Current Assessment Activities
Assessment is a process designed to systematically measure the achievement of learning outcomes/goals among students, programs, or other entities to verify student accomplishments and improve programs.
This assessment process at Hood College is described in the following cycle:
Time Period | Key Personnel | Action |
| Summer | OIRA; Graduate School Faculty | Graduate school assessment workshop |
| August | OIRA; CCAB; Faculty | Assessment Day (faculty discussions, assessment updates, and workshops) |
| Throughout each semester | OIRA; Core Area Coordinators; Department Chairs/Program Coordinators | Meet to confirm assessment plans, rubrics, and linkages in Chalk & Wire |
| As scheduled | OIRA; CCAB; Core Area Coordinators; Core Area Faculty | Core area reviews, scheduled on a two-year rotation |
| November & April | OIRA | Distribute Excel score templates for courses not submitting results via Chalk & Wire |
| Throughout each semester | Faculty | Score assignments in Chalk & Wire and submit results to OIRA (by end of semester) |
| December | CCAB; Core Area Coordinators | Core areas submit data into action plans to CCAB |
| May | OIRA | Release annual assessment reports |
| June | OIRA; Administrative Units | Complete administrative unit assessment reports |
CCAB=Core Curriculum Assessment Board; OIRA=Office of Institutional Research & Assessment
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