Associated Students Assessment

Understanding the importance of ongoing assessment, the Associated Students (AS) is currently building a multi-year assessment infrastructure to evaluate student learning outcomes, program usage and satisfaction. Results from data collected will be used to examine AS Programs' efficacy in providing meaningful co-curricular learning experiences. This culture of evidence will be used to inform decision-making in strategic planning across all AS Programs.

The process is guided by the following questions:

• What do we want our students to learn by the time they complete our program?
          Intended student learning outcomes
• What are they actually learning?
          Actual student learning results
  
• How well are they learning these outcomes?
          Levels of achievement (based on explicit criteria)
  
• How do we know?
          Evidence of student learning
  
• How are we using the evidence to guide decisions for improvement?
          Tracking changes made based on data analysis 
• Do the improvements we make work?

Progress to date:

A full-time staff position designated to coordinate a centralized assessment effort across AS programs
 
Four constructs identified as potential learning outcomes:

•    Civic Engagement
•    Leadership
•    Interpersonal  Skills
•    Applied Knowledge