Can UMUC just use the cumulative grade point average of students as the measure of student learning?
The emphasis for student learning assessment is on what students are expected to know, express, and be able to do upon graduation. Therefore, a set of explicit performance indicators is necessary to measure outcomes that the cumulative grade point average of a student does not capture. Grades provide a measurement of individual performance. A comprehensive student learning assessment process provides a measurement of institutional-wide, school-wide, or program-wide performance. Grades are assigned based upon what students accomplished in one class. An assessment program is designed to determine how well and/or how well students as a group have learned as a result of going through an entire program. Within a comprehensive assessment process, faculty can discover possible gaps in student learning.
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