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Lone Star College’s

Deans’ and Chairs’ Training

Assessment at Lone Star College

Presented

By

Office of Strategic Planning and Assessment

Lone Star College’s Assessment Overview

SLO Assessment Process

SLO Data Submission Process

SLO Tools and Forms

Section Selection e-Form

SLO Data Collection Tool

Compliance Assist and Assessment Forms

o Curriculum Team Form, SLO Form, PLO Form

SLO vs. PLO vs. Curriculum Alignment Mapping

SLO vs. ACE

Standard SLO/PLO and ACE Timeline

Assessment Support and Communication

Deans’ and Chairs’ Role in Assessment

Topics of Presentation

Topics of Presentation

LSC Assessment Overview

SLO Assessment Process

SLO Data Submission

Process

Section Selection

e-Form:Assessment

leaders select 25% of the sections

SLO Data Collection

Tool: Selected

faculty submit data

Aggregated reports pulled

from SLO Data

collection Tool

Aggregated reports

entered into Compliance

Assist

SLO

assessment

Plans

SLO Closing-

the- Loop

Reports

SLO Tools and Forms

Created using Microsoft Access

o Two databases are created each semester.

o Three campuses are assigned to each database.

A Look at the Section Selection

e-Form and SLO Data

Collection Tool

• Populating the Section Selection e-Form Course section

reports are pulled from the People’s Soft database after Official

Day and uploaded to the e-form database.

• Selecting Sections: Assessment leaders then select sections for

assessment (Follow 25/4 Rule: 25% sections/4 sections

minimum)/Include online, dual, centers as well)

A Look at the Section

Selection e-Form

SharePoint acts as the “storefront” for the databases

o The Access databases are linked to SharePoint sites

for users to access the site through LSC’s intranet.

o This allows us to protect the faculty’s confidentiality.

because faculty need to enter their employee ID to

access the data entry tool.

What Faculty See from

the SLO Data

Collection Tool

• Once sections are selected, we identify any new users

based on their selections and update permissions on the

Share-point site.

o We email the identified instructors/sections to let them

know they have been selected, and provide them the

link to the data collection tool created for their campus.

o When assessment is complete, instructors access the

site to enter their section level data.

SLO Data Collection Tool – How we use it

SLO Data

Collection Tool

• Curriculum Team Form (CT Form): Situated in the SLO Form

section;

• SLO Form: For assessment plans and closing the loop

reporting—Mainly Fall semesters assessment/Spring

semesters are for catch-ups

• PLO Form: For workforce programs and other 60 credit hour

programs to develop assessment plans and closing the loop

reports – Annual process

Compliance Assist and

Assessment Forms

Compliance Assist

SLOs vs. PLOs

SLOs vs. PLOs:

SLOs: At LSC, SLOs are course level learning outcomes

PLOs: Program level learning outcomes

SLOs should support the assessment of PLOs

Curriculum Mapping

Align PLOs with Course Offered by the Program: An Example

SLO and Assignment

Mapping

Align SLOs with Course Assignment: A Model to Think About:

Course SLOs and Assignments Mapping

Engl 1301

SLO 1: Students should be able to write using standard American English SLO 2 SLO 3 SLO 4 Final Course Grade

Assignment Grammar/Usage Quiz

AssignmentEssay (Rubric on Grammar and usage)

SLO Assessment vs. ACE

Implementing SLO recommendations in ACE

assessment plans

Example 1 (Carry the Recommendations to ACE):

The SLO recommendation, “Continue to advise and

motivate students: encourage attendance and encourage

completion of coursework,” was addressed in the 2016-17

ACE assessment Plan, Objective 2— “Instructors will call

students with 2 or more absences to encourage them to

attend class.”

SLO Assessment vs. ACE

Implementing SLO recommendations in ACE

assessment plans

Example 2 (Carry the Recommendations to ACE):

The SLO recommendation, “Offer full semester online

courses (16 weeks) rather than 8 week course, and

restrict online enrollment to those students with a grade

point average of 3.5 or better,” was addressed in the

2016-17 Unit Effectiveness Plan, Objective 4—

“Implement the long semester and GPA requirement for

the online courses.”

SLO Timeline

Assessment Support and

Communication

Communication (Current Model):

SPA

Deans ChairsAssessment Liaisons and

Faculty

VPIs

Support Personnel and

Resources

Chris Tkach

281.655.3719

Christopher.T.Tkach@LoneStar.edu

Jinhao Wang

281.655.3718

Jinhao.Wang@LoneStar.edu

Priscilla Martin

281.655.3717

Priscilla.A.Martin@LoneStar.edu

SLO Web Site

http://www.lonestar.edu/student-

learning-outcomes.htm

SLO Handbook

http://www.lonestar.edu/documents/2-SLO-

Handbook-2015-Final.pdf

Support Personnel: Support Resources:

IE Web Site

http://www.lonestar.edu/institutional-

effectiveness.htm

ACE Handbook

http://www.lonestar.edu/images/ACE-

Handbook-LSC-2016-Final1.pdf

Communicate the timeline

Provide training

Engage faculty in meaningful assessment

Deans’ and Chairs’ Role in

Assessment

Deans play a critical leadership role in assessment: