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College Wide Assessment

Assessing Student Academic Achievement

Parkland’s collegewide assessment program ensures continuous improvement in teaching and learning. Student learning is assessed and documented in each program of study the college offers, as well as in each area identified in the General Education objectives. Effective assessment of learning involves establishing goals and desired learn-ing outcomes, measuring students’ achievement of those goals and outcomes, changing instructional delivery techniques and components, suggesting appropriate changes in student behavior, and remeasuring students’ achievement of goals and outcomes to determine whether the changes are effective.

Assessment is a faculty process, with administrative sup- port, for the be ne!t of students. Parkland College is committed to fulfilling the promises made in the college’s statement of mission and purposes. College wide continuous assessment of student academic achievement provides the evidence that Parkland is keeping its educational promises to the people it serves, Illinois Community College District 505.

Assessing Support Services Effectiveness

Assessing the effectiveness of institutional support services, measuring how well the college achieves its stated goals, demonstrates Parkland’scommitment to excellence. By assessing both student academic achievement and institutional support services, the college continuously strives to improve all its offerings. All Parkland institutional support service areas, including the college bookstore, the Art Gallery, Student Services, WPCD-FM, the Business Office, and building and grounds operations, are engaged in a process to measure their effectiveness and to identify needed improvements. Each service area develops its own mission statement, sets measurable goals, assesses outcomes, and uses the results for continuous improvement. For more information, see www.parkland.edu/sa.