Outcomes Assessment at CSB/SJU

The main purpose of academic assessment at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University is to improve students’ learning and personal growth through a process of examining information about each program area and using this information to design curricular and co-curricular program improvements.

Assessment of student academic achievement is an ongoing process that focuses on understanding and improving student learning. It involves:

• Setting measureable educational objectives (specific knowledge, skills or attitudes that students are expected to achieve)
• Gathering, analyzing and interpreting data about student-learning outcomes
• Using the resulting information to document, explain and improve performance
• Making decisions about programs and/or changes in curriculum to enhance student learning

Assessment of programs and students is an integral part of the academic and administrative process at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. Assessment serves three major purposes:

• Improvement of student learning and instruction
• Accomplishment of institutional mission
• Documentation of the students' achievement of educational goals