The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) recently approved the revised Learning Assistance Program (LAP) Standards which learning assistance programs may use for self-assessment and program evaluation. Participants will learn about these updated standards, about resources for program evaluation, and new CAS directions for assessment.
This session will have several formats: (1) A Powerpoint presentation containing=: (a) brief overview of CAS, (b) description of the CAS LAP standards; (c) information on how CRLA members can access the CAS LAP standards without cost; (d) description of how the CAS LAP standards can guide program evaluation; (e) description of new directions for LAP standards, particularly in using the new multi-standard framework. (2) Audience participation and discussion focusing on the: (a) analysis of the updated LAP standards, (b) connection of the updated LAP standards to one’s own program.
