Improvement Dimension Performance Indicator Responses
McHenry County College
6/18/2008



PI 9.1 Assessment (Using Table B of the Current Practices Inventory, identify the five initiatives that serve the largest percentage of new students.) To what degree does each initiative include systematic1 assessment?
List initiatives  Very Low/None
1		 Low
2		 Medium
3		 High
4		 Very High
5		 N/A
The College Experience - MCC 101 
New Student Orientation 
Placement Exams - Math, English, and Reading 
Advising 
Registration 

1 Systematic assessments are appropriately timed, focused, and based on data collection and analysis methods that provide high quality information for decision making.


PI 9.2 Use of Assessment To what degree have assessment results been used to improve existing practices across the following initiatives?
The College Experience - MCC 101 
New Student Orientation 
Placement Exams - Math, English, and Reading 
Advising 
Registration 

PI 9.3 Understanding To what degree have recent assessment activities improved institutional understanding of the following elements of student success?
Evaluate Each  Very Low/None
1		 Low
2		 Medium
3		 High
4		 Very High
5		 N/A
Student allocation of their time 
Student/faculty connections 
Student use of campus services 
Student class attendance patterns 

PI 9.4 Strategies To what degree have the following strategies been used by your institution to improve the experiences of new students?
Attendance at higher education meetings1 (e.g., conferences, institutes, workshops) 
Participation in multi-institutional initiatives2 focused on new students  
Institution-wide exposure3 to external experts 
Broad exposure to institution-based knowledge and expertise about the new student experience 

1 Meetings include conferences, institutes, workshops, seminars, and other gatherings that bring educators from difference institutions together to exchange ideas and effective educational practices.
2 Examples of multi-institutional initiatives include collaborative projects, benchmarking initiatives, basic research efforts, regional projects, and peer institution consortia.
3 Examples include bringing consultants to the institution, participating in a teleconference/web conference, and other institution-based activities that provide access to expertise and ideas from outside the institution.