Recognized for illustrating assessment information in meaningful ways and for being a good example of institutional transparency<\/b><\/p>\n
The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) chose Austin Community College’s <\/span>Academic Outcomes Assessment<\/span><\/a> website to be featured on the NILOA website<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for September. The site was recognized in the Centralized Assessment Repository category.<\/span><\/p>\n The NILOA Featured Website is a service intended to point others to promising practices in innovative and transparent online communication of student learning outcomes assessment. The selection criteria for determining a featured student learning outcomes assessment website include: communication, creativity, centralized assessment repository, and navigation.<\/span><\/p>\n According to NILOA, ACC\u2019s site was chosen because:<\/span><\/p>\n Austin Community College Academic Outcomes Assessment website<\/span><\/a> is a comprehensive guide for institutional effectiveness and educational improvement through the collection of assessment data. It offers a plethora of resources, including the <\/span>Assessment Manual<\/span><\/a>, which describes the assessment program at the institution. The site also offers access to a toolkit of <\/span>Rubrics<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>TracDat<\/span><\/a>, where comprehensive collection and analysis of assessment data is available for use in learning improvement. Among a variety of helpful resources, one can find the <\/span>Glossary<\/span><\/a>, which contains assessment documents and forms specific to Austin Community College, along with instructions on how to fill them out. Furthermore, the college\u2019s site shows <\/span>Student Learning Outcomes processes<\/span><\/a> along with a detailed breakdown of learning outcomes at the course and program levels through its <\/span>Discipline Assessment Cycle Working Group<\/span><\/a>, and supporting <\/span>resources<\/span><\/a> for faculty who would like to deepen their understanding of assessment. The resources available through the college\u2019s <\/span>General Education Assessments<\/span><\/a> clearly state the competencies that students must possess, enabling faculty to align teaching to learners\u2019 needs.<\/span><\/p>\n ACC was also recognized in NILOA\u2019s September newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n Special thanks to Ron Johns and Leah Jensen for their work on the website.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recognized for illustrating assessment information in meaningful ways and for being a good example of institutional transparency The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) chose Austin Community College’s Academic Outcomes Assessment website to be … Continue reading