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VCCS CORE COMPETENCY
The mission of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is to provide comprehensive higher education and workforce training programs and services of superior quality that are financially and geographically accessible and that meet individual, business, and community needs of the Commonwealth. The State Board for Community Colleges is the governing body of the Virginia Community College System. The fifteen members are appointed by the Governor for four-year terms with the ability to be reappointed for an additional four-year term.
Teaching and Learning are at the heart of Virginia’s community colleges. Achieving world-class standards in teaching and learning means appropriate attention must be given to goals that concern both faculty and students. The VCCS sets high standards for other outcomes of the teaching-learning process, assuring that students, for example, are tested for mastery of core competencies and workforce skills prior to graduation. According to Dateline 2009, the VCCS plans to place in the top 10 percent in the nation with respect to student retention rates and graduation/persistence rates.
VCCS Core Competency Assessments

VCCS Core Competency Areas

  • Quantiative Reasoning
  • Scientific Reasoning
  • Writing Communication
  • Oral Communication
  • Critical Thinking
  • Information Literacy

Information for 2008-09

Reports, Papers, Guidelines

Data Maps and Test Blueprints

Testing Instructions and Manuals


VCCS Resources

VCCS Policy Manual

Academic Services and Research
Institutional Research
VCCS Student Outcomes Report (May 2003)
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)
SCHEV Research Website
SCHEV's Reports of Institutional Effectiveness
2004 ROIE Timeline and Measures [PowerPoint]
SCHEV Research Data Warehouse - List of Reports
Assessment After Ten Years: Reflection and Renewal (Presentation by Margaret Miller, November 1996)

 

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