3-Year Cycle Steps

Step 5: Plan Changes

After sharing the assessment study results among program faculty and staff, the next task is to plan concrete changes to improve student learning, based on the findings.

Some questions to consider while planning changes include:

• How do our results compare to our expected standards of student achievement?
• What are our program’s key strengths relative to the PLOs included in this study?
• Where could our program improve in each PLO? Are there specific subgroups of students who could benefit from additional support?
• How can we better support student learning in this PLO?
• How did our overall assessment process go? How could the process be improved in the future?

UCSC’s Teaching and Learning Center has resources available to improve teaching and course design, including

Once the plan for program changes has been discussed and finalized, the next step is to fill out the PLO study report (Step 6).