Assessment is a formative process that focuses on student learning. Assessment involves...
- Setting explicit student learning goals or outcomes for an academic program
- Evaluating the extent to which students are reaching those goals, and
- Using the information for program development and improvement
The purpose of assessment is to understand how educational programs are working and to determine whether they are contributing to student growth and development. Assessments provides faculty with a better understanding of what students are learning and it also engages students more deeply in the process of learning the content. By using assessment strategies that draw students into the assessment process it is more likely that they learn more of the content that you want them to learn while getting the added benefits of learning skills that will be useful to them in the future.
