​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Assessment Committee

The Assessment Committe is the main governing body of assessments at LAHC. 

Link to the Strategic Educational Master Plan Renewal Workgroup

Committee Mission:
The Assessment Committee is a multi-purpose and dual reporting committee that provides recommendations to the College Planning Council (CPC) and has a reporting respoinsibility to the Academic Senate. The goal of the Assessment Committee is to provide a process for quality control and accountability by developing a candid analysis of the College's performance with respect to student success outcomes.

The functions of the committee are:

​Assessment

• ​​Create an Institutional Assessment Plan (maps out programs, timelines, responsibilities and flow of documents)..

• Create assessment plans for General Education and Institutional assessment.. 

• Review assessment forms prior to publication to the web. Recommend changes if necessary. Develop and recommend policies and procedures governing learning outcomes assessment.

Program Review (Annual Unit Planning)

Accountability

• ​​Deliver planning information to appropriate college committees such as CPC, Academic Senate, and Budget Co​mmittee.
• ​Keep current with requirements and activities related to assessment by ACCJC and the District. Publicize to the campus 
• Oversee all college outcome assessments (Annual Unit Plans, SLO/SAO, PLO, ISLO and Program Review) for all clusters (Academic Affairs, Student Services, and Admininstrative Services).
• Provide feedback regarding outcomes assessments to the appropriate cluster Vice President. Promote dialog and training about assessment issues.
• Recommend campus-wide meetings for dialog and training about assessment issues.
• Review campus wide assessment progress at regular intervals and recommend actions to further or improve the process.
• Review information for accreditation reporting on assessment.​

​Other (The Assessment Committee will forward the data summary reports to the appropriate committees)

• ​Aid the college in engaging students, faculty, community members and others in diealogue about the analysis and proposed goals and strategies.
• Develop a candid analysis of the college's performance with respect to student outcomes, with a special focus on low-income students of color and others who face barriers to success.
• Examine quantitative and qualitative data and present findings in a clear and compeling way that show where the college is doing well and where it needs to improve.
• Review data and recommend set student success targets for ACCJC Annual report.​​​
• Seek involvement of students and faculty to identify strengths and weaknesses of current college policies, structures, and services.
• Serve as liasions on Student Success Coordinating Committee with the Institutional Effectiveness Office.​

Meeting Times: The Assessment Committee meets every third Tuesday of the month in NEA 187 at 1:30 pm. 

Composition: The committee is composed of an academic assessment co-chair (SLO Coordinator) appointed by the Academic Senate, an administrative co-chair appointed by the vice-president of Academic Affairs, representatives from the academic divisions and student/administrative services, a classified member appointed by Student Services and Administrative Services cluster, and an ASO student representative,. The Dean of Institutional Effectiveness will serve as a resource.