Make student learning observable.
Practical tools, research-informed strategies, and a community of practice for the assessment of student learning outcomes: observable behavior, competency attainment, and skill development.
New from Routledge
Interrogating, Disrupting, and Reframing College Student Learning Outcomes
Learning is observable behavior: the attainment and demonstration of skill.
The argument behind everything COACHes stands for, in full. Jarek Janio proposes an operational definition of learning, and shows how a single classroom artifact can carry course, program, and institutional assessment at once. With a foreword by Stephen P. Hundley.
Start where your work is
Four entry points, whether you are writing your first Student Learning Outcome statement or redesigning assessment across an institution.
Guide to SLO Assessment
A step-by-step foundation: from writing measurable outcomes to using results for continuous improvement.
SLO App Creator
Build assessment instruments in minutes. Turn grading into SLO data instead of a separate task.
Friday SLO Talks
Weekly conversations with higher education practitioners on the assessment of student learning.
Communities of Practice
Join a community to continue a discussion about assessment of student learning.
Questions about SLOs?
You are probably not the first to ask. Start with the questions higher education professionals ask most, answered through the lens of observable behavior.
Get in touch
Questions, ideas, or a campus story worth sharing? Here is how to reach the COACHes community.
SLO Symposium Listserv
Join the national conversation on outcomes assessment.
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