The Assessment and Outreach Center (AOC) provides student assessment services and shares Alverno's assessment model with educators and researchers. The AOC also assists with evaluating the
effectiveness of the college's ability-based curriculum.
Students complete faculty assessments and Credit for Prior Learning assessments to earn credits
for some introductory coursesin the AOC office. The AOC also coordinates a required assessment for new students. The AOC recruits and trains area professionals
through Alverno's Volunteer Assessor Program to assist staff and faculty in providing feedback
for students during the assessment.
Educational Outreach
The AOC works to share Alverno's ability-based curriculum and model for student learning with colleges and schools around the world. The AOC does this work by:
Managing Alverno's publications that focus on topics such as student assessment, teaching in
an ability-based curriculum, and student learning outcomes.
Arranging consultation services with educational institutions, nationally and internationally. Alverno's faculty help these institutions transform their theory and practice of
teaching, learning and assessment and revise their organization structures.
Program Evaluation
The AOC studies and evaluates student learning, progress, development, and performance to determine the effectiveness of the college's ability-based curriculum.
The department works with faculty, staff, and administrators to assess how well students are achieving learning outcomes at the level of the course, program, and
institution.
The department's focus on evaluating the curriculum has a broad range. The department examines individual assessments to see how well students are achieving learning
outcomes. It also uses surveys to analyze how the curriculum affects students after graduation. Studying who changes, who benefits and why gives the college a better understanding of
how college-learned abilities affect alumnae performance in work and in their personal lives. This evaluation helps the college share its curriculum with other educators
through workshop events the AOC coordinates and consultation services that the department arranges.
The AOC also supports accreditation and grant evaluation efforts in the college.
For 2021, our online conference will focus on change through equity, diversity and inclusion. The keynote speaker will be Deanna Singh. Click the link above for more
information.
This comprehensive, hands-on workshop will prepare education leaders to understand and explore learning outcomes, competency-based education, student-assessment-as learning, and
institutional assessment. Click the link above for more information.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore the important role that character education and social emotional learning play in improving school culture and academic achievement.
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