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Assessment of student learning is crucial in every college and university.  Although students come to us with a variety of skills and challenges, it is imperative that we monitor their progress and achievement.  Our mission is to create a culture of evidence through meaningful, manageable and sustainable assessment of student learning outcomes that leads to programmatic and organizational effectiveness. The purpose of assessing student outcomes is to improve teaching and learning at the individual, course, program and institutional level. CSULA Assessment Policy appears here.

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Objectives
Student learning outcomes are the stated knowledge and skills that students are expected to acquire in a program and be able to demonstrate upon completion of the program.  These SLOs focus on what the student will take away from the learning experience and often involve skills directly related to critical thinking, writing, technology, direct knowledge of the field, or representative of the values of the discipline. What do faculty want students to learn? How and when are these SLOs reflected in the courses themselves? These statements provide the basis for assessment of student learning. Consult the Glossary of Assessment Terms  for the definitions of assessment terms used at CSULA.

Student Learning Outcomes by College and Program
These student learning outcomes are stated by college and program.

How many departments have Student Learning Outcomes?  Is their assessment leading to improvement in programs?  See graph here.

Assessment Coordinators
The Campus Assessment Coordinator is Prof. Anne Hafner. Other faculty and administrators are responsible for monitoring the assessment efforts in their colleges. Prof. Hafner's power point presentation on assessment appears here. Other tools and resources can be found below.

Assessment Reports see reports from the CLA, NSSE and Inventory of Educational Effectiveness

Assessment Tools and Resources

Assessment Grants

 

 

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