Step 5 – Closing the Loop

• Interpreting Data & “Closing the Loop” - Addresses all aspects of closing the loop: presenting results, interpreting results, making recommendations, implementing and documenting changes, with example of assessment loop; from Loyola Marymount University.
• Communicating Assessment Results – Answers the who, what, how, to whom of summarizing and presenting data; from Virginia Assessment Group 2005 Spring Drive-In.
• Analyzing Test Results - Information on how to identify potentially misleading or flawed test items, create a test blueprint for matching test items to course learning outcomes, analyze how well students achieved learning outcomes, use this information to improve learning; from Community College of Alleghany County.
• Ten Steps to Analyzing Your Results – Succinct guide to analyzing assessment data; from UVA workshop.