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Academic Assessment at Community College of Philadelphia Definition of Assessment Assessment is the ongoing process of: Establishing clear, measurable expected outcomes of student learning Ensuring that students have sufficient


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Academic Assessment at Community College of Philadelphia

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Definition of Assessment

  • Assessment is the ongoing process of:
  • Establishing clear, measurable expected outcomes of student

learning

  • Ensuring that students have sufficient opportunities to achieve

those outcomes

  • Systematically gathering, analyzing and interpreting evidence to

determine how well student learning matches our expectations

  • Using the resulting information to understand and improve student

learning

  • Source: Suskie, Linda (2009).Assessing Student Learning: A

Common Sense Guide. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, p. 4

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  • I. Assessment of Student Learning

Outcomes

  • Core Competencies
  • General Education Requirements
  • Course Outcomes
  • Program Outcomes
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Six Core Competencies

  • Information Literacy
  • Critical Thinking
  • Technological Competence
  • Effective Communication
  • Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning
  • Responsible Citizenship
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Timeline for Assessment of Core Competencies

  • Fall 2009:

Information Literacy

  • Spring 2010:

Information Literacy and Technological Competence Critical Thinking

  • Fall 2010:

Effective Communication Responsible Citizenship Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning

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General Education Requirements

  • Courses in Major Areas of Learning
  • Courses in Major Academic Approaches
  • Information Literacy
  • Technological Competency
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  • Courses in Major Academic Approaches

– 3 credit hours in a Writing Intensive course – 3 credit hours in an Interpretive Studies course – 3 credit hours in an American Diversity/Global Diversity Studies course

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Information Literacy The current Information Literacy requirement is met by English 102.

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Technological Competence

  • The current Technological Competence

requirement is met by CIS 103 or by other coursework as indicated on the program page.

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Assessment Tools

  • Rubrics
  • Minute Papers
  • Muddiest point Exercise
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Information Literacy Rubric

  • Information Literacy Rubric goes here
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  • Consistent headings for all Core Competency

Rubrics

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Clip Art

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Conclusion

  • For more information, contact:
  • Linda Hansell
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