Student Learning Assessment at Lane
Program assessment requirements
All academic programs at Lane are required to have an assessment plan for program-level and institutional-level outcomes. For guidance, support, tools, and examples, see the assessment website.
What is assessment?
Lane's vision is to transform students' lives through learning, but how do we know we are transforming students' lives? To better understand this, we must develop clear learning outcomes and evaluate our curriculum and pedagogical practices regularly to ensure a quality learning environment. Assessment of student learning focuses on students' attainment of knowledge and skills at the course and program or discipline level. This is accomplished by infusing the curriculum with general education learning outcomes intended to prepare students for success in the 21st century.
Assessment is at the heart of teaching and learning
Classroom teachers assess student performance all the time, often on a daily basis, gauging student mastery of course objectives/learning outcomes. At a shared course, sequence, department or program level, however, “assessment” necessitates that faculty articulate clearly to students and other stakeholders a shared understanding of what students will learn, how they will do so, and to what degree they will demonstrate proficiency.
Assessment Archives
- Website archive: Assessment website (link goes to archives) through November 2016.
- Projects/Fellowship Archive: Materials created by faculty who received project and fellowship funding through 2018-19.
- Reports: Assessment Reports 2011-2019