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Honolulu Community College

Why HonCC

Assessment

E komo mai! Assessment is an ongoing and interactive process consisting of the following steps:

  1. Defining the outcomes.
  2. Determining appropriate methods to assess the outcomes.
  3. Gathering evidence of the outcomes.
  4. Analyzing the evidence.
  5. Using this information to improve student learning and evolve the program/service.

O ke kahua mamua, mahope ke kūkulu. The site first, and then the building.

Our institution has established outcomes for all units:

1. Non-instructional units: Service Area Outcomes (SAOs)

Units or participants achieve SAOs after experiencing a particular initiative. SAOs are linked to our institutional Core Values (View Core Values at Mission Statement & Institutional Learning Outcomes).

2. Instructional units: Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

Students achieve:

  1. Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) after completing a course.
  2. Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) after completing a specific degree or certificate.
  3. Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs – View ILOs at Mission Statement & Institutional Learning Outcomes) after completing any paths of study.

CLOs are mapped to PLOs and ILOs.

New courses and programs have their outcomes approved by the Committee for Programs and Curricula (CPC via KualiCM).

When you develop outcomes, please follow:

  1. Defining Outcomes: Outcomes guidelines (PDF) and video tutorial.
  2. Assessable verbs: For SLOs (Bloom Taxonomy (PDF)) and for SAOs (Support Outcomes Taxonomy (PDF)).

Eʻ au mālie i ke kai pāpaʻu, o pakī ka wai a pula ka maka. Swim quietly in shallow water lest it splash into the eyes.

When you develop assessment methods, please consult:

  1. Determining assessment methods: Method guidelines (PDF) and video tutorial.
  2. Assessment vocabulary: Test your knowledge of assessment (PDF)!
  3. Know your students and plan assessment accordingly: About Me Questionnaire (PDF) by Liz Hartline

ʻIke ʻia no ka loea i ke kuahu. Experts are recognized by the altar they build.

When you collect your assessment evidence, please keep in mind:

  1. These prompt questions (PDF).
  2. Assessment reports are stored in eLumen (why we chose eLumen (PDF))
  3. eLumen: Roles, Coordinator list
  4. FAQs: Instructional, Non-Instructional
  5. eLumen trainings:
    1. Faculty:
    2. Unit/Area Coordinator (instructional):
    3. Unit/Area Coordinator (non-instructional):
  6. 2020-2021: Assessments, Infographic (PDF)
  7. Missing outcomes and mapping (PDF)

ʻAʻohe o kāhi nānā o luna o ka pali; iho mai a lalo nei; ʻike i ke au nui ke au iki, he alo a he alo. The top of the cliff isn’t the place to look at us; come down here and learn of the big and little current, face to face.

Faculty and staff members analyze their SLOs and SAOs on an ongoing basis. Please review:

  1. Your eLumen result explorer: Check the eLumen trainings in the Evidence section above.
  2. Examples of analysis of: Course (PDF), Program (PDF), Service (PDF).

The assessment office focuses on ILOs:

  1. Logli, C. (2022). Culturally responsive assessment 2.0 through faculty and students’ voices. In G. Henning (Ed.), Reframing assessment to center equity: Theories, models, and practice in US higher education. Sterling, Virginia: Stylus Publishing.
  2. Logli, C. (2020). Culturally Responsive Assessment 2.0: Revisiting the quest for equity and quality in student learning. Research and Practice in Assessment, 14 (Winter), 19-31.
  3. Assessment Reports: 2014-2018 SLO Assessment Reports: Analysis (PDF); 2014-2018 SLO Assessment Reports Analysis (Summary) (PDF).
  4. 2018 General Meeting index cards: Fall 2018’s General Meeting: Index Cards Analysis (PDF); Fall 2018’s General Meeting: Index Cards Analysis (Summary) (PDF).
  5. COVID-19 survey: Results (PDF)

A hewa no he hale kanaka, ʻaʻohe hewa o ka hale kanakaʻole. Fault can be found in an inhabited house and none in an uninhabited one.

Action plans related to assessment findings develop in a variety of contexts, including:

  1. Examples of how to use results towards improvement: Video, Essay, Handout (PDF), PowerPoint (PDF).
  2. Assessment Discussions: Questions to facilitate your departmental dialogues around assessment results.
  3. Assessment Series:
  4. Assessment Ambassadors: Flyer (PDF), Participants’ Projects (PDF)
  5. Assessment Townhalls:
  6. Assessment Committee: Charter, Procedures [PDF], Membership, Minutes.
  7. Assessment Consultations: Call, email, or meet with me to set up one-on-one or departmental training.
  8. Faculty Development: Faculty Development Committee or email Ross Egloria, Distance Learning Coordinator, at egloria@hawaii.edu.
  9. UH-System Wide: Assessment Coordinators’ Group, Principles Statement (PDF)

Contact Us

Please contact us if you have questions. We are happy to support you!

Chiara Logli, Ph.D.
Faculty/Institutional Assessment Specialist
Honolulu Community College
874 Dillingham Blvd.
Building 27, Room 215H
Honolulu, HI 96817-4598
Phone: (808) 844-2317
E-mail: logli@hawaii.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiaralogli