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Standard Six: Programmatic Effectiveness and Assessment:

Using Data for Sustained Improvement

6.5 The program periodically reevaluates its assessment process to assure
continuous program improvement.

Explanation:
Identifying and implementing needed improvements in the assessment process leads to program
improvement and renewal. As part of the assessment process, the program must review its mission
statement, goals, student learning outcomes, and assessment plan to assure that assessment methods
are providing credible information to make evidence-based decisions.

The program must assure the assessment process is effective in measuring student learning outcomes.
At a minimum, this evaluation must occur at least every three years and be documented. In order to
assure that student learning outcomes have been achieved and that curricular content is well-integrated
across the curriculum, programs may consider the development and evaluation of a curriculum map.
Programs may wish to utilize assessment rubrics to assist in validating the assessment process.

Required Program Response:

• Describe how assessment process reevaluation has occurred.
• Discuss changes to the assessment process that have occurred since the last accreditation award.
• Provide documentation that the assessment process is evaluated at least once every three years.

Possible Site Visitor Evaluation Methods:

• Review of documentation related to the assessment process reevaluation
• Review of curriculum mapping documentation, if applicable
• Interviews with faculty
• Interview with institutional assessment coordinator, if applicable