{"id":661,"date":"2017-06-26T13:59:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T17:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/apsi\/?page_id=661"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:27:10","slug":"learning-outcomes-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/apsi\/learning-outcomes-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Outcomes Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/apsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/degree_level_expectations_header_1600x700_1.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Learning Outcomes Assessment\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Assessment of learning has always been an essential component of teaching; however this has typically been conducted at the <strong>course-level<\/strong> where the assignments, exams and projects of individual students are evaluated through grades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More recently, attention has turned to the assessment of learning at the degree or program level. <strong>Program-level<\/strong> assessment allows faculty to look at their programs as a whole, rather than just a sum of courses and other requirements. It answers the question: What do we intend our students to learn from the program?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning outcomes assessment can help you: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Gain insights into program, curriculum and student success\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n        \n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Provide direction and language to articulate knowledge and skills\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n        \n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Meet the requirements of the Quality Assurance Framework (QAF, IQAP)\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n        \n            <\/div>\n    \n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"steps-in-the-assessment-cycle\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps in the Assessment Cycle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Program-level assessment typically involved the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Writing of clear <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/apsi\/program-learning-assessment\/learning-outcomes\/\">learning outcomes<\/a> that are capable of being assessed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensuring the program curriculum offers students the opportunity to reach those outcomes (<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/apsi\/program-learning-assessment\/curriculum-mapping-design\/\">curriculum mapping<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implementing an <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/apsi\/program-learning-assessment\/program-assessment-tools\/\">assessment<\/a> plan to collect evidence of learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analyzing that evidence to make judgements about the program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Making changes to programs (as appropriate) based on those findings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continually refining learning outcomes and assessment practices to achieve the best evidence possible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The last step of the program assessment process is referred to as \u201cclosing the loop.\u201d As the above illustration shows, assessment of learning is meant to be an on-going and cyclical process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/apsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/assessment-cycle.png\" alt=\"A diagram representing the steps of the assessment cycle\" class=\"wp-image-972\" style=\"width:752px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/apsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/assessment-cycle.png 900w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/apsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/assessment-cycle-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/apsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/assessment-cycle-400x259.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/apsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/assessment-cycle-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/apsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/assessment-cycle-700x453.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"one-size-does-not-fit-all\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">One Size Does Not Fit All<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We expect that the character of learning outcomes, and the assessment strategies used to evaluate them, will vary considerably across campus depending on the profile needs of different disciplines. As such, the development of a learning outcomes assessment plan is a highly individualized process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When thinking about learning outcomes assessment strategies, remember these <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">T.I.P.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Team: <\/strong>Who will develop and carry out the assessment?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Inputs: <\/strong>How will the assessment be conducted? What methods and types of evidence will be used?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Plan: <\/strong>When will each learning outcome be assessed?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Share:<\/strong> How will assessment finding be communicated and used within the unit?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-we-can-help\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How We Can Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff at the OVP are always available with expertise and resources to help you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Develop and refine learning outcomes for your program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Map outcomes to program requirements and learning activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select and implement an assessment strategy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on meaningful program assessment, check out our presentation from the 2016 Teaching and Learning Symposium:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/i.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/Greater-than-the-Sum-of-its-Parts.pdf\">Greater than the Sum of its Parts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assessment of learning has always been an essential component of teaching; however this has typically been conducted at the course-level where the assignments, exams and projects of individual students are evaluated through grades. 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