A hallmark of Ignatian spirituality and pedagogy is the iterative cycle of critical self-examination, reflection and action.
To implement this cycle of assessment throughout the Division of Academic 事务 at Saint Louis University, faculty and staff strive to:
- Define what "quality" means to 博彩网址大全, for 博彩网址大全, in the contexts of education, scholarship, service and operational support
- Set measurable outcomes for educational, scholarship, service and operational performance across all programs and units
- Develop and fully implement the curricular, co-curricular, academic support, scholarship, service and operational support programs designed to foster achievement of those outcomes
- Regularly measure achievement of stated outcomes (by students, faculty and the institution 集体)
- Regularly share and act upon achievement data to improve on all that we do
- Strengthen institutional conditions — cultures, infrastructures, human and fiscal resources and ethos — that intentionally support and advance all of the above
博彩网址大全 conducts assessment of student learning at both the Universitywide (i.e., 核心课程评估) and academic program levels for a variety of purposes.
了解结果
Accordingly, assessment results need to be understood and interpreted in their specific 评估环境. 那 requires us to be intentional about how and for what purposes the results are reported and subsequently used by various University constituencies 如下所述.
教职员工
Results of the assessment of our graduates' performance are utilized by 博彩网址大全 faculty and staff to understand how and why students evidenced performance as they did. 那 research, in turn, should be evidence of what we as an educational community can do 为了提高性能. It should be noted that program- and University-level assessment results are expressly not used to "grade" students nor are they used in any way to determine if students should graduate or not.
学生及家庭须知
Knowing how many of 博彩网址大全's graduates meet our own educational expectations can be helpful to students and families looking for an additional measure of the outcomes and benefits 博彩网址大全教育的一部分. Most helpful, however, could be knowing that 博彩网址大全 is very intentional about evaluating our educational quality and impact on students, about acting upon what we learn to improve all that we do.
For the 高等教育委员会
Since 1916, Saint Louis University has been accredited by the 高等教育委员会 (HLC), formerly known as the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. 的
HLC regularly monitors overall institutional quality and integrity, is focused
on ensuring that 博彩网址大全 meets its educational objectives consistent with our University
任务.
A key element of the HLC's oversight is monitoring and offering support for the improvement
of our educational assessment efforts. 博彩网址大全's transparent reporting of our assessment
processes, results and — perhaps most important — what we learn from our results to
inform positive change, are all critical to the HLC's understanding and evaluation
of 博彩网址大全's institutional performance.
问题或评论? 联系 Marissa Cope, assessment director, at 玛丽莎.cope@mcsoccer.net.
程序层次的评估
All 博彩网址大全 programs (degrees and certificates) are to undergo continuous, ongoing assessment 他们的学习成果. Assessment data should be collected and reviewed regularly. Programs submit their most recent plans and annual reports to the Office of Academic 事务. 这些 plans and reports are available here, organized by the associated college, school, or center. 的 student learning outcomes assessment process is illustrated below.
学生学习成果 Assessment
"闭合循环" is the process by which program faculty have made changes after step 4 and are reassessing to determine the changes had the desired effect on student learning (i.e.,学习 改进).