LEARNING ABOUT STEM STUDENT
LEARNING ABOUT STEM STUDENT OUTCOMES (LASSO)
The LASSO platform is an online assessment tool that supports STEM instructors and researchers.
LASSO supports instructors by measuring their students’ success throughout their course. LASSO does this utilizing research-based assessments (RBAs). LASSO administers, scores, and analyzes RBAs at the beginning and end of an instructor’s course. Instructors then have access to student responses and reports with aggregate results. LASSO is free for instructors.
LASSO PROVIDES THE DATA STEM INSTRUCTORS NEED TO:
CROSS – DEPARTMENT AND COLLEGE IMPLEMENTATION
LASSO can also be implemented across and within units, departments, and colleges, enabling institution-wide data and outcomes.
THE LASSO PLATFORM AGGREGATES AND ANONYMIZES THE ASSESSMENT DATA FOR RESEARCHERS WITH IRB APPROVAL TO USE.
Most students who take part in LASSO assessments (83%) agree to share their anonymized data with researchers. Besides providing researchers with information about student performance and demographics, the database also provides course-level information (e.g., goals of the course, how many times the instructor has taught the course before, and the class size).
AS OF THE FALL 2021 TERM, THE LASSO RESEARCH DATABASE HAS DATA FROM:
While all instructor features on LASSO are free, there are fees to access to the LASSO database. The fees are small enough to not prevent researcher access to the database while providing funds to make the LASSO platform sustainable.