Student Affairs Assessment and Resources
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Assessment Mission
Our mission is to foster a growth-approach and feedback-oriented culture to enhance student success, engagement, support, and development. The committee is dedicated to collaboration and implementation of qualitative and quantitative assessment practices. We refer to professional organizations for standards towards the development, assessment, and improvement of quality student experience.
Assessment Goals
- To produce relevant and reliable data regarding our student population to inform, enhance, and transform our programs and services to help students achieve success holistically in various domains.
- To provide tools to staff in the division to gain knowledge, skills, and strategies about the various ways to conduct assessment and analyze outcomes unique to their areas.
- To promote and share stories about our students, campus community and programs.
What is Student Success?
Assessment Resources
Assessment Cycle
At the core of the assessment cycle sit the missions, visions, and values of A&M-SA and the Division of Student Affairs. It is imperative that our work – from planning to implementation, from data collection to reporting, all reflect the institution and the division.
Assessment Planning
Planning drives process. Good assessment starts with a plan that asks the important questions in order to generate the most accurate and useful outcomes. You can't get the right answer unless you ask the right questions. The following is a template to help ask the questions that matter.
Assessment Terminology
Assessment is the process of purposeful and intentional planning aimed at collecting, analyzing and making meaningful connections of the data to inform decisions on effectiveness and drive continuous improvement. Every university has their own shared language of assessment used to establish consistency and shared understanding.
Learning Outcomes
What is a Learning Outcome? A formal definition of a Learning Outcome might be “Learning Outcomes articulate and define the transformation goals of which the learner will achieve as a result of participating in the experience.” In other words, what do we want the learners to take away from their participation.
Technology for Assessment
Learn about all of the technology tools and support at A&M-SA to assist your assessment goals.