Assessment Hub · Biology Department

CSLO 3.2
Apply the Scientific Method

Assessment, study guide, results, and reporting — one place, no Brightspace, no separate surveys.

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Student

Study guide, take the quiz, see results

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Faculty

Section results, reassessment plan

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Chair

All sections, trends, forms, ICCB

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Reviewer

View dashboards, trends, forms. Read-only.

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Coordinator

Section management, configuration

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Bio 121 Assessment — a 2-minute primer

What the cycle is, and the small part that's yours.

What this is

Every course runs an assessment cycle: pick one skill, measure how students do, adjust teaching, then check whether it worked. Bio 121's focus is CSLO 3 — apply the scientific method, taken straight from the master syllabus.

The cycle, in four forms

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Plan

Form 1

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2

Measure

Form 2

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3A

Improve

Form 3A

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3B

Verify ⟳

Form 3B

Form 1 is the plan (filed in March). Form 2 reports what happened — the 76.8% → 83.8% you've been hearing about. Form 3A is the change we made (the Lab 5 intervention). Form 3B verifies it stuck — that's "closing the loop." The same assessment moves through all four, and it rolls up into ICCB program review and HLC accreditation.

Your part — and it's small

You don't fill out the forms — the coordinator and chair do. All that's asked of you:

• Administer the same 8 items, in the post–Lab 5 window.

• Give a little extra attention to predictions & positive controls — this cycle's weakest skills.

• Answer a few reflection questions where your results appear — that's the closing-the-loop step. No separate paperwork.

Where the runs stand

Run 1 · Fall 2024

76.8%

baseline

Run 2 · Spring 2026

83.8%

after changes

Run 3 · this fall

closes it

same 8 items

"You notice, you plan, you teach, you measure — and it fits on a page."

Your Section

Select your section so results are tagged correctly.

Identify Yourself

Study Guide

Review the 8 concepts from Lab #5. Tap each to expand.

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8:00

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Questions Correct

Concept Breakdown

✓ Your submission has been recorded

Faculty Access

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One Quick Step

How many students are currently enrolled in your section(s)?

This helps us track participation rates. You'll only be asked once.

Section Dashboard

Auto-aggregated from student quiz submissions

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Enrolled

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Completed

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≥ 50% Mastery

Item Analysis — % Correct by Concept

Reflection & Reassessment Plan — Run 3 (Fall 2026)

Your responses feed Form 3A directly — no separate paperwork. Same 8-item instrument, unchanged across the cycle. The item data above is your context.

1. Thinking back to the last semester you taught Biology 121, which scientific-method skills did your students struggle with most? *

Be specific — reference quiz items or concepts. The 8 items: hypothesis formulation (Q1, Q5) · experimental design (Q2) · controls/variables (Q3) · conclusions (Q4) · observations vs. interpretations (Q6) · predictions (Q7) · positive controls (Q8). If your section's data appears above, it shows you.

2. What are you doing differently this semester to address those gaps? *

The specific activity, when it happens in your sequence, and how students engage with it.

3. Which sub-skills are your changes specifically targeting? (select all that apply)

Hypothesis formulation (Q1, Q5) Experimental design (Q2) Controls & variables (Q3) Drawing conclusions (Q4) Observations vs. interpretations (Q6) Making predictions (Q7) Positive controls (Q8)

4. When in your sequence are you implementing these changes?

5. Do you need materials, lab time, technology, peer collaboration, or CTL support?

6. What does success look like? *

A specific, measurable outcome — a target on a particular item, an observable behavior in lab, or a comparison to your most recent results.

7. Anything else about the CSLO 3 assessment or this process? (optional)

Section counts

If your section runs through the Hub, completion and mastery are captured automatically — leave blank to use the system's values. Brightspace sections: enter your counts.

📋 Rubric Eval

Biology 121 — Assessment Arc

Three consecutive CSLOs in continuous improvement cycle (Fall 2022 – Spring 2027)

📅 FDW Prep & Deadlines

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CSLO 3 — Run 1 Item Analysis (Fall 2024)

8-item quiz · 125 assessed · Median 65.79%

Course Success & Equity

CSLO 3 — Live Section Data

All 7 sections · Auto-aggregated from student submissions

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Total Enrolled

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Completed

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Mastery Rate

Section Comparison

Section	Instructor	Enrolled	Completed	Participation	Mastery	Plan

Department-Wide Item Analysis

Aggregated across all sections

Generate Assessment Forms

Auto-populated from Sheet data — review before submitting to committee

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Form 1

Assessment Planning Report

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Form 2

Outcome Report

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Form 3A

Improvement Plan

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Form 3B

Close the Loop

CSLO to generate for:

Program Review — ICCB Academic Disciplines

FY2022-2026 cycle · Biology last reviewed FY24 · Next: FY29 · Auto-populated from Hub data

Last submitted

FY2024 (Aug 2024)

Next review

FY2029

Manual cycle

FY2022–2026

Formal Program Review Workspace

Full ICCB Academic Disciplines template with draft/final state machine. The FY24 Biology submission is available as a scaffold reference. Working toward FY29 submission.

HLC Evidence Matrix

Mapped to 2025 Criteria for Accreditation · Effective September 1, 2025 · Rev. June 2024

Crosswalk note
HLC revised criteria in June 2024, effective September 1, 2025. Assessment of Student Learning moved from 4.B (2020) to 3.E (2025). Program Review moved from 4.A to 3.F. Student Success Outcomes moved from 4.C to 3.G. The 2021-2022 Daley Assurance Argument uses 2020 numbering; this matrix uses 2025.

Aggregating Hub evidence across HLC criteria…

Assessment & Rubric Audit

Coordinator-level review instrument · 8 dimensions · immutable record

Outcome to audit

Form 3B — Closing the Loop

Chair-authored narrative · Coordinator certification · Saved as immutable record once finalized

CSLO cycle to close

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Department

Course

Degree Program

Faculty

Part 3 — Follow-Ups on Prior Year SLO Assessment Results IMPORTANT

Follow-up on prior year improvements reported and action plans. Chair writes the narrative; coordinator certifies against the prior-cycle record.

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Improvements Reported in Prior Years

Provide a follow-up on improvements the program previously reported that it had initiated in response to its assessments of student learning outcomes.

Chair narrative

3b

Plans Reported in Prior Reports

Describe the status of any plans reported in prior years to monitor, discuss changes, or make improvements to the program in response to assessment findings.

Chair narrative

Part 4 — Other Continuous Improvement Efforts CHAIR

Non-SLO program-level improvements: curriculum redesigns, policy changes, scheduling, diversity, teaching quality. This section is chair-specific — the coordinator certifies concreteness and data-source defensibility but does not author the content.

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Narrative

Use the space below to describe assessments and improvements made in relation to program goals other than those related to student learning.

Chair narrative

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Evaluation of Other Program Goals

Metrics the program tracks beyond student learning: graduation rates, time-to-degree, diversity, teaching quality, course and curriculum reviews.

Save Draft

Drafts can be edited by either the chair or coordinator. Once the coordinator finalizes, the record becomes immutable.

Chair name (as authored)

Coordinator Certification

The coordinator certifies that the chair-authored narrative is consistent with the evidence trail. Four dimensions, mapped to the form's parts. Finalizing the certification makes the entire record immutable.

Overall endorsement

Endorsed

No material concerns; proceeds to Assessment Committee.

With conditions

Proceeds; refinements addressed in next cycle or supplementary record.

Not endorsed

One or more sections require revision before Committee review.

Summary of certification

Conditions (if "endorsed with conditions" or "not endorsed")

Coordinator name (as signed)

Section Management

Update instructor assignments, enrollment, and section configuration.

Section	Course ID	Instructor	Enrollment	Lab 5 Date

System Settings

Coordinator-only controls for the Hub itself.

Invite Links

Share the role-specific link with the person. They register themselves — you never see their passcode.

Semester Schedule

Upload the registrar's yearlong Natural Science schedule (.xlsx). The Hub extracts Biology 121 sections per semester and populates the faculty registration dropdown. Re-upload anytime to refresh instructor assignments.

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Current Semester

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Coordinators

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Section Claims (current semester)

Live view of which faculty have self-declared each section. Conflicts (two faculty claiming the same section) and mismatches (declared name doesn't match the Config's expected instructor) are flagged.

Section	Course ID	Claimed By	Expected (Config)	Status

CSLO 3.2Apply the Scientific Method

Bio 121 Assessment — a 2-minute primer

What this is

The cycle, in four forms

Your part — and it's small

Where the runs stand

Your Section

Identify Yourself

Study Guide

Concept Breakdown

Faculty Access

Create Your Access Code

Forgot Your Access Code?

One Quick Step

Section Dashboard

Reflection & Reassessment Plan — Run 3 (Fall 2026)

Biology 121 — Assessment Arc

CSLO 3 — Run 1 Item Analysis (Fall 2024)

Course Success & Equity

Course Success Rate

Gender

Race/Ethnicity — Flagged Subgroups

Data Source

CSLO 3 — Live Section Data

Section Comparison

Department-Wide Item Analysis

Generate Assessment Forms

Form Output

Program Review — ICCB Academic Disciplines

Formal Program Review Workspace

Performance and Equity — Per Course

HLC Evidence Matrix

Assessment & Rubric Audit

Alignment chain

Eight-dimension review

Overall recommendation

Sign and save

Form 3B — Closing the Loop

Form 3B Header

Part 3 — Follow-Ups on Prior Year SLO Assessment Results IMPORTANT

Part 4 — Other Continuous Improvement Efforts CHAIR

Save Draft

Coordinator Certification

Section Management

System Settings

Invite Links

Semester Schedule

Current Semester

Coordinators

Section Claims (current semester)

CSLO 3.2
Apply the Scientific Method