# ACADEMIC POLICY #A-26 Northern College is committed to providing students with opportunities to demonstrate their learning and receive timely feedback to support further learning and achievement. | | | |---|---| | Type | PDF | | Size | 2508 KB | [Open original PDF →](https://www.northerncollege.ca/uploads/2025/07/A26_Assessment-Evalulation-of-Student-Learning.pdf) Referenced from: [Policies & Procedures](/pages/academics/policies/) ## Document text ## ACADEMIC POLICY #A-26 ## SUBJECT Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning ## BACKGROUND Northern College is committed to providing students with opportunities to demonstrate their learning and receive timely feedback to support further learning and achievement. The purpose of this policy is to support a consistent approach to the assessment and evaluation practices across Northern College. The learning and progress of the students in each course are evaluated by the course faculty member. The College, in conjunction with the faculty member, will demonstrate accountability by designing assessments and evaluations that are linked to course learning outcomes and informed by teaching/learning activities. Assessments are communicated in course outlines and provide students with opportunities to demonstrate their learning. The policy and related procedure aim to create self-assessment skills in the College's graduates. ## POLICY STATEMENT This policy shall serve as a guide for student assessment and evaluation and applies to all forms of assessment and evaluations in all courses offered by Northern College except where programs and courses are offered with external partners and alternate assessment criteria may apply (i.e., external accreditation, collaborative programs, clinical placement, field placement, etc.). ## SCOPE This policy applies to all methods of course delivery. It provides a coordinated and consistent institutional approach to the evaluation of student learning. ## DEFINITIONS 1. Accommodation: An instructional or environmental change that allows a student to successfully understand and respond to the regular curriculum. Examples of accommodations include, but not limited to, preferential seating in the classroom, extended time on tests, and oral testing. Accommodations seek to provide 'fairness' in the classroom and are determined after assessment of the student by a psychologist or a psychometrist. Prescribed accommodations are made available by the College for a student's use on the basis of their individual diagnosis. It is the student's learning needs that are accommodated, not the learning outcome or standard. Accommodations include retroactive accommodations. | ISSUE DATE | SUPERSEDES | MANDATORY REVIEW DATE | REFERENCE | SECTION | PAGE OF | | --- Source: [https://www.northerncollege.ca/uploads/2025/07/A26_Assessment-Evalulation-of-Student-Learning.pdf](https://www.northerncollege.ca/uploads/2025/07/A26_Assessment-Evalulation-of-Student-Learning.pdf)