Resources

There are a number of resources available here and on GCC’s Moodle site “Learning Outcomes Assessment.” The first of these is a comprehensive Assessment Handbook developed for GCC. The handbook is a guide to the entire assessment process, with numerous examples, including a fully-worked out assessment report in the appendix.

Download GCC Assessment Handbook (GCC Google Suite credentials required)

Workshops

Clean recordings of all assessment workshops developed and offered at GCC are listed below. Please note that the slide decks are only available to users with a GCC email account.

Assessment Overview — "I Hate It! What Is It?"Download slides

Learning Outcomes — "Are Your Students SMARTer Than Your Learning Outcomes?"Download slides

Curriculum Mapping — "Finding Our Way Through the Learning Outcomes Maze"Download slides

Artifacts — "Is This a Dig Site?"Download slides

Measurement II — "More on Rubrics, Test Questions, and Qualitative Measures"Download slides

Rubrics, Rubrics Everywhere - Rubric types, available rubrics, using AI to make rubricsDownload slides

Summarizing Assessment Data — "You Don't Have to Be a Math Wizard"Download slides

Closing the Loop — "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?"Download slides

Equity Minded AssessmentDownload slides

Professional Development Days

Spring 2022Download slides

January 2022Download slides

Fall 2021 • Download slides

Other Workshops

Advanced Moodle Parts 1 & 2 — Creating and Using Rubrics • Download handouts

Checklists, Forms & Templates
  • Assessment Activities Chart – Use this form to check in about how assessment is going in your corner of GCC. You can fill this out any time you want to send an update.
  • Learning Outcomes Checklist – Use this form to evaluate a learning outcome that you are writing, making sure it conforms to the SMART framework for learning outcomes.
  • Curriculum Map Template – This template will help you design the curriculum map for your program.
Books
  • Banta, Trudy W. and Catherine A. Palomba (2014) Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education, Jossey-Bass, 2nd edition LB2366.2 P35 1999
  • Barbara E. Walvoord (2010) Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons. LB 2822.75 W35 2010
  • Bresciani, Marilee J. (2006) Outcomes-Based Academic and Co-Curricular Program Review: A Compilation of Institutional Good Practices. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.
  • Maki, Peggy (2010) Assessing for Learning: Building a Sustainable Commitment Across the Institution, 2nd edition
  • McNair, Tia Brown, Estela Mara Bensimon and Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux (2020) Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education LC213.2 .M445 2020
  • Souza, Jane Marie and Tara A. Rose, eds (2021) Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education: Diverse Approaches to Addressing Accreditation Standards, AALHE publication
  • Suskie, Linda (2018) Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide, 3rd edition
Examples, Tools & Materials

Learning Outcomes

Curriculum Mapping

Rubrics

Assessing Assessment

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)