Student Learning Assessment Student learning assessment (SLA) is an ongoing process through which institutions of higher education seek to determine the degree to which the learning objectives set for their students are met.  Le Moyne College undertakes SLA:  (a) to be accountable to important constituencies (students, accrediting agencies, government) and (b) to have evidence with which to continuously improve teaching and learning.  The following links are provided as an aid to individual faculty and departments in their efforts to engage in quality student learning assessment

Evaluating Teaching 

End of course student evaluations are one way that we evaluate teaching at Le Moyne College.  While these are valuable in one sense, they are not sufficient.  Two additional ways that faculty have experimented with on campus include the development of teaching portfolios and peer review of teaching.  The following links provide introductions to and examples of these teaching evaluation methods.

• How To Prepare a Teaching Portfolio (excerpts from Peter Seldin's Book)
• Preparing a Teaching Portfolio:  A Guidebook, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Texas at Austin
• Sample:  Electronic Teaching Portfolio, Fred Glennon, Le Moyne College
• Peer Review, University of Nebraska
• Preparing for Peer Observation:  A Guidebook, CTE, Texas-Austin

Classroom Assessment

Assessment refers to ways of measuring whether or not the learning objectives for a course or a program are actually being achieved.  Assessment is integrally connected to teaching--assessment techniques help teachers discern if the pedagogies they use promote learning among the students and point to ways to improve their craft.  (For a review of the rationales for doing assessment and a perspective for Le Moyne College, see Assessment for the Right Reason, by Fred Glennon.).  The links below provide examples of classroom assessment techniques and course portfolios, which are detailed, reflective descriptions and discussions of courses taught.       

• SLA Model for Le Moyne College
• Classroom Assessment Techniques, Indiana University (a brief discussion of classroom assessment and discussion of certain techniques).  
• Assessment Techniques, Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University
• Course Portfolios and Keep Toolkit, Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL)

Programmatic Assessment

• The Collegiate Learning Assessment Project, an innovative approach to assessing an institution’s contribution to student learning developed by the Council for Aid for Education (CAE) with the RAND Corporation.
• Resources on Outcomes and Assessment, The Teagle Foundation
• A Compendium of Assessment Instruments, The Teagle Foundation

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