

Articulating Student Learning Outcomes or what students should learn as a result of a particular experience (workshop, retreat, community event, service, counseling session, behavioral intervention, employment opportunity, etc.).A student-centered process, assessment focuses on the following steps: Similarly, in co-curricular programs, assessment is focused on the evaluation of program (and other intervention) effectiveness through measurement of student learning. Analyzing and using results to improve the program (pedagogy and curriculum,) thus enhancing future student learning (closing the loop).Measuring whether students have indeed accomplished those goals (collecting evidence).Specifying where in the curriculum these goals are addressed (curriculum mapping).Articulating what students should learn in an academic program (student learning outcomes).


A faculty-led and student-centered process, assessment focuses on the following steps: In academic programs, assessment is focused on the evaluation of program effectiveness through measurement of student learning at various levels. Student Learning Assessment is a focus of both the curricular and co-curricular activities of the campus.
