Assessment Committee Resources

 CR ASSESSMENT HANDBOOK

Resources:

ACCJC's How to Examine the SLO Mechanism (posted 3/1/12)
ACCJC Manual for Institutional Self-Evaluation (posted 3/1/12)
Resources APPLYING ACCJC GUIDELINES (Alancraig document) - posted 2/15/12
Communicating SLO's to Students (link to Palomar College student information)
Closing the Loop: SLOs, GE SLOs, Assessment, Curriculum, Program Review, Planning, and Budgeting
(from the July 8, 2009 SLO Conference) prepared by: Marcy Alancraig, Cabrillo College; Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College; Lesley Kawaguchi, Santa Monica College

Assessment Powerpoints:

Articles about SLO's and Assessment in Higher Education.pdf
Assessment-Related Articles (links provided by Ruth Moon, CR Library)
Assessment Songs (ppt) posted 3/1/12
February 25 Assessment Basics Session posted 2/21/12
2012 ASCCC Proficiency into Practice (ppt) posted 2/15/12
Closing the Loop:  How to Make and Measure Changes (2012S)  (January 12,13,2012 Flex Activity)
General Ed Outcome Assessment: Critical Thinking - F2011 (January 12,13,2012 Flex Activity)
Assessment Essentials (ppt)
Closing the Loop (ppt)
Assessment Workshops-2010 (ppt)

Assessment books available in the Eureka, Mendocino, and Del Norte campus libraries:

Assessing academic programs in higher education / Mary J. Allen.

Assessing general education programs / Mary J. Allen.

Assessing student learning : a common sense guide / Linda Suskie ; foreword by Trudy W. Banta.

Assessment clear and simple : a practical guide for institutions, departments, and general education / Barbara E. Walvoord ; foreword by Trudy W. Banta.

Classroom assessment techniques : a handbook for college teachers / Thomas A. Angelo, K. Patricia Cross.

Online Assessment Videos

1. Youtube
   • CalState, Long Beach has a series of ten videos, playfully called "Assessment Quickies", with resources: http://www.youtube.com/user/MASaintGermain
   • Colleges are posting their on campus professional development presentations. LBCC has a number of their videos including program SLOs and assessment plans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md4Wymun2Pw. 
   • UCI has resources on classroom assessment techniques http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ogt0yI8xA. 
   • Vanderbilt has a two-day video conference by Lee Shulman on learning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YidowiBA09k
   • The University of Hawai'i posts their series http://www.youtube.com/user/uhmcte as does Miami Dade.
   • There are many more, you just have to surf.
2. ItunesU (iTunes University)
   • iTunesU has become a remarkable resource with short series, seminars and even courses that have been uploaded.  Some are video, some audio, all good, all free. 
   • Many institutions have developed channels. Once you go to the site and download the player which links you to the "store" (remember the lessons are free). The key is to surf the site as broadly as you can...  and focus on the results in iTunesU.
   • One of the biggies is UC-Berkeley which has many, courses uploaded. Berkeley has courses on cognitive science and learning, statistics and methods and even educational measurement co-taught with Vanderbilt and Michigan.
   • The Center for Teaching and Learning at Stanford also has presentations on teaching pedagogies.  CUNY has a Master Teacher Series.  Other providers on iTunes include Edutopia and UCTV.
3. www.learner.org
   • Funded by the Annenberg Project this site has teaching, learning and assessment videos.   It is here you will find the informational processing theory video "A Private Universe".  The videos cover all educational levels, but the concepts presented transfer nicely from level to level.  (e.g., Check out the feedback loop and use of rubrics as formative assessment by Martha Duran-Contreras, a second grade teacher from Santa Monica - social constructivism at its best.) You need to sign up, but, again, it is free.