The point of assessment is not to get good news, but to improve teaching and learning.
Assessment reveals and helps to close the gap between curricular goals and student outcomes.
Improvement Curricular Outcomes Assessment can help identify problems within a particular curriculum. It can establish a need for increasing the emphasis of particular skills areas within the curriculum. It can tell you whether or not your students are learning what you want them to learn. Student Services Assessment results can be used to improve retention and recruitment as well as service and support areas on campus. Teaching and learning Most importantly, assessment can help to focus institutional attention on the most critical activities, teaching and learning.