Get curious about the assessment process
Learning outcomes assessment is a cyclically recurring process
There are many perspectives about how many stages are included in the assessment process. The UC Davis assessment team believes in simple and straightforward methods that center students and their learning. There are four stages for program and course-level assessment of student learning: articulating outcomes and clarifying curricula; discerning the types and sources of assessment evidence; planning and collecting evidence of learning; and analyzing and using results.
NOTE: The focus of this website is providing clear guidance for faculty who are curious about assessing student learning outcomes in courses or programs. Luckily (well, it's not really luck, but you get the drift), the assessment practices described here align with expectations articulated by the UC Davis Academic Senate Undergraduate Council and the assessment expectations in the undergraduate program self-review process.