Assessment
Success matters at Oakton, and for that reason we are committed to strengthening student learning and sustaining a culture of inquiry, self-reflection, and continuous quality improvement.
Oakton’s Program for the Assessment of Learning (OPAL) is a group of faculty, staff, and administrators who use learning outcome assessments to collect data on student learning in the following areas:
- general education;
- transfer courses;
- career and technical education; and
- co-curricular activities
With this data, OPAL can understand better what is happening in student learning to drive positive change and improve our teaching and learning processes through:
- professional development (teaching the teachers)
- curricular changes (learning objectives, resources, prerequisites, content, etc.)
- pedagogical changes (changing how education is delivered)
- other