The College Assessment Committee is a governing body responsible for guiding the assessment processes of the College, including the formal process of campus-wide learning outcomes assessment, coordinating learning outcomes assessment, and reporting the results of that assessment. The specific charge to the Committee includes the following activities:

• overseeing the implementation and compliance to the College Assessment Plan;

• examining and critiquing Program Outcomes Validation Reports and providing an Executive Summary of these reports to the Provost;

• examining and critiquing student achievement of academic outcomes reports for both program and general education outcomes and providing an Executive Summary of these reports to the Provost;

• monitoring curricular and methodology changes in programs/departments that occur because of program outcomes validation and the measurement of student achievement of academic outcomes;

• coordinating the activities of the College Assessment Committee Sub-committees (General Education, Academic Division Committees, and Community Education Workforce Development Committees);

• writing an annual Executive Summary of Assessment Activities report.

• writing an annual Report of Best Assessment Practices.

• conducting and developing training for faculty and chairs in program outcomes validation and assessment of student academic achievement.

Elected Membership

As a part of Columbus State’s Instructional Council, the Committee includes 12 faculty, 1 staff member, 3 administrators, and 1 student. The Provost, Deans, and Director of Assessment of Learning Systems provide administrative leadership and are Ex-officio members of the Committee. See current membership.