Assessment Timeline

New River Community College Educational Program Assessment Process Annual Schedule

Activity	Due Date	Person(s) Responsible
Collect data using identified assessment measures	Ongoing	Program faculty and Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research
Provision of ETS Proficiency Profile test results and other institutional data from prior academic year to program faculty	By August 16	Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research and Assessment Coordinator
Review results from the prior academic year’s assessment data and determine the extent to which program outcomes are met and enter findings into NETSPACE	By August 31	Program faculty with assistance from the assessment coordinator and director of institutional effectiveness and research
Develop action plan for improvement and enter plan into NETSPACE	By August 31	Program faculty with assistance from the assessment coordinator and director of institutional effectiveness and research
Approval of action plan for improvement	By September 30	Appropriate division dean
Validate/establish program goals consistent with mission and goals of the college for current academic year and enter into NETSPACE	By August 31	Program faculty with assistance from the assessment coordinator and director of institutional effectiveness and research
Validate/set student learning outcomes consistent with program goals for the current academic year and enter into NETSPACE	By August 31	Program faculty with assistance from the assessment coordinator and director of institutional effectiveness and research
Determine assessment measures for current academic year and enter into NETSPACE	By August 31	Program faculty with assistance from the assessment coordinator and director of institutional effectiveness and research
Set target outcomes for current academic year and enter into NETSPACE	By August 31	Program faculty with assistance from the assessment coordinator and director of institutional effectiveness and research
Approval of outcomes, measures, and targets	By September 30	Appropriate division dean
Implementation of action plan	Ongoing through academic year	Program faculty