Student Learning & Institutional Effectiveness Assessment
Olympic College’s Mission:
We serve and enrich all our communities by providing quality education and training for all who seek to improve their lives through learning.
How do we define “quality education” and how do we know that we are providing it and that our students are learning what we provide? To fulfill our mission Olympic College is committed to ongoing assessment in a number of areas that have specific and interrelated purposes:
- To improve student academic achievement
- To improve teaching strategies
- To document best practices
- To identify opportunities for systemic improvements
- To provide evidence for institutional effectiveness
Assessment is a means of providing relevant, clear, and timely feedback to students and other stakeholders. Olympic College’s assessment initiatives and processes include:
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment
Core Abilities
Faculty Institutes
Accreditation
Strategic Planning
Instructional Policies Council
Instructional Program Planning
Updated 10/11/12
