Committee on Outcomes and Assessment

COA Charge and Ongoing Responsibilities

1. Promote a practice of meaningful dialogue around learning outcomes development, assessment, and improvement college-wide.
2. Provide a forum to generate learning outcomes and assessment ideas and practices while sharing progress and accomplishments.
3. Incorporate learning outcomes assessment in Guided Pathways, Program Review, and Integrated Planning Processes.
4. Support faculty and classified professionals to complete effective learning assessments aligned with our cycle timeline.
5. Participate in ongoing professional learning around different types of learning assessments and provide leadership to the campus regarding best practices.
6. Maintain the structural and technological components of the learning outcomes process.

1. Integration and Alignment

ACCJC Standards: 1.3, 1.4, 2.9

• Work with Program Review Steering Committee, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness Committee, and Institutional Effectiveness to align Outcomes Assessment with broad institutional processes.
• Clarify how assessment connects to planning and decisions.

2. Learning Outcomes and Best Practices

ACCJC Standards: 1.3, 2.1, 2.2

• Host an Outcomes Summit and workshops.
• Facilitate department-level discussions on assessment results and identified improvements.
• Share and capture best practices.

3. Systems and Data for Assessment

ACCJC Standards: 2.2, 2.3, 2.7, 2.8

• Develop and pilot Canvas/Nuventive processes for collective learning outcomes data.
• Improve access to useful assessment information, including disaggregated results where feasible.
• Strengthen the use of outcomes data to support inquiry, student learning, and continuous improvement.

4. ILOs & GE Assessment

ACCJC Standards: 2.3, 2.4, 2.9

• Review and revise ILOs and assessment processes.
• Strengthen connections and ownership of GE structure.
• Support alignment of learning outcomes in syllabi, Meta, and Nuventive.