Advancing Equity Through Assessment Initative
This page features resources designed to support faculty in the Advancing Equity Through the Assessment of Student Learning Initiative. The resources, including session recordings and resources, are available to all at ECC via this page. For more information on the initiative, see the Advancing Equity through the Assessment of Student Learning page on the TLSD Operations website.
1. Asset Thinking, Data Literacy, and Equity Gaps
What is "Asset Thinking" and How Does it Relate to Teaching?
Anthony Ramos, Executive Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Community Cultural Wealth (Video: 7 minutes 8 seconds)
Examples of Interventions Related to Asset Thinking (Video: 3 minutes 9 seconds)
Asset vs Deficit Thinking (Slideshow)
"Whose Cultural Has Capital? A Critical Race Theory Discussion of Community Cultural Wealth" (2005 Article)
What Are Key Elements of Data Literacy?
Dave Rudden, Managing Director of Institutional Research
The Key to Data Literacy (Video: 5 minutes 20 seconds)
The ABCCs of Data Literacy (Video: 3 minutes 2 seconds)
Data Literacy: An Example from Toothpaste Advertising (Video: 4 minutes 13 seconds)
What are Key Elements of Data Literacy? (Slideshow)
What Characterizes an "Equity Gap?"
Lisa Wiehle, Manager of Outcomes Assessment
Disaggregating Student Data (Video: 7 minutes 39 seconds)
Example of Assessment Data: BIO 110 (Video: 7 minutes 13 seconds)
Characterizing Equity Gaps (Slideshow)
2. Impactful Outcomes & Alignment
What Does "Alignment" Within Curriculum and Teaching Mean?
Lisa Wiehle, Manager of Outcomes Assessment
The Importance of Alignment (Video: 6 minutes 40 seconds)
Defining "Alignment" (Slideshow)
What Makes for an Effectively Written Learning Outcomes Statement?
Tyler Roeger, Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning
Examples of Effective and Ineffective Outcome Statements (Video: 3 minutes 13 seconds)
Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Domains and Outcomes Statements (Video: 1 minute 39 seconds)
Well-written Learning Outcomes (Slideshow)
Bloom's Taxonomy Verbs (PDF Graphic)
Webb's Depth of Knowledge (Google Doc Graphic)
How Do We Align Course Learning Outcomes with ECC's General Education Outcomes?
Lisa Wiehle, Manager of Outcomes Assessment
ECC's General Education Outcomes (Video: 1 minute 53 seconds)
Why Align Course Learning Outcomes with Gen Ed Outcomes (Video: 2 minutes 59 seconds)
General Education Outcomes Mapping Exercise (Video: 1 minute 44 seconds)
Aligning Course and General Education Outcomes (Slideshow)
General Education Outcomes Mapping Exercise (Downloadable Google Sheet)
How Can We Ensure Our Assignments Align with Our Learning Outcomes?
Tyler Roeger, Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning
Aligning Assignments with Outcomes: An Example from Automotive (Video: 6 minutes 42 seconds)
Aligning Assignments with Outcomes: An Example from Sociology (Video 6 minutes 10 seconds)
Creating an Assessment Blueprint (Video: 6 minutes 30 seconds)
Aligning Assignments with Outcomes (Slideshow)
Creating an Assessment Blueprint (Downloadable Google Doc)
3. Honing Your Assessment Plan: Using the D2L Standards Tool and Setting Benchmarks
What Methods are Available for Course Assessment?
Lisa Wiehle, Manager of Outcomes Assessment
Considering Methods of Assessment: Standardization? Size? (Video: 2 minutes 20 seconds)
Comparing Methods of Assessment (Slideshow)
What is the D2L Standards Tool, and How Can it We Use it to Learn About Student Success?
Tammy Ray, Instructional Technology and Distance Learning Coordinator IV
What is the D2L Standards Tool?
"Competencies" vs "Standards" in D2L (Video: 2 minutes 22 seconds)
Mastery Grading View (Video: 1 minute 39 seconds)
Enabling and Setting up D2L Standards
Enabling and Adding Standards (Video: 2 minutes 46 seconds)
Importing Standards into a Course (Video: 2 minutes 22 seconds)
Adding Standards to Particular Assignments and Activities
Adding Standards to a D2L Rubric (Video: 1 minute 44 seconds)
Adding Standards to a D2L Assignment (Video: 2 minutes 25 seconds)
Adding Standards to a D2L Discussion Board (Video: 1 minute 29 seconds)
Using the D2L Standards Tool (Slideshow)
Being Inquisitive About Equity Gaps and Using the D2L Standards Tool to Assessment English 102 (Video from Fall 2021 TLSD Opening Day Meeting: 9 minutes 55 seconds)
What are Equitable Ways to Determine Benchmarks for Course Assessment?
Lisa Wiehle, Manager of Outcomes Assessment
Equitably Setting Assessment Benchmarks (Slideshow)
