Program Assessment

Learning outcomes assessment is based on a process in which faculty and staff identify the most appropriate objectives for specific academic programs or discipline, e.g., associate degrees and certificates. It employs a wide variety of measurements to determine whether the divisions and the College are achieving the learning goals in these areas.

The purpose of assessment is to produce feedback to the division, college, or constituents on the quality of its curriculum, learning process, and/or services, therby allowing each academic area to improve its programs and enhance student learning. It is not an evaluation of individual students or of individual faculty or staff.

Porgram assessment at NPCC is constructed primarily on the bais of a plan for each academic area. Each discipline is required to develop an assessment plan in order to maximize faculty involvement and reflect the unique aspects of each discipline and the diversity of educational goals and mission determined by the academic unit.

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