How Institutional Research Supports Programs Undergoing Review

Developing Evaluation Capacity at the Program Level

PHILOSOPHY:

Institutional Research supports and promotes a philosophy of participatory evaluation practice.  This approach informs the activities of the Institutional Research Office in terms of supporting program stakeholders in building their own evaluation capacity in an effort to develop stakeholder knowledge and skills to conduct research, gather data and interpret research results, and understand and use findings to improve program outcomes and service delivery.

RESOURCES:

• Presentation: Building Evaluation Capacity to Support Program Review

• Program Improvement Resource Guide

• A Guide to Developing Your Assessment Plan

• Brief Guide to Developing Surveys

• Brief Guide to Survey Sampling

Providing Access to Standardized Reports

DESCRIPTIVE DATA:

• Historical Number of Sections by Department

• Historical Average Section Size by Department

• Historical Student Demographics by Department

ACHEIVEMENT OUTCOMES

• Historical Retention Rates by Department

• Historical Successful Course Completion Rates by Department

• Historical Degrees and Certificates by TOP Code

Providing Links to Other Sources of Readily Available Data, Reports, and Forecasts

      Link to the California Community College Chancellor's Office Data Mart to find information on:

• Institutional Student Demographics (Descriptive Data)
• FTES by TOP Code (Descriptive Data)
• Degrees and Certificates by TOP Code (Achievment Outcome)
• Institutional Information on Staffing (Descriptive Data)
• and more!

      Link to the California Community College Chancellor's Office to find information on:

• Perkins/VTEA Core Indicator Reports

      Link to the Southern California Association of Governments to Find:

• Growth Forecasts

• Census Data

      Link to the California Department of Finance to Find:

• Census-Based Demographic Data