Resources & Links

SLO Process

• SLO Assessment Process Checklist

Annual Planning and Evaluation Reports

• Sample Entries - Use of Results to Improve Student Learning
• Procedures for Documenting SLO
• Template for Annual Planning and Evaluation Report (Microsoft Word required to view)
• Checklist for Annual Planning and Evaluation Report
• Data for Annual Planning and Evaluation Reports

Faculty Training Workshops

• Workshop 1: Student Learning Outcomes in NOVA Programs and Classrooms
• Workshop 2: Writing and Mapping Student Learning OutcomesAssessment Techniques 
  • Handout: Assessment Readings
• Workshop 3: Methods for Assessing Student Learning Outcomes
  • Handout: Assessment Methods
• Workshop 4: Developing Rubrics Presentation
  • Handout: Developing Rubrics
• Workshop 5: Classroom Assessment Techniques: Finding Out What Your Students Really Know
  • Handout: Selected CATs for Getting Feedback on Student Learning and Response to Teaching
• Workshop 6: Reporting Results 
  • Reporting Results for Program Goals
  • Reporting Results for Student Learning Outcomes
  • Recording of Presentation for Reporting Results
• Workshop 7: Aligning Test Items with Course Learning Objectives
  • Handout: Bloom’s Taxonomy with Corresponding Verbs
  • Handout: Examples of Multiple-Choice Items Measuring at Various Levels

WEAVEonline

• NOVA WEAVEonline Log-In
• NOVA WEAVEonline Manual (Sept. 2010)

Assessment Links

• Assessment Loop Resources
  • General Assessment Process
  • Step 1 - Writing Student Learning Outcomes
  • Step 2 - Mapping Student Learning
  • Step 3 - Choosing Assessment Methods
  • Step 4 - Gathering Evidence
  • Step 5 - Closing the Loop
• Assessment Resources by Discipline
• Benchmarks for Success in Internet-based Distance Education
• Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
• Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning
• Using Results to Improve Student Learning - Sample Academic Assessment Report Entries

Helpful Links

• Achieving the Dream (ATD)
• Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
• Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)
• Northern Virginia Regional Commission
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
• State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)
• Virginia Assessment Group (VAG)
• Virginia Community Colleges System (VCCS)
• Virginia Association for Management Analysis and Planning (VAMAP)