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Honolulu Community College

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Assessment

E komo mai! The Honolulu Community College is committed to the improvement of student learning across campus, including through all services and instructional units. 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:

1. Services: Service Area Outcomes (SAOs)

Units or participants achieve SAOs after experiencing a particular initiative. SAOs are mapped to our institutional Core Values.

2. Instructional units: Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

Students achieve:

  1. Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) after completing a course: Communication and Services (XLSX), Cooperative Education (XLSX), Liberal Arts (XLSX), Transportation and Trades (XLSX).
  2. Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs (PDF)) after completing a specific degree or certificate.
  3. Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) after completing any paths of study.

CLOs are mapped to PLOs and ILOs through a split map (PDF). Outcomes are approved by the Committee for Programs and Curricula (CPC via KualiCM). In courses with system-wide “articulation” or “designation,” CLOs are also shaped by “foundation” or “diversification” hallmarks as coordinated by the General Education Board.

3. When you develop outcomes, please follow:

  1. Guide for outcomes (PDF), with SLO Taxonomy (PDF) or SAO Taxonomy (PDF)
  2. Tutorial for outcomes

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. Guide for methods (PDF)
  2. Tutorial for methods
  3. Other resources: Assessment Vocabulary Practice (PDF), About Me Questionnaire (PDF)

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

  1. Prepare for your assessment collection:
  2. Input your assessment in eLumen:
  3. Curiosity: Why we chose eLumen

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.

  1. 2020-2024: Infographic (PDF)
  2. Clarifications (PDF): How to read assessment counts and percentages
  3. Instructional dashboard:
    1. CLOs:
    2. PLOs (including Natural Sciences degree, Hawaiian Studies degree, Sustainability certificate):
    3. ILOs & Liberal Arts outcomes:
  4. 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. Pre-published version.
  5. 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.

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.

Improvements related to assessment findings develop in various ways:

  1. Assessment conversations: Prompt questions (PDF) and off-campus resources (video, essay, handout (PDF), PowerPoint (PDF))
  2. Assessment Series: Flyer (PDF)
  3. Assessment Ambassador Academy: Flyer (PDF), Projects (PDF), Examples: Success Stories (PDF)
  4. Assessment Townhalls: Spring 2025 (PDF), Fall 2024 (PDF), Spring 2024 (PDF), Fall 2023 (PDF), Spring 2023 (PDF), Fall 2022 (PDF), Spring 2022 (PDF), Fall 2021 (PDF), Spring 2021 (PDF), Fall 2020 [Slides, References (PDF), Recording], Spring 2020 (PDF), Fall 2019 (PDF), Spring 2019 (PDF), Fall 2018 (PDF), Spring 2018 (PDF)
  5. Assessment Committee: Charter, Procedures (PDF), Membership, Minutes.
  6. Assessment Consultations: Call or email to set up one-on-one or departmental meetings.
  7. Faculty Development: Faculty Development Committee or email Ross Egloria, Distance Learning Coordinator, at egloria@hawaii.edu.
  8. 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.
Assistant Professor/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