Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee

Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee (SLOAC)

The Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee (SLOAC) was created as an ad hoc committee (formerly the Academic Outcomes Assessment Task Force) in 2005 to facilitate and support program level assessment efforts in each college. Representatives from all nine colleges and the Assistant Provost for Assessment and Accreditation sit on this committee.

RIT’s commitment to improving student learning and programs has led to a mature assessment culture. We have an institutional commitment to integrating best assessment practices at all levels of the institution and RIT has moved well beyond foundational stages. We are able to see concretely how assessment results improve quality, drive resource decisions, and strengthen the natural connection between curriculum, pedagogy, and student achievement.

Student learning assessment for all of RIT’s academic programs, regardless of program delivery mode or location, follow the same assessment policies, practices, and annual reporting processes.

Charge

This committee is part of RIT’s overall commitment to improving student learning and continuous program improvement.  The focus of the work is on supporting and facilitating program-level assessment efforts within each college and degree granting unit.

SLOAC’s primary charge is to:

• Provide recommendations for University assessment needs and strategies related to student learning and program improvement;
• Advise and support academic program-level learning assessment efforts and best practices in each college and degree granting unit at all locations;
• Recommend improvements to infrastructure and data management to provide information, planning, and guidance to University-wide assessment efforts;
• Minimize duplication of efforts by leveraging assessment processes and practices for multiple accrediting bodies and to meet Middle States and RIT assessment standards.