Focus on individual student learning

Focus on institutional or departmental learning

A process that:

• is integral to learning
• involving observation and judgment of each student's performance
• based on public criteria
• with self assessment
• with feedback for student improvement of learning and faculty improvement of teaching
• Serves to certify student achievement

Processes that:

• contribute to improvement and organizational learning
• provide meaningful feedback to faculty, staff, and various publics
• analyze patterns of student and alumnae performance on a range of educational outcomes
• ensures comparison to standards