Outcomes Assessment Process
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Outcomes Assessment Loop
The Outcomes Assessment Process at LBCC has been designed as a continuous loop of self-reflection and assessment in order to bring about meaningful change to student learning and services. The Outcomes Assessment Process enables each department to evaluate its current and future goals and needs and each program to plan strategies to serve its students and clients. Continuous improvement builds on existing efforts to improve student performance and optimize client experiences. Thus, it is imperative to continue dialogue and revise outcomes assessment efforts as necessary to ensure that student and client needs are being met.
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"Assessment is an ongoing process aimed at understanding and improving student learning [and college services in support of student learning]. It involves making our expectations explicit and public; setting appropriate criteria and high standards for...program quality; systematically gathering, analyzing, and interpreting evidence to determine how well performance matches those expectations and standards; and using the resulting information to document, explain, and improve...the college's performance. When it is embedded effectively within larger institutional systems, assessment can help us focus our collective attention, examine our assumptions, and create a shared academic culture dedicated to assuring and improving the quality of higher education."(Tom Angelo)
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Accreditation Standard
The primary purpose of an ACCJC-accredited institution is to foster learning in its students. An effective institution ensures that its resources and processes support student learning, continuously assesses that learning, and pursues institutional excellence and improvement. An effective institution maintains an ongoing, self-reflective dialogue about its quality and improvement.
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