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Assessment

The faculty and staff of John A. Logan College are committed to providing students with opportunities to develop learning abilities that will last a lifetime. In every course, course-level outcomes (CLOs) have been identified, and instructors have determined how these outcomes are to be assessed (e.g., through a project, exam, or paper). Each course-level outcome is mapped to a program-level outcome (PLO) and a division-level objective (DLO). Finally, each division-level outcome has been mapped to an institution-level outcome (ILO).

All areas of the college are represented in the College’s assessment process: faculty, academic affairs professionals, student affairs professionals, support staff, and students. The faculty and staff of John A. Logan College are committed to providing students with opportunities to develop learning abilities that will last a lifetime.

This is a graphic showing the various stakeholders (Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Support Staff, Students, and Faculty) contributing to institutional assessment.

Curricular Mapping

In every course, course-level outcomes (CLOs) have been identified, and instructors have determined how these outcomes are to be assessed (e.g., through a project, exam, or paper). Each course-level outcome is mapped to a program-level outcome (PLO) and a division-level objective (DLO). Finally, each division-level outcome has been mapped to an institution-level outcome (ILO).

This is a pyramid graphic displaying how course-level outcomes (at the base) feed upward into program-level outcomes, which feed upward into division-level outcomes, which feed upward into institution-level outcomes.

The institutional-level outcomes have been defined as:

  • Communication: Students express thoughts, ideas, and feelings in both written and oral modes.
  • Critical Thinking: Students apply a rational and methodical approach to problem solving based on use of appropriate evidence.
  • Cultural and Global Awareness: Students demonstrate an understanding of the influence of culture and society.
  • Information Literacy: Students locate, evaluate, retrieve, organize, create, and disseminate information.
  • Quantitative Reasoning: Students use and understand numbers to interpret, evaluate, and express information in quantitative terms.

The division-level outcomes have been defined as:

  • Arts & Science Division Outcomes: 
    • Transfer Readiness: Content area competency, planning and goal setting, communication and advocacy
    • Lifelong Learning Practices: Adaptability and skill development, growth mindset and self-directed learning
    • Ethical Citizenship: Academic integrity, civic engagement, inclusivity and equity
  • Career and Technical Education Division Outcomes:
    • Traditional and Standard Industry Specific Skills: Traditional and standard industry specific skills. Examining and employing current industry trends.
    • Workplace Safety Practices in the Environment: Workplace safety practices in the environment and within the products and services provided.
    • Learned Problem Solving Techniques: Learned problem solving techniques that are efficient and accurate.
    • Effective Communication: Best practices in technical communication in written, oral, and graphical forms. Interpersonal skills in customer service and co-worker engagement.
    • Material Waste Management: Sustainable practices in manufacturing, service, and design.
  • Health Sciences Division Outcomes:
    • Provide Safe Patient Care: Provide safe patient care to diverse populations.
    • Decision-making Skills: Apply proper moral and ethical decision-making to solve problems.
    • Display Professionalism Characteristics: Display professionalism characteristics at all times within the healthcare program.
    • Communication Skills: Use closed-loop communication skills to reduce risk and errors.

Program-level outcomes can be found on a respective program’s page.

The Assessment Handbook reviews the history of assessment at the College, the College’s assessment philosophy, and current practices.

John A. Logan College uses Anthology Outcomes to support its assessment efforts. Training on how to use this software has been made available to faculty by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research on the Intranet.

Assessment Archive