Student Learning Item Catalog (SLIC)
The Student Learning Item Catalog (SLIC) is a searchable “catalog” of items about many different dimensions of student learning – behaviors, attitudes, and self-reported outcomes – embedded in the regional and national student surveys St. Olaf administers. Items range from students’ library use to their self-perceived scientific literacy, their ability to write well, and their commitment to civic engagement.
Data are reported at the institutional level; however, St. Olaf faculty can develop surveys for their own students that adapt items of greatest relevance to a specific course or program, and compare results for their students to the results for college-wide samples. The online survey tool Form Creator can be used to administer and tabulate results.
Several versions of the Catalog are available below, so you can choose the version that is most helpful for your particular project. All versions are in Excel, to permit sorting or filtering.
Information about the surveys included in SLIC
SLIC includes items from six different surveys; this link explains how often and to whom each survey is administered.
Student Learning Item Catalog – Complete listing of items
This version of the catalog includes all the items in the catalog and can be sorted or filtered by type of survey or type of variable. No data are included, only the wording of the items.
Student Learning Item Catalog – Items grouped by student learning variable
This version displays individual links for each type of student learning variable. No data are included, only the wording of the items.
Student Learning Item Catalog – Complete listing of items with data
(internal use only) This version includes all items in the catalog (with the ability to sort or filter) and adds the results from the most recent administration of each survey.
Student Learning Item Catalog – Items grouped by student learning variable with data
(internal use only) – This version also displays individual links for each type of student learning variable, and adds the results from the most recent administration of each survey.
