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SOAR FORUM Standard 8: Educational Effectiveness

The institution demonstrates its effectiveness by ensuring satisfactory levels of student achievement on mission-appropriate student outcomes. Based on verifiable information, the institution understands what its students have gained as a result of their education and has useful evidence about the success of its recent graduates. This information is used for planning and improvement, resource allocation, and to inform the public about the institution. Student achievement is at a level appropriate for the degree awarded.

PLEASE READ the current initiatives at Northern Essex that are relevant to Standard 8 before completing the form:

1. Institutional-level assessments
2. Multi-state assessments
3. Academic program reviews
4. Academic program summits
5. Curriculum maps
6. Core Academic Skills Committee and application procedures
7. Advising pathways
8. Academic program assessment plans
9. Assessment Day
10. Assessment Committee/guidance
11. TK20 and Assessment Portal
12. AMCOA participation (Advancing a Massachusetts Culture of Assessment)
13. Syllabi review
14. Competency Based Education
15. Latinx discussions/analysis of performance
16. ISE measurements of progress (Integrated Student Experience)
17. CCSSE surveys (Community College Survey of Student Engagement)
18. Alumni surveys/graduate follow-up reports

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Student Faculty Staff Administrator
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Reflect and record your thoughts, ideas, and vision that supports our strengths at NECC around this NECHE Standard.

STRENGTHS
What is NECC doing really well presently to achieve this standard?
What areas of the college are our greatest assets in creating and meeting this standard’s goal?
OPPORTUNITIES
What are the best opportunities for NECC to achieve your vision of this standard?
How could we partner internally and externally to achieve this standard?
ASPIRATIONS
To what do we aspire? Please describe your vision of a preferred future for NECC with this standard successfully implemented.
RESULTS
What will we measure to determine if we have met your vision and implemented opportunities?
What will the impact be on NECC if your aspirations were to be implemented, and how could we measure that success?
Any other questions or comments
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