What is Outcomes Assessment ?

Assessment at Casper College refers to the efforts to obtain information about how and what students are learning. The emphasis is on a system of activities that help us to understand student learning processes and the organizational and cultural factors effecting student learning.

• IRB and Assessment at Casper College
• Considering Important Questions in Assessment (pdf)  Why are you doing assessment?  Find out.
• Best Practices in Assessment (pdf)  Assessment should be a stimulus for growth, renewal and improvement.
• Measures (pdf)  Direct and indirect indicators of learning.
• Student Learning Outcomes (pdf) Student Learning Outcomes at Casper College are defined at the Institutional Level, the Program Level, and the Course Level.
• Course Level Assessment (pdf)  From identifying goals to using data for curriculum and teaching development.
• Additional Course Level Outcomes (pdf)  Communication, Dance, English & Political Science outcome statements.

• Improve faculty understanding and support of learning outcome initiatives
• Engage faculty to adopt a progressive culture of assessment
• Create transparency so that assessment data and techniques can be easily shared across the curriculum and the college community
• Promote teaching effectiveness to improve student learning

• Level of Satisfaction Results
• Level of Agreement Results
• Realignment Results
• Spring 2008 to Spring 2011 Comparative Results

• Level of Satisfaction Results
• Level of Agreement Results
• Spring 2007 to Spring 2008 Comparative Results