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Program Assessment
The Program Assessment process occurs during year four of the Accreditation Cycle. Program Assessment documents include an updated version of the program narrative, course syllabi/course of study, and documentation about assessment tools used by the institution. This page provides information to assist in the development of Program Assessment documents.

All correspondence and document submissions must be emailed to the ProgramAssessment@ctc.ca.gov email. To ensure documents and questions are received, please use the above email instead of individual staff email accounts.  Questions related to specific programs will be routed to the appropriate staff.

PROGRAM ASSESSMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WEBCAST

Watch the Webcast (Recorded March 2, 2012 One hour twenty two minutes)

Below are links to the materials discussed in the webcast. You may wish to have each document open prior to watching the webcast.  In addition to watching the webcast and reviewing the materials below please take time to explore all of the links on this webpage for additional information on successful Program Assessment document submission.

Send questions to programassessment@ctc.ca.gov

About Program Assessment

Program Assessment Due Dates

Accreditation - Program Assessment Update for the BLUE Cohort [PDF]
Letter sent to all deans and directors of educator preparation programs in the Blue Cohort

Accreditation - Program Assessment Quick Guide - BLUE Cohort [PDF]
This quick guide was sent to all deans and directors of educator preparation programs in the Blue Cohort. The guide is not meant to replace a careful review of the contents of this webpage.

Accreditation -- Special Education Program Assessment Requirements [PDF]
Letter sent to all deans and directors describing the program assessment requirements of recently transitioned Education Specialist Programs in the Red, Orange, Yellow, and Violet cohorts.

Deciding When to Submit:
Program assessment documents are due on the 15th of the month in in October, November, or December 2013. All BTSA Induction programs must cc their Cluster Region Director(s) when submitting their program assessment documents.

The decision as to when to submit will be made by each program. There is an advantage to early submission. Should there be questions or additional information is needed, there is more time for resolution between an October submission date and the deadline of finalizing all Program Assessment documents, reporting the results to the COA and planning for the Site Visits. Documents received after the last possible submission date may not have adequate time for review, thus resulting in a full, in-depth site visit review of all standards, rather than a simplified program sampling style review.

TEMPLATES, EXAMPLES, AND REQUIRED FORMS

Templates:

Examples:

Required Forms:

* CSU, Fresno has given us permission to post their document. This is provided as an example of how to prepare an electronic document and, although the program is preliminarily aligned, should not be used as a content guide to write a document for the administrative services credential program, as each program sponsor is unique and should, thereby, have a unique document.

** Murrieta Valley USD has given us permission to post their document. This is provided as an example of how to prepare an electronic document and, although the program is preliminarily aligned, should not be used as a content guide to write a document for the General Education (Multiple and Single Subject) Induction program, as each program sponsor is unique and should, thereby, have a unique document.

Contact Information

For more information, please contact ProgramAssessment@ctc.ca.gov.

Updated March 21, 2013