Outcomes Assessment

Outcomes Assessment is an ongoing, evidence-based approach that indicates the extent to which programs, courses, services, and all college units achieve their intentions. Assessment uses a feedback loop that involves identifying desired results; collecting and analyzing relevant information (data); and then using the findings to stimulate discussions and direct activities that can improve instructional delivery, curricula, programs, and/or services. 

Generally, measurable outcomes are a means to determine what students know, think, feel or do as a result of a given educational experience. Outcomes assessment, including course (SLOs), unit (UOs), Degree & Certificate (DCOs), and Institutional Levels (ILOs), allows departments to discover if the students are, in fact, learning what they are expected to learn. Outcomes home page.