After thinking about your institution, apply each part of Suskie’s (2018) description to what you see to be the current status of assessment efforts.
Include an analysis of where it appears there are strengths, a need for improvement, or both, in the process of assessing student learning outcomes.
The Four-Step Teaching-Learning-Assessment Process
1. Establish clear, observable expected goals for student learning
2. Ensure that students have sufficient opportunities to achieve those goals
3. Systematically gather, analyze, and interpret evidence of how well student learning meets those goals
4. Use the resulting information to understand and improve student learning