Assessment
In this section:Tallahassee State College offers an Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree which features various disciplines. An A.A. degree features a general education curriculum, which is often sought by students interested in transferring to a 4-year college or university as a junior upon graduation from TSC.
The A.A. degree at TSC helps students achieve holistic, interdisciplinary skills aligned with specific Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) necessary to successfully transition to a 4-year college or university. These SLOs are illustrated below.
The A.A. SLOs for currently assess at TSC are described in more depth below.
Communications
Students will demonstrate effective reading and writing skills by using appropriate strategies for a variety of rhetorical purposes and audiences.
Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning
Students will identify and apply appropriate quantitative analytical methods to explain phenomena and generate effective solutions.
Critical Thinking
Students will apply critical and creative thinking skills to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize ideas.
Intercultural Knowledge and Competence
Formerly known as Global & Social Diversity. Students will demonstrate an understanding of diverse perspectives and their influence on individual, social, historical, and political events or on cultural expression.
Information Literacy
Students will demonstrate effective information literacy skills by locating, evaluating, and effectively and ethically using information to achieve an academic or professional purpose.
The Associate in Arts /University Transfer General Education program follows a Five-Year Assessment Schedule to re-assess the above student learning outcomes. *This plan is an extension of the 2020-21 to 2024-25 plan.
Communications SLO (covering Communications/English; Humanities-TSC Core, and Written Communications Rubric) will:
- OIE data analysis in Fall 2025
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Spring 2026
- Re-Assess in Fall 2026
- OIE data analysis in Spring 2027
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Fall 2027
- Re-Assess in Spring 2028
- OIE data analysis in Fall 2028
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Spring 2029
- Re-Assess in Fall 2029
- OIE data analysis in Spring 2030
Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning SLO (Mathematics: Quantitative Literacy Rubric; and Natural Sciences: Problem-Solving or Quantitative Literacy Rubric) will:
- OIE data analysis in Fall 2025
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Spring 2026
- Re-Assess in Fall 2026
- OIE data analysis in Spring 2027
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Fall 2027
- Re-Assess in Spring 2028
- OIE data analysis in Fall 2028
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Spring 2029
- Re-Assess in Fall 2029
- OIE data analysis in Spring 2030
Critical Thinking SLO (All Areas, Critical Thinking Rubric) will:
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Fall 2025
- Re-Assess in Spring 2026
- OIE data analysis in Fall 2026
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Spring 2027
- Re-Assess in Fall 2027
- OIE data analysis in Spring 2028
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Fall 2028
- Re-Assess in Spring 2029
- OIE data analysis in Fall 2029
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Spring 2030
Information Literacy SLO (Communications/English and Information Literacy Rubric) will:
- Re-Assess in Fall 2025
- OIE data analysis in Spring 2026
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Fall 2026
- Re-Assess in Spring 2027
- OIE data analysis in Fall 2027
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Spring 2028
- Re-Assess in Fall 2028
- OIE data analysis in Spring 2029
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Fall 2029
- Re-Assess in Spring 2030
Intercultural Knowledge and Competence SLO [AKA Global and Social Diversity] (Humanities-State Core, All Social Sciences (see catalog) and Intercultural Knowledge and Competence Rubric) will:
- OIE data analysis in Fall 2025
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Spring 2026
- Re-Assess in Fall 2026
- OIE data analysis in Spring 2027
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Fall 2027
- Re-Assess in Spring 2028
- OIE data analysis in Fall 2028
- Close the Loop: analyze results and identify improvements in Spring 2029
- Re-Assess in Fall 2029
- OIE data analysis in Spring 2030