Assessment Tools
Gen Ed
Results
Competencies
IE Process
100
A survey students take that assesses student performance in skills like math, reading and writing.
What is ETS?
100
Student samples were collected from across the courses, scored, and complied.
What is the process creating the institutional portfolio?
100
Students met or exceeded expectations in all competencies for this assessment.
What is the institutional portfolio?
100
LCC students develop and express ideas through effective written, oral, and visual communication for various academic and professional contexts
What is Communication?
100
A term used to describe a goal set by the department.
What is an Outcome or Objective?
200
A survey students complete that gauges their attitudes and behavior towards college skills.
What is CCSSE?
200
Department chairs recommended faculty to assist in this process.
What is the grading committee?
200
75-100% passage rate
What are the results for the allied health licensure exams?
200
LCC students use inquiry and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information, and innovation and creative thinking.
What is Critical Thinking?
200
The tool used to determine if an outcome was met.
What is a measure?
300
A collection of student artifacts from across general education courses that are scored by a group of assessors.
What is an institutional portfolio?
300
Critical Thinking, Communication, Empirical/quantitative skills and teamwork
What are the 4 General Education competencies?
300
Bonus: Who is the visitor we will have on Tuesday?
Who is Mark Smith, SACS liaison?
300
LCC students apply scientific and mathematical concepts to analyze and solve problems to investigate hypotheses.
What are empirical/quantitative skills?
300
The description of accomplishments made in regards to outcomes/objectives
What are Improvements Achieved?
400
Exams in allied health programs.
What are licensure exams?
400
American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)
What is where the Gen Ed competencies were adapted from?
400
Students scored: • lower or equal to the cohort in the communication competency; • lower than the cohort in the critical thinking competency; • lower and higher than the cohort in empirical/quantitative skills competency; • lower and higher than the cohort in team work competencies
What is the CCSSE?
400
LCC students consider different points of view and work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.
What is Teamwork?
400
What is the plan for improvement based on results?
What is an Action Plan?
500
A tool used by graders to determine the extent to which a student has attained mastery of a concept.
What is a rubric?
500
" The institution establishes college level general education competencies and the level to which students have attained them"
What is SACS standard 3.5.1.?
500
Below the national average for writing, critical thinking, and math.
What are results of the ETS?
500
Bonus: other than Gen Ed, what are the other 3 areas being addressed for SACS?
What is administrative support services, academic/student support services, and community/public outreach.
500
The report that shows progress in meeting outcomes for 2012-2013 up to this point.
What is the Mid-Year report?