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The Assessment Pyramid

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Level A: Mission Statement

Level B: Broad Goals of the Department contains your broad philosophical goals, written in ideal form (e.g., produce the best graduates, satisfy the constituent groups and stakeholders, maintain ABET accreditation). They are like the mission statement for the department and probably could be called such.

Level C: Program Educational Objectives are usually written as a bullet list of items that characterize the qualities of your graduates. ABET says that they “describe the expected accomplishments of graduates during the first few years after graduation.” Also at this level arre objectives that relate to the program, itself, such as facilities, faculty, and curriculum.

Level D: Program Outcomes "describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation.” These are general statements like ABET/TAC’s Criterion 1 a-k. The IUPUI PULs are also at this level in the hierarchy.

Level E: Measurable Learning Outcomes are statements that describe what you plan to assess across students and are mapped onto the items at Level D. These are more detailed than the ABET a-k, but more general than general course outcomes.

Level F: Course Outcomes contains your broad course outcomes, i.e., those statements in your course syllabus that tell students and external constituencies what the course will cover. It does not go into detail.

Level G: Course Instructional Objectives tell students what they must be able to demonstrate when you evaluate them for a course grade.

IUPUI Mission CPT Goals Educational Objectives Program Outcomes Measureable Learning Course Outcomes Course Instructional Objectives