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Standard Six: Programmatic Effectiveness and Assessment:

Using Data for Sustained Improvement

6.4 The program analyzes and shares student learning outcome data to
facilitate ongoing program improvement.

Explanation:
Analysis of student learning outcome data allows the program to determine if it is meeting its mission,
goals, and student learning outcomes. This analysis also provides a means of accountability to faculty,
students, and other communities of interest. Faculty should assure all data have been analyzed and
discussed prior to sharing results with an assessment committee or other communities of interest.
Sharing the student learning data results must take place in a timely manner.
Programs must use assessment results to promote student success and maintain and improve student
learning outcomes. Analysis of student learning outcome data must occur at least annually, and results of
the evidence-based decisions must be documented.
In sum, the data analysis process must, at a minimum, include:

• Student learning outcome data that is compared to expected achievement; and
• Documentation of discussion(s) of data analysis including trending/comparing of results over
time to maintain and improve student learning.

 If the program does meet its benchmark for a specific student learning outcome, the
program should identify how student learning was maintained or improved and describe
how students achieved program-level student learning outcomes.
 If the program does not meet its benchmark for a specific student learning outcome, the
program must implement an action plan that identifies the issue/problem, allows for data
trending, and identifies areas for improvement. The action plan must be reassessed
annually until the performance concern(s) is/are appropriately addressed.

Required Program Response:

• Describe examples of changes that have resulted from the analysis of student learning outcome
data and discuss how these changes have maintained or improved student learning outcomes.
• Describe the process and timeframe for sharing student learning outcome data results with its
communities of interest.
• Provide actual student learning outcome data and analysis since the last accreditation award.
• Provide documentation of an action plan for any unmet benchmarks.
• Provide documentation that student learning outcome data and analysis is shared in a timely
manner.

Possible Site Visitor Evaluation Methods:

• Review of aggregated/disaggregated data
• Review of data analysis and actions taken
• Review of documentation that demonstrates the sharing of results with communities of interest
• Review of representative samples of measurement tools used for data collection
• Interviews with faculty
• Interview with institutional assessment coordinator, if applicable