What does the learning assessment effort mean in terms of curricular design and syllabus changes?
Learning assessment efforts provide an additional source of information/data to consider in discussions of program development and curriculum planning. For example, there will be a need to determine where within the program of study a particular outcome is covered and assessed. The answer may result in revision of course learning objectives. In addition, there may be instances where faculty will select a common assessment tool(s) across course sections in order to best demonstrate an outcome and any resulting improvement in student learning. There will be no changes necessary if the program curriculum (i.e., the learning objectives) match the specified program outcomes and student learning data show positive performance gains.
