Overview

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Brief History of Assessment at LMC
Institutional Dialogue on Assessment
Timeline

Board Reports on Assessment at LMC: SP06, SP07,FA08

Progress Reports for Resource Allocation:
2003-04, 04-05, 05-06, 06-07

The Teaching and Learning Project

Assessment work is coordinated by the Teaching and Learning Project: Membership and Charge
TLP Assessment Report Form

TLP Minutes:

FA 04: 9/14, 10/12, 11/09
SP 05: 3/15, 4/19, 5/17
FA 05: 9/20, 10/18, 11/15
SP 06: 2/21, 3/21, 5/02, 5/16
FA 06: 9/19, 10/17, 11/21
SP 07: 3/20, 4/17, 5/15
FA 07: 9/18, 10/16, 11/20
SP 08: 2/19, 4/1, 4/29
FA 08 9/16, 10/21,11/18
SP 09 1/20, 2/17,3/17,4/21

Institution-level assessment

Assessment of institution-level SLOs (ISLOs) is coordinated by the following five committees:

1) Developmental Education: Membership and Charge of the DE Committee ;
DE ISLOs ; DE Leadership : Developmental Ed website

Direct Measures of Learning: DE Assessment Reports for "capstone" DE courses
Math 30: FA04, SP05, FA05, SP06
Eng 90: SP05, FA05, FA06, FA08

Indirect and Qualitative Measures of Learning:
DE Research Agenda (aligned with ISLOs), Persistence Study FA03-FA06,
Survey of "Effective Learning" Habits FA06

2) General Education: Membership and Charge of the GE Committee ;
GE ISLOs ; GE Coordinator, 11-year assessment plan ; General Education website

GE Assessment Reports from pilot teaching communities:
Biological Sciences FA06-SP07
Creative Arts and Humanities SP04-SP07, gallery of assessment projects
Ethnic Studies SP04-FA05
Social Sciences SP05-SP06

SP 08 GE SLO Assessment Seminar Worksheets: Seminar 1, Seminar 2, Seminar 3

SP 08 GE Assessment Reports :
Communication/Critical Thinking SP08
Biological/Physical Sciences SP08
Creative Arts/Humanities SP08
Behavioral/Social Sciences SP08

FA 08 GE SLO Assessment Seminar Worksheets: Seminar 1, Seminar 2, Seminar 3

FA 08 GE Assessment Reports:
Communication/Critical Thinking FA08
Biological/Physical Sciences FA08
Creative Arts/Humanities FA08
Behavioral/Social Sciences FA08

3) Occupational Education: Membership and Charge of the Occ. Ed. Committee ;
Occ. Ed. ISLOs; Occupational Education Assessment Coaches' Job Description

Occ. Ed. Assessment Reports:
Nursing FA05-SP06
Travel FA08
AutoTech FA08
PTECFA08
ChildDevFA08
BusinessFA08

4) Student Services: Membership and Charge of the Student Services SLO Committee ;
Student Services ISLOs

Student Services Assessment Reports:
EOP&S SP07
Outreach FA07
Counseling FA08
DSP&S FA08
Information Center FA08
Financial Aid FA08
Career and Assessment Center FA08

5) Library and Learning Support Services: Membership and Charge of the L&LSS Committee ;
L&LSS ISLOs

L&LSS Minutes: 2.22.08 ; 4.25.08

L&LSS Assessment Reports:
Reading and Writing Center: SP05
Math Lab: FA06

Program-level assessment

Program-level assessment became an integral part of program review in fall 2006.
Program-level SLOs (PSLOs) and assessment plans are posted on the LMC intranet undering Planning.
PSLOs are also included in the LMC catalog.

Two Year Assessment Cycle for Program Assessment
Program Assessment Plan Grid

Program-level assessment reports that are not part of institution-level SLO assessment are included here:
Transfer Math Program: Statistics SP07-SP08

Course-level assessment

The Curriculum Committee revised the course outline form to include outcomes, assessment criteria, SLO-based grading in spring 2004, with implementation phased in during a four-year period through spring 2008.

Course Outline of Record Form

Brief History of Instituting Course-level Assessment at LMC

Course-level assessment reports that are not part of institution- or program-level SLO assessment are included here: Bio 21: SP07
Eng 70: FA04
Math 25: SP03, FA03, FA06, FA07

In Spring 2009, an Accreditation Response Task Force was formed and led by Dean Kiran Kamath to respond to an accreditation recommendation regarding course level assessment. That team met throughout the semester and planned the next phase of course level assessment at LMC. For more information, see the Accreditation page on the LMC website.

Resources

California Assessment Institute's rubric for assessing institutional progress on assessment

Janet Fulk's website on assessment (Dr. Fulks is a microbiologist and department chair of Biology at Bakersfield Community College. She is also a leading advocate and expert on learning outcomes assessment. This site is an incredible wealth of practical info on all aspects of assessment.)

Examples of rubrics from CSU website

Case Studies on Assessment (from the Center for Student Success website of the Research and Planning Group for CA Community Colleges)

Questions and/or Updates contact
Nancy Ybarra , Coordinator of the TLP