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Honolulu Community College

Why HonCC

Assessment

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

1. Non-instructional units: Service Area Outcomes (SAOs)

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

2. Instructional units: Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

Students achieve:

  1. Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs (PDF)) after completing a course.
  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 relevant to PLOs and ILOs through a split map (PDF). Outcomes are approved by the Committee for Programs and Curricula (CPC via KualiCM).

3. When you develop outcomes, please follow:

  1. Guide for outcomes (PDF)
  2. Tutorial for outcomes
  3. SLO Bloom Taxonomy (PDF) or SAO Taxonomy (PDF)

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. Assessment Vocabulary Practice (PDF)
  4. About Me Questionnaire (PDF) by Liz Hartline

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

When you collect your assessment evidence, please:

  1. Answer four assessment questions in eLumen (why we chose eLumen (PDF))
  2. Review FAQs: Instructional FAQs, Non-Instructional FAQs
  3. Consult your eLumen Coordinator (PDF) (check eLumen roles (PDF))
  4. Refer to our eLumen resources:
    1. Instructors:
    2. Coordinators (PLOs):
    3. Managers (SAOs):

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. Faculty and staff members analyze CLOs and SAOs:

  1. Through eLumen Result Explorer and reports
  2. Example: Course (PDF) and Service (PDF).

2. Coordinators analyze PLOs:

  1. Through eLumen Performance Reports (PDF)
  2. Examples: Program (PDF).
  3. Missing: Outcomes and mapping (PDF)

3. The assessment office focuses on ILOs:

  1. 2022-2023: Fall plans (XLSX)
  2. 2020-2022: Assessments (PDF), Infographic (PDF)
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 2020 Covid-19 Survey Results (PDF)
  6. 2018 General Meeting: Index Cards (5 pages) (PDF)
  7. 2018 General Meeting: Index Cards (1-Page Summary) (PDF)
  8. 2014-2018 Action Plans (8 pages) (PDF)
  9. 2014-2018 Action Plans (1-Page Summary) (PDF)

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: Flyers (PDF)
  3. Assessment Ambassador Academy: Flyer (PDF), Participants’ Projects (PDF)
  4. Assessment Townhalls: 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