Planning and Assessment

  Assessment is the systematic collection and examination of information to determine progress toward a specific goal. The process of assessment fuels efforts for continuous improvement, as academic programs and support units use assessment findings to determine whether intended outcomes were achieved and how best to improve future performance.

  Assessment is conducted to ensure that we are constantly focused on improving the learning experience. It is something academic programs must do to improve student learning and establish a strong scholastic reputation. It is something support units must do to promote reliable services and efficient business practices. While assessment is required by accrediting bodies, it is also intrinsic to the nature of higher education – an essential tool that affords us the ability to evaluate how we are doing and what we can do to improve.

  Faculty and staff assess student learning outcomes and program outcomes throughout the year. We document our findings in the fall of each year in Taskstream’s Accountability Management System (AMS).

 

1. For outcomes that require funding, the school with consultation with its faculty will develop a school level funding priority list; the divisions with consultation with their respective units will develop a division level funding priority list.
2. Programs and support units enter funding requests into the Funding Request Excel spreadsheet. (Download the Funding Request Form located below the planning calendar).
3. The schools and divisions forward their school level and division level priority lists to the components (President, Provost, VP for A&F). The components combined funding priorities will go through the shared governance process for review and recommendation to the President.

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Go to the Taskstream Page

 

• Assessment Handbook
• Assessment Cycle 
• Assessment Timeline
• UHCL University Learning Outcomes
• UHCL Strategic Goals
• Glossary of Common Terms
• Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning 

 

• Tips for Writing Learning Outcomes
• SLO Assessment Plan Worksheet (not yet available)
• PO Assessment Plan Worksheet (not yet available)
• Action Verbs for UHCL Learning Outcomes
• A Model of Learning Objectives
• Blooms Taxonomy Spiderweb

 

• Direct and Indirect Methods 
• Civic Engagement VALUE Rubric
• Creative Thinking VALUE Rubric
• Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric
• Ethical Reasoning VALUE Rubric 
• Global Learning VALUE Rubric
• Information Literacy VALUE Rubric
• Inquiry Analysis VALUE Rubric
• Integrative Learning VALUE Rubric
• Intercultural Knowledge VALUE Rubric
• Life Long Learning VALUE Rubric
• Oral Communication VALUE Rubric
• Problem Solving VALUE Rubric
• Quantitative Literacy VALUE Rubric
• Reading VALUE Rubric
• Teamwork VALUE Rubric
• Written Communication VALUE Rubric
• All About Rubrics

 

• Results and Use of Results: Questions to Ask
• Using Survey Results

 

• Avoiding the Pitfalls of Assessment 
• Assessment Plan Review Process
• Assessment Plan Rubric