Third Step
Analyzing Outcomes

Once you have used your assessment tool to directly measure student learning, you will have outcomes.  As a subject matter expert, you will analyze those outcomes with your colleagues to determine if you are satisfied with the results.

Outcomes will tell a story about learning in your course, service, or program. They will reveal surprising facts about what students have learned and what they have not learned. Those insights can be gleaned from deep, thorough review of the outcomes, or even a quick review.

It is at this critical point when your expertise in the subject, service, or area is most essential. This is an important part of this process. It will likely generate questions like "what do we value?" and "what criteria do we agree upon?"  and "is this essential learning?"

We will all play a central role in determining whether or not the outcomes are adequate, and most importantly, how improvements might be made. Linking proposed improvements to evidence of learning is at the heart of the SLO paradigm.

At an institutional level, administrators and stakeholders will evaluate collaboratively with the intent of using the data to inform future improvements.

 

 

The content of this page is provided by the MJC Student Learning Outcomes Committee
For questions regarding the content of this page contact Letitia Senechal, MJC SLO Facilitator.

(Updated April 24, 2007)