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Establishing Performance Standards Using Common Assignments and Rubrics: Measurable and Achievable Student Learning Outcomes

The struggle for many community colleges is how to model and/or remodel what happens in the classroom into a plan to measure and achieve student learning outcomes (Syed & Mojock, 2008). Encountering the same struggle, the psychology department of El Centro College (ECC) of the Dallas County Community College District implemented a methodology for measuring and achieving student learning outcomes. The methodology included the following: (a) using common assignments across all classes; (b) an informational literacy component integrated into the curriculum; (c) establishing performance standards via a common rubric; (d) model submissions depicting high quality work; and (e) a rating system of exemplars. By using this methodology, student learning outcomes within a discipline were both measurable and achievable.