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 Selecting an an Assessment Tool

 

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Skills Demonstration
  • Learning that results in a tangible product
  • Learning that results in the ability to correctly perform a process or procedure
  • A project or demonstration that has been discussed by discipline faculty and will allow students to demonstrate the skill or process in the SLO
  • A faculty-developed rubric to evaluate the success of the skills demonstration
Essays (out-of-class or essay exams)
  • Identification of content-area knowledge
  • Application of content-area knowledge
  • Ability to explain concepts
  • Ability to evaluate and select
  • Analysis of complex phenomena
  • Writing skills
  • A writing prompt that has been discussed by discipline faculty and addresses the learning in the SLO
  • A faculty-developed rubric to evaluate the learning or skill level demonstrated by the essay
Performances
  • Application of content-area knowledge
  • Performing arts skills
  • A performance opportunity that has been discussed by the discipline faculty and addresses the learning in the SLO
  • A faculty-developed rubric to evaluate the learning or skill level demonstrated by the performance
Porfolios
  • Creation of a body of work
  • Visual or media arts skills
  • Writing skills
  • A collection of student work that has been discussed by discipline faculty and addresses the learning in the SLO
  • A faculty-developed rubric to evaluate the learning or skill level demonstrated in the portfolio
Presentations
  • Identification of content-area knowledge
  • Application of content-area knowledge
  • Ability to explain concepts
  • Ability to evaluate and select
  • Analysis of complex phenomena
  • Oral communication skills
  • A presentation prompt that has been discussed by discipline faculty and addresses the learning in the SLO
  • A faculty-developed rubric to evaluate the learning or skill level demonstrated by the presentation
Objective Tests
  • Identification of content-area knowledge
  • Application of content-area knowledge
  • Ability to evaluate and select
  • Mathematical skills
  • A test that has been discussed by discipline faculty and addresses the learning in the SLO
  • An answer key
Surveys
  • Student satisfaction
  • Student self-assessment of SLO mastery
  • A faculty-developed list of questions that asks students to reflect on their satisfaction and/or learning
  • A process for survey administration