.wascweb.org