Assessment Overview
Assessment at
HCC involves all areas of the College, from academics and student learning to
administrative and service areas. Assessment is fully integrated into all
aspects of College life, and helps to improve and inform teaching, learning,
processes, projects, services, budgeting and planning.
Strategic Direction for Assessment
HCC's Strategic Plan clearly emphasizes assessment and improvement as an
overarching theme:
Strategic Theme I: Harford Community College exemplifies
educational excellence and effectiveness.
- Assess, improve, and advance program design, content, and delivery of
educational programs.
- Assess, improve, and advance College policies, procedures, and practices
to promote successful teaching and learning.
Assessment Definition
Assessment is
putting into place a systematic process
that will answer the following questions on a continuous and ongoing basis:
What are we trying to do and why?
What is my program supposed to
accomplish?
How well are we doing it?
How do we know?
How do we use
information to improve or celebrate success?
Do the improvements we make work? (Bresciani, 2002)
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Assessment Purpose
Assessment has many purposes, but the primary purposes are:
- Improvement: Assessment can help improve the quality of
teaching, learning, programs and services, and planning and decision-making.
- Information: Assessment can provide information to unit
leaders and decision makers regarding the impact of instruction or
programming on student learning. It can also provide information so
that unit leaders and decision makers can better prioritize limited
resources.
- Accountability: Assessment can validate current programs,
services, and teaching and learning efforts and thereby secure continued
support for them by demonstrating their effectiveness to concerned
audiences. In other words, assessment can demonstrate accountability
to these audiences (Suskie, 2009.)
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Assessment at HCC
Institutional Assessment
Demonstrates that HCC
Resources for Institutional Assessment
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Student Learning Assessment
Demonstrates that students have the knowledge, skills, and competencies
that are consistent
with
For more information about HCC's Student Learning Assessment Activities,
click here.
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Student Service and
Administrative Assessment
Demonstrates HCC's commitment to comprehensive support to advance student
success (Strategic Plan Theme II) and commitment to quality in all
administrative areas. Individuals and units set goals and write outcomes
that align with HCC's Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Themes and
Initiatives. Outcomes are assessed and improvements and changes are made
based on those assessment results.
Resources for Student Service and Administrative Assessment
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Assessment Bookshelf
The Coordinator for Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness maintains a
collection of assessment books which are available for your use.
Please contact the Coordinator at ext. 2366 to arrange to borrow a book.
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