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SLO Key Planning Documents

COM Common Rubrics: (1/19/2011, 1/28/2011, 11/28/2011)

 

Tracking Tool for COM Common Rubrics (Excel, 1/28/2011)

  Click on the "X" to download the excel tracking tool to your desktop. (updated 5/7/2012)

 

Rubric Assessment Tracking Tool

Less than 80 students
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Combined X
Scientific Reasoning--Physical Sciences X
Scientific Reasoning--Life/Earth/Social Sciences X
Written Competency X
Visual Communication X
Information Literacy X

 

Example of the Tracking Tool

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Collegewide Results (Spring 2011) (10-4-2011)

Archive

Q & A  (This Week's SLO FAQ)

Q: How will assessment results be used?

 

A: The assessment results will be used byindividual faculty members to improvestudent learning and create dialogue among faculty related to student learning. The Assessment results will not be used for faculty evaluation.

Q: SLOs are focusing only on what is happening in the classroom and not what happens before and after students come to class (e.g., poverty, having a prison record, divorce, etc.). In short, our SLOs do not allow for tracking and taking into account socioeconomic indicators if that is even possible.

A: This is correct. We are using the value-added concept by measuring early and late assessment—whether a student learns from the first day of the class to the last day of the class (only comparing their own progress, not against other students, or classes).

If we compare the results of a group of SLOs with another group of SLOs, it would both be a disaster and defeat the purpose of creating ongoing, collaborative dialogue for assessment for learning which is about student growth, feedback to students about their work, and helping students see and take control of their journey to success.

 

 

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Planning, Research, and Instutional Effectiveness
Content Responsible: Dr. Chialin Hsieh , Director of Planning, Research, and Institutional Effectiveness, 415-485-9545
Technical Contact: Dr. Chialin Hsieh , Director of Planning, Research, and Institutional Effectiveness, 415-485-9545