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Lone Star College’s
Deans’ and Chairs’ Training
Assessment at Lone Star College
Presented
By
Office of Strategic Planning and Assessment
Lone Star College’s Assessment Overview
SLO Assessment Process
SLO Data Submission Process
SLO Tools and Forms
Section Selection e-Form
SLO Data Collection Tool
Compliance Assist and Assessment Forms
o Curriculum Team Form, SLO Form, PLO Form
SLO vs. PLO vs. Curriculum Alignment Mapping
SLO vs. ACE
Standard SLO/PLO and ACE Timeline
Assessment Support and Communication
Deans’ and Chairs’ Role in Assessment
Topics of Presentation
Topics of Presentation
LSC Assessment Overview
SLO Assessment Process
SLO Data Submission
Process
Section Selection
e-Form:Assessment
leaders select 25% of the sections
SLO Data Collection
Tool: Selected
faculty submit data
Aggregated reports pulled
from SLO Data
collection Tool
Aggregated reports
entered into Compliance
Assist
SLO
assessment
Plans
SLO Closing-
the- Loop
Reports
SLO Tools and Forms
Created using Microsoft Access
o Two databases are created each semester.
o Three campuses are assigned to each database.
A Look at the Section Selection
e-Form and SLO Data
Collection Tool
• Populating the Section Selection e-Form Course section
reports are pulled from the People’s Soft database after Official
Day and uploaded to the e-form database.
• Selecting Sections: Assessment leaders then select sections for
assessment (Follow 25/4 Rule: 25% sections/4 sections
minimum)/Include online, dual, centers as well)
A Look at the Section
Selection e-Form
SharePoint acts as the “storefront” for the databases
o The Access databases are linked to SharePoint sites
for users to access the site through LSC’s intranet.
o This allows us to protect the faculty’s confidentiality.
because faculty need to enter their employee ID to
access the data entry tool.
What Faculty See from
the SLO Data
Collection Tool
• Once sections are selected, we identify any new users
based on their selections and update permissions on the
Share-point site.
o We email the identified instructors/sections to let them
know they have been selected, and provide them the
link to the data collection tool created for their campus.
o When assessment is complete, instructors access the
site to enter their section level data.
SLO Data Collection Tool – How we use it
SLO Data
Collection Tool
• Curriculum Team Form (CT Form): Situated in the SLO Form
section;
• SLO Form: For assessment plans and closing the loop
reporting—Mainly Fall semesters assessment/Spring
semesters are for catch-ups
• PLO Form: For workforce programs and other 60 credit hour
programs to develop assessment plans and closing the loop
reports – Annual process
Compliance Assist and
Assessment Forms
Compliance Assist
SLOs vs. PLOs
SLOs vs. PLOs:
SLOs: At LSC, SLOs are course level learning outcomes
PLOs: Program level learning outcomes
SLOs should support the assessment of PLOs
Curriculum Mapping
Align PLOs with Course Offered by the Program: An Example
SLO and Assignment
Mapping
Align SLOs with Course Assignment: A Model to Think About:
Course SLOs and Assignments Mapping
Engl 1301
SLO 1: Students should be able to write using standard American English SLO 2 SLO 3 SLO 4 Final Course Grade
Assignment Grammar/Usage Quiz
AssignmentEssay (Rubric on Grammar and usage)
SLO Assessment vs. ACE
Implementing SLO recommendations in ACE
assessment plans
Example 1 (Carry the Recommendations to ACE):
The SLO recommendation, “Continue to advise and
motivate students: encourage attendance and encourage
completion of coursework,” was addressed in the 2016-17
ACE assessment Plan, Objective 2— “Instructors will call
students with 2 or more absences to encourage them to
attend class.”
SLO Assessment vs. ACE
Implementing SLO recommendations in ACE
assessment plans
Example 2 (Carry the Recommendations to ACE):
The SLO recommendation, “Offer full semester online
courses (16 weeks) rather than 8 week course, and
restrict online enrollment to those students with a grade
point average of 3.5 or better,” was addressed in the
2016-17 Unit Effectiveness Plan, Objective 4—
“Implement the long semester and GPA requirement for
the online courses.”
SLO Timeline
Assessment Support and
Communication
Communication (Current Model):
SPA
Deans ChairsAssessment Liaisons and
Faculty
VPIs
Support Personnel and
Resources
Chris Tkach
281.655.3719
Jinhao Wang
281.655.3718
Priscilla Martin
281.655.3717
SLO Web Site
http://www.lonestar.edu/student-
learning-outcomes.htm
SLO Handbook
http://www.lonestar.edu/documents/2-SLO-
Handbook-2015-Final.pdf
Support Personnel: Support Resources:
IE Web Site
http://www.lonestar.edu/institutional-
effectiveness.htm
ACE Handbook
http://www.lonestar.edu/images/ACE-
Handbook-LSC-2016-Final1.pdf
Communicate the timeline
Provide training
Engage faculty in meaningful assessment
Deans’ and Chairs’ Role in
Assessment
Deans play a critical leadership role in assessment:
