Assesesment om program planning

Assessment planning begins with the institutional mission statement, which describes the communities that are served and the institutional purposes and other characteristics that define your institution. Student outcomes relate to the knowledge, skills and behaviors that students acquire as they progress through the program and describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation.

Defining educational objectives and student outcomes provides faculty with a common understanding of the expectations for student learning and supports consistency across the curriculum, as measured by performance indicators. Performance indicators represent the knowledge, skills, attitudes or behavior students should be able to demonstrate by the time of graduation that indicate competence related to the outcome.

Assessments offer a framework through which you can identify, collect and prepare data to evaluate the attainment of student outcomes and program educational objectives. Effective assessments use relevant direct, indirect, quantitative, and qualitative measures appropriate to the outcome or objective being measured. Appropriate sampling methods may be used as part of an assessment process.

Efficient and effective assessment strategies require an understanding of the alignment between educational practices and strategies. This can be accomplished by mapping educational strategies which could include co-curricular activities to learning outcomes. At UW-Madison, every academic program — undergraduate, graduate, certificate and general education — must have an active assessment plan.

Quality program assessment plans should:. Current UW-Madison academic program assessment plans are available to view and download in this Google Drive. Please contact Regina Lowery, regina. For guidance on developing or refining academic program assessment plans, review the guides, templates and examples below.

Academic Planning and Institutional Research APIR also provides campus data for the assessment of learning outcomes and for context about undergraduate programs. U niversity of W isconsin —Madison. Undergraduate, Graduate and Certificate Programs Program level assessment focuses on what and how an academic program is contributing to the learning and development of students as a group.