California Community College SLO Websites and Handbooks
College
Resource
Link
Bakersfield College
How-to Website
http://online.bakersfieldcollege.edu/courseassessment/Default.htm
Assessment in Higher Education
Assessment Website
http://www2.bakersfieldcollege.edu/assessment/
Cabrillo
Workbooks & website
http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/pro/assess/assessweb/index.html
College of the Sequoias
website
http://www.cos.edu/search.asp?nodeid=887&parentid=0&moduleid=5
Columbia College
Electronic portfolio rubric
http://columbia.yosemite.cc.ca.us/slo/Rubric%20for%20Electronic%20Portfolio.pdf
Cosumnes College
CASL
http://cassl.crc.losrios.edu/
Curriculum SLO handbook –Los Rios College District
Cuesta College
Power Point on SLOs and Assessment
http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasen/SLO_files/frame.htm
Diablo Valley College
DVC SLO webpage
http://www.dvc.edu/research/slo/default.htm
Foothill College
FRAMES
http://www.foothill.edu/staff/irs/LOA/index.php
competency for critical thinking & computation across the curriculum
Fresno City College
Website
http://online.fresnocitycollege.edu/senate/curriculum/slo.html
Long Beach City College
Gen Ed Assessment Coordination
http://asir.lbcc.edu/Course Curriculum/helpcredit/methodsevaluation
Los Rios College District
ASL Curriculum SLO handbook
Pasadena City College
http://www.pasadena.edu/SLO/assessment/
Riverside Community College
http:www.rcc.edu/administration/academicaffairs/effectiveness/assess/index.cfm
San Mateo College
http://www.collegeofsanmateo.edu/SLOAC/
Santa Rosa Junior College
Website and Handbooks
http://www.santarosa.edu/projectlearn/
Skyline
WORKBOOK
Framework (a “how- to” manual)
http://www.smccd.edu/accounts/skysloac/index.htm
http://www.smccd.net/accounts/skysloac/framework.html
Skyline College
Skyline Prospectus
Other Useful Websites
ACCJC Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
2002 Accreditation Standards and the Guide to Evaluating Institutions ACCJC/WASC
http://accjc.org
Go to “Core Documents and References. Refer to the new 2002 accreditation standards and the accreditation reference handbook.
ALA American Library Association
.
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/assessingstudent.htm Information on the Association of College & Research Libraries' online course to help librarians develop an assessment program on their campus
California Assessment Institute
http://cai.cc.ca.us/
Carnegies Institute faculty inquiry groups (FIG)
http://72.5.117.129/general/sub.asp?key=26&subkey=1816&topkey=26
Community College Survey of Student Engagement
Annual updates on benchmarks for students in various parameters
http://www.ccsse.org/survey/survey.cfm
Center for Student Success (RP)
http://css.rpgroup.org/
Research and Planning Group (RP)
http://rpgroup.org/
FLAG
Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide
http://www.flaguide.org/
Teaching Goals Inventory
Self evaluation of teaching goals and practice
http://www.uiowa.edu/~centeach/tgi/background.html
Other Community College Outside of California
Baltimore County Community College
http://www.ccbcmd.edu/loa/index.html
Delaware
County Community College
http://www.dccc.edu/catalog/competencies.html
Johnson County
Community College
Assessment Processes and Results
http://www.jccc.net/home/depts/S00015
Sinclair Community College
http://www.sinclair.edu/about/assessment/resources/index.cfm
Other Universities
CSU System
Outcomes Website with links to all campus sites
http://www.calstate.edu/AcadAff/SLOA/
Alverno
http://www.alverno.edu/academics/ddp.html
Southern Illinois University
Undergraduate Assessment and Program Review Web
http://www.siue.edu/assessment/index.html
Commercial SLO or Curriculum Web storage sources
CurricUNET – create and store curriculum documents of record
http://www.curricunet.com/cnet_home/
Elumin – Store curriculum information and assessment data
(http://www.elumin.com/
Google.docs and Spreadsheets – create and edit from anywhere – used for group exercises to collaboratively write SLOs and record assessment data
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/b1.html
Useful Short Articles
American Association for Higher Education. (n.d.). Nine principles of good
practice in assessing student learning. Retrieved September 18, 2002 , from http://www.aahe.org/assessment/assess_links.htm
Angelo, T. A. (1999, May). Doing assessment as if learning matters most. Retrieved
January 20, 2003 , from American Association for Higher Education Web site: http://aahebulletin.com/public/archive/angelomay99.asp
Boud, D. (1995a). Assessment for learning: contradictory or complementary? Retrieved
January 4, 2004 , from University of Technology Sydney Web site: http://www.
education.uts.edu.au/ostaff/staff/publications/db_9_boud_seda_95.pdf
Wright, B. D. (1999). Evaluating learning in individual courses. Retrieved June 10, 2003 from the California Assessment Institute Website. http://www.cai.cc.ca.us/Resources/Wright2.doc
Wiggins, Grant (1990). The case for authentic assessment. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2(2). Retrieved February 16, 2004 from http://PAREonline.net/getvn.asp?v=2&n=2 Copyright 1990, PAREonline.net.
Books
Don’t forget to use the codes to save you money on purchases; for Jossey- Bass CCC 20 and with Stylus HE04
Angelo, T. A., & Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass
Astin, Alexander. Assessment for Excellence: The philosophy and practice of assessment in evaluation in higher education. Westport,Conn : ORYX Press, 1993
Brookhart, Susan. The art and science of classroom assessment: The missing part of pedagogy. ASHE -ERIC Higher Education Report (Vol. 27, no.1). Washington D.C. : The George Washington University , Granduate School of Education and Human Development, 1999.
Huba, Mary E. and Jann E. Freed. Learner-centered assessment on college campuses; Shifting the focus from teaching to learning. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
These next few books by National Academy Press are free to read online or they can be purchased for a very reasonable price. Just click on the book covers.
National Research Council [NRC]. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Washington , DC : National Academy Press http://www.nap.edu/
Maki, P.L. Assessing for learning: Building a sustainable commitment across the institution. Sterling, VA : Stylus. Publishing 2004.
Nichols, James O. and Karen W. Nichols. A road map for improvement of student learning and support services through assessment . New York : Agathon Press, 2005. available from the Schurz Library LB2331.63 .N55 2005
Nichols, J. O. (2001). General education assessment for improvement of student academic achievement: Guidance for academic departments and committees. Flemington, NJ : Agathon Press. http://www.agathonpress.com
Nichols, James O. The Departmental Guide and Record Book for Student Outcomes Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness. New York : Agathon Press, 1995
Palomba, C. A., & Banta, T. W. (1999). Assessment essentials: Planning, implementing, and improving assessment in higher education. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass.
Stevens, Dannelle D. and Antonia J. Levi. Introduction to rubrics: An assessment tool to save grading time, Convey Effective Feedback and Promote Student Learning. Sterling VA : Stylus Publishing, 2005.
Stiehl, R. and Lewchuk, l. The outcomes primer: Reconstructing the college curriculum. The Learning Organization.
Suskie, L. Assessing student learning, A common sense guide. Bolton, MA : Anker Pub.2004.
Walvoord, B., & Anderson, V. J. (1998). Effective grading: A tool for learning and assessment. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass.
Accrediting Associations
CHEA - Council for Higher Education Accreditation http://www.chea.org/
(particularly http://www.chea.org/Chronicle/vol5/no2/Chron-vol5-no2.pdf)
Regional Accreditation Associations
MSCHE - Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Middle States Commission on Higher Education http://www.msache.org
ACCJC WASC - Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges http:// www.accjc.org (see definitions in accreditation standards page 29