Assessment and Planning

In addition to its institutional research duties and functions, the Research Office conducts planning and assessment activities for the College.

CMC employs a five-pronged approach to understanding its effectiveness:

* A distributed planning process that guides division plans and is assessed through key performance indicators;

* An annual report process linking progress on divisional goals with Strategic Directions;

*A system accountability report submitted annually to CCCCO aligned to division goals;

*A systematic process to assess student learning outcomes at the College, program and course levels; and

*An annual program review process.

At CMC, student learning is the primary focus. Outcomes assessment occurs at the program- and the College-levels with the intent to determine the effectiveness of the programs and provide opportunities to continuously improve student learning.

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Sample Learning Objectives: Observable and/or Measurable

Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives with Verbs. Open with Excel 2007 (Enable Marcos) foldsmll

Web Sites

Outcomes Assessment is a national movement. Here are some resources and useful sites:

Web sites with links to other assessment sites:

AAHE Assessment Forum: http://www.aahe.org/

Writing Learning Objectives

Basic Guidelines (and Examples) for

http://www.mapnp.org/library/trng_dev/lrn_objs.htm

How do I write an instructional objective?

http://edtech.tennessee.edu/~bobannon/objectives.html

How to Write Clear Objectives

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/research/Write_Objectives.shtml

How to Write Learning Objectives in Behavioral Form

http://www.adprima.com/objectives.htm

Understanding Objectives

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC540/objectives/ObjectivesHome.html

Guidelines for writing learning objectives in librarianship, information science and archives administration

http://www.unesco.org/webworld/ramp/html/r8810e/r8810e00.htm#Contents

Quick Guide to Writing Learning Objectives

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/templates/objectivetool.html

Writing Learning Objectives

http://www.arl.org/training/ilcso/objectives.html

Writing good work objectives

http://home.att.net/~nickols/workobjs.htm

Writing instructional objectives: The what, why how and when.

http://www.sogc.org/conferences/pdfs/instructionalObj.PDF

Blooms Taxonomy

Affective Domain

http://www.itc.utk.edu/~jklittle/edsmrt521/affective.html

Assessing Learning Objectives Bloom's Taxonomy

http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/assessment/bloomtaxonomy.asp

Bloom’s Taxonomy

http://www.officeport.com/edu/blooms.htm

Cognitive Domain

http://www.itc.utk.edu/~jklittle/edsmrt521/cognitive.html

Psychomotor Domain

http://www.itc.utk.edu/~jklittle/edsmrt521/psychomotor.html

Instructional Design

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/idmodels.html#isd

Assessment

Curriculum Development Performance Criteria

http://its.foxvalleytech.com/iss/curric-assessment/CRITCOND.html

How to Write an Assessment Based on an Objective

http://www.adprima.com/assessment.htm

Performance Criteria

http://its.foxvalleytech.com/iss/curric-assessment/CRITCOND.html

Multiple Choice Questions and Bloom’s Taxonomy

http://web.uct.ac.za/projects/cbe/mcqman/mcqappc.html

Helpful Syllabus Links

http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/Tools/Syllabus/

http://www.greenriver.edu/learningoutcomes/StudentLearningOutcomes.htm

http://www.greenriver.edu/learningoutcomes/AssessmentToolsandTechniques.htm

Rubrics and Other useful SLO links

Below are some useful links that detail how to create rubrics in different areas.

Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges - Learning Assessment

http://css.rpgroup.org/ka.php?ka_id=7

http://www.uen.org/Rubric/rubric.cgi?rubric_id=13

General Education Assessment

http://www.neiu.edu/~neassess/gened.htm

Authentic Assessment

Mueller, Jon. Assessing Critical Skills. Linworth Books. 2009.
Website: Authentic Assessment Toolbox, at <http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu>

Examples of SLOs from other Colleges