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ERIC Number: ED480571
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2001-Feb
Pages: 40
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Report of the Maricopa Community College District Governing Board's Goal on Post-Secondary Student Competencies.
Maricopa County Community Coll. District, Phoenix, AZ.
This document offers reports on the Maricopa Community College District (Arizona) Governing Board's Goal on Post-Secondary Student Competencies. The report includes detailed information for ten MCCD schools. For example, the 1999-2000 academic year assessment for Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC), analyzed the writing and mathematics programs at CGCC. These assessment efforts focused on classroom level and course level measures of general education skills, as well as cross-disciplinary measures of critical thinking and personal development. CGCC faculty, in collaboration with the Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee (SLOAC), created college-wide definitions for the competency outcomes listed by the Governing Board, collected documentation, and used the results of assessments to make changes in pedagogy, curriculum, course scheduling, advisement, and faculty development. Future recommendations for CGCC assessment efforts include: (1) Extending the writing competency rubric for use beyond English classes; (2) Increasing budget for continued assessment efforts; (3) Increasing cross-disciplinary assessment training, including group speakers; (4) Extending the math common final assessment to courses beyond College Algebra; and (5) Continuing to hold the annual faculty forum on assessment each year. The document offers, for each school included, an executive summary of the assessment efforts, highlights of the efforts, and future recommendations. (NB)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Maricopa County Community Coll. District, Phoenix, AZ.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A