What is the difference between learning outcomes for a course and the student learning outcomes that we are assessing?
Hopefully, none. The outcomes for courses and for programs should be aligned, although program outcomes will usually be more broadly stated than course outcomes. • Can we use test and course assignments that we already have in place for our assessment data? Certainly! Because we are already doing assessments of student learning when we assign grades, the embedded assessments we use in courses (tests, projects, papers, internships) become the core of learning outcomes assessment. • What is the timetable for assessment? When should the data be collected? Analyzed? Each programs assessment report is due at the end of each academic year as part of the annual report to the Dean. Data should be collected during the year at the points when students are assessed within courses or, in the case of an external assessment (one not tied to a course), annually in time to include the interpretation of the results in the annual report. • Do we need to assess all of our students on all of our outcomes?
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