Academic Assessment
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Room: E-Building, E-512
Phone: (718) 482-6119
OIRA@lagcc.cuny.edu
Academic assessment at LaGuardia Community College is a process designed to support meaningful learning and development—for students, of course, but also for faculty, staff and the College as a whole. For more information go to Assessment.
Our assessment framework addresses:
- The entire purpose of college education, from first to last semester.
- The teaching and learning that takes place inside and outside the classroom.
- The learning that happens within and across programs, majors, or disciplines.
- Learning Matters Assessment Guide
General Education
General Education assessment at LaGuardia flows from its mission as an open-access community college. Our assessment processes reflect our focus on students’ longitudinal growth. We believe that, to be effective, development of student learning requires recursive attention in both General Education core courses and in required courses in the major, from First Year Seminars to Capstone courses. Consequently, LaGuardia assesses its General Education Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) both in the Pathways Core and in three required courses in every major during early, middle and late points in the curriculum.
Periodic Program Review (PPR)
Mandated by CUNY, all majors conduct a Periodic Program Review (PPR) on a regularly scheduled basis addressing Core Competencies and Abilities as well as the programmatic competencies developed for each particular major. PPRs are led by program faculty, who use their findings to recommend and implement changes in programmatic practice.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO)
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) are developed by each program and are articulated as part of a program’s Mission Statement. PLOs describe program-specific teaching and learning throughout the course of students’ education in the program, and what specific SLOs – skills, competencies and knowledge – the students will attain.
Assessment Leadership Team (ALT)
The Assessment Leadership Team (ALT) at LaGuardia is a college-wide team that meets monthly to discuss the College’s on-going initiatives in Outcomes Assessment, and to lead our annual Benchmark Readings.
Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
The LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning is a hub for professional innovation, reflection, collaboration and transformation. Engaging the collective expertise of LaGuardia faculty and colleagues across the U.S., the Center provides professional development opportunities that support effective, student-centered pedagogies and scholarly approaches to teaching.”