California State University, Dominguez Hills College Portrait
California State University, Dominguez Hills1000 E. Victoria Street Carson, CA 90747
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- Student Learning Outcomes
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Student Learning at California State University, Dominguez Hills
All colleges and universities use multiple approaches to measure student learning. Many of these are specific to particular disciplines, many are coordinated with accrediting agencies, and many are based on outcomes after students have graduated.
Student learning outcomes focus on what students learn, most often addressing two questions: What does the University want students to know by the time they finish a course or degree? What does it want students to be able to do with what they know by the time they finish a course or degree? Faculty members design outcomes at the program and course levels by discussing what they believe is essential to student learning in their disciplines. CSUDH has determined a set of 10 essential elements of learning outcome assessment to provide evidence of student learning outcomes achievement. Each program’s progress in achieving these 10 essential elements is monitored and assessed annually by the University Student Learning Outcome Assessment Committee (USLOAC).
Learning Assessment Examples
Pilot Project to Measure Core Learning Outcomes
Colleges and universities participating in the College Portrait measure the typical improvement in students' abilities to think, reason, and write using one of three tests. This is part of a pilot project to better understand and compare what students learn between their freshman and senior years at different colleges and universities.
- Results from the Collegiate Learning Assessment
The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) measures critical thinking, analytic reasoning, problem solving, and written communication using a performance task and an analytic writing task. The scores from the tasks are reported separately below.
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Test Information
Performance Task Results for First-time, Full-time Students
The increase in learning on the performance task is above what would be expected at an institution testing students of similar academic abilities.
Freshman Score: 939
Senior Score: 0
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.
Average ACT scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 16
Senior Score: 0
Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 750
Senior Score: 0
Analytic Writing Task Results for First-time, Full-time Students
The increase in learning on the analytic writing task is well above what would be expected at an institution testing students of similar academic abilities.
Freshman Score: 1031
Senior Score: 0
CLA score range: 400 to no maximum score.
Average ACT scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 17
Senior Score: 0
Average EEA scores for tested students
Freshman Score: 802
Senior Score: 0