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Principles of good outcomes assessment practice

9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning
- From the American Association for Higher Education Assessment Forum. AAHE went out of business in summer 2005 and their website is no longer available. This page is from NILOA: Making Learning Outcomes Usable & Transparent.
Committing to Quality: Guidelines for Assessment and Accountability in Higher Education (pdf file)
- From the New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability and endorsed by a number of national higher education organizations.
- Assuring Quality is an institutional self-assessment workbook based on the guidelines.
Assessment 2020: Seven Propositions for Assessment Reform in Higher Education (pdf file)
- From the Australian Government Office for Learning & Teaching.
What is "Good" Assessment? A Synthesis of Principles of Good Practice (pdf file)
- Five dimensions of good assessment practice, summarized from national organizations and assessment experts. With references to and summaries of the sources.
- From Linda Suskie.

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)

General Principles of Assessment of Academic Advising
Implications for Assessment of Academic Advising (2011 National Survey Results)
Constructing Student Learning Outcomes in Academic Advising
Resources include:
Guidelines, handouts and materials (pdf files)
Institutional Examples

Assessing Academic Advising

Assessing Academic Advising

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
General Principles of Assessment of Academic Advising
Implications for Assessment of Academic Advising (2011 National Survey Results)
Constructing Student Learning Outcomes in Academic Advising
Resources include:
- Guidelines, handouts and materials (pdf files)
- Institutional Examples
- UC-Berkeley Center for Teaching and Learning
- Assessing Academic Advising
- Assessing Academic AdvisingOn the ASSESS discussion list see the May 2015 thread Learning Outcomes for Advising, initiated by Renee Hicks.

Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE)

AALHE (Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education)

A professional association for higher education assessment practitioners, AALHE became available to the assessment community in spring 2010.
Some website features are restricted to AALHE members, some are available to the public (the list below indicates which features are restricted). The site includes:
- Information about AALHE and about joining AALHE.
- Links to other assessment resources and to presentations from previous AALHE conferences. (See the Resource Room.)
- Opportunities for interaction about assessment issues, via topic-specificwebinars, and on the ASSESS discussion list. (Webinar participation is restricted to AALHE members. The ASSESS list is available to the public in theResource Room.)
- Intersection, a quarterly online publication, is restricted to members.
- Information about & from AALHE's events (annual conferences, Twitter chats, & webinars. Twitter chats & webinars are restricted to AALHE members. Presentations from previous conferences are open to the public in the Resource Room.)

ACT

ACT

Surveys and assessment tools for colleges & universities.
Links to information about other ACT tools for higher education.

American Evaluation Association

American Evaluation Association

Resources for and information about assessment & evaluation in many contexts, including education & higher education. See About Us.
Community resources
- EVALTALK online discussion list.
- The public e-library includes a daily blog and (pdf and Powerpoint files) materials from AEA conference presentations.
- Discussion forums for AEA members.

Assessing Administrative and Support Units

Assessing Administrative and Support Units

Many of the individual institutions' assessment-related pages (below) include assessment plans and guidelines for assessing administrative & support units. See the lists of examples and resources provided by the College of Wooster, Florida Atlantic University, and the University at Albany.
Some assessment handbooks include information for administrative/support units as well as for academic units. Handbooks specifically for administrative &/or support units include:
- Administrative Assessment Handbook (University of North Carolina, Greensboro, pdf file).
- Administrative Assessment Handbook (Marymount University, pdf file).
- Administrative Unit Assessment Handbook (University of Central Florida, pdf file).
- Administrative and Educational Support Units Assessment Handbook (Southwestern University,Word document).
- An Introduction to Institutional Assessment (Lehman College; also see the accompanying Inventory of Non-Teaching Unit Assessment Measures. Both are pdf files.)
- Assessment Guide for Administrative and Academic Support Units (The American University in Cairo, pdf file).
- Monitoring Report on Strategic Planning (Malone University, pdf file).
- Division of Administrative Affairs Annual Program Review, Evaluation, & Planning (PREP) Handbook (Humboldt State University, pdf file).
- Handbook for Program Assessment in Administrative/Educational Support Units (Western Carolina University, pdf file).
- Support Unit Assessment Resource Manual (East Carolina University, Word document).
Assessment framework for administrative and support units (Baruch College; planning & reporting templates are pdf files).
FAQ about assessment for non-academic & support staff (Arkansas Tech University).

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
- July 2008 thread Learning Outcomes Assessment in Student Services, initiated by Rose Myers.
- August 2011 thread SLOs for Non-academic Departments, initiated by Carol Lerch, and the related threadsCAS: SLOs for Non-academic Departments, EXAMPLE: SLOs for Non-academic Departments, and FW: [ASSESS:] SLOs for Non-academic Departments.
- November 2011 thread Assessing President's Office, initiated by Rebecca Lewis.
- April 2012 thread How to Assess Center for Teaching and Learning, initiated by Jill Hirt.
- November 2012 thread Role of Student Life-Sponsored Entertainment Events on "Sense of Belonging" on Campus, Retention, and Graduation? initiated by Allen Butt.
- July 2013 thread FW: Assessment of Student Services, initiated by Clevette Ridguard, and the associated threads Assessment of Student Services and RA Assessment Rubric.
- August 2013 thread Assessing Non-academic Department Unit, initiated by Yi Gong.
- March 2014 thread Assessment of Career Services Offices, initiated by Jeff Burrow.
- August 2014 thread Admin Prgm Review Cycle & Annual Assess Reports? initiated by Kathleen Gill.
- December 2015 thread Assessment of Faculty Development, initiated by Matthew Bronson.
CAS (the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education) has standards, guidelines, and assessment guides for Student Affairs programs.
In the NACE Knowledge Center, from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, select Career Services and then Standards/Competencies.
The NASPA Assessment & Knowledge Consortium has surveys for various Student Affairs areas. Consortium studies include benchmark data. Sample surveys are available as Word documents.
NILOA Occasional Paper: The Role of Student Affairs in Student Learning Assessment (pdf file).

Assessing Assessment: In Academe

Assessing Assessment: In Academe, from AAUP.

The first four feature articles in this issue deal with assessment.

Assessing Online Education

Assessing Online Education

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
- January thread CAAP test for online and other students, initiated by Cyndi Walljasper.
- January 2016 thread Online Course Evaluations, initiated by Lynne Crosby.
- April 2016 thread Online Course Evaluation Platforms, initiated by Crystal Braden.
College Choices for Adults
- Note: The College Choices for Adults project ended early in 2013 and the website was closed.
- The website included data from institutions that stress online programs, including engagement (NSSE) and alumni satisfaction results. Program-level information included learning outcomes and assessment methods.
- From the Transparency By Design initiative.
NILOA Occasional Paper: Assessing Learning in Online Education: The Role of Technology in Improving Student Outcomes (pdf file).
Quality Matters rubric for online & blended courses. Access to the full rubric requires a subscription (see subscriptions in the right-hand menu).
SmarterMeasure's assessment of readiness for online learning.

Assessment Committees

Assessment Committees

ASSESS discussion-list threads on committee structure and function (see the list archive):
- March 1999 thread Faculty Committees, initiated by Suzanne Decamp.
- September 2003 thread Course Releases for Faculty on Assessment Committees? initiated by Tiffany Phagan.
- October 2005 thread Committee Structure, initiated by David Gordon.
- November 2007 thread Institutional Assessment Committee, initiated by Erin Frew. Note Erin's 11/22/07 summary of responses.
- February 2009 thread Assessment Committees? initiated by Charles Patrick.
- May 2010 thread University Assessment Committee, initiated by Jerald Henderson.
- September 2010 thread Relationship of Assessment Committee and Academic Policies Committee, initiated by David Knopp.
- March 2013 thread An Organizational Question, initiated by Daryl Stevenson, and the associated threads An Organizational Question–Larger Institutions? and Organizational Question.
- July 2013 thread Assessment Committees, initiated by Leah Adams-Curtis, and her follow-up posts Summary of Responses for Assessment Committee and Summary of Assessment Committee Information.
- July 2015 thread Assessment Committees initiated by Kimberly Fath.
- May 2016 thread Overseeing Assessment at the Institutional Level, initiated by Kristin Buscher.
Periodic assessment reports (often received and responded to by an assessment committee).
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
  - October 2010 thread Rubrics to Evaluate Quality of Assessment, initiated by Keston Fulcher.
  - September 2011 thread Faculty Evaluation of Annual Assessment Reports, initiated by Donna Vinton.
  - January 2012 thread Dean's Role in Reviewing Assess Reports, initiated by Kathleen Morley.
  - May 2012 thread Assessment Report Review Process, initiated by Erin Frew.
  - July 2012 thread Administrative Responses to Annual Assessment Reports and Program Review, initiated by Shawna Lafreniere.
  - February 2013 threadRubric for Evaluating the Quality of Assessment Plans, initiated by Shawna Lafreniere.
  - July 2013 thread Discovering Plagiarism During Juried Evaluations? initiated by Chris Duke.
  - June 2014 thread Timing of Assessment Reporting, initiated by Leah Adams-Curtis.
  - September 2014 thread External Review of Program Assessment Plans/Annual Reports, initiated by Ying Xiong.
  - September 2015 threadPeer Review of Assessment Plans, initiated by Cynthia Louden.
  - May 2016 thread Dark Assessment , initiated by Mary Herrington-Perry.
- What should departments report, and to whom? In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
  - October 1999 thread Who Collects Reports? initiated by Jane Thayer.
  - July 2009 threadWhat's in Your Annual Assessment Reports? initiated by Pat Williams.
  - March 2010 thread Posting Assessment Docs, initiated by Jayne Swanson.
  - January 2014 thread Trend of Sharing Assessment Results/Reports Online, initiated by Norma Mora¡n.
  - September 2014 thread Program Assessment Outcomes and Objectives, initiated by Deborah Armstrong.
  - November 2015 thread Assessment versus Accreditation Compliance, initiated by Sharon Walters.
  - December 2015 thread Program Learning Outcomes, initiated by Susan Warner.
  - December 2015 thread Is 'Earn a passing score on the national exam' really a student learning outcome?, initiated by Mary Herrington-Perry.

Assessment Grants

Assessment Grants

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
- October 2000 thread Mini-Grant Parameters and Information, initiated by Kurt Gunnell, and the related October & November posts Mini-Grant Information and Mini-Grant Information List.
- October 2009 thread Assessment Mini Grants, initiated by Lea Campbell, and the associated response threads.
Examples of campus-based programs to support faculty and departmental assessment projects. Some of these grant programs are currently active, some are not. (Some of these links are from Kurt Gunnell's list.)
- Albion College (scroll down to theGuidelines for Proposals)
- Arkansas Tech University (pdf files)
- Butler University (Word documents)
- California State University, San Marcos (Word document)
- Cameron University (pdf file)
- Central Michigan University: Program Funding Support and Provost's Incentive Award (Word documents)
- Cleveland State University (Word documents)
- Colorado School of Mines (Word document)
- Ferris State University
- Georgetown University (grant reports are pdf files)
- Gonzaga University (Word document)
- Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (pdf files)
- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (scroll to the bottom of the page for grant guidelines [html page], an evaluation rubric [pdf file], and each year's proposals & reports [pdf files])
- Indiana University Southeast
- Kent State University (pdf files)
- Kutztown University (pdf files)
- Lake Superior State University (see Targeted Assessment Projects; pdf files, Word documents)
- Lane Community College (the RFP is a pdf file)
- Las Positas College (pdf files)
- Loyola Marymount University (the Call for Proposals is a pdf file)
- Mesa Community College (pdf files,Word documents; the grant reports arepdf files. Please do not enter anything into the online form.)
- Miami University of Ohio (see Small Assessment Projects; reports are pdf files)
- Nassau Community College (the guidelines are a pdf file; the application is a Word document)
- Oakland University (Word document)
- Oklahoma State University (html pages,Word document,pdf file)
- Oregon State University (see grants for assessment and grants awarded)
- Pennsylvania State University (mostly html pages, some pdf files)
- Pepperdine University (the application is a Word document; use this link for the ASLC (Advancement of Student Learning Council page)
- Pikes Peak Community College (pdf file, scroll down to Funding Requests, pp 17-19)
- Rochester Institute of Technology (the application form is a Word document)
- St. Cloud State University (Word documents, html pages, pdf files)
- Saint Mary's College of California (pdf files)
- St. Olaf College (the application form is a Word document)
- Seton Hall University (the grant application is a Word document).
- Shepherd University (the application is a Word document)
- Southeast Missouri State University (forms are pdf files; the Dropbox for proposals is restricted to SMSU faculty & staff)
- Southern Ilinois University Edwardsville (scroll down to program funding; the evaluation rubric is a Word document; the travel fund description and application are pdf files)
- Texas Tech University (Word document)
- The State University of New York at Potsdam (pdf file, Word documents)
- SUNY College at Oneonta (Word document)
- University of California-Irvine (pdf files)
- University of Dayton (the request form is a Word document)
- University of Michigan (scroll down to Funding for Assessment of Learning; application forms are Word documents).
- University of Minnesota Duluth (the proposal form is a Word document).
- University of Northern Colorado (pdf file)
- University of Rhode Island
- University of Virginia (program announcements are pdf files)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Baldwin Wisconsin IDEA Endowment
- Virginia Tech
- Weber State University
- Western Michigan University (pdf files)
- Wichita State University

Assessment Humor

Assessment Humor

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
- March 2001 thread Assessment Jokes and Cartoons, initiated by Mark Troy.
- May 2009 thread Humor and Assessment, initiated by Pamela Macpherson.
- May 2016 thread Assessment Humor on the web, initiated by Mark Riddle.
Days of Reckoning, a satire from InsideHigherEd.
The Pre-Ninja Program, from InsideHigherEd.

Assessment Information for Students

Assessment Information for Students

Use your browser's (F)ind function to search the individual institutions' assessment sites for the phrase "for students".
In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
- May 2012 thread Feedback for Students, initiated by Allison Ostrowski.
- May 2012 thread Informational Assessment Statements and Student Consent Procedures, initiated by Elise Martin.
- July 2013 thread How Do You Get Students Interested in Assessment, initiated by Christopher Childs.
- June 2015 thread Information for Students initiated by Elizabeth Prude.

Assessment and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

Assessment and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

How IRBs interpret the federal regulations on research with human subjects varies from campus to campus.
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
  - November 1999 thread IRB Letters, initiated by Jamie Young.
  - October 2001 thread IRB Approval, initiated by Kevin Kinser.
  - January 2002 threadIRB Approval and Assessment Instruments, initiated by Barry Jenkins.
  - August 2004 thread IRB is, initiated by Edward Grandpre.
  - September 2004 threads External Survey Requests and Passions Aside, IRB is Necessary, initiated by Karen Widbin and Mark Davenport.
  - September 2005 threads Policy About Use of Assessment Results for Personal Research Activities and Use of Assessment Results, initiated by Karen Widbin and Alan DuPont.
  - April 2007 thread On Assessment and IRB, initiated by Marsha Watson.
  - August 2009 thread IRB, initiated by Valerie Taylor.
  - April 2010 thread IRB's and Educational Research, initiated by Curt Naser.
  - November 2010 thread Institutional Review Board & Assessment, initiated by Melanie Booth.
  - February 2011 thread An Bit of Friday Afternoon Diversion, initiated by Lea Campbell, and the follow-up threads An Bit of Friday Afternoon Diversion…Which has Spilled Over in to the Weekend and Monday Morning as well… and An Bit of Friday Afternoon Diversion – Now Bleeding into Tuesday. This request for information about institutions' assessment climate became an extended discussion of assessment & IRBs.
  - October 2011 thread Asmt Ethics, initiated by Joan Hawthorne, and the related post Further Consideration Regarding Assessment Ethics. The main thread includes discussions of ethical standards for assessment and how institutional review boards (IRBs) deal with assessment activities.
  - September 2012 thread Student Services Assessment for Decision Making and IRB Approval, initiated by Brad Patterson.
  - May 2013 thread Assessment Data and Permissions, initiated by Vanessa Vacchiano.
  - May 2014 thread Publishing Assessment Results, initiated by Susan Warner.
  - June 2014 thread Request for Raw Student Engagement Survey Data, initiated by Laura Massell.
  - September 2014 threadIRB and Assessment of Student Learning, initiated by Carrie Nepstad.
  - November 2014 thread Survey Question, initiated by Susan Warner.
  - July 2015 thread Coordinating Survey Research with IRB, initiated by Vennessa Walker.
- The Institutional Review Blog has ongoing news & commentary about IRB issues.
Related policy issues
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the December 2010 threadPolicy Language: Collecting Student Work for Program Assessment, initiated by Melanie Booth.

Assessment Journals

Assessment Journals

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the May 2014 thread Help with Publishing a Paper on the SLOs Assessment Processes at Qatar University, initiated by Kahled Abdallah Dawood Mohamed.
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
- Quarterly journal on assessment issues/methods.
- See article abstracts or purchase full text as pdf or html.
Assessment Update
- This bimonthly newsletter is one of the best ways to keep up with new developments and what's going on elsewhere.
- Some articles from recent issues are available to the public. Full access may be available online through your college/university library.
International Journal of ePortfolio (IJeP) includes articles about using e-portfolios in assessment. Articles are available aspdf files.
Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation
- On-line journal, since 1989.
- Articles are pdf files. Search by title, author, descriptor, keyword.
Quality Approaches in Higher Education
- Some articles in this journal from ASQ's Education Division deal with assessing student learning outcomes (pdf files).
Research & Practice in Assessment
- Online journal, begun in 2006 by the Virginia Assessment Group.
- Download articles as pdf files.
- http://www.rpajournal.com/news/
The Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness
- From NEEAN.
- Articles can be downloaded by subscribers, via institutional libraries' JSTOR or MUSE memberships, or for a fee.

Assessment and Learning: State of the Field Review

Assessment and Learning: State of the Field Review

About educational assessment in general, K-12 as well as higher ed and in UK, European, & far eastern education systems as well as in the U.S. (the review was written to inform Norwegian policy context).
- A good source of information about "assessment" terminology & concepts — how terms & concepts developed, how they're used in various theoretical & educational systems, and confusions that can result from overlapping usages.
- Most of the theoretical & definitional literature reviewed deals with the theoretical underpinnings of various approaches to assessment and to relationships among assessment, learning, pedagogy, & policy.
- Most of the research literature reviewed deals either with small-scale action-oriented studies in K-12 situations or with the large-scale OECD international tests; these parts of the review emphasize impacts on learning/pedagogy policy & practice rather than detailed research methods or results.
A large pdf file, 174pp including 20 pages of references.

Assessment and Liberal Arts Education: Research on the Outcomes of Liberal Arts Education

Assessment and Liberal Arts Education: Research on the Outcomes of Liberal Arts Education

New England Consortium on Assessment and Student Learning (NECASL)
- Longitudinal study of relationships between institutional practices at liberal arts colleges and students' experiences, activities, and learning.
Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education
- Longitudinal studies on factors that affect the outcomes of liberal arts education.
- From the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College.
- NILOA Occasional Paper: From Gathering to Using Assessment Results: Lessons from the Wabash National Study (pdf file).

Assessment Resource Centre

Assessment Resource Centre

A joint project of Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the University of Hong Kong.
Information about, guidelines for, and issues in assessment and assessment-based pedagogy.
Bibliography and links to other resources. Includes resources not usually found in U.S.-based lists.
User-contributed assessment-practice examples were not available when last checked.

Assessment Resources

Assessment Resources

Many of the individual institutions' assessment-related pages (below) include lists of links to assessment resources.
From the Association of College & Research Libraries: Online journal article with links to a wide range of assessment resources. (This is a2004 article; some links are out of date.)
From Florida Atlantic University: Extensive and well-organized lists of links to general assessment resources and resources for assessment in specific academic disciplines and in administrative and support units.
Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO)
- Related articles, recorded webinars, and handbook
  - HEQCO Handbook is listed in the Handbooks section of Assessment Commons.

Assessment Rubrics

Assessment Rubrics

Stephen F. Austin State University's, the University of West Florida's, and Winona State University's lists of rubrics for various disciplines, skills, and college-level assignments include examples from many campuses. Note the link you can use to suggest additional examples for Winona State's list.
Examples of rubrics for general education outcomes:
AAC&U's VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) meta rubrics for a variety of general education skills & dispositions, based on reviews of rubrics from many campuses.
The fall/winter 2011-12 issue of AAC&U's peerReview focuses on campus experience with the VALUE rubrics. Some individual articles are available as html pages; the whole issue can be downloaded as apdf file.
California State University, Fresno, with suggestions for developing and using rubrics (pdf files).
College of Charleston's links to general education rubrics.
DePaul University, with suggestions for developing and evaluating rubrics.
North Central College.
Palomar College. Select benchmarks.
State University of New York rubrics for campus-based general education assessment (pdf files; scroll down toStrengthening Campus-Based Assessment). From SUNY's system-wide general education assessment initiative; posted by Binghamton University.
University of Hawai'i at Manoa (Word documents, pdf files).
Rubrics for graduate thesis & dissertations.
Sites designed for K-12 education but useful as models and adaptable for higher education performance assessments.
- Assessment Matters! has lots of rubric examples, plus other K-12-oriented assessment links.
- Rubric generators create rubrics for various topics.
- RubiStar lets you find, create, and save rubrics. From the Advanced Learning Technologies (ALTEC) project at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning.
- Steps in creating an assessment rubric, from the WebQuest site at San Diego State University.
Issues in creating effective rubrics
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
  - March 2010 thread Centering and Rasch Analysis, initiated by David Eubanks, which deals with several issues about using rubrics & analyzing rating-scale results.
  - February 2012 thread Rating Scales vs. Rubrics, initiated by Michele Dornisch.
  - November 2012 thread Logistical Questions Re: Institution-Wide Assessment of Gen Ed Outcomes, initiated by Laura Henderson, which deals with several issues about using rubrics & analyzing rating-scale results.
  - January 2013 thread Student Affairs Co-Curriculum – Beyond Mapping to a Measured Outcomes Record, initiated by Stan Dura, and the associated thread Student Affairs Co-Curriculum – Beyond Mapping to a Measured Outcomes Record + Outcomes -> Grades. The discussion includes questions of whether on-the-spot and end-of-term performance ratings are direct or indirect assessment and issues in combining several ratings into an overall score.
  - May 2014 thread Introduced, Developed, Mastered? initiated by Juan Ramirez.
  - September 2015 threadRubrics: Writing and Visual Literacy, initiated by Mary Wright.
  - Judgements of Quality: Connecting Faculty Best Assessment With Student Best Work
A brief description of a report from a multi-campus project that involved developing & norming assessment rubrics. The full report is available for purchase.
- - From Association for General and Liberal Studies.
- Popham (1997), What's Wrong — and What's Right — with Rubrics?.
- Tierney & Simon (2004), What's Still Wrong with Rubrics: Focusing on the Consistency of Performance Criteria Across Scale Levels.
Many of the tools to help organize assessment information include rubric modules.

Association of American Colleges & Universities (AACU)

Association of American Colleges & Universities

NILOA's Excellence in Assessment Designation
- Groups to Recognize Public College's Embrace of Assessment, October 27, 2015, InsideHigherEd.com.
AAC&U's assessment initiatives: multi-institution research on assessment approaches and impacts.
- The LEAP (Liberal Education & America's Promise) and VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) initiatives include general education learning outcomes, rubrics, and assessment activities.
  - VALUE initiatives include the Multi-State Collaborative to Advance Learning Outcomes Assessment project, a partnership with the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO).
AAC&U's assessment-related publications, meetings, and institutes.
Links to other assessment resources.

Bloom's Taxonomy

Bloom's Taxonomy

Bloom's 1956 taxonomy of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor behaviors is often used or referred to in defining outcomes for assignments, courses, and curricula. Google Bloom's Taxonomy for a long list of relevant websites. Some with definitions & examples of Bloom's cognitive categories are:
- Bloom et al.'s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain, from Educational Psychology Interactive.
- Anderson and Krathwohl – Bloom's Taxonomy Revised, from Leslie Owen Wilson at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, presents the revised version developed in the 1990s.
- Using the New Bloom's Taxonomy to Devise Meaningful Learning Assessments (pp. 93-95 in the American Psychological Association's Assessment Cyberguide [pdf file]).
- Learning Domains or Bloom's Taxonomy has examples from the affective and psychomotor domains as well as from the (old version of the) cognitive domain.
- "Wheel" and "rose" graphic representations posted by Butte College.
In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
- February 2012 threadValidity Studies of Bloom's Taxonomies, initiated by Gavin Henning, and Gavin'sSummary: Validity Studies of Bloom's Taxonomy.
- June 2016 thread Bloom's taxonomy for medical students?, initiated by Helen Bergland.
Miller's Prism of Clinical Competence
- See Kathleen Satterfield's post in this thread

Centro Nacional de Evaluación para la Educación Superior (Mexico)

Centro Nacional de Evaluaciónpara la Educación Superior (Mexico)

Ceneval develops and administers performance exams for college entrance and assessment and for licensing/certification programs.
The website includes information about Ceneval's exams and administration sites. Students can register and view their own results online.
Note: Ceneval's website is in Spanish. Thanks to Phil Schmidt from Western Governors University for translation assistance.

College Portrait

College Portrait , see Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA)

Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA, CLA+)

Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA, CLA+)

Standardized assessment of general education skills & abilities.
Reports emphasize institutional value-added.
From the Council for Aid to Education (CAE).
CLA+ replaces the CLA and CCLA (Community College Learning Assessment). Seesupporting materials for a comparison of the old & new versions (pdf file).
Catalyst for Change, from the Council of Independent Colleges CLA Consortium, reports CIC members' experience with the CLA.
Information from and about a multi-institution CLA-based longitudinal study of undergraduate learning are available from the Social Science Research Council. The study was the basis for Richard Arum & Josipa Roska's book Academically Adrift.

Commission on the Future of Higher Education

Commission on the Future of Higher Education

The Commission met during 2005-2006, charged by the U.S. Secretary of Education to develop a national strategy for postsecondary education.
Some parts of the final report and some of the issue papers deal with assessment, accountability, and accreditation (pdf files).

Common Education Data Standards (CEDS)

Common Education Data Standards (CEDS)

Proposed data definitions for (voluntary) intersystem sharing.
A project of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). SeeAbout CEDS.
Select Elements, then Version 3 or Version 4 (Draft). In search, set the domain filter topostsecondary and thechange status filter toall.

Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)

Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)

Nationally-normed survey of students' exposure to good practices in undergraduate education.
Information about the project and the survey.
About the survey has pdf demonstration versions of the survey.
National results summaries.
CCSSE is designed for two-year institutions. The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is a similar project for four-year institutions.
Some institutions' assessment sites include CCSSE reports.

Conferences, Institutes, and Workshops

Conferences: Lists of National, Regional, and International Assessment Conferences, Institutes, and Workshops

Lists maintained by:
- Note: Conference planners can add new entries to these lists:
  - AssessmentConferences.com
  - National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
- Rochester Institute of Technology (scroll down to Assessment Conferences)
In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the March 2013 thread What Conferences Do You Attend? initiated by Becky Dueben.

Context for Success: Measuring Colleges' Impact

Context for Success: Measuring Colleges' Impact

Reviews of methods and findings on input-adjusted measurement of college/university effectiveness. Papers and briefs arepdf files.
For an overview of the project, and summaries of the reports, select Papers, then Synopsis Paper.
Most of the reports focus on enrollment, persistence, graduation, & employment measures.Using student learning as a measure of quality in higher education discusses standardized instruments (CAAP, MAPP, CLA, NSSE).
From HCM Strategists, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education

Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education

Information about standards, guidelines, and assessment guides for Student Affairs programs and for graduate & professional programs. The CAS guides/standards can be purchased as books, CDs, or downloadable pdf and RTF files (see the CAS Store).

Course-Based Assessment

Course-Based Assessment

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
- September-October 2013 thread Challenges with Course-Embedded Assessment, initiated by Mary Kay Fleming.
- January 2014 thread Assessment Thresholds and Course Thresholds for Student Performance, initiated by Peggy Schmidt.
- May 2016 thread Reporting Course Evaluation Results, initiated by Regina Warfel
Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS)
- Hints, tips, techniques, and examples from
  - Carnegie Mellon University's Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence
  - Iowa State University's Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
  - Texas Wesleyan University's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
  - Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas
  - United States Military Academy (West Point) Center for Faculty Excellence
  - University of South Carolina's Center for Teaching Excellence
  - Vanderbilt University's Center for Teaching
- Online version of the Teaching Goals Inventory, from the University of Iowa.
  - See Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers (Angelo & Cross, 1988, 1993, Jossey-Bass) for details on the TGI. The online version was created with the authors' permission.
TooFAST, the current version of the Free Assessment Summary Tool from Bruce Ravelli at Mt. Royal College.
- Web survey for student feedback, for classroom assessment during the course of a term.
- Fully anonymous, no way to tell who has submitted an evaluation, or how often. Not intended as an end-of-term course evaluation whose data become part of the salary, promotion, and tenure process.

Educational Benchmarking, Inc. (EBI)

EBI: Educational Benchmarking, Inc

Surveys for assessment in a variety of academic and student services areas. Analyses include comparisons with other participating institutions.
When last checked:
- Academic areas included business/management, engineering, nursing, and teacher education.
- Student-services areas included diversity, the first-year experience, fraternities/sororities, student housing, and student unions/centers.

Education Commission of the States (ECS)

Education Commission of the States (ECS)

This page has abstracts of publications and information about ECS projects in higher education and K-12 assessment, accountability, workplace preparation, and other topics. For publications, selectassessment from the list of topics on the reports & databases page.

Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Information about ETS assessment instruments.
Test Link lets you search ETS's test collection for information about thousands of test and research instruments.

Enrollment, Completion, & Earnings Data

Enrollment, Completion, & Earnings Data

Enrollment & Completion
- California Community Colleges: Student Success Scorecard
  - Statewide or individual community colleges' demographic profiles and persistence & completion rates.
  - See documentation (in the bottom menu) for methodology & details (pdf files).
- College Completion
  - Interactive charts & tables of completion rates by sector, state, demographics, & institution characteristics, and for individual institutions.
  - Find a state (or start with the overview & click on a state) & compare with other states' data.
  - Find a college & compare with other institutions' data.
  - Data are downloadable as Excel-compatible files. For data sources & definitions, select About this project, then scroll down to About the data.
  - From the Chronicle of Higher Education with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
- College Results Online
  - Searchable database of graduation rates for four-year colleges and universities. From the Education Trust; based on NCES data.
  - 4, 5, and 6-year rates, plus trends over time and freshman-to-sophomore retention, outbound transfer rates, and gender/ethnicity breakdowns.
  - User-selected group of institutions or individual institution + database-generated comparison group based on institutional characteristics.
- Complete College America
  - Analyses of completion rates, time to degree, etc. from data provided by 32 participating states plus the District of Columbia.
  - State data: Interactive map of state summaries, with links to (pdf files) detailed reports.
    - The Time is the Enemy report has background, methodology, results, & policy implications (pdf files).
  - Links to related resources.
- Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)
  - CGS enrollment/degree's data
- Department of Education/White House College Scorecard posted September 2015.
  - Completion rates (IPEDS definition: first-time full-time 6-yr grad rate). The DOE says future update may include more complete data from institutions participating in the Student Achievement Measure (SAM is currently on Assessment Commons list).
    - College Scorecard Data
    - Data Documentation
  - White House Fact Sheet
  - Chronicle article
  - InsiderHigherEd article
- Gates Foundation report on higher education performance measures focus' on the areas of attendance, persistence and graduation, and post-graduation employment and earnings; learning outcomes "still to be developed".
- Lumina Issue Paper: It's Not Just the Money: The Benefits of College Education to Individuals and to Society. Mentioned in Teri Lyn Hinds 1-20-16 ASSESS post "Re: [ASSESS:] Inside Higher Ed Article – Psych!"
- National Student Clearinghouse
  - Chronicle of Higher Education interactive state-by-state breakdown of UG 6-yr graduation rates, from National Student Clearinghouse data. Unlike IPEDS, NSC data includes both graduated from starting institution and graduated elsewhere: State Graduation Rates. You will need to be a Chronicle of Higher Ed subscriber to access the report
  - Uses participating institutions' enrollment data. Services include enrollment verification, Federal enrollment reports, and tracking students' enrollment across institutions regardless of state and college/university-system boundaries.
  - More than 3,500 institutions participate, ranging from community colleges to Ivy League doctoral/research-extensive universities.
  - The May/June 2009 issue of Assessment Update includes an article on using NSC data as a proxy for a "national enrollment database."
  - NSC research reports are available to the public (pdf files, seeAbout the Clearinghouse).
    - Starting with the 6th Signature Report (December 2013) includes "nontraditional" persistence/completion rates (part-time enrollment and enrollment at multiple institutions). This InsideHigherEd article has an overview. The state-by-state supplement to the 8thSignature Report was released in February 2015; Chronicle of Higher Education's interactive table summarizes its data (the online Chronicle article is restricted to subscribers; most college/university libraries subscribe).
  - Signature Report 9 – Transfer & Mobility: A National View of Student Movement in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2008 Cohort.
- NCES report: The Condition of Education
  - Undergraduate graduation & retention rates (IPEDS definition: first-time full-time undergraduates).
- Student Achievement Measure (SAM)
  - Data for nonprofit 2- & 4-year institutions include completion, continued enrollment, & transfer status. See participants: some institutions have already posted data; others are still to come.
  - A joint project of major college/university associations (AACC, AASCU, AAU, ACE, APLU, & NAICU), with additional support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & the Carnegie Corporation of NY.
- North Carolina Community College System: Performance Measures for Student Success
  - Pdf files.
  - The 2013 report includes persistence, completion, (some) transfer rates, & licensure-rates. Prior years' Critical Success Factors reports (see Archived Copies) include some of these, plus student satisfaction data.
- State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV): Student Success Index
  - Completion & continuing enrollment rates for various cohorts & student demographics.
  - Combined or by institution; cohorts include first-time & transfer students, full-time & part-time.
  - See the drop-down menu for other enrollment/completion breakouts.
- United States Education Dashboard
  - From the U.S. Department of Education.
  - Includes state-by-state data on higher-education enrollment & completion.
- The Voluntary Institutional Metrics Project
  - A work in progress, designing measures & dashboard displays for institutional effectiveness.
  - Progress reports and sample dashboard displays are pdf files. Measures developed so far focus on educational cost and on student progress, completion, & employment. Learning outcomes measures are still to come.
  - Current participants are primarily community colleges and/or institutions emphasizing distance education.
  - From HCM Strategists, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
- VSA College Portraits include the institution's enrollment and completion data.
Employment & Earnings
- The Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study, from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES).
  - Employment and further education, four years after graduation. The most recent reports are based on surveys of the 2008 graduating cohort.
  - Reports & methodology descriptions (pdf files) and some data files are available to the public.
- Community College Research Center at Columbia University's Teachers College.
  - A report on community college's impact on employment and earnings. The report includes data on dropouts, while other reports focus on completers; it's one state's data and not a nationwide analysis (it uses 2002-2005 transcript data from North Carolina CC system and the NC unemployment office).
- Department of Education (DOE) Scorecard
  - The Economist's rankings of college value (defined as the difference between how much its graduates earn and how much they might have earned if they had studied elsewhere).
  - The Economist 10/31/2015 article includes a summary of results.
  - Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, Center on Education and the Workforce-Rankings adjusted for major and student participation/graduate training.
    - There is a link to the full report which as three tables for median earnings 10 years after graduation; rankings for deviation from expected based on composition of majors in the institution's undergraduate population; rankings for major adjusted deviation from expected further adjusted for median ACT and likelihood that student would go on to graduate/professional training.
  - Chronicle of Higher Education interview with GU's center director.
- Economic Success Metrics, fromCollegeMeasures.org, a joint project of the American Institutes for Research and the Matrix Knowledge Group.
  - First-year salaries of graduates from public colleges/universities employed in that state, by institution & program. (See the data limitations and caveats.)
  - Results from Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia are available. CollegeMeasures is working on similar projects with other states.
    - Summaries of the Arkansas and Tennessee results, and a link to Florida's Beyond Education data site are on the ESM site. AIR has a summary and analysis of Virginia's results.
- Florida Education & Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP)
  - First-year quarterly earnings for Florida community college and public university graduates employed in Florida (pdf files).
- Launch My Career Colorado shows potential earnings (starting, later-career, and median) and job availability by job and career category as well as by institution.
  - College Selection Tool with Wage Data is a review in the June 2016 edition of Inside Higher Ed.
- National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) First-Destination Survey. The survey captures information regarding how new college graduates fare in their careers within six months of graduation. Contact ekoc@naceweb.org. The executive summary is available now (pdf). Review of the survey findings is detailed in Ellen Wexler's June 2016 Inside Higher Ed article, "Class of 2015 Is Finding Work."
- National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) survey regarding post-college outcomes. The NACE survey is reviewed by Jacqueline Thomsen in the June 5, 2015 article in InsideHigherEd. The article has since been archived.
- Salary Surfer, from the California Community Colleges Chancellorâ¬"s Office.
  - Earnings of CCC-system graduates employed in California, two years before, two years after, & five years after earning a community college certificate or degree.
  - By program, for the CCC system as a whole rather than for individual colleges.
  - Documentation about measures & methodology.
- Seek UT (University of Texas system)
  - First- & fifth-year earnings & student debt of UT-system graduates employed full-time in Texas or by the U.S. government, by major area & UT institution.
  - The seekUT tool loads slowly; be patient.
- State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Mid-Career Wages Reports
  - Median and mid-range wages up to 20 years after graduation (depending on graduation year) by degree level and discipline category.
  - The summary for 1992-93 graduates is a pdf file; the other reports are html pages.
The Economic Benefit of Postsecondary Degrees (pdf files).
- From the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO).
Facilitating Development of a Multistate Longitudinal Data Exchange
- An ongoing project, from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), in collaboration with NCHEMS & SHEEO, and with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Issues in Using Enrollment, Completion, & Earnings Data
- Tracking the Elusive Ph.D.
  - You will need to be a Chronicle subscriber to view article.
  - This article includes a link to a report on a Council of Graduate Schools project about issues in tracking Ph.D. employment outcomes and what a useful tracking approach might look like.
- Context for Success papers discuss the statistical & methodological issues in using these as measures of institution quality or effectiveness.
- Higher Education Earnings Premium: Value, Variation, & Trends (pdf file).
  - Issues in interpreting comparisons of earnings at different levels of education.
  - From the Urban Institute.
- Postcollege Workforce Outcomes Measures: Issues Facing Policymakers, Analysts, and Researchers (pdf file).
  - Focuses on employment & earnings measures.
  - From the American Association of Community Colleges.
- PostsecData Resource List.
  Series of policy papers from the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) on issues with and suggestions for the national postsecondary data infrastructure. The papers are available in PDF format.
- The US Dept of Labor's Wage Record Interchange System 2 (WRIS2) allows participating states to share wage data, which may allow them to track employment & earnings for some graduates who are employed out-of-state
  - http://www.doleta.gov/performance/wris_2.cfm
  - March 25, 2015, Chronicle of Higher Education article on state-level efforts to get graduates employment and earnings information. The Chronicle is restricted to subscribers.
First Destination Survey Standards & Protocols, from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (pdf & Excel files).
- For colleges & universities to use in collecting & reporting graduating student career outcomes.

Establishing Degree Qualifications

Projects from the Lumina Foundation
- The Degree Qualifications Profile
- Tuning USA
- Pilot projects to define learning outcomes for specific disciplines.
- Based on the Bologna Process methodology (see Non-US projects, below).
- Current projects with several states, the multi-state Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC), and the American Historical Association.
- Links to similar projects in Europe, Russia, and Latin America.
Non-US Projects
- The Bologna Process (Europe)
  - Note: The "Bologna Club" is a multi-national project which aims, among other things, to specify degree-specific learning outcomes and standards in order to produce "transparent degrees, recognized across borders." See especially the sections on qualifications frameworks and tuning.
  - The European University Association's Bologna Basics page includes an overview of the Process' main elements.
  - The Bologna Archive of articles from the Bologna Handbook includes a report on the Process' first decade (1999-2010; a large pdf file). Subscribers to the Journal of the European Higher Education Area have access to articles. Individual articles are available for purchase (the publisher's page is in German).
  - Learning Accountability from Bologna: A Higher Education Policy Primer, from the Institute for Higher Education Policy (pdf file).
- The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).
- The European Qualifications Framework, from the European Commission (EU).
- The Qualifications Framework Emirates, from the United Arab Emirates.
  - Overview, and information about the National Qualifications Authority.
  - Documents include a handbook and a guide to developing learning outcomes (pdf files; the QFE extracts were not available when last checked).

Establishing Degree Qualifications

Establishing Degree Qualifications

Measuring Student Learning
- Faculty-defined outcomes in 6 disciplines: biology, business, communication, economics, history, sociology
- Project from The Social Science Research Council, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/) & the Teagle Foundation (http://www.teaglefoundation.org/)
- "Improving Quality in American Higher Education: Learning Outcomes and Assessments for the 21st Century" (Arum, R., Roska, J, & Cook, A; 2016, Jossey-Bass) — see http://highered.ssrc.org/publications/improving-quality/.
  - See Cook, Arum, & Roska's NILOA Viewpoint at http://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/NILOApieces.html.
  - Plan to Define and Test What Students Should Know. Review of "Improving Quality in American Higher Education" under the topic of Assessment and Accountability in Inside Higher Ed, May 31, 2016.
  - Arum & Roska's "sales pitch": A Faculty Stand on Assessment in the June, 2016 Inside Higher Ed.
Projects from the Lumina Foundation
- The Degree Qualifications Profile
- Tuning USA
- Pilot projects to define learning outcomes for specific disciplines.
- Based on the Bologna Process methodology (see Non-US projects, below).
- Current projects with several states, the multi-state Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC), and the American Historical Association.
- Links to similar projects in Europe, Russia, and Latin America.
Non-US Projects
- The Bologna Process (Europe)
  - Note: The "Bologna Club" is a multi-national project which aims, among other things, to specify degree-specific learning outcomes and standards in order to produce "transparent degrees, recognized across borders." See especially the sections on qualifications frameworks and tuning.
  - The European University Association's Bologna Basics page includes an overview of the Process' main elements.
  - The Bologna Archive of articles from the Bologna Handbook includes a report on the Process' first decade (1999-2010; a large pdf file). Subscribers to the Journal of the European Higher Education Area have access to articles. Individual articles are available for purchase (the publisher's page is in German).
  - Learning Accountability from Bologna: A Higher Education Policy Primer, from the Institute for Higher Education Policy (pdf file).
- The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).
- The European Qualifications Framework, from the European Commission (EU).
- The Qualifications Framework Emirates, from the United Arab Emirates.
  - Overview, and information about the National Qualifications Authority.
  - Documents include a handbook and a guide to developing learning outcomes (pdf files; the QFE extracts were not available when last checked).

Ethical Standards for Assessment

Ethical Standards for Assessment

(Some of these are from a January 2002 Assess-L discussion. Thanks to Suzanne Garrison at Meredith College for initiating this thread.)

AIR's Code of Ethics includes sections that are relevant to assessment as well as to other institutional research activities. See especially Sections II (Practice) and III (Confidentiality).
Ethical Standards of the AERA (American Educational Research Association , available for purchase).
Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education, from the Joint Committee on Testing Practices.
Position statement on writing assessment, from the Conference on College Composition and Communication.
In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the October 2011 thread Asmt Ethics, initiated by Joan Hawthorne, and the related post Further Consideration Regarding Assessment Ethics. The main thread includes discussions of ethical standards for assessment and how institutional review boards (IRBs) deal with assessment activities.

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)

Searchable database with:
- Bibliographic information for hundreds of articles on assessment, evaluation, statistics, and educational research.
- Downloadable full text (pdf files) of many non-journal articles.
A project of the US Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences.
See:
- General search tips.
- The Thesaurus of search terms.
- FAQs about the ERIC program.
Includes material that was added while the database was closed during 2004.

Faculty Attitudes Towards Outcomes Assessment

Faculty Attitudes Towards Outcomes Assessment

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
- March 2005 thread Faculty Attitudes Toward Student Learning Outcomes Assessment, initiated by Reuel Barksdale.
- April 2012 thread Searching for Survey of Faculty Knowledge of Assessment Basics and/or Faculty Attitudes Towards Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes, initiated by Allen Butt.
- March 2013 thread Chronicle Point of View Piece, initiated by Zaneeta Daver. The online version of the 3/11/13 Chronicle of Higher Education article to which this refers, "Who's Assessing the Assessors' Assessors?," includes readers' comments that illustrate a wide range of faculty attitudes towards outcomes assessment. The online version of the article is available to Chronicle subscribers and through most college/university libraries.
- August 2015 thread Chronicle Article-Does Assessment Make Colleges Better? Who Knows?, initiated by Catherine Wehlburg. The online version of the 8/14/15 Chronicle of Higher Education commentary where Erik Gilbert was curious about college's assessment programs. The online version of the article is available to Chronicle subscribers and through most college/university libraries.
- October 2015 thread Overcoming Faculty Resistance to Sharing Results, initiated by Marylee Demeter.
Developing/fostering positive attitudes and a "culture of assessment"
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see:
  - The January 2010 thread Compliance-Commitment (was [SACS] Taking the Fifth), initiated by Karen Kate Kellum.
  - Mike Johnson's post in the June 2010 thread Definition of "Instructional Program" for the Purposes of Meeting SACS Criteria, the following posts in that thread, and the associated threadsBalancing Assessment andBalancing Assessment, etc etc.
  - The March 2011 thread Using Positive Means to Stimulate Good Assessment Work, initiated by Pat Williams.
  - The August 2012 thread What to Call a "How Assessment can Support Teaching, Learning, and Research" Discussion, initiated by Kay Schneider.
- The Council of Graduate Schools' project on preparing future faculty to assess student learning.
  - Overview of the project. (The project report is a pdf file.)
  - Links to other assessment resources.
  - Project update.
- NILOA Occasional Papers (pdf files):
  - Opening Doors to Faculty Involvement in Assessment.
  - Student Outcomes Assessment Among the New Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Majority.
Faculty unions' statements on outcomes assessment
- NILOA Occasional Paper What Faculty Unions Say About Student Learning Outcomes Assessment (pdf file).
  - A structured dialogue with representatives from AAUP, AFT, & NEA.
- For AFT's perspective on accountability, see Student Success, from AFT Higher Education.
  - See the AFT Higher Education report Student Success in Higher Education (pdf file).
Frequently-encountered objections to outcomes assessment
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the discussionLogical Fallacies and Assessment, initiated by Stephen Zerwas.
  - April 2009,Logical Fallacies and Assessment – Straw Dog/Straw Man and the associated threads Assessment and Philosophical Issues (initiated by Steve RiCharde) and Logical Fallacies and Assessment – "red herrings" arguments (initiated by Stephen Zerwas). Posts include philosophical/theoretical discussion, examples of fallacious arguments, and suggestions for dealing with fallacious arguments.
  - August 2009, Logical Fallacies – Kill the Messenger and Kill the Messenger ?? Ad Hominum? Continued, initiated by Stephen Zerwas.
  - November 2015 thread Outcomes vs Outcomes, initiated by JaneMarie Souza.

NILOA Occasional Paper: Assessment and Academic Freedom: In Concert, not Conflict (pdf file).

"Our assessment says we're doing just fine!"
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the August 2011 thread Program Assessment, initiated by Susan Warner.

Focus Groups: Methods & Tools

Focus Groups: Methods & Tools

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
- April 2010 thread Transcription Services, initiated by Cindy Shedd.
- February 2012 thread Virtual Focus Groups and Blogs, initiated by Lea Campbell.
- March 2013 thread Focus Group Resources, initiated by Elizabeth Carney.
- July 2014 thread Transcription Software, initiated by Susan Warner.

Glossaries: Assessment Terms

Glossaries: Assessment Terms
In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the February 2013 thread "Will" vs "Should", in learning outcomes, initiated by Catherine Kelley, about the implications of how learning outcomes are defined.
Assessment & Curriculum Glossary, from Madison Area Technical College
Assessment Glossary, from Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY)'s Center for Excellence in Teaching (pdf file)
Assessment Glossary, from Ferris State University
Assessment Glossary, from Peru State College
Assessment Glossary, from Tarleton State University
Assessment Glossary from the University of South Carolina
Assessment Glossary of Terms, from Palo Alto College
Assessment of Student Learning Glossary, from Community College of Allegheny County
Assessment of Student Learning Glossary, from the College of Southern Nevada
Assessment Terminology, from Coconino Community College (pdf file)
Assessment Vocabulary, from Hartwick College, with links to some additional resources. (The Hartwick College resources are pdf files.)
Beyond Confusion: An Assessment Glossary, from Association of American Colleges & Universities Peer Review
Data Sources for Outcomes Assessment (University of Texas at Austin, pdf file)
Definitions/Glossary, from the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Glossary, from Arkansas Tech University (pdf file)
Glossary, from the Assessment Resource Centre
Glossary, from California Lutheran University
Glossary, from Florida International University (pdf & html formats)
Glossary, from Lehman College.
Glossary, from Miami University of Ohio
Glossary, from Montgomery College
Glossary, from the University of Texas at Arlington (pdf file)
Glossary of Assessment-Related Terms, from Anoka-Ramsey Community College (pdf file)
Glossary of Assessment-Related Terminology, from Mohawk Valley Community College (pdf file).
Glossary of Assessment Terms, from the American Public University System
Glossary of Assessment Terms from California State University, Los Angeles. Includes links to a more extensive (pdf file) glossary and to other assessment resources (this page)
Glossary of Assessment Terms, from Clark College (pdf file)
Glossary of Assessment Terms, from Loyola Marymount University
Glossary of Assessment Terms, Marymount University (pdf file; an annotated glossary of key terms)
Glossary of Assessment Terms, from Rice University
Glossary of Assessment Terms, from Stephen F. Austin State University (pdf file)
Glossary of Assessment Terms, from SUNY-Potsdam (pdf file)
Glossary of Assessment Terms, from the University of Nebraska at Kearney
Glossary of Assessment Terms, from Western University of Health Sciences
Glossary of Terms, from Carnegie Mellon University
Glossary of Terms, from the University of Pittsburgh
Key Terms (Grand Canyon University)
Local Lexicon of Assessment Terms, from California State University, Fresno
SLO Terminology Glossary (pdf file, from the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, posted by Shasta College)
Useful Assessment Terms, from California State University-San Marcos
Working Definitions, from El Camino College

Grades as Outcomes Assessment

Grades as Outcomes Assessment

"We already give grades. Isn't that enough?" The issue's addressed in:
- Do grades make the grade for program assessment?, an article from ABET (pdf file).
- FAQs from Appalachian State University (item #2), Arkansas Tech University (item #9; the menu doesn't work so scroll down), Colorado College (see both why can't we use grades or course evaluations? and is it ever possible to use grades?), Emory University (scroll down toWhy can't we use grades?), Indiana State University, Lane Community College, Lehman College (item #3), Marquette University, Montgomery College, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Niagara University (see the last item), Northern Arizona University (see the 2nd item), Stanford University, SUNY-Geneseo (item #7; the menu doesn't work so scroll down), Truckee Meadows Community College (click to expand the item about grades), the University of Alaska Southeast (select FAQs, scroll down), the University of Idaho (pdf file; scroll down to why aren't grades enough?), the University of Mississippi (scroll down to Degree Programs), the University of Nevada, Reno (item #2), and the University of Virginia.
- Carnegie Mellon University's Whys and Hows topic "Grading vs. Assessment of Learning Outcomes: Whatâ¬"s the difference?",
- Why not grades? from Georgia Southern University (Word document),
- ABET (pdf file).
- "Why not grades?" and "Grades are insufficient because…" from Old Dominion University (scroll down to these sections),

the University of Massachusetts-Amherst's assessment handbook (pdf file, find the section on "Assessment and grading").
In the ASSESS discussion-list, see the:
- August 2009 thread Assessments Replacing Grades, initiated by David Eubanks, also addresses the relationship between grades and outcomes assessment.
- April 2010 thread Use of Grades as Indirect Measures, initiated by Kathleen Morley.
- January 2013 threads Achievement of Learning Outcomes to Determine Course Grade, initiated by Graham Glynn. These three threads (with different topic-header spellings or capitalizations) focus on outcomes-based grading practices.
NILOA Occasional Paper: All-in-one: Combining Grading, Course, Program, and General Education Outcomes Assessment (pdf file).

Graduate Program Assessment

Graduate Program Assessment

Some of the individual institutions' assessment-related pages (below) include assessment plans and processes for graduate programs.
Assessment and Review of Graduate Programs. From the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). Available online to CGS members, or available for purchase.
- CGS enrollment/degree's data
The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education's standards for graduate & professional student programs are available for purchase from the CAS store as a downloadable rtf file.
In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
- March 2012 thread Assessment of Graduate Education, initiated by Janet Lindman.
- October 2012 thread Information Studies Question Related to Goals and Measures, initiated by Kathleen Keefe-Cooperman.
- September 2014 thread Assessments of Graduate Student Success, initiated by Susan Platt.
- February 2015 thread Dissertation Defense Rubrics, initiated by Stephen Wallace, swallace@niu.edu.
Assessment rubrics for theses & dissertations
- Assessment rubric for graduate theses & qualifying exams, from Colorado School of Mines (Word document).
- Thesis & dissertation rubric, from Mississippi State University (scroll down to this pdf file).
- Comprehensive exam and thesis rubric examples, from The Catholic University of America (pdf files).
- Examples from the University of Rhode Island (scroll down to shared evaluation tools; Word documents, pdf files).
- Resources for graduate program assessment from the University of South Florida (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).

Graduate Training in Outcomes Assessment

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
- September 2008 threadDoctoral Programs Emphasizing Assessment in High Ed, initiated by Pat Williams.
- September 2013 thread Graduate Programs in ASSESSMENT, initiated by Kathryne McConnell. Kelsey Brunton's post presents the thread responses in a spreadsheet.
- September 2014 thread Graduate Course in Assessment, Accountability, and/or Accreditation, initiated by Catherine Wehlburg.
- July 2015 thread Post-Doctoral Assessment Certification Programs initiated by Lauren Durkin.
Association for Institutional Research
- Graduate Certificates in Institutional Research
Boston College, Lynch School of Education doctoral program in educational research, measurement, and evaluation.
Florida State University College of Education
- Program Evaluation
- Institutional Research
James Madison University masters' and doctoral programs in assessment & measurement and online certificate program in assessment.
North Dakota State University, School of Education doctoral programs, institutional analysis option.
Penn State University: College of Education: Educational Psychology masters program with emphasis in educational measurement, doctoral program with specialization in educational and psychological measurement.
Sam Houston State University certificate program in higher education assessment and institutional research.
San Diego State University certificate program in institutional research, planning, and assessment.
Seton Hall University doctorate in Higher Education Leadership, Management and Policy concentration in education research, assessment, and program evaluation.
SUNY Center for Professional Development Certificate Program
University of Connecticut, Neag School of Education graduate programs in measurement, evaluation, and assessment.
University of Illinois at Chicago: Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics and Assessment face-to-face and online graduate degree & certificate programs.
University of Kansas, School of Education
- Department of Psychology & Research in Education, masters & doctoral programs in Educational Psychology and Research, emphasis in research, evaluation, measurement and statistics (REMS).
- Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, Ed.D. program with a concentration in higher education.
University of Maryland, Department of Measurement, Statistics & Evaluation graduate degree & certificate programs.
University of Wisconsin-Stout certificate programs in institutional research and evaluation studies.
Walden University Ph.D. in Education, specializations in assessment, evaluation, & accountability and curriculum, instruction, & assessment (scroll down to the menu of specializations).

Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)

Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)

A project of the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA.
CIRP Surveys: Information about nationally-standardized student surveys.
- CIRP Freshman Survey: profile of entering freshman class.
- CSS College Senior Survey: follow-up of CIRP cohorts.
- YFCY Your First College Year

Impact of Assessment

Impact of Assessment

A bibliography of articles about program assessment that include results, from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (pdf file).
- From Monica Stitt-Bergh's original July 2013 ASSESS post program assessment articles: sharing and a request: "[Published articles or conference papers with] examples of degree program assessment involving direct assessment of student learning…, preferably peer-reviewed, that include some direct assessment of an academic degree program, include at least one assessment result, and are not only a 'how-to' or not just 'what-we-plan-to-do.' Completed assessments are what Iâ¬"d like to find."
- Some of the articles include descriptions of how assessment results informed program planning.
Engineering Change: ABET study of how EC2000 standards and assessment requirements affect Engineering programs and students (executive summary available as pdf file, full report purchasable).
ASSESS discussion-list threads on this topic (see the list archive):
- October 2006 threadResources on Impact of Assessment on Learning and Teaching, initiated by Sean McKitrick of Binghampton University.
- August 2007 threadsOutcomes to the Assessment Process? initiated by Ken Weiner at Montgomery College, andAssessment in Higher Education, contributed by Richard Hake.
- April 2008 threads Evidence of Impact of Student Learning Assessment? and Evidence of Impact of Student Learning Assessment, initiated by Lois Myers.
- September 2009 threads Assessment, Budgeting, & Strategic Planning and [Spam] Re: [ASSESS:] Assessment, Budgeting, & Strategic Planning, initiated by Erin Frew.
- November 2009 thread 404: Learning Outcomes, initiated by David Eubanks, and David's blog entry on the topic.
- March 2010 thread Evidence-Based Studies of Learning Goals, initiated by Mindy McWilliams.

Institutional Support for Outcomes Assessment

Institutional Support for Outcomes Assessment

American Council on Education's (ACE) The Presidency newsletter, under Institutional Effectiveness: Perspective: Three Things Presidents Need to Know About Student Learning Outcomes Assessment.; 9/17/2015 by Stanley O. Ikenberry.
In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the September 2013 thread Assessment of Awareness Campaign, initiated by Marlene Clapp.
Assessment costs & budgets:
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
  - October 2009 threadBudgets, initiated by Susan Warner.
  - May 2010 thread Cost of Assessment, initiated by Lea Campbell.
  - November 2010 thread Assessment Fee, initiated by Terry Brumfield.
  - May-June 2012 thread Assessment Budget, initiated by Jaime Joslin.
  - September 2013 thread Compensation for External Evaluators, initiated by Yuerong Sweetland.
- Assessment directors' salaries
  - In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
    - January 2008 thread Assessment Salary Survey. Thanks to Erin Frew, Matt Fuller, and Margie Hobbs for initiating and managing the survey. Erin's initial post has information about the survey and includes pdf tables of results.
    - March 2014 thread Director of Assessment Salary Range, initiated by Kevork Horissian.
    - September 2015 thread Salary range for Assessment Analyst or Coordinator, initiated by Rita Liu.
- NILOA Occasional Papers Valuing assessment: Cost-benefit considerations and What are institutions spending on assessment? Is it worth the cost? (pdf files)
How Boards Oversee Educational Quality
- Report from the Association of Governing Boards on a survey of board members and chief academic officers.
- The report itself is a pdf file.
- The page includes links to other resources on boards and educational quality.
The Assessment "handbooks" section includes rubrics and suggestions that can help evaluate your institution's assessment practices.
Staffing assessment
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the March 2009 threadAdvice on New Assessment Position, initiated by Nathan Garrett.
- See the ASSESS discussion-list threads on assessment committees.
- Measuring the impact of the assessment office. In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
  - October 2015 thread Measuring the Impact of Assessment Office, initiated by John Frederick.
- Should there be a central "assessment office?" In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
  - April 1998 thread Coordinating Assessment, initiated by Kafkaz.
  - January 2008 threadProgram Assessment Coordinators, initiated by Mary Kropiewnicki.
  - April 2009 thread Type of Assessment Offices, initiated by Junelyn Peeples.
- What are the relationships between assessment and other offices? In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
  - April 2009 thread Teaching and Learning Centers, initiated by Sean McKittrick.
  - February 2012 thread Assessment Office and Center for Teaching/Learning, initiated by Susan Gracia.
  - March 2012 thread Assessment vs. Institutional Research, initiated by Susan Gracia. Susan's May 2012 post Re: [ASSESS:] Assessment vs. Institutional Research summarizes the discussion.
  - October 2013 thread Role of the Dean in Annual Academic Program Assessment Reporting, initiated by Erin Frew, and the associated threadRole of Deans: Thank You!
  - September 2015 thread Role of IR in Assessment, initiated by JoEllen Asbury.
- How large should an assessment office be? In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
  - November 2006 threadInformation About Assessment Office Personnel Compared to University Size, initiated by Ray Van Dyke.
  - September 2008 thread One-Person Assessment Operations, initiated by Pat Williams.
- What qualifications should an assessment director have? In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
  - January 2008 threadFwd: RE: Salary Survey, Directors of Assessment. Start with Stephen Maack's January 25th post.
  - June 2008 thread Qualities of an Effective Assessment Coordinator, initiated by Linda Suskie, and the associated threads Fw: Qualities of an Effective Assessment Coordinator,FW: [ASSESS:] Qualities of an Effective Assessment Coordinator, and Where to Look for Good Director of Assessment Candidates.
  - March 2009 thread WANTED: Director of Assessment Job Descriptions, initiated by Theresa Ford.
- To whom should an assessment director report and what should he or she be called? In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
  - June 2008 threadIR and Assessment Office Organizational Structure Question, initiated by Kevork Horissian.
  - March 2009 thread Two Queries Re: Assessment Coordinators, initiated by Christopher Fauske.
  - February 2012 thread Position Titles, initiated by Shawna Lafreniere.
  - April 2012 thread Title Search, initiated by Pat Williams.
- Faculty assessment fellows: In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the October 2009 thread Faculty Assessment Fellow Responsibilities, initiated by Kathleen Morley.
- In the ASSESS thread, "Models of institutional effectiveness offices?", June 2016, Wayne State University, contact Catherine Marie Barrette.
Supporting faculty involvement in assessment
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
  - May 2014 thread Formal Assessment as a Given Percentage of a Course?, initiated by Helen Bergland.
  - May 2015 thread What do you call the Assessment Workshop? initiated by Diana Wagner.
- NILOA Occasional Paper: To Imagine a Verb: The Language and Syntax of Learning Outcomes Statements (pdf file)
- NILOA Occasional Paper: Student Outcomes Assessment Among the New Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Majority (pdf file).
- Departmental assessment directors & liaisons
  - In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
    - February 2010 threadFaculty Compensation?? initiated by Christina Leimer.
    - March 2011 thread Faculty Liaisons for Assessment, initiated by Kelli Mays.
- Faculty training
  - In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
    - May 2010 thread Assessment Courses for Faculty, initiated by David Knopp. Some posts in this thread have links to material about & from campus-based courses.
    - June 2010 thread Faculty/Administrator Learning Communities, initiated by Lea Campbell.
    - January 2011 thread Faculty Fellows, initiated by Kim Black.
    - January 2012 thread Basic vs. Advanced Workshop Topics for Faculty, initiated by Monica Stitt-Bergh.
    - April 2012 thread Searching for Survey of Faculty Knowledge of Assessment Basics and/or Faculty Attitudes Towards Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes, initiated by Allen Butt.
    - September 2012 thread Faculty Needs Survey on Assessment, initiated by Robert Smith.
    - NILOA Occasional Paper
      - To Imagine a Verb: The Language and Syntax of Learning Outcomes Statements.
      - From the February NILOA Newsletter.
- Recognizing/rewarding participation in assessment
  - In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
    - March 2011 thread Using Positive means to Stimulate Good Assessment Work, initiated by Pat Williams.
    - April 2012 thread Pay for Scoring Student Work for Gen Ed Assessment, initiated by Tammi Cooper.
    - January 2013 threadInformation About Assessment Awards, initiated by Jennifer Sweet.
    - July 2013 thread Institutional Reward Structures, initiated by Robert Smith.
    - October 2013 thread Certificate of Appreciation, initiated by Kathleen Gorski.
Surveys of institutions' assessment practices
- AAC&U 2-17-16 report from 2015 survey of CAOs: Trends in Learning Outcomes Assessment. Review the summary of the survey findings in February 2, 2016, Inside Higher Ed: Assessing, Without Tests
- Best Practices in Student & Faculty Assessment
  - From Primary Research Group
    - Primary Research Group's survey of college efforts to improve teaching practices: "Best Practices in Student & Faculty Assessment." The full report is available for purchase, however, it is expensive! Also, see PRG's 2016 report "Survey of College efforts to improve Teaching Practices".
    - Survey of Best Practices in Student Assessment, 2016 Edition (ISBN No: 978-157440-3640). On the Primary Research Group's website, you are able to purchase the full report. (Expensive!).
    - The table of contents and a brief excerpt are available for download ( pdf files); the full report is available for purchase.
- NILOA surveys (pdf files)
- NILOA Occasional Paper: Learning Outcomes Assessment in Community Colleges (pdf file).
- NILOA case-study report Using Assessment Results: Promising Practices of Institutions That Do It Well (pdf file).
Surveys of institutions' support for outcomes assessment
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the February 2008 threadCulture of Assessment Survey Results. The initial post by Abdou Ndoye includes apdf file of results.
  - The call for survey responses was in the January 2008 threadCulture of Assessment Survey.
  - June 2015 thread Employers as third-party raters, initiated by Mary Kay Fleming.
    - She is interested in using community leaders and/or employers as third-party raters for student assignments demonstrating baccalaureate-level outcomes.
- Institutional support for enhancing student assessment
  - A research report from the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (Project 5.2). Includes:
  - a literature review,
  - results from a national survey of colleges and universities, and a description of site-visit research.
  - NCPI's project overview includes links to additional reports and resources.
  - Note: The project is no longer active.
- Perspectives from Campus Leaders on the Current State of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment: (summary of results from NILOA focus groups).
- Survey of Assessment Culture: Initial findings from a national survey of campus assessment leaders, with details on the project and plans for future studies (pdf files).

K-12 Standards and College-Level Work

K-12 Standards and College-Level Work

The Common Core State Standards
- A project of the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), in partnership with the American Association of State Colleges & Universities (AASCU).
- Objectives include:
  - Aligning K-12 standards with college admission & placement requirements.
  - Preparing K-12 teachers to help students meet the standards.

Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment

Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment

Review of the literature on assessing learning, from the National Research Council's Committee on the Foundations of Assessment.
K-12 as well as higher education assessment. Published in 2001.
Can be read online.
Related books:
- How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School is a related review of cognitive science and the biology of learning, from the NRC's Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning and the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice. Published in 2000.
- Applying Science of Learning in Education: Infusing Psychological Science into the Curriculum.
  - 2012, from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (American Psychological Association, Division Two).
  - Free download (pdf file).

League for Innovation in the Community College

League for Innovation in the Community College: 21st Century Learning Outcomes Project

Information about a multi-institution project to define and document student learning outcomes.
Links to participating institutions' project websites and to other resources. The project is no longer active, but some of the institutions' websites are still available.

National Assessment Governing Board

National Assessment Governing Board

Information about the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). These are assessments of students in grades 4, 8, and 12, not college students. Relevant to assessment in higher education as illustration of a current national model for assessing student learning.
The NAEP site has details about and reports from assessments in various subject areas.
The U.S. also participates in multinational comparisons of K-12 students' performance in various areas, sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). Recent & upcoming study areas include reading literacy, computer & information literacy, knowledge of math & science, and civic & citizenship education.
The Learning Curve, from Pearson and The Economist Intelligence Unit, analyzes a range of internationally-comparable K-12-level data.

The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)

The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) site has information about publications and services for assessment and other higher-education areas.

Assessing Assessment: Successes, Failures, and the Future overviews the state of higher education outcomes assessment (this pdf file will open in a separate window). Presentation by Peter Ewell, NCHEMS vice-president, at the 2007 IUPUI Assessment Institute. Ewell's chapter An emerging scholarship: A brief history of assessment has details and references (in Banta, T.W. & Assoc. [2002], Building a scholarship of assessment. Jossey-Bass).
NCHEMS' Information Center provides state-by-state comparisons of data related to higher-education issues. Some are outcomes assessment data, most are not.

National Community College Benchmark Project

National Community College Benchmark Project

Participating institutions can compare outcomes results with those of other participants. The data are not available to non-participants.
The site includes:
- A description of the project and the benchmarks used. Some of the benchmarks are outcomes assessment results, some are other institutional research data.
- A description of the reports prepared for participating institutions.
- A list of participating institutions and information about enrolling in the project.

National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)

National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

NILOA's Excellence in Assessment Designation
- Groups to Recognize Public College's Embrace of Assessment, October 27, 2015, InsideHigherEd.com.
NILOA focuses on identifying & promoting effective assessment practices.
NILOA Resources include:
- Viewpoints:Short articles from assessment experts.
- Reports from surveys of college/university outcomes assessment practices.
- Assessment briefs: Introductions for faculty, student affairs staff, etc.
- Occasional papers by assessment experts.
- A transparency framework for institutions' assessment websites and online presentation of assessment information.
  - The framework in the field section of the Transparency Framework page and the regularly-changing featured website available from the home page illustrate good "transparency" practice.
- A link to the Measuring Quality inventory of assessment instruments.
Information about the Degree Qualifications Profile.
The searchable Resource Library includes links & bibliographies on a variety of assessment topics.
NILOA Occasional Paper: To Imagine a Verb: The Language and Syntax of Learning Outcomes Statements.
- From the February NILOA Newsletter.

National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC)

National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC)

A project of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
NPEC student outcomes projects focus on assessment policy, methods, coordination, and/or data use.pdf files of papers from some projects are available.
Definitions and assessment methods sourcebooks, for various general education areas.

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
- August 2015 thread NSSE Frequency, initiated by Marabeth Nolte.
Nationally-normed survey of students' exposure to good practices in undergraduate education.
pdf demonstration versions of the survey.
Tools & Services includes a report builder for custom analyses of national (not institution-specific) results.
Register your institution online for the next administration.
Some institutions' assessment sites include NSSE reports.
- On NSSE's site, Tools & Services includes examples of How Institutions Use NSSE results.
Related surveys
- The Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE), from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).
- NSSE is designed for four-year institutions. The Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) is a similar project for two-year institutions.
- Student Experience in the Research University (SERU), from the Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) at the University of California, Berkeley, and consortia of AAU and international research universities.
- The Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE) taps faculty opinions about students' exposure to the educational practices that NSSE examines.
- The Classroom Survey of Student Engagement (CLASSE) asks students and faculty about educational practices in an individual course.
- The Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement (BCSSE) taps entering students' pre-college experiences and their expectations for participating in the educational practices that NSSE examines.
Research on NSSE's Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice (pdf file)
- Note: In NSSE's 2013 update, the benchmarks have been restructured as engagement indicator areas.
- The Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education includes research on relationships between NSSE benchmarks and more direct measures of student learning. In Research And Publications, use your browser's (F)ind function to search for report titles that include "NSSE."

Nationally Standardized Instruments

Nationally Standardized Instruments

A Culture of Evidence: Critical Features of Assessments for Postsecondary Student Learning, from ETS (pdf file). Information about (some) instruments for general education skills, major-field assessment, student engagement, and "soft" (noncognitive) skills. Includes both ETS and other providers' instruments.
Inventory of Higher Education Assessment Instruments, from the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (NCPI). Information about instruments for institutional effectiveness, basic skills (general education), affective development, and major-field assessment.
Measuring Quality In Higher Education: An Inventory of Instruments, Tools, and Resources. Describes and compares nationally standardized assessment instruments.
- A periodically updated online database that replaces the 2001 report Measuring Quality: Surveys and Other Assessments of College Quality.
- A project of AIR, ACE, & NILOA.
NPEC Sourcebooks on Assessment include definitions, information about tests and other instruments. Volumes, available as pdf files, include Definitions and Assessment Methods for:
- Communication, Leadership, Information Literacy, Quantitative Reasoning and Quantitative Skills
- Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Writing
Notes:
- Instrument names and details have changed since some of these reports were published. E.g., ETS' Academic Profile is now the Proficiency Profile (previously called theMeasure of Academic Progress & Proficiency, or MAPP) and HERI's College Student Survey is now the College Senior Survey. If the reports' links don't forward you to the latest versions, search the publishers' sites.
- Instruments too recent to be included in these reports include:
In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
- June 2013 thread Standardized Surveys, initiated by Susan Warner.
- March 2014 thread GREs for Assessment, initiated by Lisa Christenson.

New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability

New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability

The Alliance's activities were suspended in summer 2013.
The documents Committing to Quality: Guidelines for Assessment and Accountability and Assuring Quality: An Institutional Self-Assessment Tool for Excellent Practice in Student Learning Outcomes Assessment are available from CHEA (pdf files).

Online Discussion

Online Discussion

Blogs about assessment
- This is just a list. It's not exhaustive and it doesn't imply a recommendation or evaluation. Some of these blogs are updated regularly, some haven't had new posts for a while.
- Topic-specific blogs for AALHE members.
- The Assessment Forum from Ann Boudinot-Amin at the American University in Cairo.
- Assessing Student Learning @ Fresno State includes general comments and specific information about assessment at CSU-Fresno.
- Educational Assessment, from Faculty Focus.
- Higher Ed, from David Eubanks at Eckerd College. David's Assessment Blogs page pulls together posts from some of the blogs in this list.
- Higher Education Assessment, from St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
- PrattleNog, from Melanie Booth.
- Program Assessment of Student Learning, from Gloria Rogers at ABET.
- Linda Suskie's website includes a blog.
Discussion lists
- Subscribing to email discussion lists
  - Send an email message to the list server for the list to which you want to subscribe. The message should saysubscribe list-name your-first-name your-last-name(e.g.: subscribe assess John Smith) and have nothing in the Subject: line and no "signature" at the bottom.
  - After you've subscribed, send the one-word messagehelpto get a list of commands you can use to suspend mail while you're on vacation, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
- ASSESS
  - From AALHE.
  - Topic: assessment in higher education.
  - Listserver: listserv@lsv.uky.edu (University of Kentucky).
  - The searchable archive also has online forms that you can use to join and post to the list.
- EVALTALK
  - Topic: Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products, and organizations to improve their effectiveness. Many threads relevant to outcomes assessment.
  - From the American Evaluation Association.
  - Lots of traffic. To avoid clogging your inbox, have your email program automatically put Evaltalk messages into a separate folder/mailbox.
  - The searchable archive (hosted at the University of Alabama) has an online form you can use to join and post to the list. Note: The UA listserver will ask for a login; registration is available to the general public and is free.
- FYA-List
  - Topic: evaluating students' experiences and success in the first year of college.
  - Listserver: listserv@listserv.sc.edu (University of South Carolina).
  - Supported by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
    - NRC's assessment resources page includes:
      - A searcheable archive of listserv discussions. Subscribe or log in to post a message.
      - A searchable archive of invited essays from area experts.
      - Links to other resources and a searchable database of information about first-year assessment instruments.
- ASSESS-W
  - Topic: assessing writing.
  - Listserver: listserv@listserv.louisville.edu (University of Louisville).
    - The Higher Education Resource Hub's list of assessment resources has information about other assessment-related lists (select Higher Education Assessment from the menu at the left side of the Hub's home page and scroll down to Assessment Electronic Discussion Lists).
    - NILOA's Resources include some assessment discussion lists.

Portfolio Assessment

Portfolio Assessment

An extensive list of links to information about alternative assessment and electronic portfolios, from Helen Barrett at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. (Last updated in 2009. Some links are still good, some aren't.)
In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
- April 2014 thread Best Resources RE: Pros/Cons of Large Scale Eportfolio Implementation, initiated by Kathleen Morley.
- March 2016 thread ePortfolios, initiated by Beth-Ann Tek.
AAEEBL (The Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning)
- Links to e-portfolio resources.
- Information about AAEEBL's annual conference and other networking opportunities.
Diagnostic Digital Portfolio at Alverno College. Access to the DDP is restricted to Alverno students, faculty, & staff.
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research: Campus-based research projects on whether & how the use of portfolios affects student learning.
International Journal of ePortfolio (IJeP) includes articles about using e-portfolios in assessment. Articles are available aspdf files.
Portfolio tips, guidelines, & examples from the University of Kentucky.
University of Minnesota's ePortfolio. Development of the University of Minnesota's ePortfolio system is described in the 2003 Educause article Electronic Portfolios Need Standards to Thrive (pdf file).
Truman State University portfolio project: FAQ, portfolio prompts with descriptors (rubrics, pdf files) for evaluation, and (pdf files) assessment results.
University of Minnesota Duluth ePortfolio. See the Getting Started tutorial and the User's Guide (pdf files), and the link to download the open-source program.
Commercial products to manage on-line portfolios (this is just a list; it's not exhaustive and inclusion doesn't imply a recommendation or evaluation)
- See A Survey of the Electronic Portfolio Market Sector by Trent Batson of AAEEBL.
- Chalk & Wire's e-Portfolio.
- Digication's Assessment Management System includes portfolio tools.
- DigitalAssess Gain deeper insight by radically improving your understanding of learner's knowledge with innovative assessment.
- ePortfolio, from Epsilen.
- iWebfolio, from Nuventive.
- Mentor, from Axiom Education, includes a portfolio tool.
- The PASS-PORT assessment-management system includes a portfolio tool.
- RXOutcome assessment e-portfolio, for pharmacy programs.
- Serensoft provides e-portfolio services.
- TaskStream's student assessment tools include e-portfolio assessment & management.
- TK20's CampusTools HigherEd and CampusWide have portfolio tools as part of a system to gather and organize assessment information. SeeProducts.
- See Helen Barrett's list of commercial e-portfolio vendors (a 2009 list, some links will be out of date).
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, select May 2005 and scroll down to Electronic Portfolio Software and Assessment, Renee Corbin's list of e-portfolio products. Open the message and then click [text/html] at the bottom of the page for a version with "live" (clickable) links.

Principles of Good Outcomes Assessment Practice

Principles of Good Outcomes Assessment Practice

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
- These ASSESS threads include broader discussion of approaches to assessment and assessment as part of faculty's everyday work.
- March 2016 thread SLOs and grades, initiated by Madeline Murphy.
  - This thread includes a lot of discussion about approaches to assessment and about assessment as part of faculty's everyday work.
- April 2016 thread A response to Bob Shireman on "insane" SLOs, initiated by Linda Suskie.
  - The following are the original links to the exchange between Shireman and Peter Ewell withing InsideHigherEd.
    - https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/04/07/essay-how-fixation-inane-student-learning-outcomes-fails-ensure-academic-quality
    - https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/04/07/essay-value-student-learning-outcomes-measuring-and-ensuring-academic-quality
    - Linda Suskie's blog post with her response:
      - http://www.lindasuskie.com/apps/blog/show/43910127-a-response-to-bob-shireman-on-inane-slos
    - Response from WASC Senior
      - https://www.wascsenior.org/content/slo-assessment-where-buck-stops-and-starts
9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning
- From the American Association for Higher Education Assessment Forum. AAHE went out of business in summer 2005 and their website is no longer available. This page is from NILOA: Making Learning Outcomes Usable & Transparent.
Committing to Quality: Guidelines for Assessment and Accountability in Higher Education
- From the New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability and endorsed by a number of national higher education organizations.
- Assuring Quality is an institutional self-assessment workbook based on the guidelines.
Assessment 2020: Seven Propositions for Assessment Reform in Higher Education (pdf file)
- From the Australian Government Office for Learning & Teaching.

Program Review and Outcomes Assessment

Program Review and Outcomes Assessment

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see:
- The May & July 2009 thread Combining Program Review and Assessment, initiated by Erin Frew.
- The September 2010 thread Program Reviews – Are They Worth It? initiated by Catherine Wehlburg.
- The October 2011 thread Program Review Cycles, initiated by Leah Adams-Curtis.

Qualitative Data Analysis Methods and Tools

Qualitative Data Analysis Methods and Tools

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
- September 2007 threadQualitative Data Analysis Question, initiated by Mitzi Lewis. In October 2007, scroll down to the threadQualitative Data Analysis Question – Summary, for Mitzi's summary of responses and some more discussion.
- February 2010 thread Qualitative Software Reviews? initiated by Christopher Vinger.
- September 2010 thread Question Regarding Qualitative Analysis, initiated by John Painter.
- May 2012 thread Text Analysis Tools, initiated by Gavin Henning, the associated thread Text Analysis Tools, initiated by Lenny Shedletsky, and Gavin's follow-up List of Text Analysis Tools.
- July 2013 thread Seeking Recommendations on Qualitative Data Analysis Software, initiated by Jill Hirt.
Content-analysis.de's annotated links to qualitative analysis software packages and other information about content-analysis methods.
See Crafton Hills College's overview of Sampling for the Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes (pdf file).
NILOA Occasional Paper – Improving teaching, learning, and assessment by making evidence of achievement transparent. From NILOA May newsletter.
- The paper discusses concepts of validity, external credibility, and "authentic assessment."

Quantitative Data Analysis Methods and Tools

Quantitative Data Analysis Methods and Tools

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see:
- The February 2010 thread Inter-rater Reliability, initiated by Erica Cavanaugh. It developed into extended discussions of (a) statistical methods for evaluating inter-rater reliability and (b) the pros & cons of statistical precision in higher education outcomes assessment.
- The related March 2010 thread Centering and Rasch Analysis, initiated by David Eubanks, which deals with several issues about using rubrics & analyzing rating-scale results.
- The November 2010 thread Stats Packages Excel Add-ons, initiated by Kenneth Reaves.
- The November & December 2010 thread Building Faculty Inter-rater Reliability of Graduate School Candidate Admissions Ratings, initiated by Barbara Shepperson. It developed into a discussion of inter-rater reliability methods & issues. See Jeremy Penn's November 30 post for a Powerpoint presentation overviewing methods for evaluating inter-rater reliability.
- The July 2011 thread Inter-rater Reliability, initiated by Daniel Mccollum.
- The August 2011 thread Unequal Sample Size when Comparing Two Groups, initiated by Wenjun Chi. It developed into a comparison of parametric & nonparametric significance tests and a discussion of significance testing in general.
- The November 2012 thread Logistical Questions Re: Institution-wide Assessment of Gen Ed Outcomes, initiated by Laura Henderson, which deals with several issues about analyzing rating-scale results & using rubrics.
- July 2013 thread Course Evaluation Inter-rater Reliability, initiated by David Eubanks. The thread includes some general discussion of course evaluation questionnaires.
- November 2014 thread Item Response Theory Software, initiated by M. Brooke Robertshaw.
- March 2015 thread Significance Tests in Assessment (Are they even appropriate?), initiated by Kimberly Faith
- March 2015 thread Case Study Assessment initiated by Karal Sanders.
- April 2015 thread Assessing Common Reading Programs initiated by Karla Sanders.
- April 2015 thread Evaluation/Assessment Plan initiated by Tracey Snyder
- April 2015 thread Student Group Assessment Plan initiated by Alicia Betsinger.
- April 2015 thread Assessment for Readiness for Online Courses and Computer Literacy initiated by Gave Estil.
- April 2015 thread Assessment Day? initiated by Cathy Sanders.
- April 2015 thread Transition to On-Line Course Surveys initiated by Annalisa Gramlich.
- April 2015 thread Significance Tests in Assessment initiated by Kimberly Faith.
  - This thread includes discussion of whether statistical significance testing is appropriate for course and program level assessment at all.
- May 2015 thread Theories or Models for Assessment initiated by Michael Zuch.
- May 2015 thread Help with Research initiated by Keri Turner.
- October 2015 thread Survey Factors: Continuous or Categorical Variables and Implications on Sig Testing?, initiated by Beth Tek.
- October 2015 thread Ordinal vs Ration/Interval, initiated by Mark Riddle.
- February 2016 thread Analyzing large quantities of open-ended survey data, initiated by Beth-Ann Tek.
Context for Success papers discuss statistical & methodological issues in using enrollment, persistence, graduation rates, and employment data as measures of institution quality or effectiveness.
"Dashboard" display of assessment & accountability data
- Some individual institutions' assessment-related pages (below) include dashboard displays.
- Institutional Dashboards: Navigational Tool for Colleges and Universities (pdf file), from AIR's Professional File.
- The United States Education Dashboard with state-by-state data on higher-education enrollment & completion.
- The University of Texas System's productivity dashboard includes enrollment, graduation, & CLA data.
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the January 2012 thread Learning Outcomes Dashboards, initiated by David Strohmetz.
See Crafton Hills College's overview of Sampling for the Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes (pdf file).
NILOA Occasional Paper -"Improving teaching, learning, and assessment by making evidence of achievement transparent."
- From NILOA May Newsletter.
- The occasional paper discusses concepts of validity, external credibility, and "authentic achievement."
Setting performance targets / standards / expectations
- Note: This can also apply to results from qualitative data analyses.
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the February 2012 thread Setting Targets, initiated by Janet Lindman.
- Whatâ¬"s Good Enough? Setting Standards, from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Scroll down to this November 2012 workshop for handouts (pdf files) and examples (Excel file).

Software for Web Surveys

Software for Web Surveys

Association for Survey Computing: Register of Software for Statistical and Social Survey Analysis
- Well-annotated, easy to use listings from a regularly-updated database. Not limited to products for Web-based surveying. Start with the list of features, then go to "Data Capture" and then to "Web Interviewing." (Note: The Register has not been updated since 2006 but many of its entries are still useful.You can download the 2006 version from ASC's website [pdf file]. See the list of web interviewing packages on p. 7; then get individual software vendors' website addresses from the list that starts on p. 30.)
Some threads in the ASSESS discussion-list archive have users' comments about web survey software or hosting services, or about using online surveys. See the:
- December 2004 thread Question Web Survey Software, initiated by Ted Micceri.
- October 2005 threads Online Survey Comparison Matrix and Online Survey hosts, which include Gavin Henning's Excel file of information and user comments (thanks for compiling this, Gavin!).
- July 2007 threads Electronic Survey and Thanks, initiated by Elizabeth Pruden.
- August 2007 threads Consultant for Online Survey and Consultant for Online Survey: Listserv Feedback Compiled, initiated by Brian Bogert.
- April 2011 threads Survey Software that Allows You to Store Your Own Data, initiated by Pat Williams, andSurvey Software, initiated by Lea Campbell.
- May 2011 thread Online Survey Policies, initiated by Kim Black.
- October 2011 post,Survey Policies & Guidelines, from Betty Harper. The attached Word document has links to & information about college/universities' policies for large (web or non-web) surveys.
- September 2014 thread Alternatives to SurveyMonkey, initiated by Denise Bell.
- May 2016 thread Survey Software, initiated by Nicole Tomasello.
Some online articles about Web-based surveying
- Web-based Data Collection and Assessment in Student Affairs (2000): pros and cons.
- Conducting Web-Based Surveys (2001): methods, pros & cons, overview of research.
- Conducting Research Surveys via E-mail and the Web (2001): methods, pros & cons, literature review. An extensive RAND Corp. report, available in e-reader formats or as a set of pdf documents.
In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
- September 2010 threads Quick Poll: Typical Responses Rates to Web-based Surveys, initiated by Gavin Henning, andAchieving High Online Survey Rates of Completion, initiated by Timothy Metz.
- February 2011 thread Just Sharing Something Fun… initiated by Zaneeta Davers, a discussion of getting students to take online surveys.
  - October 2012 thread Incentives for Student Participation in NSSE, initiated by Pat Williams. (Not limited to online surveys or to NSSE, this thread is a general discussion of using incentives to improve completion rates.)

SHEEO: State Higher Education Executive Officers

SHEEO: State Higher Education Executive Officers

Accountability for Better Results: A National Imperative for Higher Education
- Project to review states' experience using accountability systems to improve higher education performance.
- Also, see the National Governors' Association report Complete to Compete: From Information to Action: Revamping Higher Education Accountability Systems.

State-by-State Reports on Accreditation, Assessment, and Higher Education

State-by-State Reports on Accreditation, Assessment, and Higher Education

CHEA report: State Uses of Accreditation: Results of a Fifty-State Inventory (pdf file).

- Measuring Up "report card"
  - From the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. Scoring categories include preparation for and participation in higher education, affordability, completion, benefits, and student learning. All states received "grades" of Incomplete for student learning; current data did not allow meaningful state-by-state comparisons.
  - Executive summary (pdf file) plus individual state reports.
  - Reported biannually from 2000 through 2008.
- NILOA report: Connecting State Policies on Assessment with Institutional Assessment Activity.
- Ready to Assemble: About states' higher education accountability systems
  - What information do states collect on their higher education institutions, and how do they use that information for institutional improvement?
  - Interactive map and individual state & scoring-category summaries, plus (pdf files) executive summary & individual reports.
  - From Education Sector.

State and Regional Assessment Organizations

State and Regional Assessment Organizations

Arkansas Association for the Assessment of Collegiate Learning (AAACL)
- About AAACL.
- Links to member institutions' home pages.
- Listserv.
- Information about & from AAACL assessment workshops (presentations are mht files which require Internet Explorer; the registration form for the latest workshop is an Excel file).
- Resources
  - Newsletter (pdf file).
  - Previous Conference (AAACL workshop) presentations
    - Spring 2008 (presentations are mht files which require Internet Explorer; the participant list is an Excel file).
    - Spring 2009 (Powerpoint & pdf files, Word documents).
Assessment Network of New York (ANNY)
- About ANNY and network membership.
- Materials from ANNY conferences & events (pdf & Powerpoint files).
- Member resources, including a newsletter and links to other assessment resources, are restricted to ANNY members.
California Community Colleges Student Learning Outcome Coordinators
- A community in the CCC Research & Planning Group.
- Listserv for CCC SLO coordinators.
- POWER awards for achievements in outcomes assessment and research in learner-centered teaching.
- Links to other assessment resources (pdf files, Word documents).
Chicago Area Assessment Group (CAAG)
- About CAAG.
- Contact information and upcoming meetings.
Missouri Assessment Consortium
- Information about MAC.
- Guiding principles and assessment handbook.
- Links to Missouri institutions' assessment websites.
New England Educational Assessment Network
- Information about NEEAN.
- Activities and events including information aboutDialogues in the Disciplines workshops on assessment in specific academic disciplines.
- NEEAN publishes The Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness.
New Mexico Higher Education Assessment Association
- Information about NMHEAA and statewide assessment conferences.
Virginia Assessment Group
- About VAG.
- Conferences, workshops, and session handouts (pdf, Powerpoint, and Word files).
- Assessment-related employment notices from Virginia colleges & universities.
- Online journal, Research & Practice in Assessment (RPA).
- Links to other assessment resources. The list on the left has materials from VAG conferences & workshops (pdf, Powerpoint, and Word files).
Washington Area Student Learning Assessment Network (WASLAN)
- About WASLAN, and contact information.
- WASLAN member institutions.

Student Motivation for Assessment

Student Motivation for Assessment

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the January 2014 threads Capstone Requirements and Motivation for Assessment (was Capstone Requirements), initiated by Catherine Wehlburg.
The Student Opinion Scale (pdf files)
- Self-report scale of test-takers' motivation, to help inform the interpretation of assessment results.
- From James Madison University's Center for Assessment & Research Studies (CARS).

Tools to Help Organize Assessment Information

Tools to Help Organize Assessment Information
WIDS (Worldwide Instructional Design System) curriculum-design software includes tools to monitor outcomes and associated rubrics and results. Select Products, then Read more….
The Programs module of Xitracs' accreditation compliance tool includes assessment management.

TRIADS: Assessment of Learning Outcomes

TRIADS: Assessment of Learning Outcomes

TRIpartate Assessment Delivery System: A joint project of the University of Liverpool, the University of Derby, and the Open University.
TRIADS Engine: Authorware for developing online assessments.
Sample learning outcomes (for earth science programs).
TRIADS activities and implementations.

Voluntary Framework of Accountability (VFA)

Voluntary Framework of Accountability (VFA)

Project to develop VSA-like definitions and reporting templates for community colleges.

Project to develop VSA-like definitions and reporting templates for community colleges.
See About VFA for the project's history and information about VFA's measures (pdf files).
A joint project of AACC, ACCT, and the College Board.

Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA)

Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA)

NILOA's Excellence in Assessment Designation
- Groups to Recognize Public College's Embrace of Assessment, October 27, 2015, InsideHigherEd.com.
College Portrait: Definitions and web reporting template for college/university characteristics including retention & progress rates, general education learning outcomes, and student experiences and engagement.
- Innovations include reporting cross-institutional retention/progress, based on National Student Clearinghouse data, and common reporting formats for results from specific sets of standardized tests and surveys.
- Individual institutions' data (pdf files) are available at the College Portrait site.Search for Colleges by name or state.
A joint project of AASCU and APLU. Currently, only member institutions may participate.
NILOA's report Transparency & Accountability: An Evaluation of the VSA College Portrait Pilot focuses on the student-learning outcomes assessment component. It summarizes how viewers use the College Portrait and how institutions see its utility and makes recommendations for future versions (pdf file).

What Outcomes Assessment Misses

What Outcomes Assessment Misses

From the TLT Group, so it focuses on assessment about technology — but the general points apply to any assessment project.

Assessment "Handbooks"

How to develop and implement a campus or departmental assessment process

Academic Assessment Handbook (University of Alaska Anchorage, Word document)
Academic and Administrative Assessment Handbooks (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, pdf files)
Academic and Support Program Assessment Handbook (Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute, pdf file)
An Introduction to Institutional Assessment (Lehman College, for Administrative & Support Units; also see the Accompanying Inventory of Non-Teaching Unit Assessment Measures. Both are pdf files.)
Academic Program Assessment Handbook (Appalachian State University,pdf file)
Administrative Unit Assessment Handbook (University of Central Florida, pdf file)
Administrative and Educational Support Units Assessment Handbook (Southwestern University, Word document).
Discipline Assessment Cycle (DAC) Manual (Austin Community College, Word document)
Assessing Student Learning in Degree Programs (Texas Tech University, pdf file)
Assessment Basics (Swarthmore College)
Assessment and Quality Enhancement for Institutional Effectiveness at TCU, from Texas Christian University (pdf file)
Assessment: An Institution-Wide Process to Improve and Support Student Learning (College of DuPage, pdf file)
Assessment Cyber Guide for Learning Goals & Outcomes (American Psychological Association, pdf file)
Assessment for Student Learning Handbook (Columbus State Community College, pdf file)
Assessment Guidelines for Academic Units and Administrative and Academic Support Units (The American University in Cairo, word and pdf files)
Assessment Guide (College of Charleston, pdf file)
Assessment Guide (University of Central Arkansas)
Assessment Guidebook (Sierra College, pdf file)
Assessment Guidelines (Tiffin University, pdf file)
Assessment Handbook (College of the Redwoods, pdf file)
Assessment Handbook (Fayetteville State University, pdf file)
Assessment Handbook (Florida International University, pdf & html formats)
Assessment Handbook (Gallaudet University, pdf file).
Assessment Handbook (Indiana University Southeast;pdf files)
Assessment Handbook (Mission College, Santa Clara, CA, pdf file)
Assessment Handbook (New Mexico Highlands University, pdf file)
Assessment Handbook (Nova Southeastern University)
Assessment Handbook (Occidental College, pdf file)
Assessment Handbook (Paradise Valley Community College, click assessment handbook for links to chapters [pdf files])
Assessment Handbook (University of Arkansas at Monticello, pdf file)
Assessment Handbook (University of Michigan College of Engineering)
Assessment Handbooks: Core Courses and General Education and Degree Programs (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
Assessment of Student Learning: A Handbook for Faculty (University of Nebraska-Kearney, pdf file)
Assessment of Student Learning (Western Michigan University, pdf file)
Assessment Manual (Northern Illinois University)
Assessment Plannning Workbook (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Word document).
Assessment Primer (University of Connecticut)
Assessment Guidelines-Education Plan and Support Unit (East Carolina University, Word documents)
Assessment and Quality Enhancement for Institutional Effectiveness (Alamance Community College, pdf file)
Assessment Quickies (California State University): These YouTube videos are an introductory handbook.
Assessment of Student Learning Handbook (New Mexico Junior College, pdf file)
Assessment of Student Learning Handbook for Faculty (Community College of Allegheny County, pdf file)
Assessment Workbook (Ball State University, pdf files)
A Field-Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG) for Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology Faculty
Busy Chairperson's Guide to Assessment (Southeast Missouri State University)
Concepts and Procedures for Academic Assessment (Nassau Community College, pdf file)
Course-Based Review and Assessment and Program-Based Review and Assessment (University of Massachusetts Amherst, pdf files)
Creating an Effective Assessment Plan for the Sociology Major (pdf file). From the American Sociological Association. Examples emphasize sociology programs, but this is a general handbook with information useful to any program.
Division of Administrative Affairs Annual Program Review, Evaluation, & Planning (PREP) Handbook (Humboldt State University, pdf file).
Search the FYA-List archive for essays by Marc Chun that use pop culture to illuminate common issues in developing and implementing assessment programs. Also see Marc's 2002 article Looking Where the Light is Better: A Review of the Literature on Assessing Higher Education Quality.
Faculty Assessment Handbook (Bismarck State College, pdf file)
Guidebook to Student Learning Outcomes and Administrative Unit Outcomes (Chaffey College, pdf file)
Guide for Learning Outcomes Assessment & Classroom Learning Assessment (Community College of Baltimore County, pdf file)
Guide to Academic Program Assessment (Knox College, pdf file)
Guide to Assessment (Concordia College, pdf file)
Guide to Student Outcomes Assessment (California State University, Fresno)
Guide to Student Learning and Outcomes Assessment (Del Mar College)
Handbook (St. Cloud State University)
Handbook of Assessment (Stark State College, pdf file)
Handbook for Learning Outcomes Assessment (University of Missouri-Kansas City, pdf file)
Handbook for Program Outcomes Assessment (Oklahoma City Community College, pdf file)
Handbooks for Program Assessment in Assessment Resources (American University in Cairo) and Administrative/Educational Support Units (Western Carolina University, pdf files)
How-to… (University of Hawaii at Manoa. Chapters include links to UHM and other assessment resources [html pages, pdf files, Word documents]).
How To Assess SLOs (Laney College, pdf)
Introduction to Assessment (Anoka-Ramsey Community College)
Institutional Effectiveness Handbook (Virginia Highlands Community College, pdf file)
Institutional Effectiveness Practitioner's Manual (Texas A&M International University, pdf file)
Learning Improvement Handbook (Cochise College, pdf file)
Learning Outcomes Assessment: A Practitioner's Handbook (Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (Canada), pdf file)
Learning Outcomes Handbook (Shasta College, pdf file).
Assessment of Student Learning and Administrative Assessment (Marymount University, pdf files)
Office of Assessment and Evaluation Handbook (University of Louisiana at Monroe, pdf file)
Outcomes Assessment Handbook (Bergen Community College, pdf file)
Outcomes Assessment Workbook (Palm Beach State College, pdf file)
Program Assessment Handbook (University of Central Florida, pdf file)
SLO Handbook (City College of San Francisco)
Student Learning Assessment Handbook (Eastern University, pdf file)
Student Learning Assessment Handbook (Colorado Mesa University, pdf file)
Student Learning Handbook (Southwestern Illinois College, pdf file)
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment (Reedley College, Word document)
Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment Handbook (Modesto Junior College, pdf file)
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Handbook with a "Cliff Notes" quick overview (Montgomery College, pdf files)
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Handbook (Prince George's Community College, pdf file)
Student Outcomes Assessment Plan (Paul D. Camp Community College, pdf file)
The El Camino College SLO Handbook and SLO: Focus on Results (El Camino College, Word documents).
Tools and Techniques for Program Improvement and for Course Improvement (Western Washington University, pdf files, adapted from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst handbooks.)
UW-Madison Basic Assessment Plan and Cycle (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)
Unit Effectiveness Process Assessment Handbook (University of Texas at Arlington, pdf file). The Quick Guide to Reporting (pdf file) supplements the handbook.

Assessment of Specific Skills or Content

Nationally-Standardized Assessments of Undergraduate Majors

The area subsections, below, include standardized tests from discipline-related organizations in chemistry, engineering, languages, and teacher education.
Area Concentration Achievement Tests (ACAT).
Major Field Tests (MFT) from ETS.

Assessing General Education Knowledge and Skill Areas

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
- February 1999 thread General Education Assessment, initiated by Jeanne Osborn.
- October 2009 thread Assessing Gen Ed, initiated by Joy Milano.
- January 2011 thread Assessment of Higher Order Thinking, initiated by David Eubanks.
- July 2012 thread Assessing Teamwork, initiated by Larry King.
- July 2012 threadFinding Artifacts for Assessment for Various Gen. Ed. Outcomes, initiated by William Knight.
- September 2012 thread Assessing Ethics initiated, by Susan Warner.
- October 2012 thread Critical Thinking, Analytical Reasoning, & Problem Solving, initiated by Teresa Rothrock.
- December 2012 thread Assessing Oral Communication, initiated by Susan Warner.
- December 2012 thread Evaluating Ethics and Diversity in Engineering Classes, initiated by Suzanne Weinstein.
- February 2013 thread Quantitative Literacy, initiated by Michele Dornisch.
- April 2013 thread Assessment of Group Work, initiated by Linda Pursley.
- May 2013 thread Oral Communication – Seeking Methodology, initiated by Carrie Nepstad.
- September 2013 thread General Education Organized Around Outcomes, initiated by Stephen Jones.
- September-October 2013 thread Challenges with Course-Embedded Assessment, initiated by Mary Kay Fleming.
- December 2013 thread Help with Prompt/Task Development for Critical Thinking Rubric, initiated by Barbara Rodriguez.
- March 2014 thread Course-Embedded Assessment of Quantitative Literacy, initiated by Mary Kay Fleming.
- July 2014 thread Course-Embedded General Education Assessment, initiated by Kathryne McConnell.
- July 2014 thread Assessing GE Programs, initiated by Janice Kempster.
- January 2015 Civic Collaboration and Engagement initiated by Kathleen Gorski.
- February 2015 Establishing Performance Target Percents initiated by Janice Kempster.
- February 2015 Colorado Regional Assessment Council initiated by Catherine Trouth (catherine.trouth@ccaurora.edu).
- March 2015 thread Assessment instruments for Ethical Reasoning, Global Learning and Team Work initiated by Karman Wheeler.
- March 2015 thread GenEd Assessment initiated by Kenneth Reaves
- August 2015 thread Writing Assessment Instrument initiated by Justin Horton.
- August 2015 thread General Education Curriculum initiated by Michelle Rogers.
- November 2015 thread Assessing Ethical Reasoning, initiated by Mary Kay Fleming.
- February 2016 threadLooking for instruments/ideas for ethical reasoninginitiated by Karla Sanders.
- April 2016 thread Assessment and Accountability in General Education Query, initiated by Katherine Cermak.
  - Note-Cermak's 5-3-16 post in this thread summarizes the responses she received.
- "Assessment and Accountability in General Education Query" (4-28-16, Katherine Cermak). Note: Cermak's 5-3-16 post in this thread summarizes the responses received.
Note: some of the resources listed below mention ETS's Academic Profile. See ETS's site for information about the AP's replacement, the Proficiency Profile (previously called the Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress, or MAPP).
Examples of rubrics for general education outcomes.
AAC&U report on a 2008-09 survey of member institutions' general education assessment practices (pdf files). Part 1 focuses on common learning outcomes for all an institution's undergraduates and methods used to assess those outcomes. Part 2 focuses on the structure of the institutions' general education programs.
AALE's standards for accreditation of liberal-arts institutions and programs.
CAS learning & developmental outcomes (pdf).
Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT), from Tennessee Tech's Center for Assessment and Improvement of Learning.
Critical thinking assignments tool kit, from Salt Lake Community College
Assessment resources from the College of Wooster and Florida Atlantic University.
Assessment of Gen Ed Science Requirements.
- 2002 ASSESS discussion-list post from Linda Suskie (then at Towson University).
- Click [text/html] at the bottom of the page for a word wrapped version.
- The links are not "live" — you must cut-&-paste them into your browser.
Assessment of Writing, published by AIR. Part of AIR's series on assessment in the disciplines.
- Also see interdisciplinary studies, below.
California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST), from Insight Assessment.
College BASE (College Basic Academic Subjects Examination), from the University of Missouri-Columbia's Assessment Resource Center.
Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) from ACT.
Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) and the Community College Learning Assessment (CCLA).
Comparing CAAP, CLA, & Proficiency Profile/MAPP: In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the February 2009 threadCAAP, MAPP, CLA Comparo? initiated by Erin Frew.
Council of Writing Program Administrators
- Outcomes for first-year writing.
- Resources include "best practice" examples and a white paper on writing assessment.
Diversity
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the December 2011 thread Assessing a Culture of Inclusiveness (of Diversity), initiated by Christina Leimer.

ETS HIghten Outcomes Assessment Suite. A comprehensive tool that institutions can use in conjunction with internal assessments for accreditation and curriculum improvement.
- Some components are available now, others are still in development.
- For an overview, see Gary Pike's "Assessment Measures" column in the May-June 2016 Assessment update.
Resources for assessing oral communication, from the National Communication Association.
Information Literacy
- "Assessment in Action" Team Projects' from Kara Malenfant's 1-27-15 ASSESS post.
- "Assessment" issue of the Association of College & Research Libraries' journal; from Kara Malenfant's 3-2-16 ASSESS post (contact: kmalenfant@ala.org).
- Assessments of Information Literacy, from Jonathan Mueller.
- Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success, from ACRL, AIR, & APLU as part of ACRL's Value of Academic Libraries initiative.
- A Framework for ICT Literacy, from ETS' International ICT Literacy Panel.
- iSkills assessment from ETS (formerly known as the ICT Literacy Assessment and as iCritical Thinking), and recommendations for minimum standards (pdf file).
- Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, from the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL).
  - ACRL Guidelines, Standards, and Frameworks.
- Information Literacy Test, from Madison Assessment.
- Information Seeking Skills Test (ISST), from James Madison University's general education program. An online competency test for information literacy development has details.
- Library Assessment, from Indiana State University.
- NILOA Occasional Paper An Essential Partner: The Librarian's Role in Student Learning Assessment (pdf file).
- Project SAILS (Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) from Kent State University and the Association of Research Libraries. Test items are based on the ACRL standards.
- RAILS (Rubric Assessment of Information Literacy Skills), from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Information on & examples of using rubrics to evaluate information literacy or library service.
- SmarterMeasure's assessment of readiness for online learning includes evaluation of basic computer skills.
- Understanding Library Impacts, from Derek Rodriguez (pdf file).
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the April 2012 thread Library Program SLOs, initiated by Norma Moran.
The Interstate Passport Initiative.
- A pilot project on interstate transfer agreements for the general education core, based on specific learning outcomes & proficiency criteria.
- From the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE).
Lifelong Learning
- In the ASSESS discussion list archive, see the:
  - February 2010 thread Assessing Life-Long Learning, initiated by Kathleen Morley.
  - April 2010 thread Assessing Awareness of Lifelong Learning, initiated by Dianne Raubenheimer.
List of SACS Institutions' Quality Enhancement Projects that involve teaching & assessing writing, from David Eubanks' assessment blog.
The Literacy of America's College Students (pdf file). Results from the National Survey of America's College Students (NSACS). From the American Institutes for Research.
Online instruments from Madison Assessment for information literacy, quantitative reasoning, & scientific reasoning. Developed by James Madison University's Center for Assessment and Research Studies.
Mathematics: see STEM Disciplines, below.
The Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL) includes surveys of student needs & outcomes and of institutional practices & influences.
National Assessment of Service and Community Engagement (NASCE), from Siena Research Institute at Siena College.
NPEC Sourcebooks on Assessment (available as pdf files):
- Definitions and Assessment Methods for Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Writing.
- Definitions and Assessment Methods for Communication, Leadership, Information Literacy, Quantitative Reasoning, and Quantitative Skills
- Selected Institutions Utilizing Assessment Results.
Teamwork
- In the ASSESS discussion list archive, see the February 2014 thread Assessing Teamwork, initiated by Lea Campbell.
Proficiency Profile, from ETS (successor to ETS's Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress [MAPP] and Academic Profile [AP]).
Standards for the English Language Arts, from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the International Reading Association (ILA).
UniLOA (the University Learning Outcomes Assessment), a standardized instrument for critical thinking, communication, and personal-development skills.

SmarterMeasure Learning Readiness Indicator

Evaluate skills, knowledge, & characteristics associated with success in online learning.
Previously known as READI (Readiness for Education at a Distance Indicator).
From SmarterServices.

Study Abroad

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the January 2012 thread Assessment in Study Abroad, initiated by William Knight. Online resources mentioned in this thread include:
- The Forum on Education Abroad's resources with reviews of research on assessment, a guide to outcomes assessment that is available for purchase (click the publications link), and other assessment resources available to Forum members in the standards toolbox.
- The Center for Global Education's searchable annotated bibliographies include references & abstracts of assessment research. (Search for entries with outcomes in their titles.)

Arts/Creative Disciplines

Assessment in Creative Disciplines: Quantifying and Qualifying the Aesthetic. Book, available for purchase in electronic or hardcopy form.
- Hoey/Ferguson Assessment in Creative Disciplines, 2nd volume: Reframing Quality Assurance in Creative Disciplines: Evidence from Practice. Available as an eBook or hardcopy, Published by Common Ground Publishing, 2015. ISBN 1612297714, 9781612297712.
Music
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the October 2013 thread Assessing Musical Performance, initiated by Carrie Nepstad.
- National Association of Schools of Music documents on assessing programs in music.
Theatre
- Assessment guidelines (pdf file) from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
- National Association of Schools of Theatre documents on assessing undergraduate and graduate programs.
Visual Arts
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the February 2011 thread Examples of Art Assessment, initiated by Larry King.
- Rubrics from Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY)'s Center for Excellence in Teaching (pdf files).
- Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) survey of art-school graduates.

Business/Management

Assessment of Student Learning in Business Schools: Best Practices Each Step of the Way, published jointly by AIR and AACSB. Part of AIR's series on assessment in the disciplines.
EBI's surveys for assessment of business/management programs.
Collegiate Assessment Partners' assessments of business-related skills.
- The brochure and articles are pdf files.
- Test-development and curriculum consulting services are also available.
In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the July 2011 threadAssessment of Business Ethics, initiated by Jeremy Penn.
Individual business schools' assessment sites
- Seton Hall University: Stillman School of Business
- William Paterson University: Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business (The overview mentioned at the bottom of the page is apdf file.)

Chemistry

The American Chemical Society's exams in various subareas.
Assessment of Chemistry, part of AIR's series on assessment in the disciplines.

Engineering

Assessment in Engineering Programs: Evolving Best Practices, published jointly by AIR and ASEE. Part of AIR's series on assessment in the disciplines.
ABET's Assessment Planning resources.

Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century. From ASCE. Recommended outcomes and levels of achievement from baccalaureate, masters, and prelicensure experiences.
EBI's surveys for ABET-related assessment of engineering programs.
Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.
In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the December 2012 thread Evaluating Ethics and Diversity in Engineering Classes, initiated by Suzanne Weinstein.

History

From the American Historical Association:
- (Some of these are from Lea Campbell's September 2010 ASSESS post.)
- Assessment in History: A Guide to best practices. Available for purchase. On AHA's home page, select AHA Store, then search forAssessment in History.
- Criteria for standards in history.
  - Developed for K-12 but applicable to undergraduate programs as well.
- From AHA's Perspectives on History newsletter:
  - Portfolio assessment for history majors: One department's journey (Feb 2002).
  - Forum on Assessment (Mar 2009).

Interdisciplinary Studies

Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS)
- Guidelines and resources.for interdisciplinary general education ((html pages, pdf files).
Resources for interdisciplinary & integrative learning, from Carleton College's Interdisciplinary Science & Math Initiative.
- Select assessing student interdisciplinary work in college (pdf files).

Languages

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- Under Assessment & PD, select Certified Proficiency Testing Program for information about ACTFL's programs for testing language competencies.
- Under Publications, see the Proficiency Guidelines, the Performance Descriptors, and The Keys to Assessing Language Performance for information about ACFTL's competency standards.
Information about the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
- For comparing language-competency standards across national education systems.
- From the Council of Europe's Directorate of Education.

Medicine

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) MedAPS (Medical Academic Performance Services) initiative includes:
- An accreditation standards self-evaluation tool (ASSET) and a curriculum inventory which will include outcomes and curriculum maps.

Philosophy

Position paper on outcomes assessment (pdf file).
- From the American Philosophical Association.
- Includes examples of outcomes & assessment processes from individual philosophy departments.

Political Science

Resources from the American Political Science Association.
- Includes examples from individual Political Science departments.
- The book Assessment in Political Science can be purchased from the Association's website.

Psychology

Assessment Cyber Guide for Learning Goals and Outcomes (pdf file)
- From the American Psychological Association.

Sociology

From the American Sociological Association
- Creating an Effective Assessment Plan for the Sociology Major (pdf file). Examples may emphasize sociology programs but this is a general handbook with information useful to any program.
- What's Happening in Your Department With Assessment? (pdf file). Survey of departments' assessment activities.

STEM Disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics)

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the October 2009 threadAssessing Gen Ed Science Outcome, initiated by Jill Hirt.
Assessment of Student Learning in College Mathematics: Towards Improved Programs and Courses, published jointly by AIR and MAA. Part of AIR's series on assessment in the disciplines.
Assessment in Mathematics Teaching
- Focus is K-12 but some information, methods, references/links are appropriate for college-level courses.
- From The Math Forum at Drexel University.
Assessment Practices in Undergraduate Mathematics
- Examples & guidelines for assessment of student learning, from the Mathematical Association of America (pdf file).
- The companion volume Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics is also available as apdf file. (The earlier description of this book available here has an incorrect link for thepdf file.)
Concept inventories for STEM disciplines
- Physics (from North Carolina State University's Physics Education R&D Group).
- This Wikipedia entry includes links & references to concept inventories in other STEM disciplines. See concept inventories in use and follow the reference links.
See Engineering, above.
Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
- Literature review from the National Research Council's Committee on Recognizing, Evaluating, Rewarding, and Developing Excellence in Teaching of Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology.
- Available for purchase, pdf download, or to read online (see Read).
A Field-Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG) for Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology Faculty.
Quantitative reasoning and scientific reasoning tests from Madison Assessment.
Rubrics for scientific reasoning &/or scientific literacy
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the July 2009 threadRubrics for Scientific Reasoning/Literacy, initiated by Kathryne Drezek.

Teacher Education

EBI's surveys for assessing teacher education programs.
edTPA, from Stanford University's Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE).
ETS's PRAXIS exams.
TEDS-M was an international study of teacher education in mathematics, from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) consortium of universities.

Technology-Assisted Teaching & Learning

Technology assessment resources, from NC State University, has annotated links to other resources on assessing the impact of technology on student learning.

Workplace Readiness

Career Readiness Certificate
- WorkKeys-based evaluations of key workplace skills (locating information, reading for information, & applied math).
- See The CRC Consortium for information about states and community-college systems using the CRC.
Industrial Training Skills Assessment Tool
- Online multiple-choice tests for a variety of industrial skills, for self-evaluation or use by employers or training programs.
- Can also be used to develop your own online assessments.
- From the Business Industrial Network.
National Career Readiness Certificate
- The Manufacturing Institute's skills certification system includes the NCRC and some WorkKeys assessments.
Survey of Adult Skills, part of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIACC) from OECD (the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development).
- America's Skill Challenge: Millenials and the Future
  - An overview of the research is in the 2-17-2015 InsideHigherEd story, Mediocre Millenials -New international study compares young adults in U.S. with those of other O.E.C.D. nations — and the results won't cheer Americans.

Many of the individual institutions assessment-related pages (below) include discipline-specific assessment plans. Also see the examples by specific disciplines in lists of assessment resources from the College of Wooster, Florida Atlantic University, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Kutztown University, the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA), St. Cloud State University, Stephen F. Austin State University, the University at Albany, and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. (You may need to scroll down on some of these pages to get to the resources by discipline.) Also see the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education's (UK) benchmark statements of outcomes & competencies in various areas (select assuring standards and quality, then subject guidance).

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the February-March 2014 thread What Should Students Know?, initiated by Neil Patel.

Nationally-Standardized Assessments of Undergraduate Majors

The area subsections, below, include standardized tests from discipline-related organizations in chemistry, engineering, languages, and teacher education.
Area Concentration Achievement Tests (ACAT).
Major Field Tests (MFT) from ETS.

Experiential Learning (Outside the Academic Environment)

Prior Learning Assessment Services from the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL).

SmarterMeasure Learning Readiness Indicator

Evaluate skills, knowledge, & characteristics associated with success in online learning.
Previously known as READI (Readiness for Education at a Distance Indicator).
From SmarterServices.

Study Abroad

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the January 2012 thread Assessment in Study Abroad, initiated by William Knight. Online resources mentioned in this thread include:
- The Forum on Education Abroad's resources with reviews of research on assessment, a guide to outcomes assessment that is available for purchase (click the publications link), and other assessment resources available to Forum members in the standards toolbox.
- The Center for Global Education's searchable annotated bibliographies include references & abstracts of assessment research. (Search for entries with outcomes in their titles.)

Religious Education

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
- August 2015 thread Alternatives to CIRP?, initiated by Elizabeth Smith.
- October 2015 thread Religious/Spiritual Assesment, initiated by Chad Briggs.
- October 2015 thread Religious/Spiritual Assessment, initiated by Pamela Shefman.
- October 2015 thread Religious/Spiritual Assessment, initiated by Rebecca Hong.
Interfaith Diversity Experiences and Attitudes Longitudinal Survey (IDEALS) from the Interfaith Youth Corps.
Spiritual Transformation Inventory
Taylor University Center for Christian Engagement
- Christian Life Survey

STEM Disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics)

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
- October 2009 threadAssessing Gen Ed Science Outcome, initiated by Jill Hirt.
- September 2015 thread Assessment of Math Learning Center, initiated by Min Su.
- October 2015 thread Public Speaking Rubric, initiated by Margot Saltonstall.
- October 2015 thread STEM non-cog assessment, initiated by Jessica Jacovidis.
- October 2015 thread STEM non-cog assessment, initiated by Elizabeth Whiteman.
Assessment of Student Learning in College Mathematics: Towards Improved Programs and Courses, published jointly by AIR and MAA. Part of AIR's series on assessment in the disciplines.
Assessment in Mathematics Teaching
- Focus is K-12 but some information, methods, references/links are appropriate for college-level courses.
- From The Math Forum at Drexel University.
Assessment Practices in Undergraduate Mathematics
- Examples & guidelines for assessment of student learning, from the Mathematical Association of America (pdf file).
- The companion volume Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics is also available as apdf file. (The earlier description of this book available here has an incorrect link for thepdf file.)
Concept Inventories for STEM Disciplines
- Physics (from North Carolina State University's Physics Education R&D Group).
- This Wikipedia entry includes links & references to concept inventories in other STEM Disciplines. See Concept Inventories in Use and follow the reference links.
See Engineering, above.
Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
- Literature review from the National Research Council's Committee on Recognizing, Evaluating, Rewarding, and Developing Excellence in Teaching of Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology.
- Available for purchase, pdf download, or to read online (see Read).
A Field-Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG) for Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology Faculty.
Quantitative reasoning and scientific reasoning tests from Madison Assessment.
Rubrics for Scientific Reasoning &/or Scientific Literacy
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the July 2009 threadRubrics for Scientific Reasoning/Literacy, initiated by Kathryne Drezek.
STEM-related surveys and assessment tools
- Harvard University's PEAR (Program in Education, Afterschool, and Resiliency)

Technology-Assisted Teaching & Learning

Technology Resources, from NC State University, has annotated links to other resources on assessing the impact of technology on student learning.

Post-Collegiate Outcomes

APLU, AASSCU, and AACC
Post-Collegiate Outcomes Initiative
- Contact: kphillippe@aacc.nche.edu
- Reviews in the Chronicle and InsideHigherEd
  - http://chronicle.com/article/Higher-Ed-Groups-Seek-a/151095/
  - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/09/associations-weigh-how-gauge-post-college-outcomes

Individual Institutions' Assessment-Related Pages

Note: NILOA's reports Exploring the landscape: What institutional websites reveal about learning outcomes assessment activities and Making Student Learning Evidence Transparent: The State of the Art indicate that assessment websites may be hard to find from an institution's home page and may not give a full picture of its assessment activities (pdf files).

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Alabama A&M University

Alabama A&M University Assessment Resources

OIPRE Student Learning Outcomes Academic Program Preparation Presentation (PPT).
2017 Fall Assessment Workshop Presentation (PPT).
OIPRE Curriculum Mapping Guide (Word Doc).
OIPRE Student Learning Outcomes – Faculty Template (Spreadsheet).
OIPRE Student Learning Outcomes – Program Template (Updated 11/16/2017) (Spreadsheet).

Contact:

Parisa Naghshpour
Assessment Coordinator
Office of Institutional Planning, Research, and Effectiveness
Alabama A&M University
306 Patton Hall
Normal, AL 35762
(256) 372-8122

Alabama State University

Alabama State University: Office of Assessment

The WEAVE manual includes tips & guidelines for planning & implementing assessment processes for both academic and administrative/support units (pdf files).
- WEAVEonline access is restricted to ASU faculty & staff.
The 2011-2012feedback report is an evaluation rubric for units' assessment plans (Word document).

Albion College (Michigan)

Information from the assessment committee: Reporting templates for assessment plans & plan updates (Word documents).
- The assessment home page describes the committee's responsibilities.
- Guidelines for Travel or Project Proposals.
  - Assessment Travel Grants
  - Assessment Project Grants
Guidelines for Completing Assessment Steps 1-6 (Word Doc).
Assessment Report Template (Word Doc).
Assessment Update Template (Word Doc).
Assessment plans & reports from individual academic and academic support units (Word documents).

Alverno College (Wisconsin)

Alverno College: Educational Research and Evaluation (Wisconsin)

Learning outcomes studies: Information about
- Institutional and program assessment at Alverno.
  - Student assessment as learning: Overview, and information about Alverno's:
    - Assessment Essentials: definitions, principles, difference between student-assessment-as-learning and institution/program assessment.
    - Self-assessment, including comments from students, external assessors, and faculty and information about Alverno's diagnostic digital portfolio (the DDP itself is restricted to Alverno students, faculty, & staff).
    - Related publications and workshops.
  - Program assessment: Overview of program assessment at Alverno, and details about assessment in the School of Education.
- The college's community of inquiry.
  - Alverno's (general education) core abilities and ability-based curriculum.
- Information about Alverno's research, publications and workshops on assessment.
FAQ.
Links to other assessment resources.

American Public University System (West Virginia)

American Public University System

Overview of Learning Outcomes Assessment at APUS.
- ETS Proficiency Profile
- ETS Major Field Tests
- Peregrine Comprehensive Exams
- The page contains the most recent data from their national testing program
APUS has adopted the Lumina Foundation's Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) framework across its associate, bachelors, and master's degree programs.
Information for students about APUS' outcomes assessment process.

American University (Washington, DC)

About assessment at AU.
Assessment reporting template and a rubric for evaluating assessment plans (pdf files).
Information about on-campus workshops.
Institutional assessment
- AU assessment plan (pdf file).
- Institutional research data & links.
- Information about surveys used at AU, including (pdf file) NSSE results.
Program assessment plans (pdf files).
- Individual academic departments.
- General education program.
- Best practice examples from AU departments.
- Brief guidelines for program's assessment plans.
Resources
- Information about on-campus workshops.
- Links to other assessment resources.Anderson University (Indiana)

Assessment plans and reports for some academic majors (pdf files).
Documents: Guides for preparing assessment plans and reports (pdf files).
Still to come: Liberal arts (general education) assessment plans & reports.

Andrews University (Michigan)

Andrews University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness (Michigan)

Assessment – Overview of Assessment at Andrews University
- Philosophy of Assessment
Assessment Resources
- Value Rubrics
- For Further Reading
Assessment highlights
- Alumni Survey
- National Survey of Student Engagement
- Senior Survey Report
- Spiritual Nurture at Andrews
- ETS Proficiency Profile – Report of General Skills
Report Templates and Samples
- Assessment Terminology
Internal Reports
- HLC Reports
- Feedback Survey 2014
- NSSE 2015
- NSSE 2013
Senior Testing
- Senior Survey
- Senior Exit Test
- Major Fields Tests
Tutorials
- Class Climate
- Microsoft Excel – Rubric Calculator Set Up
Contact information: assessment@andrews.edu

Angelina College (Texas)

Angelina College: Office of Quality Enhancement and Innovation (Texas)

Explains the overall mission of the Office of Quality Enhancement and Innovation (QEI).
- MASS (Math Achievement Student Support
- PATHWAYS
Evaluation Tools
- Survey Information
  - QEI Survey Guidelines
  - QEI Survey Request
- WEAVE | Academic Effect (need username/password to access)
- Performance Rubrics
  - AC Communication Rubric
  - AC Critical Thinking Rubric
  - AC Empirical/Quantitative Rubric
  - AC Personal Responsibility Rubric
  - AC Social Responsibility Rubric
  - AC Teamwork Rubric
- Additional Assessment Forms
  - 2016-17 PLO Assessment Summary Form
- Faculty and Staff Resources
- QEP – MASS
Contact Information: Dr. Cynthia Casparis, Vice President of Academic Affairs at ccasparis@angelina.edu

Anoka-Ramsey Community College (Minnesota)

Anoka-Ramsey Community College is committed to having strong programs. Assessment of student learning is a critical part of our strategy to maintain and improve programs at the college.

The assessment of student learning is a comprehensive program to evaluate student learning with respect to learning goals, with the ultimate aim of improving student learning and strengthening learning programs. The process of assessment is relatively simple:

determining goals for student learning for each program
assessing how and what students are learning within their programs
implementing changes in programs in light of the assessment results

A successful assessment program requires the participation of all who are interested in the quality of our educational programs, including students, faculty, college administrators, and members of the public.

For in-depth assessment information, please visit our assessment blog at https://arccassessment.wordpress.com/

Purpose of Assessment
Goal Areas for Student Learning
Faculty Resources
- Need access to eLumen

Appalachian State University (North Carolina)

Appalachian State University: Institutional Research, Assessment, & Planning (North Carolina)

Xitracs Portal Login
- Access required
Academic Programs
- What does assessment of academic programs involve?
- Why do we need to assess student learning outcomes
- Why are grades not enough?
Student Learning Outcomes
- Go to http://academicaffairs.appstate.edu/outcomes/ for a list of current student learning outcomes by program (last updated October 2016).
- Click here to see the rubric (PDF, 83 KB) that assessment committees use to assess the quality of an academic program's goals and student learning outcomes.
- Examples of Programs with Functional SLO's.
- Help Writing a SLO.
- Assessment Cycle in Xitracs
- FAQs for Assessment of Academic Programs
Educational Support and Administrative Units
- Assessment Cycle in Xitracs
- Example Operational Goals and Outcomes for Academic Departments
- FAQs for Assessment of Operations
General Education
- GE Goals
- About Assessment of GE
- FAQs for GE Assessment
Resources
Potential Assessment Data
- Instruments
- NSSE
- UNC GA Senior Surveys
- UNC GA Freshman Surveys
- UNC GA Sophomore Surveys
- Alumni Survey
A-Portfolio
- An electronic portfolio, or ePortfolio, is a personal academic website that provides a holistic view of a student's learning and best work. The name for an electronic portfolio at Appalachian is APortfolio.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sample Assessment Reports
2017 Assessment Grants
Transparency Framework
Resources
- Training videos for Xitracs
- Instructions for Assessment Reporting for Academic Programs (PDF)
- Instructions fr Assessment Reporting for Educational Support and Administrative Units (PDF)
- Instruction for Updating SLOs in Xitracs Plan Module (PDF)
- Instructions for Creating a Curriculum Map in Xitracs (PDF)

Arizona State University

Arizona State University: University Office of Evaluation and Educational Effectiveness

Assessment Portal – ASU username and password required for access to portal.
Assessment Process
Assessment Plan
- Mission Statement
- Goal
- Outcomes
  - Outcome Examples
- Measures
  - Rubrics and Portfolios
- Performance Criteria
- Revising a Plan
Data Collection
Interpret Results
Report
Act on Results
FAQ
Contact University Office of Evaluation and Educational Effectiveness: uoeee@asu.edu

Arizona Western College

Arizona Western College: Office of Assessment, Program Review, Curriculum and Articulation

The Office of Assessment, Program Review, Curriculum and Articulation serves to help campus-wide assessment efforts.

The office assists units with the assessment of academic and institutional program reviews, goals, and outcomes, and serves as the Unit Administrator and provides training for AWC's Tk20 system.

Tk20
- Juried Assessments
- Portfolios
- Facuty Qualifications
- Curriculum Mapping
- Course Evaluations
- Assessment/Tk20 Glossary of Terms (PDF)
Training Resources (PDF files)
- Workshops
- Administrative Departments Assessment (part 1 and 2)
- AWC Academic Program Assessment Plan Rubric
- AWC Academic Course Level Assessment Plan Rubric
- AWC Institutional Department Assessment Plan Rubric
Assessment Happenings (PDF files)
- Newsletter
- Annual Assessment Report
Institutional Benchmarks
- Quantitative Analysis
- 2016-17 Proficiency Results
- Writing in the Discipline (Writing Intensive-WI)
Assessment Coalition
- Mission Statement
- Goals
- Membership
- Events
Contact information: assessment@azwestern.edu

Arkansas State University

The Office of Student Learning Outcomes engages students, faculty, administration, alumni, and community stakeholders in a culture of assessment of student learning outcomes at Arkansas State University.

We strive to systematically collect, review and use information about academic programs to improve student learning and to demonstrate that students are achieving the desired learning outcomes consistent with the objectives of the academic program or unit.

Assessment is not a review of faculty performance, but rather ongoing measurement of student learning outcomes. Systematic assessment of student learning outcomes enables faculty to address pedagogical and practical issues consistent with individual faculty members' unique approaches.
Assessment focuses on evaluating student achievement of expected learning outcomes based on achieving the strategic goals and objective as identified by the university, individual colleges, departments or other specified units.
Assessment seeks to assist faculty in understanding and improving student learning.
Assessment assists the university with sustaining and enhancing academic quality and the student educational experience.
Assessment is systematic and ongoing.

Office of Assessment

How-to…
- Create and Submit Syllabi
- Plan for Assessment
Assessment Resource Links
- Links to Assessment Commons and NILOA
- Links for Writing Student Learning Outcomes
- Links to Rubrics
- Links to Organizations in Asssessment
- Links to Webinars
- Links to YouTube Videos
Taskstream – Assessment Management System
Assessment Myths and Realities
- 10 myths are listed for review.
Important Dates
Workshops with the Faculty Center
- Scheduler
- Teaching and Learning Workshops
- Summer Institute
- Webinars
- Faculty Center Food Truck
- Faculty Mentorship
Committees
- A-State Assessment
- Co-Curricular Assessment
- Program Level Assessment
- General Education
Student Learning Outcomes
- University Level Outcomes
- General Education Outcomes
- Program Level

Contact information: Dr. Summer Deprow, Director of Assessment at sdeprow@astate.edu

Arkansas Tech University

Arkansas Tech University: Office of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness

Welcome to the Office of Assessment & Institutional Effectiveness

Our purpose is to serve as a resource and support for the activities of the Arkansas Tech community. We take the mission statement provided below very seriously. Please contact us with any questions, requests, or comments.

Our Mission

The Office of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness (OAIE) facilitates the collaborative culture of assessment and continuous improvement of Arkansas Tech University's academic and administrative programs and services. By providing resources and technical expertise to assist in the systematic development, review, and collection of data, the OAIE guides the university in the reflective practices that lead to evidence-based decision making.

TracDat access limited to faculty and staff.
Survey and Assessment Activities
- Fall Semester – College Student Inventory (CSI)
- Spring Semester – NSSE and FSSE
- Summer Semester
Academic Assessment
- Readings
- Just Flip It: From the Front Lines of the Flipped Classroom
- Assessment for Learning
- Academic Program Review
Institutional Effectiveness
- Assessment Academy
  - The Basics
  - Student Learning Outcomes
- Infographics
  - Examples on Pinterest
  - PPT Presentation
  - Piktochart: How to Create Your First Infographic
- Webinars
Assessment Resources
Assessment Links
Assessment Forms
Assessment Grant Forms
Contact: assessment@atu.edu

Auburn University (Alabama)

Auburn University: Office of Institutional Research & Assessment (Alabama)

Assessment reports: Criteria for Evaluation
- Overview of Outcomes
- Overview of Assessment
- Overview of Findings
- Overview of Improvements
Survey results:
- Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement
- National Survey of Student Engagement
- Survey of Recent Bachelor's Degree Recipients
- Graduating Senior Exit Survey
Institutional Effectiveness
- AU Institutional Effectiveness
  - General Information
  - View Reports
Resources include assessment council minutes (pdf files) and links to other assessment resources (this page).

Augustana College (Illinois)

Augustana College: Institutional Research and Assessment Office (Illinois)

Vision:The Institutional Research and Assessment Office propels the Augustana teacher, student, and scholar community to actively embrace a culture of improvement that is mission-centered and evidence-based.

Mission: The Institutional Research and Assessment Office (IR&A) gathers, examines, interprets, and applies evidence to improve student learning and maximize educational effectiveness at Augustana College. We cultivate this process of perpetual improvement in three primary ways.

IR&A collects a wide range of evidence through surveys, interviews, and focus groups to inform decision-making at all levels of the college. In addition, we report institutional data to federal, state, and other appropriate accrediting bodies.
IR&A consults with faculty and staff, departments, programs, committees, divisions, and other administrative offices to facilitate successful engagement in the entire assessment process toward improved student learning and institutional effectiveness.
IR&A collaborates with offices and departments across the college to utilize evidence in designing and implementing pedagogical, program, and policy changes that enhance student learning and experiences.

Assessment of student learning and institutional effectiveness at Augustana:
- First Year Survey:We also administer a survey to our students at the end of their first term and at the end of their first year. View the 2016-17 results, 2015-16 results, 2014-2015 results, the 2013-2014 results.
- HERI Survey:Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) Faculty Surveys results shown by themes, constructs or institutional profile.
- IEMF:Augustana measures of institutional effectiveness and mission fulfillment 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, or 2017.
- Enrollment & Retention Rates:Augustana student 2017-18 Fall enrollment & retention rates, 2017-18 Spring enrollment & retention rates, 2016-17 Fall enrollment & retention rates, and more detailed breakdowns of retention rates.
- Graduation Rates:Detailed breakdown of 6 year-graduation rates from class of 2014. Breakdown of graduation rates of 2010-2012 cohorrts.
- Other Surveys:Augustana also administers the Global Perspectives Inventory, a student readiness survey, and a motivation study among other surveys.
- Recent Alumni Survey:Recent alumni are surveyed approximately 9 months after graduation. View the results with NACE comparisons for the 2015-16 graduates, 2014-15 graduates, 2013-14 graduates, or the 2012-13 graduates.
- Senior Survey:Each year we administer a survey to our graduating seniors. View the 2014 results here, 2015 results here, 2016 results here, or the 2017 results here. We also have multi-year trends.
Resources for gathering and using course level feedback:
- We use The IDEA Center.
- Here is a PowerPoint presentation about using The IDEA Center SRI at Augustana.
- View a PowerPoint presentation on transforming IDEA feedback into your teaching and related worksheet.
- Would you like more ideas on how to use your feedback from The IDEA Center? Check out their blog.
- How do the IDEA center objectives align with college student learning outcomes or Program goals? Here is an idea of how to start and a course level to college level template as well as a program level to college level template.
- View the institution's Spring 2011-12 Group Summary Report, the Fall 2012-13 Group Summary Report, the 2012-13 Academic Year Group Summary Report, or the 2013-2014 Academic Year Group Summary Report.
- The IDEA Center process should not be the only method for gathering evidence on teaching and learning. We can assist with developing other methods of assessing student learning.
Other Resources
- Increasing student investment in the first three weeks. A PowerPoint of the presentation from faculty retreat 2014.
- Consent form for sharing student work. There are several consent forms for e-portfolio use as well.
- Augustana College is a member of the Higher Education Data Sharing (HEDS) Consortium, which consists of 129 small, private, nonprofit institutions around the country that are committed to sharing and using information to more fully enact their missions and promote effective liberal arts education.
Contact information:
- Mark Salisbury, Ph.D.
  Director of Institutional Research and Assessment
  Founders Hall 116
  (309) 794-7504
  marksalisbury@augustana.edu

Austin Community College (Texas)

AustinCommunity College: Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Accountability (Texas)

Instructional programs
- The discipline assessment cycle (DAC) manual includes general education learning outcomes & competencies (handbook; Word document).
- Information about periodic program review (pdf files, Word documents).
College-wide assessment
- Guidelines, formats, & tools for administrative & support unit assessment (pdf files, html pages).
  - Also see support services review.
  - Please do not enter anything in the outcomes tool form.
  - Access to CurricUNET's assessment module is restricted to ACC faculty & staff.
- Institutional effectiveness snapshot (pdf file).
Results from surveys of students & faculty, including CCSSE (pdf files).
The archives include an older assessment handbook and glossary (pdf files).
- Access to the U-LEAD assessment data base is restricted to ACC faculty & staff.

Babson College (Massachusetts)

Overview and (pdf file) assurance of learning process.
General education learning goals (outcomes) for undergraduate and masters' degrees.
Links to other general assessment resources.
Program Learning Goals
- Undergraduate
- MBA
- MSA
- MSM
- MSF
Babson Resources
- Accreditation
- Institutional Research
- Provost's Office
Contact: Lindsay N. Turner, PhD at lturner2@babson.edu

Bakersfield College (California)

BC's philosophy of assessment.
Assessment results: Individual academic programs' outcomes, assessment methods, and (some) results (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).
The assessment blog includes committee minutes and material from on-campus workshops & assessment events.
Tips & guidelines on setting up an assessment plan (Word documents).
- Evaluation rubrics for assessment plans.
- Still to come: BC examples.
General education and institutional level learning outcomes, and some assessment results (Word documents).
Links to other assessment resources.
Assessment Articles

Ball State University (Indiana)

Ball State University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness (Indiana)

Results from multiplesurveys of students and alumni (pdf documents).
Workshops
- Professional Development Sessions for Ball State University Faculty and Staff Members.
Resources (pdf files)
- Assessment workbook: Handbook for departments designing and using assessment plans.
- Lending library: Tables of contents of books about assessment.
Academic Review Process
- Policies and Procedures
- Review Schedule

Baruch College (New York)

Baruch College: Office of Institutional Research and Program Assessment (New York)

Overview of assessment and guidelines for creating an assessment plan.
What is Outcomes Assessment?
- Outcomes assessment is the process of setting goals, determining how well those goals are being met, and determining the best course of action to take to improve those results.
Creating an Assessment
- This page is meant as a primer on how to design and conduct an assessment, but it is by no means in-depth enough to be used as one's only resource. Accordingly, several links to more detailed information are peppered throughout.
- Assessment Guidelines for Programs, Majors, and Minors (.PDF)
  This document, prepared in the Spring semester of 2014, goes into deeper detail than this page. It is an essential resource.
Learning Goals at Baruch College
- In addition to Baruch's college-wide learning goals, each individual school or department sets their own.
Co-Curricular Assessment
- In addition to assessments currently being undertaken in Baruch's three schools, other co-curricular programs are conducting assessments as well.
Assessment Projects and Surveys
- Assessment Schedule
- Co-Curricular Assessment
- Assessment by School
- College-Wide Assessment
  - NSSE
  - BCSSE
  - CLA
  - FSSE
Resources
- This page displays resources and general information about assessment practices and topics.
Assessment Framework for Administrative and Support Units
- This document is also available as a PDF, prepared by the Office of Institutional Research and Program Assessment.
Contact information: Rachél Fester, Ph.D. at rachel.fester@baruch.cuny.edu
Assistant Provost for Assessment, Accreditation, and Institutional Effectiveness

Bates Technical College (Washington)

Bates Technical College: Institutional Research and Assessment (Washington)

Institutional Assessment

Bates Technical College is in the process of implementing a comprehensive institutional assessment model. The model has several components and assesses the effectiveness of all aspects of college programs and services including credit and non-credit instruction, student services, and administrative and support services. The major components of the model are as follows:

Research-driven assessments of support services and functions, with a particular focus on student experience and impact on student achievement.
A three-year cycle of comprehensive program review, enabling each program to integrate their instructional and industrial requirements into a single research and assessment process. This will be complemented by a simplified annual update and review process for each program.

Institutional Research and Educational Systems work closely with the Assessment Committee in all aspects of developing the model. This ensures that the model reflects good research and evaluation practice, supports the college's accreditation requirements, brings together all the relevant available data and information, but most of all that it continues to reflect the needs and expectations of Bates students.

Key Performance Indicators 2015-16

2022 Strategic Plan Goal 2 Targets

Bates Institutional Assessment Plan

Board Data Report

Online Repository of Curriculum Workbook

Annual Accomplishments Survey

KPI Measures Survey Results

Benedictine University (Illinois)

Benedictine University: Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (Illinois)

Overview of assessment at Benedictine.
University-wide Assessment Structure
- The University assessment structure consists of three levels 1) the University Assessment Committee (UAC), 2) College Assessment Panels and the General Education Curriculum Committee Assessment Panel and, (3) Program Assessors from each program or unit across the University.
University Assessment Committee
College Assessment Panel
General Education Curriculum Committee Assessment Panel
Program Assessors
Why Outcomes Assessment?
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan: Faculty Involvement
- Faculty Responsibilites
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan: Guiding Principles
Learning Guide: Student Learning Outcomes Assessment
Summary of Direct Assessment Techniques
Summary of Indirect Assessment Techniques
University-wide Student Learning Outcomes
FAQs on Assessment
Assessment of Student Learning (9 Principles of Good Practice)
Principles for Effective Assessment of Student Achievement (endorsed by HLC)

Bergen Community College (New Jersey)

Bergen Community College: Center for Institutional Effectiveness (New Jersey)

Assessment
- Two types of assessment are conducted by the Center for Institutional Effectiveness (CIE) at Bergen Community College, Administrative and Educational Support Assessment and Assessment of Student Learning.
- Administrative and Educational Support Assessment evaluates the overall effectiveness with which the college is achieving its goals. The assessment of student learning determines to what extent students are acquiring the knowledge, skills and competencies expected of them as they move through the courses in their programs.
- The results of these assessments improve programs and services, enhance student learning and impact the planning and allocation of resources. All academic departments and designated administrative and educational support departments develop assessment plans.
Assessment Documents and References (PDF files)
Meta-Analyses of Assessment Activities (PDF files)
Administrative and Educational Support Assessment
- AES Assessment Plans and Reports
- AES Unit Leaders
Assessment of Student Learning
- Academic Assessment Liaisons
- Academic Assessment Plans and Reports
- Curriculum Maps
- Learning Assessment Committee
Assessment Presentations and Workshops
- Fall 2011 through Spring 2018 (PDF files)
Assessment Resources
- Semester 1: Deciding What to Assess
- Semester 2: Choosing an Assessment Tool
- Semester 3: Collecting and Analyzing Assessment Data
- Semester 4: Implementing and Closing the Loop
- Links to Bergen's Exemplary Assessment Reports
CID Assessment Fellows
- Role of the Assessment Fellows
- The Fellows' Responsibilities
- The Fellows' Commitment
- Current Assessment Fellows
- CIE Newsletters (PDF files)

Berkeley City College (California)

BCC Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Home

Please use this site to find information about student learning outcomes (SLO's) and SLO assessment, as they relate to specific courses, programs, student services, and institutional learning outcomes at Berkeley City College.

Taskstream is the repository for all information about SLOs and SLO assessment at BCC. It contains the most current versions of SLOs for all courses, instructional programs, and student services areas. See the instructions for using Taskstream (on the left) to view SLO's, assessment results, action plans, and results of action plans.

Learning Outcomes Assessment (HTML pages)
- Multiple Levels of Learning Outcomes and Assessment
- Assessment Process
Plans and Report (HTML pages)
- Narratives and Evidence
- Status of Assessment
- Program Assessment Matrices
Information for Faculty and Staff (HTML pages)
- Student Learning Outcomes for Syllabi
- How to Document Assessment Work
- Classroom Assessment Techniques
- Program Assessment Matrices
Student Learning Outcome (SLO) Assessment at BCC
- Video produced by Hannah Chauvet, BCC MMART instructor
Assessment Committee (HTML pages)
- Planning for Institutional Effectiveness (PIE) Committee
- Teaching and Learning Center
SLO Resources (HTML pages)
- Action Plan Examples (A.P.E.)
- An Assessment Film
- BCC English Department Assessment article featured in "Assessment Update."
Please feel free to send related questions and comments to Jenny Lowood at jlowood@sbcglobal.net.

Bevill State Community College (Alabama)

Bevill State Community College: Office of Grants, Planning, Research, & Institutional Effectiveness (Alabama)

The College's planning and assessment process relies heavily on survey results from students, faculty, staff, community leaders, directors of area industry, and the like.

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research facilitates most all College surveys whether administered online or by paper and coordinates to publish results in a user-friendly format that is easy to understand.

The College participates in a number of national assessments that allow the institution to compare itself with peer community colleges from around the nation. These surveys include:

the Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE),
Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE),
Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Survey, and
the National Community College Benchmark Project

Reports, factoids, and data summaries are provided on the following pages:

Accreditation
Conducting Research at Bevill State Community College
Data Request Form
Grants
Planning & Assessment
Reports & Publications

Binghamton University (New York)

Assessment at Binghamton University
We hope this site is useful for members of the university community wanting to submit reports, learn more about assessment, or be part of the large number of faculty and staff interested in using the results of assessment to enhance what they do.
- General Education assessment
- WEAVEonline
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Nasrin Fatima, Assistant Provost for Institutional Research and Effectiveness, at nfatima@binghamton.edu or 607-777-2365.
BU's College Portrait.

Bismarck State College (North Dakota)

Assessment FAQ

Academic Assessment is an ongoing process aimed at understanding and improving student learning. It is a key indicator of institutional effectiveness and a vehicle for improvement. The general steps of the academic assessment cycle are to:

Determine expectations, or learning outcomes
Determine appropriate criteria and standards for learning quality
Gather, analyze, and interpret evidence to determine performance levels
Use the resulting information to document, explain, and improve performance.

Assessment asks faculty to think about the following:

What should students be learning?
What are students actually learning?
What should faculty be doing to facilitate student learning?

Answering these questions enables faculty to build stronger courses and programs. It also helps improve communication on campus, assist in making better academic and administrative decisions, and identify good teaching.

Areas of Academic Assessment at Bismarck State College:

Incoming Assessment
Developmental Assessment
General Education Assessment
Program Assessment

AQIP

Action Projects
Systems Portfolio
Quality Checkup Visit

Department Review

Student Profile

Student Achievement Indicators

Institutional Assessment

Institutional Essential Learning Outcomes
Resources

Bluefield State College (West Virginia)

Bluefield State College: Office of Institutional Research (West
Virginia

Assessment Data

2016-17 Assessment Committee Members
Live Text
- How to create a course assignment and place rubric in LiveText
Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory
- SSI Strategic Planning Overview
- SSI Summary
- SSI Item Summary
- SSI Scale Summary
- SSI Scale Importance
- SSI Demographics
- SSI Extra Questions
Noel Levitz Employee Satisfaction Survey
- CESS Action Plan (Spring 2014: BSC Commitment: Working Together for Student Success)
- CESS Item Summary (2014)
Assessment Resources
- Assessment Definitions
- 9 Principles of Good Assessment

Bluegrass Community & Technical College (Kentucky)

Assessment Mission Statement

In support of BCTC's mission, assessment is embraced as a continuous source of information essential for improving student success and fostering excellence in teaching and learning. The Assessment Office works with program coordinators in identifying expected outcomes, assessing the extent to which outcomes are achieved, and providing evidence of improvement based on analysis of the results.

Assessment Goals

To foster a culture of assessment as a necessary response to increased demands of accountability with an understanding that assessment is a continuous process of quality improvement.
To respond to accreditation demands, specifically Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Core Requirements and Comprehensive Standards and program specific accreditation criteria.
To promote excellence in teaching and learning by serving as a facilitator for training, assessment resources and processes.
To provide feedback and reporting of assessment plans as they relate to student learning outcomes.
To develop, implement, and improve the assessment process.

Assessment Model

Assessment Process

Identify the Outcome
1. In collaboration with faculty in your department/area, review the curriculum competencies, discuss and determine the outcomes you plan to assess.
2. Each technical program will need to select 3 student learning outcomes.
Plan the Assessment
1. Working with faculty in your department/area, discuss and determine appropriate assessment methodology and criteria for success (benchmarks).
2. The method of assessment should be consistent. If the method of assessment is a project, all instructors should use the same project and rubric for grading.
Perform Assessment
1. Use the AIM System to maintain outcome assessment and progress.
2. Record results in AIM.
Review Results
1. Gather and summarize the data collected.
2. Present the results to other faculty in your department/area.
Use Results for Improvement
1. Work with faculty in your department/area to review the results , identifying how the results will be used to improve student success.
2. Describe plans or recommendations to improve student learning. How can we best address the problem?
  1. Additional emphasis/more time on specific topics.
  2. Change in delivery method.
  3. Additional lab time.

The Review Process Today

BCTC Annual Health Review Process
CPE Program Review Process

In addition to the BCTC Annual Health Review and the CPE Five-Year Program Review process, information obtained from program productivity, advisory committees, graduate surveys, alumni surveys, and employer surveys all provide additional data about the efficiency and effectiveness of the various programs at BCTC.

2017-2018 Energy (and Miscellaneous)

Faculty Resources

Assessment Newsletter

General Education Assessment

Boise State University (Idaho)

Assessment of student learning outcomes at Boise State helps us meet student learning goals through alignment of authentic experiences throughout the major or program. Please see the menu for information and links to Boise State's learning outcomes assessment plans, information, and reports.

University Learning Outcomes Assessment

GE Assessment Plan
- University Learning Outcomes (ULO) plan and reports
Assessment Reports
- 2014-15
- 2015-16

First Year Writing Assessment

Assessment in Student Affairs (pdf file)

Assessment Coordinating Committee

Background for Assessment Planning at BSU
Purpose of Committee

Program Learning Outcomes Assessment

Program Assessment Report Timeline for Departments
Program Assessment Reporting Schedule
Framework for PLO Assessment
Process for PLO Assessment
- Forms
- How will PAR Reports be shared?
Peer Review Process
PAR Training

Program Learning Outcomes by Department (links to each college's PLOs are listed)

Resources

Examples
CTL Workshops
Assessment Support
Best Practices

Borough of Manhattan Community College (New York)

Borough of Manhattan Community College: Institutional Effectiveness and Analytics

Assessment

One of the main functions of The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Analytics is to serve as a resource for academic and student services assessment, including but not limited to General Education assessment and college-wide assessment.

Assessment is a systematic process that shows whether goals are being met, and to what extent. There are five crucial steps in assessment: clearly stated overall program, department, or course goals; defining intended outcomes as they relate to the stated overall goals; means of assessment to measure the outcomes; summary of results; and use of results to implement improvement or change.

PlanningPoint
BMCC Assessment Handbook
BMCC Institutional Effectiveness Plan
Institutional Effectiveness Calendar of Events
Pathways to General Education Crosswalk

Academic Assessment Resources:

General Education Assessment Schedule
Academic Program Review Guidelines
Academic Program Review Data Report Template
Academic Program Review Schedule
Academic Assessment Committee
Bloom's Taxonomy and Action Verbs
Student Learning Outcome Assessment Form
2016-2017 Academic Assessment Day Agenda

Administrative, Educational, and Student Support (AES) Assessment Resources:

BMCC Support Outcomes Taxonomy
Administrative, Educational, and Student Support (AES) Assessment Committee
Administrative, Educational, and Student Support (AES) Unit Review Guidelines
Administrative, Educational, and Student Support (AES) Unit Review Schedule
AES Unit Inventory
2016-2017 AES Assessment Day Agenda

AES Unit Review Reports:

2016-2017 Learning Resource Center

Institutional Effectiveness Plan

Contact Information: ins@bmcc.cuny.edu

Boston University (Massachusetts)

Boston University, Program Learning Outcomes Assessment

BU Assessment FAQs
Assessment Mini Grant Program
- Assessment Practice & Innovation Mini Grant Proposal_Template
- Assessment Team Travel Mini Grant Proposal_Template
Learning Outcomes by Program
Writing Learning Outcomes
- Creating Learning Outcomes (Stanford)
- Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
- Anderson & Krathwohl–Revision to Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
- 11.3.15 Assessment Teaching Talk, Developing Learning Outcomes_PPT
- Examples of Outcomes and Assessment Plans
  - Undergraduate
  - PhD
  - Other Graduate/Graduate Professional Degrees
Resources for Assessment
- BU Templates and Documents (pdf files)
- Campus Labs Assessment Management System (pdf files)
- Articles on Assessment (pdf files)
Past Assessment Workshops: Videos and Resources
- Assessment Workshops
- Assessment Teaching Talks
- Teaching with Student Portfolios
- Overview of the Assessment Process
- Developing Learning Outcomes
- Curriculum Mapping
- Rubric Development for Assessment
- Linking Program Goals with Evidence to Improve Outcomes Assessment
- Direct vs Indirect Measures in Program Assessment
- Assessing Archived Artifacts in ePortfolio
Annual Assessment Symposium
Assessment Intranet (must login credentials for access)
Program Learning Outcomes Assessment and Expectations for Programs
Information for Submitting Annual Reports

Bowdoin College (Maine)

Bowdoin College: Reflective Teaching Project (Maine)

Project Overview

The overall goal of theReflective Teaching Project is to facilitate meaningful thought and discussion among faculty about teaching and learning that will inspire appropriate change in curriculum and pedagogy.

In practice, the idea is to better enable the Office of Institutional Research to have an impact on the academic program by …

designing and conducting research on curriculum and pedagogy;

designing and conducting research in conjunction with faculty at the level of the academic department or program or course; and

undertaking meaningful assessment of learning outcomes in the liberal arts context.

TheReflective Teaching Project was funded for three years by the Davis Educational Foundation; 2003-04 through 2005-06.

Projects, Reports, Studies and Instruments

Center for Learning and Teaching

English for Multilingual Speakers

Writing and Rhetoric

Quantitative Reasoning

Workshops and Events

Academic Departments and Programs

Brandeis University (Massachusetts)

Brandeis University: Office of Assessment (Massachusetts)

Overview of assessment activities at Brandeis.
Defining Learning Goals and Outcomes
Learning Goals
- University Learning Goals
- Learning Goals in Majors and Stand-Alone Minors
- Learning Goals in Graduate and Professional Degree Programs
- Developing Course Learning Goals
Learning Outcomes
- Assessment for Departments with Limited time and Resources by Barbara Walvoord (PDF)
- Strategies for Direct and Indirect Assessment of Student Learning (PDF)
Assessment in Student Affairs
- The Role of Student Affairs in Student Learning Assessment by John Schuh and Ann Gansemer-Topf PDF
- Assessment in Student Affairs by Kimberly Yousey-ElsenerPDF
- Sample Assessment Plan Template
Student Reflective Guides
- First-Year Students Reflective Guide PDF
- Sophomore Students Reflective Guide PDF
- Junior Students Reflective Guide PDF
- Senior Students Reflective Guide PDF
Resources
- Internal Resources
- External Resources
Course Evaluations
Contact information: evaluate@brandeis.edu

Brenau University (Georgia)

Brenau University: Office of Academic Assessment (Georgia)

The Assessment Office is dedicated to supporting Brenau University's commitment to educational excellence. It is our mission, with input from all units of the university, to assist the institution in demonstrating the quality and effectiveness of its programs and services in support of the institutional mission, by means of a broad based and institutionally supported system of evaluation, documentation and use of results for improvement.

Brigham Young University (Utah)

Brigham Young University: Planning and Assessment (Utah)

Academic Units Reviews
- About Academic Unit Reviews
- Instructions and Forms
- Unit Review Cycle
- Calendar
- UAR Committee
Educational Support Unit Reviews
- About Educational Support Unit Reviews
- Unit Review Cycle
- ESUR Committee
- Instructions and Forms
- Calendar
Institutional Assessment and Analysis
- Mission Statement
- Staff Information
Video for students (and faculty) about how knowing expected learning outcomes helps students choose programs and guides their learning.
Individual degree programs' expected learning outcomes and assessment plans (use the college, department, & program drop-down menus at the top of the page).
Guidelines for writing learning outcomes and developing assessments.
The mid-course evaluation tool is restricted to BYU faculty & staff.

Bryan College (Tennessee)

Bryan College: Student Achievement (Tennessee)

The student outcomes manual (pdf file) includes:
- College learning outcomes & assessment methods.
- Results from standardized instruments, including the Proficiency Profile & Major Field Tests.
- Results from surveys of current & graduating students.
The institutional effectiveness manual (pdf file) includes:
- General education learning outcomes & assessment report.
- Individual academic and administrative & support units' assessment plans & reports.
Results from the student satisfaction inventory.
Links to other assessment resources.

Bucknell University (Pennsylvania)

Bucknell University – Institutional Research and Planning

With the rising costs of higher education, this is a question that is being asked by parents, prospective students, government agencies, and accrediting bodies. Understanding that this is a valid question, colleges and universities are engaging in the process of outcomes assessment.

At Bucknell University, the outcomes assessment serves two primary functions. The first is to provide evidence that our students are learning and developing in and out of the classroom, consistent with Bucknell's mission and educational goals, and that our institutional policies, resources and services are appropriately supporting Bucknell's strategic plan. The second function, equally critical, is to provide a mechanism for a continued improvement of all facets of Bucknell education.

In regards to college-wide assessment, the Office of Institutional Research & Planning has two main responsibilities:

To provide ongoing logistical support in all stages of assessment to academic, co-curricular and administrative departments, from planning, through data collection and analysis, to "closing the loop"
To support, and closely collaborate with, faculty-led committees on assessment of student learning, including general education outcomes
To organize workshops and other professional development opportunities for faculty and staff, in order to share recent research and best practices in assessment
To review annual departmental assessment reports and provide feedback and guidance to departments
To promote a culture of assessment and evidence-based planning and decision-making

The purpose of this website is to serve as a central location for assessment-related information, tools, templates and resources at Bucknell University. We hope that you will find it useful and informative.

The site has a drop down menu under the heading "IN THIS SECTION" where visitors to the site can review Bucknell University's Institutional Research and Planning along with assessment information.

Buena Vista University (Iowa)

Buena Vista University: Strategic Plan (Iowa)

BVU's assessment plan.
Objectives (outcomes) & assessment plans for individual academic majors.
- Some majors' pages include links to rubrics, test items, etc. (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).
- The cheat sheets (on the training resources page) have information about some academic programs' outcomes and assessment methods (Word documents).
The curriculum overview has university-wide (general education) goals & outcomes. BVU objectives has associated rubrics (Word documents).
- The dashboard on the home page has general education assessment results.
Student services outcomes and (Word documents) assessment plan, rubrics & program map.
Assessment annual reports and the Focus online reporting and ePortfolio system are restricted to BVU faculty & staff.

Buffalo State College (New York)

Buffalo State College: Assessment @ Buffalo State (New York)

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness provides resources and leadership for campus-wide assessment activities. Activities range from workshops for academic department representatives to producing reports that focus on a variety of topics.

Bunker Hill Community College (Massachussetts)

Bunker Hill Community College: SLOAP Faculty Task Force (Massachussetts)

SLOAP: Bunker Hill's student learning outcomes assessment program.
The SLOAP database has:
- Information about Bunker Hill's assessment process.
- Program and course-level learning outcomes, assessment methods, results, & impacts. (Click an X for the associated report. They don't look like hyperlinks, but they are.)
General education requirements, in the Additional Resources menu, includes Bunker Hill's general education outcomes.

Butte College (California)

About SLOs at Butte College
Overview of assessment at BC.
- What To Do: Faculty
- What To Do: Chairs/Coordinators
- What are brief reflections and deep dives? See the About page.
Brief Reflections Reports
- Department Chairs/Coordinators: The template for brief reflections summaries is here. Requirements are described here.
Deep Dive Schedules and Reports
- Learning Outcomes Assessment
  - This section, viewable by subject, includes Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs), the matrix that shows the alignment of course-level Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) with PLOs and General Education Learning Outcomes (GELOs) and the assessment schedule, and outcomes assessment reports (2013 to present).
  - Butte College SLO Webpage
  - View Subject List
Forms and Examples
- Brief Reflections
  - Requirements (all Faculty)
  - Examples (all Faculty)
  - Summary template (Chairs/Coordinators)
  Grade Justifications
  - Requirements
  - Example #1
  - Example #2
  Deep Dives
  - Example #1
  - Example #2
  - CurricUNET (to submit deep dive reports)

Cabrillo College (California)

Student Learning Outcomes
- Cabrillo College SLO Assessment Plan
- Assessment Areas
- Outcomes Assessment Review Committee (ARC)
- Assessment Effectiveness Measures
- CurricUNET SLO Module
- Current Best Practices Manuals
- The ABC's of SLO Assessment
Writing Instructional Outcomes
Writing Student Services SLOs
Assessing Instructional SLOs
Assessing Student Service SLOs (Coming Soon)
How to Create a Grading Rubric
AUO Primer
Department Chairs Handbook
Access to Cabrillo's tracking tool is restricted to Cabrillo faculty & staff.
Forms
Department Chair Resources
Milestones
Resources
Contacts: Marcy Alancraig

Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute (North Carolina)

Assessment at CCC&TI is a handbook with:
- An overview of assessment at CCC&TI,
- Tips & guidelines for developing & implementing assessment processes,
- CCC&TI's general education outcomes, and
- information from and links to other assessment resources.
Note: The general education assessment document (in the institutional effectiveness documents list) is not currently available online.
- To get access to the report, contact the Director of Institutional Effectiveness for CCC&TI.

California Baptist University

California Baptist University: Assessment

Program assessment is an annual activity undertaken by all CBU academic programs/majors, the Library, and Student Services. It is a systematic on-going process to collect evidence suitable for ascertaining to what degree a program/major is meetings its stated student learning outcomes (SLOs). The focus is on student learning; can graduating students demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the program/major's SLOs? The collected assessment data and subsequent analysis provide a basis for evaluation, decision making, planning, and budgeting. In addition, annual assessment is aggregated and included as an important element in the program/major's program review.

Understanding Assessment
Assessment Resources (CBU)
WASC Assessment Resources (WSCUC)
CBU Assessment History (Reports)
- Assessment Tracking and Reports
Program Review

California Polytechnic State University, Pomona

Learning Outcomes
- Institutional Learning Outcomes
- General Education Student Learning Ouctomes
- Core Competencies
- Program Learning Outcomes
- Graduate Institutional Learning Outcomes
Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation of Learning Outcomes
- Rubrcs
- Meaning, Quality, & Integrity Degree
- Inventory of Educational Effectiveness Indicators
- Institutional Assessment Results
Rubrics
Program Review
Training and Workshops
Assessment and Accreditation Tools and Resources
Committees and Staff
WSCUC Re-Accreditation
Contact Us

California State University System

Biennial reports (pdf files, through 2006) include outcomes assessment overviews for each CSU campus.
Scroll down for an overview of the process, definitions of the performance areas and reporting elements, and other descriptive documents (pdf files).
Note: See the individual entries for notes on assessment at each campus: Cal Poly-Pomona, Channel Islands, Chico, Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Sacramento, San Francisco State, San Jose State, San Marcos, and Stanislaus.
The Cornerstones Report

California State University, Channel Islands

California State University, Channel Island

Assessment of Student Learning

The focus of this web page content is on student learning at Cal State-Channel Islands. Related sites are The Cal State-Channel Islands Assessment Council and Assessment Resources for assessment of student learning.

Glossary of terms for use due to the need for a common language for discussion.

Assessment of student learning
Evaluation of student learning
Goal(s)
Student Learning Outcome(s)

Useful Resources

Program and Course Learning Outcomes by Program (MS Excel documents)

Mini-Grant Program

CSU Faculty Development Programs

Teaching and Learning Innovations

Teaching and Learning Innovations (T&LI) at CSU Channel Islands is a program designed to guide, support and inspire faculty at CI to step outside of traditional boundaries of teaching to improve student learning. We are led by the CI mission to put students at the center of the educational experience.

California State University, Chico

Assessment
- Academic Assessment Council (AAC)
  - Academic Assessment Council and Philosophy
  - Assessment Planning and Definitions
  - Report Templates
  - Resources
  - FAQs
  - Simple Plans and Reports
- Academic Program Reivew
  - Review Process
  - Program Portfolios
  - Accredited Programs
  - Academic Program Review Dashboards
  - Academic Program Review Data
  - Curriculum Services
  - Academic Department Manual
- General Education Program Level Assessment
  - For Students
  - For Faclty
  - Curriculum Advisory Board
  - Documents
  - Substitutions and Modifications
- Surveys and Reports
  - Campus Climate
  - NSSE
  - FSSE
  - CIRP TFS
  - Spring Graduates Survey
  - CLA

California State University, Dominguez Hills

California State University, Dominguez Hills (click on Assessment of Student Learning)

University Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee
- Current Membership
- Rubrics USLOAC (PDF)
Assessment of Student Learning
- Institutional Learning Outcomes
  - Undergraduate Institutional Learning Outcomes
  - Graduate Institutional Learning Outcomes
Assessment Resources and Tools
- Developing SLOs
- Measuring Student Learning
- Improving through Assessment
- Reporting Assessment at CSUDH
- Other Resources
- Getting help
Student Learning Outcomes at CSUDH
SLOA Reports and Summaries

California State University, East Bay

Educational Effectviiveness
- Institutional Learning Outcomes
Learning and Assessment
- Semester Conversion
- Assessment at CSUEB
- Learning and Assessment Resources
Educational Effectiveness Council
- Assessment Budgets
- Schedule of Meetings/Minutes
Program Portfolios
- Program Review
  - Program Improvement
  - Program and Resource Alignment
  - Accountability
- Evidence through Program Portfolios
Student Success and Assessment Committee

California State University, Long Beach

Program Review and Assessment

The Assessment office helps departments and academic programs ensure students graduate with highly valued degrees by:

Supporting the scholarship of learning on campus;
Assisting individuals working on learning objectives at the course level;
Providing feedback to departments and programs about methods for assessing student learning at the program level and ensuring alignment with GE and institutional-level outcomes as well as WSCUC Core Competencies;
Working with departments and programs to develop viable assessment plans;
Working with the offices of Student Assessment and Institutional Research to assist the university in its core commitment to assess student success;
Providing information about assessment activities such as conferences, websites, and e-learning opportunities.

The Program Review office helps departments, academic programs, and academic support programs ensure students graduate with highly valued degrees by:

Assisting departments and programs as they complete the self-study for program review (powerpoint tutorial available – PDF);
Working with departments and the VPAA to determine a suitable external reviewer for program review;
Supporting UPRC members in the drafting of program-review reports and recommendations to departments and programs.

More information on the program-review process may be found at the Program Assessment Review Council link.

Program Assessment and Review Council (PARC)
- Information regarding the Council's charge and duties.
- Agendas and Minutes
- Year End Report
- Program Review
- Assessment
Institutional Learning Outcomes
- Institutional Learning Outcomes highlight the knowledge, skills, and abilities all students are expected to have upon graduating from CSULB.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Program Learning Outcomes highlight what students should know and be able to do in their degree program at the time of graduation
Core Competency Assessment Initiative
- Core Competency FAQs
Assessment Annual Reports and Resources
- Annual Assessment Reports
- Assessment Resources
  - General Resources
  - University Assessment Pages
Contact Program Review and Assessment

California State University, Los Angeles

Assessment

Assessment is the process by which academic institutions evaluate student progress in learning and success in achieving educational goals. Assessment of courses, programs, and University activities, involve among other things, a measure of student outcomes. Achievement may be assessed directly by measuring the changes, progress and/or gains that occur with students or indirectly, by using other indicators such as employment, employers' satisfaction and the percent of students who continue their education in graduate or professional programs.

The purpose of assessment is to assist in improving learning, teaching and academic advising at the individual, course, program and institutional levels. Assessment should be on-going, consistently applied, and based on teaching and learning goals and objectives. Each academic department/division/school or program should utilize information from assessment to analyze and improve the effectiveness of its academic programs in such areas as curriculum, academic advisement, faculty development and student services. Data from outcomes assessment will not be used for cross-program rankings or comparisons of individual faculty.

Educational Effectiveness and Assessment Council
- Educational effectiveness includes student learning outcomes assessment, teaching and learning effectiveness as it relates to student learning outcomes, and the support and enhancement of Cal State LA as a learning organization.
College Assessment Coordinators
- The Faculty Learning Community (FLC) for College Assessment Coordinators was established to facilitate assessment activities across Cal State LA's colleges.
4-Year Institutional Assessment Plan
- Page breaks down the yearly assessment plan
- PDF version
Learning Outcomes
- Institutional
- General Education
- Graduate
- Program
Assessment Resources
- Developing Program Learning Outcomes
- Assessment Resources
- Assessment Reports
- Institutional Assessment of Core Competencies
Events
- Annual Assessment Faire
- Assessment in 5 Easy Steps Workshop
- Building Better Learning Outcomes Workshop
- WSCUC Town Halls
- Spring 2018 Assessment Workshops
Program Review, Assessment, and WSCUC Accreditation Staff

California State University, Northridge

Office of Academic Assessment and Program Review

A video about CSUN's assessment process.
ScholarWorks Annual Assessment Reports Repository
- Reports from 2007-08 to the present and can be fully accessed by the public
Academic Assessment Liaison Committee (AALC)
- The AALC is comprised of faculty representatives from across the University who meet monthly during the regular semester to discuss assessment problems and process. Links to the committee's charge and responsibilities are provided.
Quick Links are provided for Annual Assessment Reports
- 2014-2015
- 2015-2016
- 2016-2017
- AAPR A to Z
FAQs
Contact
- Jack Solomon, Ph.D.
  Director, Office of Academic Assessment and Program Review
  Telephone: (818) 677-6712

California State University, Sacramento

Institutional Research Effectiveness, and Planning

On the main assessment page there are the following: Annual Assessment and Executive Summaries, Quick links to assessment plans, SharePoint Reports, Workshops, Faculty/Professional Learning Community, Contact information, and Materials and Handouts. They list the elements of the Logic of Assessment and as well as Recent News.

Assessment Process
- Academic Program Assessment
  - Assessment Plans
  - Unit Level Assessment
  - Annual Assessment Report
  - Program Review
- Accountability
- Accreditor Expectations
  - WASC
  - CSU Expectations
  - CSUS Expectations
- Principles and Policies
  - University Assessment Policy Manual
  - 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning
Annual Assessment
- SharePoint Assessment Reports (2012-2018 reports and feedback)
- Old Assessment Templates and Examples
Assessment Plans
- 2016-17 Assessment Plans
- 2015-16 Assessment Plans
Resources
University Assessment
- University Learning Outcomes
- Institutional Assessment Portfolios
- Academic Program Assessment Tools
- Assessment Strategies
Assessment Beyond Sacramento State
- Accreditation
- Other Campuses
- Context for Assessment

California State University, San Marcos

Assessment Home

What is Assessment?
Why do we assess?
Who oversees assessment?
How does assessment inform program review and general education?

Annual Assessment

Annual assessments focus on Program Student Learning Outcomes (PSLOs) as a way to determine student progress toward achieving program goals. Departments offering majors in all programs report annually on assessment activities. At the conclusion of each academic year, departments are asked to report the results of the PSLO assessments, and how these assessment findings lead to changes made to improve student learning.

Assessment Activity
Assessment Reports
Materials for Annual Assessment Activities

Program Review

The purpose of the Program Review (PR) at CSUSM is to allow departments and programs to focus and reflect on the quality of student learning in their degree programs. Program Review is a two-year process that allows departments and programs to focus on the knowledge, skills and abilities expected of our graduates. These reviews center on carefully selected aspects of the degree programs and are anchored in systematically gathered evidence of student learning.

Schedule of Program Reviews
Resource Documents
Support Documents for Programs

Student Learning Outcomes

Learning happens at many levels on the Cal State San Marcos campus. Aligning all campus learning outcomes under the University's Mission and Vision, along with the President's Strategic Plan, provides a compass that helps keep all components of the campus moving in the same direction. The alignment organizational chart below is a helpful illustration of this idea.

By program
Campus-Wide Learning Outcomes
Mission, Vision, and Strategic Plan

Contact Information: Regina Eisenbach,Dean, Academic Programs

California State University, Stanislaus

Office of Assessment

The Office of Assessment provides leadership, support, and coordination for university-wide assessment.

Mission Statement

The Office of Assessment provides vigorous and positive leadership in the coordination of university-wide efforts related to improving student learning and enhancing educational effectiveness through assessment.

There are quick links to the academic program review process, assessment planning and CampusLabs (CSUS login required). Additionally, the page lists the elements associated with the Purpose of assessment.

There are links to the following areas:

Faculty Fellow for Assessment
College Assessment Faculty Learning Communities
Assessment Planning
Principles of Assessment of Student Learning
Program Review
Collegiate Learning Assessment
General Education Assessment
Graduate Assessment
Assessment Spotlight Archice
Core Competencies FLCs

Contact information: Dr. Shawna Young, AVP for Academic Affairs at syoung@csustan.edu.

Calvin College (Michigan)

Overview of academic assessment.
- The primary purpose of Calvin College is to promote student learning. Assessment is the process of collecting information about student learning in order to make decisions about how to improve it.
- The assessment committee has found the book Assessment Clear and Simple(April 2010, Jossey-Bass) by Barbara Walvoord to be very helpful for understanding how to implement an effective assessment program efficiently.
- The three steps of assessment are:
  1. Every program should have clear goals for student learning. (When student complete our program, they will be able to…)
  2. Programs should regularly gather evidence that students are meeting the goals.
  3. This evidence should be used for improving the program.
Goals for student learning
Evidence of student learning
Links to other online assessment resources.
Link for Academic Assessment – More Resources
- Internal Resources
- External Resources

Camosun College (British Columbia, Canada)

Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (British Columbia, Canada)

The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) inspires and promotes innovation and excellence in curriculum, and all aspects of teaching and learning. Our education developers, instructional designers and technical staff support faculty in the development of their teaching practice, and in the development of curriculum, instructional materials, media and the appropriate use of technology.

Learning Opportunities
- The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning offers a diverse range of learning opportunities related to teaching, learning, and educational leadership.
Curriculum
- The curriculum development team helps faculty create and revise courses and programs to ensure the best student learning experience. We guide instructors through the program review and renewal process, resulting in purposeful and positive change. We also offer just-in-time curriculum consultation and support.
  - Curriculum Development
  - Program review and renewal
eLearning
- The eLearning team helps the college community use web-based technology for an engaging and accessible learning experience. We also provide technical support and Desire 2 Learn (D2L) administration.
Faculty Development
- The faculty development team helps faculty and instructors develop educational practices that put learning first. We provide learning opportunities and support for instructors, including workshops, resources, and community-building.
Strategic Initiatives
- Strategic initiatives in the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning include indigenization, applied learning, accessible learning, and sustainability.

Cañada College (California)

Overview of assessment at Cañada. (The SLOAC Philosophy is a pdf file.)
Institutional (general education) student learning outcomes (SLOs).
SLOs & assessments from individual academic programs and administrative & support units
Guidelines & FAQ for reporting course-level assessment results (The reporting directions is a Word document).
- The list of program learning outcomes is a dynamic Excel template that requires (restricted) access to Cañada's servers.
- The TracDat assessment management system and the Sharepoint website are restricted to Cañada faculty & staff.
- Information about program review, including (pdf files) individual academic, administrative, & support units' annual plans. (Reporting templates are Word documents.)
Student services assessment reporting forms and handbook (Word documents).
Information about & from the assessment committee (Word documents).
Updates
- Still to come: FAQ.
- Faculty resolutions on outcomes assessment (Word document).
Events: Information about & from on-campus assessment-related events (pdf and audio-visual [swf] files, Word documents, links to other assessment resources).
Resources include
- Information about using TracDat (pdf & Powerpoint files).
- Handbook on writing learning outcomes (pdf file).
- Presentation from an on-campus assessment summit (Powerpoint file).
- Links to other assessment resources (pdf, Powerpoint, and audio-visual [swf] files, Word documents, links).

Carleton College (Minnesota)

Institutional Research and Assessment

Assessment Resources
- Resources from Carleton College
- General External Resources
- Foundations with Interests in Assessment and Student Learning Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes
- Six institutional learning outcomes, which are drawn from the academic goals section of the College's Mission, form the basis for our assessment plan. The purpose of our plan is to gauge the degree to which we are achieving these goals and to guide discussions of how we can enhance teaching and learning.
Mapping Outcomes to New Graduation Requirements
- As we develop a plan to collect evidence on our six learning outcomes, are there courses in which we might expect to find useful student artifacts? If future assessment efforts determine that we are not fully successful in delivering on one of our student learning outcomes, where in our curriculum might we want to consider making changes? To answer questions like these it is useful to look for the intersection between our student learning outcomes and our graduation requirements. This mapping, affirmed by the ECC on September 30, 2009, represents a starting point for such explorations.
Institutional Assessment Plan
- The primary responsibility for designing and implementing the College's institutional assessment plan falls to the Education and Curriculum Committee (ECC). In Fall 2009, the ECC endorsed a list of six institution-level student learning outcomes. Then in Spring and Fall 2010 the committee endorsed a draft assessment plan for subsequent discussions by the campus in Fall and Winter 2010. Based on comments and feedback from those discussions, the ECC revised and endorsed the plan in Winter 2011.The plan includes:
  - An assessment rubric for each student learning outcome that identifies and defines the dimensions that, when taken together, encompass what we mean by that outcome.
  - A 10-year plan that indicates when and how often we expect to collect, analyze, and discuss what evidence for each of the outcomes.
  Assessment Plan Detail
  Links to rubrics which define each outcome and detail on evidence we plan to collect for each.
  
  The Assessment Cycle
  This page describes the annual assessment cycle from data collection to outcome review to curricular response.
Department and Program Assessment
- This page describes department and program student learning outcomes and provides information to assist departments/programs in developing and implementing their assessment plans. For a broader, national discussion of assessment, please visit the webpage maintained by the office of Institutional Research and Assessment.
- Department and Program Assessment Plans
- Resources for Departments and Programs – Documents and materials in this area are resources for faculty as they work to develop assessment learning outcomes and processes.
- Department and Program Student Learning Outcomes: A Summary Report – This report was presented at the Spring 2016 Perlman Learning and Teaching Center presentation titled "Demonstrating Substantial Knowledge in a Field: Carleton's Take." (Must have login credential to access the report.)
Annual Assessment Report Form (13 KB Word Document)
Survey Research
Outcomes
- Post-Carleton Graduate and Professional Study
- Employment Outcomes
Contact: tjamison@carleton.edu

Carleton College (Minnesota)

Carleton College: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (Minnesota)

Assessment resources
- College-wide (general education) learning outcomes.
  - Assessment plan, with assessment methods and associated (pdf files) rubrics for each outcome.
  - Assessment cycle.
  - Learning outcomes mapped to graduation requirements.
  - Learning outcomes and assessment plans from individual academic departments & programs (pdf files).
    - Resources include:
      - FAQ.
      - Assessment roles & process.
      - Exercise materials from a conference presentation (pdf files).
      - Video of an assessment coordinators' lunch.
      - The examples are restricted to Carleton faculty & staff.
- Other resources (html pages, pdf files) include:
  - Presentations from on-campus workshops.
  - Information about Carleton assessment initiatives & projects.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Survey research and outcomes: Results from surveys of students & alumni, including NSSE (mostly pdf files).

Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania)

Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence

What Can I Learn about Assessment from this Website?

Assessment Basics
How to Assess Students' Prior Knowledge
How to Assess Students' Learning and Performance
How to Assess Your Teaching
How to Assess Departments and Programs
Examples and Tools
History of Assessment at Carnegie Mellon

What is assessment?

Where do we want students to be at the end of a course or a program? And how will we know if they get there? Those two questions are at the heart of assessment.

Although there is a lot of buzz about assessment these days, assessment itself is nothing new. If you've ever given an exam, led a discussion, or assigned a project – and used what you discovered about student learning to refine your teaching – you've engaged in assessment. Assessment is simply the process of collecting information about student learning and performance to improve education.

At Carnegie Mellon, we believe that for assessment to be meaningful (not bean-counting or teaching to the test!) it must be done thoughtfully and systematically. We also believe it should be driven by faculty so that the information gathered:

Reflects the goals and values of particular disciplines
Helps instructors refine their teaching practices and grow as educators
Helps departments and programs refine their curriculum to prepare students for an evolving workplace

Casper College (Wyoming)

Assessment @ Casper College

General Education
Institutional
Review Committee
SENSE
CCSSE/CCFSSE

Assessment Annual Update Template (MS Word doc) (In process of revision)

Casper College Assessment Mission

As an accredited institution, Casper College is committed to implementing an assessment plan that will produce clear evidence of student learning. The institution will guide and support learning facilitators in the systematic documentation of student learning and will disseminate such documentation both to the college community and the community at large.

Institutional Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Feedback Reports
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Rubrics
Casper College Survey Protocol
Trainings
More Information
- Syllabi

Contact

Dr. Melissa Stahley-Cummings
Director, Assessment Department

Central Michigan University

Office of Curriculum and Assessment

Student Learning Assessment at CMU…

Student learning outcomes assessment at CMU is defined as the ongoing monitoring of the extent to which students are developing the knowledge, skills, beliefs, and attitudes that are appropriate for graduates of their respective academic programs. Assessment of student learning assists programs in defining course goals and outcomes. Assessment data provides information for faculty development of strong programs, effective curriculum, and innovative teaching. In addition, student learning outcomes assessment assists programs, departments, councils, colleges, and the university in accreditation by providing evidence of quality teaching and learning. — Policy on Student Learning Outcomes at CMU 

Assessment Levels:

Institution-Level Assessment: A depiction of student learning at the institutional level based primarily on data collected from institutional measures such as NSSE (National Study of Student Engagement), CIRP (Cooperative Institutional Research Program), etc.
Program-Level Assessment: A n ongoing monitoring of the extent to which students are developing the knowledge, skills, beliefs and attitudes that are appropriate for graduates of the respective academic programs.
Course-Level Assessment : F ormative and summative assessments that address student learning achievements of an entire class or the effectiveness of individual or multiple-section courses.

Assessment

Archived Assessment Retreats
Archived Assessment Council Minutes and Agendas
Archived Workshop Presentations
Assessment Committees
Assessment Plan/Report Log
Documents and Forms
Resources
WEAVE Online (WEAVEonline login needed)
4th Annual Assessment Retreat

Provost's Assessment Incentive Award

Contact: Mike Carson, Director of Curriculum and Assessment at carso1ma@cmich.edu

Chaffey College (California)

Welcome: Brief overview of assessment at Chaffey.
Monitoring report (pdf files unless otherwise noted)
- Template & instructions for annual academic assessment monitoring report (Word & pdf versions of the template).
- Diagram & guidelines for developing an SLO assessment process.
- Matrix (template) & policy for administrative unit outcomes (AUO) assessment report.
- Mapping matrix with Chaffey's core competencies (general education outcomes).
- Rubrics used to evaluate academic programs' assessment plans.Must read: Overview of SLO reporting, with
- a reporting template (Excel file), and
- a matrix mapping program SLOs to Chaffey's core competencies (Word document).
Planning resources were not available when last checked.
SLO Down online newsletter (pdf files).
Institutional research (pdf files)
- Research briefs and presentations include results from student surveys.
- SLO/AUO resources include:
  - Academic & administrative/support units' assessment instruments and report briefs.
  - Other resources include:
    - Assessment guidelines & tips.
    - Assessment-plan evaluation rubrics.

Chapman University (California)

Learning at Chapman

Learning Outcomes
- Program Learning Outcomes
- General Education Outcomes
- Student Life Outcomes
Assessment
- Annual Learning Outcomes Assessment
- Program Review
Institutional Data
- Institutional DataMart

Program Review

Program review represents Chapman's commitment to excellence in academic programs through cyclical review by external expert reviewers of educational effectiveness. Program review also provides an opportunity for each program to reflect on its contribution to the university and its strategic plan. The results of program review guide institutional planning, budgeting and decision-making.

Goals of Program Review

Improve student learning
Assess program quality and currency
Reflect on the alignment of program goals and learning outcomes with institutional mission and strategic initiatives
Provide data and evidence to support institutional planning, budgeting and decision-making

Learning Outcomes Assessment

Student learning outcomes represent the culminating knowledge, behaviors, skills or abilities that students get from an educational experience. At Chapman, student learning outcomes have been designed for:

our general education program
every major or degree program
the student life experience
the experience one gets at our institution
every course that Chapman offers

General Education Learning Outcomes

The General Education program at Chapman prepares student to think critically and solve problems in a complex and dynamic world. The General Education inquiry areas are each designed to produce a learning outcome or ability consistent with our mission and strategic indicatives, making the Chapman experience truly unique.

Experiential Learning at Chapman

Experiential learning is a mutually reinforcing engagement of ideas and experience. Moving beyond the classroom, you can develop new knowledge, apply expertise, contribute to communities and add to the learning of others. Through experiential learning, you can:

Explore Professional Areas
Develop Intercultural Skills
Earn Credits Toward Graduation
Satisfy Portions of the GE Global Citizen Cluster

Christopher Newport University (Virginia)

Christopher Newport University: Office of Assessment (Virginia)

Overview & philosophy of assessment at CNU.
- Academic Programs
  - Every three years, the academic assessment liaisons from each department will submit a triennial assessment report to the Office of Assessment
- Liberal Learning Core Curriculum
  - General education at Christopher Newport University occurs through the Liberal Learning Core Curriculum, which includes the Liberal Learning Foundations and the Areas of Inquiry. Assessment of the liberal learning core is guided by the Office of Assessment and the Liberal Learning Council.
- Administrative and Student Support Service Units
  - Every year, the administrative and student support service units will submit an assessment report to the office of Assessment.
FAQs.
- What is Assessment?
- What does CNU expect with regard to students' participation in assessment activities?
- What do students get out of participating in assessment activities?
- Who will know student's test scores and survey responses?
Assessment resources
- Assessment cycle with links to tips & guidelines for planning & implementing assessment processes (pdf & Powerpoint files, Word documents, html pages).
- Information about WEAVEonline.
- Contact information for assessment help.

City College of San Francisco (California)

City College strives to create a culture where outcomes assessment continually improves the quality of student learning and institutional effectiveness. Members of each department and program engage each other in the development and assessment of outcomes. Dialogue within and amongst departments and programs moves the college forward to meet the evolving needs of our students through instruction, curricula, programs, and services.

Outcomes are developed and assessed for the following areas:

Instructional Student Learning Outcomes for
- Courses (credit and noncredit)
- Instructional programs (certificates and majors)
- General Education Learning Outcomes (AA and AS degrees, and transfer areas for CSU and UCs)
- Institutional Learning Outcomes (for all CCSF educational programs)
Student Service Outcomes (for additional services provided to students, such as transcript procurement, registration, and financial aid)
AdministrativeUnit Outcomes (for services provided to faculty, staff, vendors, external organizations, etc. to produce an environment of learning for our students)

Additional Assessment Information

Professional Development: Links to workshops from 2012-13 through 2017-18.
Resources
- Mission
- SLO Handbook
- SLO Coordinators
- Mapping Guidelines
Reports and Committees
- Assessment Reporting
- SLO Committee
- AUO Assessment Team
- Assessment Planning Team
- SSO Assessment Team

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
Email: slocoordinator@ccsf.edu

Clark College (Washington)

Clark College: Outcomes Assessment (Washington)

The website has recently changes and some areas are still under construction. Please click here to go to the Outcomes Assessment Toolbox (OAT).

Welcome to Outcomes Assessment at Clark College!

Outcomes Assessment (OA) is the collaborative, faculty-driven process of continuous improvement of student learning outcomes.

Our mission is to improve student learning through the college-wide practice of meaningful, sustainable assessment of learning outcomes.

We are responsible for:

Collaborating with faculty, staff, and administrators to design and implement assessment projects
Advising ongoing work in light of researched best practices
Hosting assessment-related professional development
Building a culture of evidence-based reflection on student learning

OA Information

Overview of Outcomes Assessment
2015-2016 IPT Charge to Full-Time Faculty (OA activities will stem from this)
Training's will be posted as they become available.

Resources

FAQs

Outcomes Assessment Handbook

Professional Development/Events

If you have questions, please contact: Joe Pitkin, OA Liaison, jpkitin@clark.edu

Clemson University (South Carolina)

Office for Institutional Assessment (South Carolina)

THE MISSION of the Office for Institutional Assessment is to support the University's commitment to academic and operational excellence by facilitating a comprehensive, data-driven system of academic and administrative assessment. In the pursuit of continuous improvement, the office consults with faculty, staff, administrators, and other stakeholders regarding recognized best practices, strategies, and standards. In addition, the office facilitates assessment activities in compliance with SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation.

Reporting Cycle
- Planning and Reporting
  - Programs and units can manage their assessment initiatives using Weave®. This system supports program/unit-level planning, reporting and improvement, and enhances institutional reporting to SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation, program accreditation, and other accountability and improvement initiatives. It also provides expanded capabilities in linking assessment activities to larger institutional perspectives.
  - Access to WEAVEonline is restricted to Clemson faculty & staff.
Surveys and Indirect Measures
- Current Institutional Surveys
- Analysis
- Design and Distribution
- Focus Groups
- Past Results
- Survey Calendar
Resources
- Accreditation
- Assessment
- Surveys and Indirect Measures
Contact us: assessment@clemson.edu

Cleveland State University (Ohio)

Office of Student Learning Assessment

Welcome to the Office of Student Learning Assessment

Housed in the Office of Academic Planning, the Office of Student Learning Assessment coordinates all assessment efforts and initiatives across Cleveland State University's campuses. Our expressed mission is to identify and promote appropriate ways in which to engage the campus community in a transformative and highly participative assessment culture. With this in mind, navigate our Web site by using the tools on the Menu to the right. Also, we would like to receive your feedback and suggestions for improvement by using the contact information at the bottom of the Menu.

Office of Student Learning Assessment Mission Statement

Grounded in the CSU Mission Statement, the Office of Student Learning Assessment is designed to promote excellence in student learning outcomes of all academic programs and divisions as well as student support services units, centers, and offices. Central to our beliefs and practices is sustaining a systematic and systemic collection of student learning assessment data used to engage the campus community in reflection and action on continuous program improvement. The overarching goals are as follows: a) strengthening the quality of student learning outcomes, reflective of the development of 21st-century skills needed to compete in an increasingly diverse global economy; b) enhance institutional status and recognition; c) boost enrollment; and d) capitalize on the institution's capacity to provide students with distinctive programs designed to help them to lead productive lives.

News and Updates

2016 Assessment Report Guidelines
Archived Information

Student Learning Assessment

Assessment Overview
Policies and Procedures
Annual Assessment Report Guidelines
Annual Assessment Report Due Dates
Review Procedures
SLA Reports
Departmental Student Outcomes Inquiry
General Education Assessment
CTE Workshops
Assessment Resources
FAQs
Assessment Council
Assessment Roundtables
Assessment Grants
Assessment Exchange
Conference Presentations
Calendar and Events
Contact Information

Coastal Carolina University (South Carolina)

Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Analysis (South Carolina)

Assessment – Supports all campus units in identifying areas for continuous improvement. Assists and supports faculty and departments in ongoing efforts to improve learning outcomes including help with research design, data analysis, survey construction and administration.

The Assessment group provides institutional-level information used to facilitate decision-making, support the University's mission, and inform internal and external constituencies.

Higher Education Accountability Reporting
- The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education requires the University to submit an annual accountability report.
Institutional Research Assessment and Analysis
- The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education collects and reports on institutional effectiveness information from all public institutions in the state. Reporting areas include, but are not limited to assessment, sponsored research, and student pass rates on professional exams.
Student Achievement
- Academic Awards
- Degrees Awarded
- Degree Inventory
- Retention and Graduation Rates
Surveys
- Across the University many people use data in assessment, research, and decision-making. Surveys are often used as a method for collecting the information needed for these activities.
TEAL Online
- TEAL Online is a comprehensive repository system for collecting assessment data, establishing information autoflow and generating reflective reports.
University-Wide Assessment Committees
- The University-Wide Assessment Report is an overview of Coastal Carolina University's systematic and ongoing process of collecting information for improving the overall effectiveness of all units across campus.
VSA (College Portrait)
- A compilation of basic, comparable information from over 300 public colleges and universities. Information collected includes characteristics of students and faculty, admissions requirements, popular majors, average class sizes, campus safety, the future plans of graduates. The College Portrait is an initiative by the Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA).

Contact: Institutional Research, Assessment & Analysis Staff

Cochise College (Arizona)

Cochise College: Assessment

The above link takes you to Instruction web page. Click on the Learning Improvement tab to be directed to the information regarding planning and implementation of Student and Institutional Learning Outcomes Assessment.

Learning Outcomes Statement
- List of the student learning outcome statements that clearly state the expected knowledge skills, attitudes, competencies, and habits of mind that students are expected to acquire at Cochise College upon completion of a degree.
Learning Improvement at Cochise College
- Cochise College is committed to continuous improvement of its students' learning. The learning improvement process at Cochise College provides evidence of how well the college is meeting its objectives, helps identify areas of improvement, and allows improvements to be implemented. This is achieved by investigating current levels of learning, experimenting with ways to improve learning, and using the experimentation results to integrate successful strategies and actions for improving student learning into the college's curriculum or procedures.
- The Learning Improvement Committee promotes a culture of continuous improvement at Cochise College by facilitating learning improvement processes at the departmental, program, and institutional levels. The Learning Improvement Committee works to ensure that these processes involve self-reflection, identification of strategies for improvement of learning, and implementation of those strategies. The committee also works to connect these processes to strategic planning and institutional effectiveness.
Learning Improvement Program
Learning Improvement Evidence
- Assessment History (PDF)
- Academy of Assessment for Student Learning (PDF)
- CLIP System checklist (PDF)
- College Units Conducting Assessment Projects (PDF)
Learning Information to Students
- Your time and experiences at Cochise College should be viewed as a picture of educational accomplishment. Here at Cochise College we identify this picture as student learning outcomes for the Associate Degree Experience.

Coconino Community College (Arizona)

Coconino Community College: Assessment

About Assessment
- What is Assessment of Learning?
- Doing Assessment Well
- Assessment Terminology
- Assessment Resources
- Facilitating Assessment of Student Learning: Insights from HLC Team Mentors Jennifer Fager, Linda Adler-Kassner, and Cia Verschelden
Assessment Manual
Assessment Results (Assessment Information for Use by Students)
- Top Strategies for Student Success
- Student Success 2009 Rates in CCC Courses
Program Assessment
- Quality Enhancements From Assessment Reports (documented curricular changes or program improvements undertaken at CCC based on assessment results)
- Status of Assessment Presentation to the CCC District Governing Board, (September 17, 2008)
- Status of Assessment Presentation to the CCC District Governing Board, (August 8, 2007)
- CCC Degree and Certificate Outcomes
- 2005 CCC Monitoring Report
General Education Assessment
- General Education Assessment Techniques and Baseline Measures with First Year Updates, September 2010
- General Education Outcomes
- Discipline Specific Outcomes for General Education
- Summary of Faculty Input on General Education Assessment, Faculty Retreat, August 15, 2008
CCC Assessment Tools
- Assessment through Canvas
- Classroom Assessment Techniques
- Rubrics
- Assessment Progress Report Process Templates:
  - May 15, 2007 Faculty Retreat Presentation, Template overview
  - Blank Academic Reporting Template
  - Blank Service to Students Reporting Template
  - Reporting Instructions

College of Charleston (South Carolina)

College of Charleston: Office for Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning (South Carolina)

Assessment Guide/Resources
- Assessment Guide(pdf)
- Assessment Overview(pdf)
- Assessment FAQs
- Assessment Template(pdf)
- Assessment Rubrics
  - Assessment Plans(pdf)
  - Assessment Results(pdf)
- In addition, a table is listed with Steps in the Assessment Process and correlated Resources.
- Useful Links
Assessment Results
- Annual Institutional Effectiveness Reports
- Assessment Report Summaries
- Academic Assessment
- Administrative Assessment
- CHE Institutional Effectiveness Reports
Assessment Rubrics
- Rubric for Assessment Plan/Results Review
ETS Proficiency Profile
- Current ETS Proficiency Profile Results
- Previous Resulsts
Compliance Assist
- Compliance Assist is a web-based tool for documenting, tracking, and reporting unit strategic planning and assessment efforts.
- Resources for Assessment
- Resources for Strategic Planning
  - Strategic Plan Template
Student Learning Outcomes
- Listed by Catalog Year and by school.
Surveys
Contact

College of San Mateo (California)

On the main page, CSM lists what the visitor will find related to SLOs.

Assessment Philosophy
- CSM's commitment to the mission of teaching and learning.
- The role of Student Learning Outcomes in assessment.
Assessment Calendar
Faculty Toolkit
- Summary
- Understanding Learning Outcomes
- Writing Learning Outcomes
- Assessing Learning Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes
- Institutional Learning Outcomes
- Courses by Department
- Programs Leading to Certificates
- Programs Leading to Degrees
- Student Services Programs
- Learning Support Centers
SLO Assessment Results
- General Education
- For Programs Leading to Certificates
- For Programs Leading to Degrees
College Assessment Committee (CAC)
- This committee is an independent subcommittee of the College of San Mateo Academic Senate and reports to the Academic Senate's Governing Council.
Resources
- Faculty Resources
Contact CSM

College of Southern Nevada

College of Southern Nevada: Institutional Assessment & Improvement

Office of Assessment Mission
Institutional Assessment and Improvement Goal
Questions about assessment planning and reporting, contact:
- Sharon Peterson, RDH, M.Ed.

Office of Assessment

The CSN Office of Assessment is committed to promoting learner-centered assessment practices to assure that all CSN programs are conducting assessment activities and generating evidence to support CSN's mission and vision. By creating, supporting, and sustaining a culture of assessment, CSN commits to continuous intentional improvement to enhance student success.

Academic Assessment – Course, Program, and General Education

Academic Assessment Planning
Academic Assessment Reporting
General Education Assessment

Academic Support Programs Assessment

Academic Support Programs Assessment Planning and Reporting

Student Affairs and Administrative Services Assessment

Student Affairs and Administrative Services Assessment Planning and Reporting

Assessment Forms

Academic Programs Assessment Planning & Reporting Forms
- Academic Program Three Year Assessment Plan v.2017
- Annual Academic Program Assessment Reporting Form v.2017
Curriculum Mapping
- Curriculum Map Template
- Example of Completed Curriculum Map
- Overview of Curriculum Mapping Power Point

Assessment Resources

Student Learning Outcome and Performance Outcome Achievement

Core Theme Achievement

Student Success
Community Connection and Inclusion
Quality
Institutional Stewardship

College of William & Mary (Virginia)

College of William & Mary: Office of Institutional Accreditation & Effectiveness (Virginia)

Assessirng General Education
- COLL 100
- COLL 200
- COLL 150
- COLL 300 Pilot
- COLL 400 Pilot
Assessment Steering Committee
- ASC Members
- GER Course Portfolio Website
Digital Measures
- DMS ActivityInsight for Faculty
- Login Page
- Administrative Contacts
- User's Guide and Resources
Institutional Change (IC)
- IC Form
- IC Timeline
- IC Resource Center
Program Reviews
- Program Review Process
Resources
- Sites Related to Institutional Accreditation and the Assessment of Higher Education
Contact IAE

College of Wooster (Ohio)

College of Wooster Assessment (Ohio)

Learning Goals
WGSS IS Rubric for Assessment (pdf)
Student Portfolio Requirements (pdf)
Seminar Assessment (pdf)
Portfolio Assessment Form (pdf)

Colorado College

What is assessment?
- FAQ.
How to assess learning
- Tips & guidelines for developing & implementing assessment processes.
- Some pages include links to Word documents.
- The page on writing a report includes the assessment committee's evaluation rubric.
Assessment at CC
- General education (critical perspectives) assessment.
- Still to come: CC assessment success stories.
Links to other assessment resources.

Colorado Mesa University

Institution-wide learning outcomes.
The campus assessment update overviews assessment methods used at CMU.
- The previous update is a pdf file.
Committee reports (pdf files) include summaries of:
- Assessment processes & results in (some) academic programs.
  - The general education report include CMU's general education outcomes.
- NSSE results.
The assessment committee minutes and general information are pdf files; forms for reporting program & general education assessment plans & results are Word documents.
The institutional research site has survey reports, including NSSE, CCSSE, & FSSE results (pdf files)
Information about periodic academic program review (pdf files).
- The manual indicates how learning outcomes assessment is incorporated into program review.
- Review reports for individual academic programs
Links to other assessment resources.

Colorado School of Mines

FAQ.
Profile of the CSM graduate (general education learning goals) and graduate program general objectives/outcomes (pdf files).
Core (general education) curriculum
- Description of CSM's core curriculum (pdf file).
- ABET criteria mapped to CSM's general education learning goals and core courses (Word documents).
- Methods used to assess the core as a whole and individual core courses (pdf files).
- Article on engineering education from the National Academy of Engineering (pdf files).
Guidelines for creating & implementing undergraduate and graduate program assessment plans, with reporting templates, best practice examples, and the assessment committee's evaluation rubric (Word documents, pdf files).
How do I…? tips & guidelines, including:
- Glossary (Word document).
- Information about assessment mini-grants (Word documents).
- Links to other assessment resources.
More links to other assessment resources.

Colorado State University

Symposium Presentations
Information from CSU's PRISM (Program Improvement Research) database of projects, methods, and results. Select a pathway or a question for links to information about:
University assessment & continuous improvement policies & practices.
Academic and administrative units' goals, outcomes, & assessment methods
Assessment results and impacts.
Links go to database search screens, to HTML pages, and to pdf and Powerpoint files. There's lots of detail, but you have to search for it.
Division of Student Affairs
- The Division of Student Affairs employs SKYfactor as a vehicle to conduct program assessment. It is a website where program assessments are professionally developed, validated, and rooted in research standards. You can request a demonstration from the site.
- Assessment/Research Results (requires eID authentication)
- Assessment and Research Symposium (2008-2013)

Columbia College (Missouri)

Assessment timeline.
Institutional-level assessment
- Overview.
- Institutional learning goals (general education outcomes).
- Calendar.
- Annual reports (pdf files).
Program-level assessment
- Overview.
- General education assessment: MAPP/Proficiency Profile assessment reports (pdf files)
- Major Field Test reports and assessment reports from individual academic departments (pdf files).
Course-level assessment
- Overview.
- Syllabi for individual courses include learning outcomes.
Links to other assessment resources.

Columbia College Chicago (Illinois)

Assessment of student learning
- Assessment at Columbia
  - Reporting template. Individual programs' assessment reports are restricted to CCC faculty & staff.
  - General education outcomes (scroll down on the core curriculum page) and examples of assessment methods & results.
  - Support includes examples of developing a program assessment process and of research on student evaluations (pdf files).
  - Links to other assessment resources.
Information about the Columbia Assessment Manager online tool (access to the tool itself is restricted to CCC faculty & staff).
Information about periodic program review and student course evaluations.
Reports from assessment projects (pdf files).

Columbia University (New York)

Columbia University

Student learning is at the heart of each of Columbia University's educational programs. Understanding how well students are learning through meaningful assessment methods is central to maintaining the quality of our educational offerings. As part of Columbia's commitment to best practices in this realm, the Provost's Office has developed a library of resources and tools to support learning outcomes assessment and faculty efforts in this area. These efforts also serve to cross-pollinate ideas and techniques that work best within the Columbia community, and meet state, federal, and accrediting body requirements.

Program Plan Template and Instructions
dedicated to learning outcomes (password protected, contact Sonia Gugga at ssg34@columbia.edu for access).
Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (html files)
Learning Outcomes Assessment Information for Developing Program Plans (pdf file).
Links to other assessment resources.

Columbus State Community College (Ohio)

CSCC assessment policy, procedure, and handbook (pdf files).
General education outcomes & (Word documents) associated rubrics.
Individual degree programs' assessment reports (pdf files).
Resources
- Assessment at Columbus State
  - Assessment plan (Word document).
  - Assessment methods, definitions, & checklists (pdf files).
  - NILOA's Down and In survey report.
- Links to other assessment resources.
CCSSE & CCFSSE results (pdf files).
Reporting form for assessment plans & results (pilot version, Word document).
Roles of various assessment committees. Committee minutes are mostly Word documents.

Columbus State University (Georgia)

Columbus State University: Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (Georgia)

Annual assessment process and report format for academic & support units (pdf file).
Assessment plans & reports from individual academic & support units (pdf files).
Results from student surveys and standardized instruments including CAAP and NSSE (pdf files).
Institutional progress reports included assessment overviews as well as institutional research data (pdf files).
Information about periodic program review (pdf & Excel files, Word documents). Review reports are restricted to CSU faculty & staff.

Community College of Allegheny County (Pennsylvania)

Community College of Allegheny County: Office of Planning & Institutional Research (Pennsylvania)

CCAC's assessment plan (pdf file).
Student learning assessment
- Overview.
- General education goals (outcomes) and assessment reports (pdf files).
- Program assessment (pdf files, Word documents)
  - Assessment guide and worksheet.
  - Reporting form & checklist for program assessment plans.
  - Review form & checklist for program assessment results.
- Classroom assessment reporting form & guidelines (Word document, pdf files).
- Tools include
  - an assessment handbook (pdf file).
  - a toolkit with guidelines for various assessment methods (pdf, Excel & Powerpoint files).
  - a worksheet for including assessment experiences in faculty members' teaching portfolios (Word document).
  - a newsletter (Word documents) and tip of the month pages (pdf files).
- Materials from on-campus workshops (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.
Institutional assessment
- Information about & from the assessment planning committee, including reports, presentations, and meeting notes (pdf files).
- Links to Middle States resources.
- Recommended readings.
Student development services assessment
- Program assessment process and reporting templates (Word documents).
- On-campus presentation for SDS staff (Powerpoint file).
- Tools include guidelines for various assessment methods (pdffiles, Word document).
- CCSSE results (Excel files).
TracDat manual (pdf file; TracDat access is restricted to CCAC faculty & staff).

Community College of Baltimore County (Maryland)

CCBC's assessment philosophy. The learning outcomes assessment booklet (pdf file) is CCBC's assessment handbook.
General education assessment
- Overview.
- GREAT (general education assessment team) checklist and rubric for assessment projects, and some project reports (pdf files).
- MAPP (Proficiency Profile) results (pdf file).
Resources for and examples of course assessment projects (pdf files).
Overview of and resources for program assessment projects for program and core-competency outcomes, and reports from some projects (pdf files).
Institution assessment includes an overview and a report on assessment of a faculty development project (pdf file).
LOA resources on classroom processes to improve learning (pdf files).
Information about and from CCBC's assessment and general-education committees (mostly pdf files).

Community College of Rhode Island

Community College of Rhode Island: Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee

Information about & from the committee (html pages, Word documents).
Resources include:
- Program assessment reporting form (Word document).
- On-campus Powerpoint presentations about assessment.
- Links to other assessment resources.

Concordia College (Minnesota)

Concordia College: Office of Assessment (Minnesota)

About assessment at Concordia.
Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
Information about & from the assessment committee.
- The assessment guide (handbook) includes links to other resources (pdf file).

Cornell University (New York)

Cornell University, Office of the Provost

Additional information.

What Do Students Already Know? (html files)- Information and resources discussing methods to assess students' background knowledge.
Measuring Student Learning (html and pdf files)-Information on numerous methods to assess student learning.
Using Rubrics (html and pdf files)-Information on why to use rubrics, development of rubrics, incorporating rubrics in a course, and other online rubric resources.
Asking Good Test Questions (html files)-Information regarding what are good test questions, how to develop good test questions, and additional resources (pdf file).
Self-Assessment
* What is self-assessment?
* Why employ self-assessment?
* How can you incorporate self-assessment?
* What else should you consider when incorporating self-assessment?
* Resources for Incorporating Self-Assessment (html files).
Peer Assessment (html files)
* What is peer-assessment?
* Theories of active learning (html file)
* Why employ peer assessment?
* How can you incorporate peer-assessment? (html files (rubrics and Blackboard) included in this section)
* What else should you consider when incorporating peer-assessment?
* Resources for Incorporating Peer Assessment (html and pdf files)
Assessment Resources
* Strategies for Assessing Students (html files)
* Developing a Plan: Assessment Guide for Courses and Programs
– Course-Level Assessment Guide for Instructors
– Program-Level Assessment Guide for Administrators
– Example of assessment plans (html files)
* Developing a Plan: Assessment Resources at the Graduate Level (html and pdf files)
* CTE Working Sessions on Learning Outcomes and Assessment (html file)
Overview of assessment.
Putting it into practice: Tips & guidelines for developing & implementing assessment processes, with links to examples & other resources.
FAQ, with links to other resources.
Glossary.
University-wide (general education) and college-level learning outcomes.
From the core assessment committee: Framework & guidelines for department-level & general education assessment. (Examples for the Knight Institute's interdisciplinary courses are pdf files.)
The Institutional Research & Planning site includes
- Reports from surveys of students, faculty, staff, & parents (pdf files).
- Information about periodic academic program review.

Crafton Hills College (California)

Crafton Hills College: Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Research & Planning (California)

Institutional effectiveness
- Student learning outcomes (pdf files unless indicated otherwise).
  - Presentation (Powerpoint file) and status report about assessment at CHC.
  - Assessment plan.
  - General education and institutional learning outcomes and a proposal presentation about institutional learning outcomes.
    - Assessment reports for some institutional learning outcomes (ILOs).
  - Guides, tips, & examples for developing & implementing assessment processes.
  - SLO website
    - Overview of SLOs & assessment.
    - Training presentations: Guides, tips, & examples for developing student learning outcomes.
    - Steps in developing & implementing SLOs & assessment processes (html pages with links to pdf & other resources).
    - Updates on the status of assessment planning & implementation in CHC academic programs (Excel files).
  - Reports from
    - Assessment of academic, student support, & administrative programs. What's there varies from program to program.
    - Course-level assessment.
  - Online & Word forms for assessment reporting. (Please do not enter anything into the online form.)
  - Access to the e-Lumen assessment management system is restricted to CHC faculty & staff.
- Surveys: An online form for for mapping course learning outcomes to CHC's institutional learning outcomes. (Please do not enter anything into this form.)
Information about periodic program review (mostly pdf files).
Research briefs & reports: Student services and satisfaction surveys include assessment-related reports (pdf files).

Dabney S. Lancaster Community College (Virginia)

Dabney S. Lancaster Community College: Institutional Effectiveness Office (Virginia)

Resources on assessment reports (Powerpoint presentations & Word documents)
Administrative unit tips on report writing
Resources include workshop handouts and links to other assessment resources.

Daemen College (New York)

Daemen College: Office of Assessment (New York)

Overview of assessment at Daemen.
- About Daemen's core curriculum and core competencies (general education outcomes).
Core assessment reports include methods for & results from assessment of the core competencies (Word documents, Powerpoint & Excel files).
Reporting templates for academic department and administrative unit assessment (Word documents). Reports, learning goal alignment maps, and program review documents are restricted to Daemen faculty & staff.
About assessment-related workshops and on-campus events.
Resources include workshop handouts (Powerpoint presentations & Word documents) and links to other assessment resources.

Dalton State College (Georgia)

Dalton State College: Office of Institutional Research & Planning (Georgia)

Assessment & effectiveness includes information about assessment at DSC (most links are to pdf files):
- Links to academic and administrative & support departments' websites.
- Information about periodic academic program review.
- Institutional effectiveness (scroll down the alphabetical list)
  - Note: The institutional effectiveness plan overviews DSC's assessment processes.
  - Assessment methods used by DSC academic programs, including general education learning outcomes & assessment methods. Also see planning and evaluation of educational programs.
  - Assessment reports from individual academic and administrative & support units include program outcomes; some include assessment results.
  - Course and program learning outcomes.
  - College-level competencies and general education outcomes and assessment plan & methods. General education assessment results were not available when last checked.
- CAAP (general-education assessment) results.
- Results from surveys of students, alumni, employers, faculty, staff (pdf files).
Institutional data has NSSE & FSSE results.
Links to other assessment resources (this page) and other resources.

Danville Area Community College (Illinois)

Danville Area Community College: Institutional Effectiveness/Assessment of Student Learning Team (Illinois)

Forms & timelines (mostly Word documents)
- Assessment timeline & responsibilities.
- Report forms & program-level example.
- Departmental assessment planning forms & example.
- General education outcomes and a planning matrix & sample assessments.
- Examples of course matrices.
Assessment champions for each academic division and (Word document) a chart of DACC's assessment flow & responsibilities.
Tips & guidelines for getting started with program assessment.
Annual reports (Word documents).
Information about & from the assessment team/committee (committee minutes are pdf files).
Toolbox: Links to other assessment resources.

Dartmouth College (New Hampshire)

Dartmouth College: Office of Institutional Research (New Hampshire)

Assessment resources: Some pages include presentations and worksheets (pdf files and Word documents) and links to other Dartmouth assessment resources.
- Assessment glossary.
- Designing assessment plans and developing outcomes statements.
- Methodology toolkits.
- Developing surveys.
- Reporting assessment results.
Survey research and reports includes results from student satisfaction surveys (pdf files).

Del Mar College (Texas)

Del Mar College: STRATEGIC PLANNING, INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND ASSESSMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH (Texas)

Assessment manual (handbook, pdf file).
Assessment resources
- DMC guidelines & tips
  - Guidelines on (pdf files):
  - Authentic assessment,
  - Writing learning outcomes,
  - Using rubrics for grading, and
  - Using assessment results.
- Material from on-campus workshops for student learning outcomes (pdf file) and for administrative & support units (Powerpoint files).
- Links to other assessment resources.
Guidelines for WEAVEonline (WEAVE access is restricted to DMC faculty & staff).
Brief information about assessment committees.
CCSSE & CCFSSE results (pdf files).
Information about periodic program review (pdf files).

Delaware Technical & Community College

Overview of assessment processess at DTCC.
Assessment processes for (pdf files):
- General education outcomes.
- Academic program units.
- Educational support units.

Delta College (Michigan)

Assessment plan (pdf file).
Tips for developing & implementing assessment (pdf files).
General education
- Themes are general education learning outcomes.
Some academic programs' learning outcomes (pdf files).
Glossary, and information about the assessment committee (pdf files).

DePaul University (Illinois)

DePaul University: Office for Teaching, Learning & Assessment (Illinois)

Overview of assessment at DePaul.
Overviews of assessing learning at the classroom, program and college levels.
Learning goals and outcomes
- University-wide (general education) goals.
- Individual academic programs' learning outcomes (Word documents, pdf files).
- Tips & resources for curriculum mapping.
Template (Word document) and video tutorial for assessment reports, and a university-level summary of assessment results (pdf file). Reports from individual units are restricted to DePaul faculty & staff.
Links to other assessment resources. DePaul's Teaching Commons has additional information about rubrics.
Overview of student affairs assessment at DePaul..

DePauw University (Indiana)

Guidelines for departmental review include outcomes assessment requirements.
The Office of Institutional Research reports NSSE & FSSE results (Excel & pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Diablo Valley College (California)

WEBSLOS
- Searchable database of:
  - Course and program SLOs (The alignment matrices [curriculum maps] also show each program's overall learning outcomes.)
  - Assessment status reports.
  - Assessment schedule & calendar (when various courses are assessed).
  - The course and program assessment history PDFs are restricted to DVC faculty & staff.
  - The alignment matrices (curriculum maps) show each program's overall learning outcomes.
  - SLO database: Online form for submitting course- & program-level SLOs and assessment results (please do not enter anything into these forms!)
    - The left-hand menu on the main page also has links to this form.
Another link to the searchable database of course and program-level SLOs.
The left-hand menu has links to the online submission form and restricted links to forms for the history PDFs.

Dixie State University (Utah)

Dixie State University Academic Assessment

The mission of the Office of Academic Assessment is to empower the campus community -which includes faculty, staff, administration- and students, with the skills and resources to assess student learning and work toward continuous improvement.

The principles guiding DSU's assessment work include:

Outcome statements drive what and how student learning is assessed
Academic success occurs over time inside and outside the classroom
Improving student outcomes includes an analysis of the whole student experience (e.g., prior knowledge, curricula, teaching)
Assessment is a continual process towards improvement
Student learning is a campus-wide responsibility, and therefore assessment is a collaborative effort
Assessment is not only about data collection, but more importantly, it includes answering questions stakeholders care about

Helpful Resources

Assessment Management System

Assessment Planning and Reporting

Assessment Reports

Assessment Conferences

Quick Links

Accreditation
Program Assessment & Institutional Research
Support Services Assessment
Program Reviews

Contact Information

jasmine@dixie.edu; Randy Jasmine, Chair-English, Chair-Faculty Senate Academic Assessment Committee.

Doña Ana Community College (New Mexico)

Toolbox:
- Assessment Primer (handbook, pdf file).
- Reporting templates for assessment plans & results, and rubric for evaluating assessment plans (Word documents).
- Brief language of assessment glossary (Word document).
- Rubrics for assessing general education outcomes (Word documents).
- Worksheet for writing assessment goals and guidelines for creating writing assignments and student assessment of assignments (Word documents).
Assessment plans and reports from individual academic programs (Word documents, pdf files).
General education assessment plan and reports and some course-based common core reports to the New Mexico Department of Higher Education (Word & rtf documents, pdf files).
Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
Presentations on program assessment from (some) DACC assessment teas (Powerpoint files).
Information about the assessment committee.

Duke University (North Carolina)

Duke University: Office of Institutional Research (North Carolina)

Information about university committees on academic and educational & administrative support. (The memo from the provost and vice provost is a pdf file.)
- Presentations from the Committee on Educational & Administrative Support (CAEAS) include (pdf files)
  - training about assessment for educational & administrative support units,
  - a calendar, and
  - the committee's rubric for evaluating assessment plans & reports.
Guidelines (pdf file) & FAQs for WEAVEonline. Access to WEAVEonline is restricted to Duke faculty & staff.
Information about and links to online surveys of students, parents, & alumni. (Please do not enter anything into these forms.)
Most of the information on the Office of Assessment, Trinity College site deals with student evaluation of courses & faculty. Reports accessible to the public are pdf files.
- The site also includes information about external sources of assessment-related grants & funding, and links to other assessment resources.
- The FAQ on the policies and procedures page includes some information about assessment methods other than course evaluation.

East Carolina University (North Carolina)

East Carolina University: Office of Institutional Planning, Assessment and Research (North Carolina)

Assessment at ECU
- Overview of the assessment process.
For academic units
- Annual assessment cycle.
- Overview of assessment reporting process (pdf documents).
- Reference guides (template) for assessment reporting and to TracDat reports (pdf files).
- Global awareness outcomes (pdf file) and reporting template for leadership outcomes (Word document).
Assessment cycle and (pdf files) process overview for academic & student support units.
Assessment resources
- The overall institutional effectiveness & assessment process (pdf file).
- Assessment guidebooks (handbooks) for educational and support units (Word documents).
- From the assessment review committee
  - Training presentation (Powerpoint file).
  - Annual report template (Powerpoint file).
  - Review rubrics for annual reports (Word documents).
- Sample assessment plans from ECU academic programs (pdf files).
- Recommended readings and links to other resources.
- Information about TracDat & iWebfolio (Word document, pdf file).
Information about & from assessment committees (minutes are pdf files).
Results from surveys of students & faculty, including NSSE/FSSE (results are pdf files).
Information from ECU's assessment day presentations (mostly Powerpoint files).
About periodic academic program review (pdf files).

East Central University (Oklahoma)

East Central University: Center for Assessment and Institutional Research (Oklahoma)

ECU's assessment policy.
Faculty guide (FAQ & assessment principles, pdf file).
The annual assessment reports include general education outcomes & CAAP results, and summaries of individual degree programs' assessment methods, results, & impacts (pdf files).
The institutional research page has results from surveys of graduating students & alumni (pdf files).

East Georgia State College

East Georgia State College: Office of Institutional Research and Planning

Assessment resources
- General education learning competencies & outcomes (pdf file).
- Course level template for reporting assessment of general education outcomes (Word documents).
- Links to other assessment resources.
Surveys includes results from CCSSE and other student surveys (pdf files.)
SACSCOC accreditation includes EGSC's quality enhancement plan (QEP, pdf file) and critical thinking rubric (Word document).

Eastern Connecticut State University

Eastern Connecticut State University: University Assessment Committee

Overview of assessment and FAQ.
Assessment plan (Word document).
Assessment methods used by ECSU academic departments.
Publications
- Results from student surveys (pdf files).
- ECSU's College Portrait (pdf file).
On-campus and regional assessment-related events.
Links to other assessment resources.

Eastern Illinois University

University assessment plan (pdf file).
Information from & about the assessment committee (CASL; minutes and full reports are Word documents, executive summaries are pdf files).
Process for assessment in the major:
- Individual departments' assessment plans and reports, and summary form for submitting plans/reports (mostly Word documents).
- Undergraduate and graduate assessment reports summarize assessment activities (recent reports ate Word documents; older ones are pdf files).
Assessment requirements for graduate degree programs (pdf file).
On-line assessment newsletter (pdf files).
General education goals and information about EIU's electronic writing portfolio, speaking across the curriculum program, and use of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. (The goals are listed near the top of the EIU assessment home page. Some of the information about specific projects is in pdf files; some is in Word or rtf documents.)
Alumni survey results (Word documents).
Information about the Provost's Award for academic departments' achievement in academic assessment (pdf files, Word documents).
Links to other assessment resources.

Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Note: Documents are pdf files unless otherwise indicated.
Assessment of student learning
- Snapshot, required components, and (html page) minimum requirements of the degree program assessment process.
  - The degree program assessment page also has instructions for using TracDat. TracDat access is restricted to EKU faculty & staff.
- Guidelines and rubrics for general education assessment (mostly Word documents).
- Information about assessment components of EKU's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) was not available when last checked.
University level assessment: NSSE & CAAP results and information about how EKU uses them.
Information from the University Assessment Committee.
Exemplars from EKU colleges and academic programs.
More information about using TracDat.
Overview of periodic academic program review (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).
Assurance of Learning Day resources include:presentations on developing an assessment plan (mostly pdf files).
Resources include some guidelines & tips for developing assessment processes.
The Institutional Research page includes results from surveys of students, alumni, & faculty (pdf files), and links to currently active online surveys (please do not enter data into these forms).

Eastern Mennonite University (Virginia)

Eastern Mennonite University

Institutional Research and Effectiveness

The Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness collects, analyzes, and reports data about the university to support decision-making, planning and effectiveness. The office coordinates and supports outcomes assessment efforts in all academic, educational support and administrative units of the university. We value and strive for accuracy, integrity and timeliness.

Annual Institutional Effectiveness Reports (AIER)

EMU's AIER framework merges departmental assessment, end-of-the-year reporting, and planning into one process with a clear focus on mission and improvement of programs and services.

AIER Guidelines
Log in to the AIER system

Web-Based Surveys

The institutional research and effectiveness office supports a wide variety of web-based surveys for the campus. If you are planning a survey, visit our Survey Guidelines and Resources. If your survey is for academic research purposes, be sure to also visit EMU's Institutional Review Board website first!

Data and Reports

The IR&E Office publishes a variety of reports and data sets for the public, including the EMUFactbook and Common Data Set. We are currently in the process of updating and revising the various publicly available resources.

IR&E email: institutionalresearch@emu.edu

Eastern New Mexico University

Information for students, parents, and community (pdf files)
- The strategic plans include information about assessment at ENMU.
- Assessment methods & results from general education core courses.
- Results from student surveys and standardized assessments, including NSSE, MAPP, & ICAT (critical thinking).
Information for faculty and staff is restricted to ENMU employees. (Note: non-ENMU viewers may occasionally find this section of the site available, but usually it is not.)

Eastern Oregon University

University learning outcome report.
Academic program assessment: Individual programs' assessment plans & results (pdf files, internal links are to Word documents).
General education outcomes, assessment plans, & reports (pdf files, Word documents). Guidelines for general education curriculum (GEC) analysis & data use (pdf file).
Degree program assessment reporting template (Word document).
Curriculum map of program and general education learning outcomes (pdf file).
TracDat user guide. TracDat access is restricted to EOU faculty & staff.

Eastern University (Pennsylvania)

Eastern University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Research and Assessment (Pennsylvania)

University assessment plan (pdf file) and calendar.
University-wide (general education) learning goals (pdf file).
Assessment handbook (pdf file).
Reporting templates for assessment plans, reports, & curriculum maps (pdf & Excel files, Word document).
Links to other assessment resources.

Edmonds Community College (Washington)

Entry to exit assessment, including:
- Information about ECC assessment processes.
- College-wide abilities (general education outcomes).
- Individual programs' learning outcomes (which include include general education outcomes).
- Learning objectives for individual courses.
Assessment support
- Institutional performance reports include some CCSSE results (pdf files).
- SIMPLE plans (department-level Strategic Informed Measurable Process Leading to Effectiveness) include information about assessment; see find out more (pdf file). Individual departments' plans are not available online.

El Camino College (California)

Overview of ECC's assessment process (pdf files), and assessment information for students.
History of assessment at ECC, including Powerpoint files from on-campus workshops as well as some pdf files & Word documents.
FAQ and assessment principles.
Institutional and general education outcomes and (pdf files) assessment reports.
Academic programs' learning outcomes, curriculum matrices, & assessment reports (pdf files).
Coordinators' reports include assessment impacts (pdf files).
Assessment committee agendas, minutes, & evaluation rubric (recent agendas & minutes are pdf files, older ones are Word documents).
Newsletter (pdf files).
Video presentation and calendar of training activities.
Resources include
- ECC outcomes assessment handbook (Word document).
- FAQs & glossary.
- TracDat training materials (pdf files, Word documents).
- Links to other assessment resources.
SAO (service area outcomes): Student affairs & academic support unit assessment plans and (pdf files) a reporting template & example.
- Some reports include assessment results & impacts.
- Assessment Resources
  - Assessment Process Overview
  - ECC Assessment Overview Diagram (pdf file)
  - ECC Planning Model (pdf file)
  - Assessment integrated with program review, curriculum, planning, and resource allocation.
  - ECC Assessment Inputs and Outputs (pdf file)
  - The various inputs and outputs of SLO and PLO assessment
  - ECC Assessment and Improving Student Learning Diagram (pdf file)
  - How assessment results are used to improve student learning.
  - Assessment Reports
  - Links to course SLO assessments per program per division for fall 2014 and spring 2015
  - How assessment results are being used to improve learning.

Elgin Community College (Illinois)

Elgin Community College: Office of Compliance, Curriculum and Assessment (Illinois)

About assessment at ECC.
General education outcomes.
The assessECC portal is restricted to ECC faculty & staff.

Elizabeth City State University (North Carolina)

Elizabeth City State University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Research, & Assessment (North Carolina)

The resource manual includes assessment policies and methods (pdf file).
Assessments include results from NSSE and other student surveys (pdf files).
Links to online surveys (restricted to ECSU students, faculty, & staff).
Information about the TaskStream assessment management system.
ECSU's College Portrait.

Elon University (North Carolina)

Elon University: Institutional Research Office (North Carolina)

Assessment
- Overview of institution-wide assessment activities. The examples are results from surveys of students & alumni (pdf file).
- Brief overview of department-level assessment.
Reports & surveys include NSSE results.
General studies (general education) learning goals and outcomes.

Emory University (Georgia)

Emory University: Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (Georgia)

Overview of assessment at Emory.
The context of assessment: FAQ about assessment.
Assessment tools: Links to assessment resources elsewhere (pdf files).
Assessment timelines and (pdf files) reporting templates for academic and administrative & support units.
- Best practices for academic outcomes assessment: Overview of key steps.
- Sample reports and evaluation rubric (pdf files).
- Reporting guide for administrative & support units (pdf file).
Information from & about Emory's assessment committees. (Mostly html pages, some pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.
Survey reports were not available when last checked.
Information about Campus Life (student affairs) assessment.

Erie Community College (New York)

For each program, see the program competencies expected upon graduation.

Estrella Mountain Community College (Arizona)

Estrella Mountain Community College: Student Academic Achievement Committee (Arizona)

General education abilities (outcomes): Details about each outcome. Some include rubrics; some include results summaries (pdf files, Word documents).
Information about and from EMCC's comprehensive assessment tracking system (CATS; a blog format).
Assessment Happens newsletters and information about & from annual assessment awareness weeks (pdf, Powerpoint, & video files).
Resources
- Student academic achievement plan: Overview of assessment at EMCC (Word document).
- College-wide annual reports (pdf files, Word documents).
- Assessment committee (SAAC) minutes (Word documents).
- Information about assessment in action events at EMCC.

Fairleigh Dickinson University (New Jersey)

Fairleigh Dickinson University: Provosts' Learning Outcomes Assessment Advisory Committee (New Jersey)

Office of Institutional Research and Assessment
About PLOAAC.
University-wide (general education) outcomes (assessment goals) and information about how program (etc.) outcomes are related to the university-wide goals.
- Overview and resources for assessment of information literacy.
Glossary.
Assessment planning template and tips.
Information about on-& off-campus training (professional development) opportunities.
Library resources, & links to other resources (this site).

Fashion Institute of Technology (State University of New York)

Fashion Institute of Technology: Center for Excellence in Teaching (State University of New York)

Video presentation: Pathways to Assessment While Keeping "Soul" in the Arts.
FIT examples of assessment rubrics for visual arts assignments & courses (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Fayetteville State University (North Carolina)

College of Arts & Sciences
- Information brochure: overview of the assessment process (pdf file)
- FAQ, brief overview of SLOs, steps for program assessment, and instructions for department chairs & assessment coordinators.
- Handbook (pdf file).
- Assessment form layout (pdf file) and blank forms (pdf and Word documents) for individual academic programs.
- Tutorials (pdf files) and video guides for the TaskStream data management system (TaskStream access is restricted to FSU faculty & staff).
- Powerpoint presentations and webinar.
School of Education
- Operational and assessment plans (pdf files).
- TaskStream assistance (TaskStream access is restricted to FSU students, faculty & staff).
- Student, alumni, & employer survey instruments & results (pdf files).
The University Testing Service site has results from university-wide student surveys and from CLA & CBASE general education instruments (pdf files).

Fayetteville Technical Community College (North Carolina)

Fayetteville Technical Community College: Office of Institutional Effectiveness (North Carolina)

Assessment overview and timeline (pdf files).
Tips & guidelines for how to build an assessment plan (pdf files).
FAQ and information for department supervisors (pdf files).
General education core curriculum and core competencies (pdf files).
Instructions for WEAVEonline (pdf files; WEAVE access is restricted to FTCC faculty & staff).

Ferris State University (Michigan)

Assessment plan.
- Current & previous plans (pdf files).
- Definitions, tips, & an overview of FSU assessment activities.
General education assessment
- University-wide learning outcomes (pdf file) & general education outcomes areas, and assessment plan.
- Academic Profile/Proficiency Profile & NSSE results (pdf files) and notes on other general education assessments at FSU.
Results from FSU's college and beyond survey of graduating students (pdf files).
Assessment progress reporting guide and reports from individual academic programs (pdf files).
Support
- FSU programs to support & assist assessment activities, including mini-grants (html pages, pdf files).
- Guidelines for writing learning outcomes (pdf file).
- Glossary.
- Information about using TracDat (pdf files; TracDat access is restricted to FSU faculty & staff).
- Also see areas of faculty expertise.
Strategies and resources for developing and implementing outcomes assessment processes (html pages, pdf files).
Strategies for academic program assessment and information about periodic academic program review.
Information about & from FSU's assessment committees (minutes are pdf files).
Best practices from FSU courses and programs (pdf files).
Ferris presents: Material from on-campus workshops and faculty reports from assessment conferences (pdf & Powerpoint files).
Links to other assessment resources.
Student Affairs' assessment process and (pdf files) summary reports, newsletter, and survey data.

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University: Office of University Assessment

Overview of assessment at FAMU.
About us includes FAMU's assessment philosophy.
The FAMOUS assessment process
- FAQ about assessment & academic learning compacts.
- About the FAMOUS process: Steps (Word document) & flowchart (Powerpoint file).
- Calendar (pdf files).
- Assessment planning forms & examples. for academic, administrative, & support units (Word documents; the instructions include a Powerpoint file with FAMU's assessment cycle).
Annual assessment reports are restricted to FAMU faculty & staff.
Individual degree programs' academic learning compacts (ALCs) include learning outcomes and assessment methods (Word documents).
Assessment communication:
- Reports on assessment activities & status (institutional reports are Word documents & Excel files; ALC status reports are pdf files; annual reports are restricted to FAMU faculty & staff).
- Newsletter (mostly pdf files).
- Policies & procedures for assessment activities (pdf files, Word documents).
Minutes from institution-wide and general-education assessment committees (Word documents; the policies and guidelines are a pdf file).
Commonly administered assessments include Proficiency Profile and support-services survey data (pdf files).
Assessment tools include:
- Templates, examples, and documentation for reporting assessment plans and results (Word documents & Powerpoint presentations).
- Inventory of assessment methods in use at FAMU (Excel files & Word documents), and login for online graduating-seniors survey.
- Presentations from on-campus workshops (Powerpoint & pdf files).
- Guidelines & forms for periodic program review and discipline-specific accreditation (pdf & Excel files).
- FAMU's strategic plan and related information (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.
The web-based assessment system is restricted to FAMU faculty & staff.

Florida Atlantic University

Florida Atlantic University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Analysis

Overview and (pdf file) assessment plan.
Student learning outcomes assessment: Individual academic programs' academic learning compacts include content-based and general education student learning goals (pdf files).
The Assessment Database is restricted to FSU faculty and staff.
Assessment resources has extensive links to other assessment resources.
FAQ.
General education outcomes.
Links to resources about rubrics.
Results from surveys of students & alumni, including NSSE results (html pages, pdf & Powerpoint files).

Florida Gulf Coast University

Florida Gulf Coast University: Office of Planning and Institutional Performance

Diagram (integrated view) of FGCU assessment process.
Summary of Florida State University system academic learning compact (ALC) process (pdf file).
Learning outcomes for individual academic programs (a large pdf file).
Academic units' assessment plans (pdf files).
Administrative units' assessment plans (mht files will open in Internet Explorer but may not open in other browsers).
External assessments: Reports from institution-wide surveys, including NSSE results (pdf, Excel & Powerpoint files).
S urvey page: Tips for designing and using surveys.
Resources:
- Reporting timelines (pdf files).
- Materials from on-campus presentations (Powerpoint files).
- About the annual report process.
- Links to other assessment resources.

Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology: Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation

Assessment
- Glossary.
- Information about & from assessment committees. The academic program assessment committee's page includes guidelines, tips, & examples (mostly pdf files).
- Information about using WEAVEonline. WEAVE access is restricted to Florida Tech faculty & staff.
Resources related to SACS accreditation.

Florida International University

Florida International University: Office of Academic Planning and Accountability

FIU's assessment policies and (Word documents) cycle.
Academic assessment: Overviews and (Word documents) reporting templates for university-wide, core curriculum, and program-specific student learning outcomes.
- See academic learning compacts in the main menu for individual programs' learning outcomes. (The regulations are a Word document. Most programs' ALC direct measures and curriculum maps are Excel files; a few are Word documents.)
Administrative assessment: Reporting templates & instructions for administrative units and centers & institutes (Word documents).
The handbook is available in pdf and html formats.
- Tips and guidelines on how to plan & implement assessment, with links to appropriate handbook chapters.
FAQ.
Resources
- Assessment newsletters (pdf files).
- Glossary, in pdf and html formats.
- Information about & from assessment training events (Word documents).
- A book list (Excel file) and annotated bibliography (Word document) from APA's assessment library.
- Links to other assessment resources, and resources for rubrics and curriculum maps.
Information about the assessment committee (Word documents).
Instructions & help for TracDat (TracDat access is restricted to FIU faculty & staff).
Information about periodic academic program review (html pages, Word documents).

Foothill College (California)

History of outcomes assessment at Foothill.
Institutional (general education) learning outcomes and (pdf files) associated rubrics.
Guidelines for developing course- & program-level learning outcomes & assessment processes.
Public database of academic, service, & administrative units' outcomes.
Assessment calendar & planning information (pdf files).
Toolbox
- TracDat user guides (pdf files). TracDat access is restricted to Foothill faculty & staff.
- Sample reports (WinZipped archive of pdf files).
- Links to other resources (mostly pdf files).
Reports & examples from course- & program-level, general education, administrative, & service area assessment (pdf files; some open in Internet Explorer but may not open in other browsers. Administrative-unit summaries are in a WinZipped archive.)

Fresno City College (California)

Institutional (general education) learning outcomes.
Curriculum Committee
- Student learning outcomes FAQ.
- Handbook for writing learning outcomes (pdf file).

Fresno State University (California)

Fresno State University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

The assessment of student learning, student development, and program outcomes is essential to the health and vitality of academic programs at California State University, Fresno. The primary purpose of assessment at the course, program, and institutional level is to further student engagement and student learning. However, assessment results are also used by programs to advance student learning through improved instruction and curricula. Accreditation agencies for various professional areas as well as the institution itself all have assessment standards that require the connection of student performance to a program's stated mission, goals, and outcomes.

Planning at the programmatic level to assess student learning outcomes is reflected in the program's Student Outcomes Assessment Plan (SOAP)which should be maintained at the department/program level and should be updated periodically to reflect assessment activities and results and changing circumstances.

Since every academic program has a SOAP, and has carried out on-going assessment, the emphasis now is on how programs can use assessment results in order to either demonstrate that student's are achieving the designated learning outcomes or to make adjustments to the curriculum and program in order to assist student's in achieving proficiency in the required learning outcomes. Program level assessment is also directly connected to institutional values and outcomes which can be reviewed by clicking on the link below.

Student outcomes assessment projects (SOAPs) policy, overview, examples (html pages), reporting templates (Word documents), and individual programs' SOAPs reports (pdf files).
The assessment blog includes details about CSUF's assessment process.
Assessment Guide online handbook. Internal links go to html pages and pdf files.
Glossary of assessment terms.
General education outcomes (Word documents), rubrics for general education outcomes & recommendations for using rubrics (pdf files), and reports from relevant committees (Word documents).
Descriptions of assessment and survey methods (most are pdf files).
Current faculty projects funded by campus assessment grants and RFP information (pdf files) for new grants.
Effectiveness and lessons learned: Examples of using assessment results for program improvement (html pages, pdf files).
Research & Reports / Reports, Surveys & Studies include CLA and NSSE results and analyses (pdf files).
Training & assistance: Guidelines for developing & implementing assessment plans (pdf and mov video files).
Information about academic program review.
Links to other assessment resources (on the main page and in Assessment Help).

Frostburg State University (Maryland)

Frostburg State University: Office of Assessment & Institutional Research (Maryland)

Assessment of student learning
- History of assessment planning at FSU (the strategic plan and Middle States resources are pdf files).
- Student learning assessment (SLA) plan (pdf file).
- General education outcomes, (pdf files) guidelines, and (Word documents) associated rubrics.
- Assessment committees
  - Student learning assessment advisory group (SLAAG).
  - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS) assessment council
- NSSE results (pdf files) and information about FSU's use of the CLA.
- Information about the VSA, and FSU's College Portrait.
- Information & resources
  - Institutional learning goals (pdf file).
  - Guides for developing learning goals and assessment plans (pdf files; the template and update form are Word documents).
  - Links to other assessment resources (html pages, pdf files).
The institutional assessment page has additional resource links.

Gallaudet University (Washington, DC)

Gallaudet University: Office of Academic Quality (Washington, DC)

Overview and (pdf file) policy on assessment at Gallaudet.
Instructions and examples: Guidelines & example for an assessment plan.
Guidelines for using WEAVEonline (pdf files; WEAVE access is restricted to Gallaudet faculty & staff).
- Evaluation rubric for program reports (Word document).
Syllabus template and examples (Word document, pdf files).
- Sample rubrics (pdf files) and links to resources about rubrics.
Individual academic programs' student learning outcomes (Excel file).
Gallaudet's senior assessment and senior literacy assessment
- Senior assessment
  - Institutional (general education) outcomes.
  - Plan & timeline for senior assessments.
  - Related documents (Word documents, pdf file).
- Literacy assessment
  - Annual reports (pdf & Powerpoint files, Word documents).
  - Associated rubrics (pdf files).
Information about the assessment council.
The institutional research site has reports from NSSE/FSSE (pdf, Excel, & Powerpoint files, Word documents) and other surveys (pdf files).

Gavilan College (California)

Gavilan College: Office of Institutional Research (California)

Assessment plan, timeline, schedule (Word documents) and guidelines (pdf file).
Reporting forms, worksheets, & example (mostly Word documents). The reporting site is restricted to GC faculty & staff.
The institutional, program, & course outcomes were not available when last checked.
Information from & about the assessment committee (minutes & agendas are pdf files; the member list is a Word document).
Newsletter (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

George Mason University (Virginia)

George Mason University: Office of Institutional Assessment (Virginia)

How to…: Tips & guidelines for planning & implementing outcomes assessment. (Some pages have links to additional resources.)
FAQ.
General education assessment process.
- Overview, schedule, and (pdf file) guidelines.
- General education goals and learning outcomes.
- Why assessment? includes links to some survey results (pdf files).
- About general education course portfolio assessment.
- Assessment methods and results (pdf files).
Students as scholars (GMU's Quality Enhancement Plan): Overview, rubrics, & reports (pdf files).
Survey reports & data include results from NSSE and other surveys (pdf files).
Survey calendar & (pdf files) instruments, and links (for students) to active surveys.
- Tips & guidelines for creating & administering effective surveys, with links to other resources.
News includes OIA presentations (pdf files).
Information about periodic academic program review (pdf & Excel files). The guide indicates how learning outcomes assessment is included in program reviews.
Information about on-campus workshops.
Access to MATS (GMU's online assessment tracking system) is restricted to GMU faculty & staff.
Resources (pdf files, Word documents) include:
- The How to… guide.
- Glossary.
- Suggested readings and links to other resources.

Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.)

Georgetown University: Center for New Designs in Learning & Scholarship (Washington, D.C.)

FAQ.
Guidelines & tips for course– and program-level assessment (also listed as what do faculty need to know? and what do departments need to know?)
- CNDLS' assessment services site has more tips on assessment methods.
Information about assessment mini-grants (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Georgia College & State University

Login to GC's online assessment reporting system (restricted to GC faculty & staff).
Institutional effectiveness policy & flowchart.
SMART assessment process flowchart, pdf file of a Powerpoint presentation, and (pdf files) sample reports.
- Compliance Assist access is restricted to GC faculty & staff.
Overviews & flowcharts for academic department progress & planning reports and administrative units' planning & assessment reports.
Schedule for assessment activities & reports.
About GCSU's annual assessment day.
Assessment resources include:
- University & core (general education) learning goals & outcomes (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.
Core resources: Core (general education) assessment plans & rubrics (pdf files; the 2012 assessment plan is a Word document).
The Office of Institutional Research survey reports includes the CLA and NSSE results (pdf & Excel files).

Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology: Office of Academic Effectiveness

FAQ.
Access to online assessment reporting (OATS) and data-retrieval (ADORS) systems (restricted to Georgia Tech faculty & staff).
Documents (mostly pdf files)
- Downloads of information about OATS.
- Guidelines for and examples of academic programs' assessment plans and OATS reports.
- Reports on assessment of general education goals.
- Survey reports are restricted to Georgia Tech faculty & staff.
- Workshops and presentations about assessment.
Resources include guidelines for writing outcomes.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Current assessment news includes recent survey results (html pages, pdf files).
Information about NSSE and (pdf file) an invitation for student participation.

Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Assessment
- Academic assessment:
  - Guidelines and materials from training workshops & retreats (pdf & video files).
  - Mission statement template (Word document).
- Administrative assessment
  - Training Powerpoint.
  - Assessment plan template (Word document), example, & rubric (pdf files).
General education outcomes and overview of general education assessment (pdf files).
Conference presentations (pdf & Powerpoint files, Word documents).

Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Academic assessment & review: Brief overview of learning outcomes assessment at GSU.
- Resources: Guidelines for planning & implementing assessment processes (pdf files, Word document).
Overview & process for periodic academic program review.
Periodic administrative and support unit review (ASUR)
- About ASUR: overview, process, and (pdf file) roles & responsibilities.
- Completed reviews (Word documents, pdf & Excel files). Note: Information for senior executives and the ASUR committee says that these documents are password protected. They were not when last checked.
- Self-study templates (pdf files).
- Information for administrative units includes an overview of the process and tips & guidelines (pdf files).
Institutional research: Surveys
- Resources for in-house surveys.
- Reports from surveys of students & alumni, including NSSE results (Word documents, pdf & Excel files).
Access to WEAVEonline is restricted to GSU faculty & staff

Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania)

Gettysburg College: Office of Institutional Analysis (Pennsylvania)

Assessment-related organization chart (pdf file).
General education goals and information about Gettysburg's general education program, and detailed curricular and co-curricular learning outcomes (pdf files) for each goal.
Responsibilities, plans, accomplishments of COLA (Committee on Learning Assessment) and CLAG (Co-curricular Learning Assessment Group).
- Both pages include Gettysburg's assessment handbook and links to assessment information from Middle States (pdf files).
- The COLA page includes Gettysburg's general education learning goals.
- The CLAG page includes the plan for co-curricular learning assessment (pdf files).
Schedule of major surveys used at Gettysburg (pdf file). The reports of findings are restricted to Gettysburg faculty & staff.
Additional studies conducted by the IA office (pdf file).
Most faculty resources are pdf files. Survey results and program-level resources are restricted to Gettysburg faculty & staff.
- The page also includes links to other assessment resources.
Resources for co-curricular programs include learning goals (outcomes), assessment guidelines (pdf files), reporting templates (Word documents), and links to other assessment resources. Assessment summaries are restricted to Gettysburg faculty & staff.
College surveys: Results are restricted to Gettysburg faculty & staff.
Assessment newsletters.

Golden West College (California)

Golden West College: Institutional Effectiveness (California)

Assessment philosophy and (Word document) plan.
Institutional student learning outcomes and assessment schedule.
Program SLOs and assessment schedules (pdf files).
- General education and basic skills.
- Degree and certificate programs.
Information about the committee.
Assessment reporting forms & instructions for courses, academic programs, & student services programs (Word documents).
Tutorials (videos and pdf files).
Glossary.
Links to other assessment resources.
Note: The rubrics for evaluating assessment implementation and institutional effectiveness in the appendices to the performance indicators (Word) document were not available when last checked.

Gonzaga University (Washington)

Gonzaga University: Office of Outcomes Assessment (Washington)

Note: All are Word documents unless otherwise specified.
The interim report (pdf file), assessment analysis, assessment newsletter, and the Texas A&M article and final powerpoint (Powerpoint file) describe assessment developments at Gonzaga.
Rubrics for students' written papers & reports.
Guidelines for primary trait analysis (assessment-based grading process).
Forms for academic departments' assessment reports and assessment committee evaluation.
Information about assessment mini-grants.
Results from Gonzaga's alumni surveys.

Grand Canyon University (Arizona)

Grand Canyon University: Office of Assessment (Arizona)

About the Office of Assessment, the assessment committee, and student learning assessment methods used at GCU.
Surveys used at GCU.
Glossary.
Links to other resources.

Grand Valley State University (Michigan)

Grand Valley State University: Office of Assessment and Accreditation (Michigan)

Guiding principles of assessment at GVSU (pdf file).
Assessment definitions and issues.
Assessment cycles and examples of assessment at GVSU (pdf & Powerpoint files, Word documents).
Types of assessment at GVSU: Information about CLA general education and SAILS information literacy assessments.
- see CLA & SAILS reports (pdf files).
Assessment tools: About surveys, rubrics, & focus groups (html & pdf files, Word documents; Portfolios is a Word document with one department's learning outcomes).
Assessment presentations by GVSU faculty & staff (Powerpoint files) and information (pdf file) about an on-campus assessment conference.
Resources: Materials from the on-campus conference (mostly pdf files).
Access to WEAVEonline (restricted to GVSU faculty & staff).

Hagerstown Community College (Maryland)

Overview of assessment.
Glossary (pdf file).
General education outcomes (pdf file).
Reporting templates & guides for course- and program-level assessment and a sample report matrix (Word documents, pdf file).
Assessment results (pdf files) include:
- Examples of course- and program-level assessment.
- Results from standardized general education tests (CAAP & MAPP).
- Results from standardized discipline-specific tests.
The online newsletter includes assessment-related information (pdf files).

Hamline University (Minnesota)

Assessment plan & standards (pdf file).
Outcomes:University-wide (general education outcomes and (Excel file) alignment matrix of program- and university-level outcomes.
- Program-level reporting template & examples (pdf files).
Resources include:
- Hamline's assessment framework & flowchart (pdf files).
- Tutorials, assessment methods & models, & closing the loop resources:
  - Assessment plan template and materials from on-campus workshops (mostly pdf files).
  - Guidelines for Blackboard's assessment management tools.
  - Links to other assessment resources.
Information about:
- The assessment committee and other campus assessment resources.
- Upcoming on-campus workshops & events.
The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment reports NSSE results. Other survey results are restricted to Hamline faculty, staff, & students.

Harford Community College (Maryland)

Harford Community College: Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Effectiveness (Maryland)

Overview of assessment.
Institutional effectiveness
- IE assessment process (pdf file).
- The outcomes assessment report includes HCC's general education outcomes and summaries of some program-level assessment processes & results (pdf file).
- CCSSE and other survey reports are restricted to HCC faculty & staff.
Information from & about the assessment committee.
- Links to other assessment resources.

Hartwick College (New York)

Overview of assessment at Hartwick.
Glossary.
The FAQ includes general education learning outcomes.
Steps in the assessment process include a link to (pdf file) Hartwick's college-wide assessment plan.
Information about Hartwick's assessment committees.
Pages with links to other resources (html pages, pdf files, Word documents) include:
- Tools.
- Resources.

Haverford College (Pennsylvania)

Haverford College: Institutional Effectiveness Committee (Pennsylvania)

About assessment at Haverford, and about the IE Committee (html pages, pdf files).
Student learning assessment
- Overview, and video of recent assessment experiences.
- Tips for getting started with assessments.
- Campus resources
  - College-wide (general education) goals & aspirations.
  - Individual academic departments' learning goals (pdf files).
    - Guidelines for developing & implementing department-level learning assessment processes (pdf files).
    - Assessment primer presentation (pdf file).
    - Links to other assessment resources.
- Results from alumni surveys (pdf files) and some departments' information about their alumni.
Institutional effectiveness includes information about program assessment (periodic program review).
Links to other assessment resources.

Heartland Community College (Illinois)

Overview of assessment.
General education learning outcomes.
Information for faculty: How HCC uses Blackboard to manage assessment information.
About HCC's Cornerstone outcomes-alignment project.
Information for students about assessment testing.
Information about the assessment committee.

Hendrix College (Arkansas)

Individual academic departments' assessment plans & reports (pdf files).
Annual assessment reporting form (pdf file).
NSSE results (pdf files).

Highland Community College (Kansas)

Assessment plan and faculty responsibility for assessment.
General education outcomes.
- About CAAP, and (pdf files) trends on CAAP subtests.
Annual reports of courses assessed and instructor review of the assessment process (pdf files).
- The online instructor review survey is restricted to HCC faculty & staff.
Still to come: Courses being assessed.
Links to other resources.

Highline Community College (Washington)

Highline Community College: Standards, Outcomes, & Competencies Committee (Washington)

Tips on developing & implementing the outcomes assessment process for academic programs.
The examples and the department reporting form are Word documents. The sample report is a pdf file.
Information about the SOCC committee.
- Annual assessment calendar (schedule).
- Review & feedback process for department reports (the review form is a Word document).
Links to other assessment resources.
Student services assessment
- Process and development timeline.
- Training & resources include (pdf files):
  - A workbook with assessment tips, glossary, & bibliography.
  - Worksheets & reporting templates.
  - Presentations.
- Individual department and annual summary reports (pdf files).

Hocking College (Ohio)

Hocking College: Office of Assessment of Student Academic Achievement (Ohio)

Hocking's assessment plan (see the accreditation report chapter, pdf file).
- The Ohio Board of Regents' student success plan information was not available when last checked.
- Hocking's success plan diagram and narrative were not available when last checked.
Success skills: General education goals & outcomes.
Resources (pdf files)
- Glossary.
- Rubrics associated with general education outcomes.
- Hocking's assessment process and measures.
Program portfolios have individual academic programs' assessment plans, results, and changes in response to assessment results (pdf files).
The institutional research site includes CCSSE results (pdf file).

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Educational Development Centre

FAQ.
Overview of outcomes-based education (OBE) in PolyU.
EDC training activities and support for OBE, and news about OBE projects at PolyU.
- Some reports are available as pdf files.
- Academic programs' learning assessment plans are restricted to PolyU faculty & staff.
Links to other assessment resources.

Houghton College (New York)

Houghton College: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (NewYork)

Assessment
- Policies & guidelines on assessment and program self-studies (pdf files).
- Institutional (general education) and some academic programs' learning outcomes (pdf files).
- Benchmark (college-wide) assessment: Results from standardized tests & surveys, including NSSE, CLA, & Proficiency Profile summaries (most are pdf files; some are still to come).
- Resources: Tips, guidelines, & reporting templates (pdf files, Word documents).
- Assessment committee minutes (pdf files).
Resources include links to other assessment resources.

Howard University (Washington, D.C.)

Howard University: Office of Institutional Assessment & Evaluation (Washington, D.C.)

About OIAE: Overview of assessment at Howard.
Annual assessment calendar.
Reports include overviews of assessment results (assessment dashboards), and results from surveys and special projects (pdf files; recent reports are on the main page's right-hand menu).
Online newsletters (pdf files): OIAE newsletter & reports, and Opinions Matter (survey results).
Links to other assessment resources (when last checked, most were pdf files).

Humboldt State University (California)

Core competencies & associated (general education) learning outcomes.
Assessment activities: Assessment process for core competencies in academic programs, including some rubrics & reporting forms (pdf files)
Information about academic program review
- PREP (Compliance Assist) manual (pdf file; Compliance Assist access is restricted to HSU faculty & staff).
- Program review documents are restricted to HSU faculty & staff.
Information about student achievement includes CLA+ & NSSE reports and reports from other surveys of students & Alumni (pdf files).
Administrative & support units assessment process overview, with a handbook (pdf file) and guidelines, reporting template, evaluation rubric, & summary report (Word documents).

Hunter College (New York)

Hunter College Assessment

Welcome to the Office of Assessment!

The Office of Assessment works with faculty and staff across the College to help them explore student learning and success in their courses, departments, programs, and offices.

Hutchinson Community College (Kansas)

Hutchinson Community College

Hutchinson Community College provides many assessment resources for its faculty and staff. The Teaching and Learning Resource Center in Lockman Hall 111 houses books on various assessment techniques available for HCC faculty to check out. Past issues of the Assessment Update and many articles on assessment are also available. Also, the Hutchinson Community College Assessment Handbookprovides an overview of assessment at HCC, a glossary of common assessment terms, and a few helpful assessment ideas.

http://www.hutchcc.edu/academics/assessment/current-assessment-activities – Information related to course assessment, program review assessment, institutional assessment, direct assessment instruments, indirect assessment instruments, annual surveys/projects/reports.

http://www.hutchcc.edu/academics/assessment/results-and-reports – This page has institution level reports and links to program reviews.

http://www.hutchcc.edu/academics/assessment/use-of-evidence – This page discusses the use of evidence at the course, program, and institutional levels.

http://www.hutchcc.edu/docs/Assessment/documents/HCC_Assessment_Handbook.pdf – HCC Assessment Handbook

Idaho State University

Idaho State University: Office of Institutional Research

Assessment handbooks (pdf files) for program and course assessment, adapted from the University of Massachusetts Amherst handbooks. Appendix 5-B in the program assessment handbook has information about ISU's annual reporting process.
Assessment bibliography and links to other assessment resources.

Illinois College

Illinois College: Assessment Committee

The assessment handbook includes policies, guidelines, and reporting forms for academic programs and administrative & support units. Chapters are available as html pages; the whole handbook is available as a pdf file.

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges

Assessment

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges strive to putstudents first by… "delivering exceptional education and services to improve the lives of our students and to strengthen our communities."

Students First! is an ongoing institution-wide effort to engage all aspects of the institution in the measurement and improvement of student learning. Putting students first in all we do ensures their success while at IECC and in the future at another four-year institution or in the workplace.

Outcome Assessment
Assessment Cycle
HLC Assessment Academy
Curricular Assessment
Co-Curricular Assessment
GE Assessment (video)
Guides
Resources & More

Illinois State University

Illinois State University: University Assessment Services

Most links in the assessment plan tutorial are to pdf files. The assessment plan worksheet is a Word document.
Program assessment: Individual academic programs' student learning objectives and (in many cases) assessment methods (pdf files).
- Assessment advisory council (AAC) process for review of assessment plans (PRAAP):
  - Review process, flow chart, and evaluation rubric (pdf files).
  - Form for annual updates (Word document).
  - Online survey for PRAAP feedback (please do not enter anything into this form)
- Assessment academy team rubric and feedback form for assessment plans (pdf files).
- General education
  - FAQ about general education assessment at ISU.
  - General education goals and (pdf file) outcomes.
  - Assessment process and (pdf files) rubrics for the primary goals.
  - Policies and (pdf file) assessment manual.
  - Information for assessment reviewers (pdf file).
Surveys include information about student surveys at ISU, including NSSE/FSSE results. Reports are pdf files.
Professional development:
- Workshop presentations by UAS staff (Powerpoint files).
- List of upcoming national & regional assessment-related conferences & workshops.
About UAS
- About the assessment advisory council.
- Progressive Measures newsletter (pdf files).
- About the assessment initiative award (guidelines and newsletter articles are pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.

Indiana State University

About assessment at ISU
- Conceptual framework (pdf file).
- Information from & about the assessment council and leadership team (minutes are pdf files).
Timelines for academic assessment and administration of standardized instruments. The Office of Institutional Research page has NSSE and other survey reports (pdf files).
FAQ.
Resources:
- Academic program assessment plan template and evaluative rubric (Word documents).
- Links to other assessment resources.
Information about ISU's participation in HLC's Academy for the Assessment of Student Learning (pdf files).
Access to TaskStream is restricted to ISU faculty & staff.

Indiana University Kokomo

Indiana University Kokomo: Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

Role of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Assessment (CTLA)

The CTLA, as part of Academic Affairs, is the administrative unit which supports faculty engagement in effective assessment of student learning at the course level. CTLA also supports program level assessment by maintaining this assessment website for both course level and program level assessment.

The faculty, staff, and administration of Indiana University Kokomo share responsibility for assessing their unit's role in achieving the mission of IU Kokomo and in promoting student learning. Academic Affairs and in collaboration with departments, the Faculty Senate Assessment Committee, and the Educational Policies Committee guide and assist units in their assessment efforts. The Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs in Faculty Development and Success offers consultation on all aspects of the program assessment process, including writing plans, designing activities, collecting and analyzing data, and writing reports.

CTLA Web Resources for Assessment

To support a culture of assessment, CTLA offers these online resources for faculty and staff. These online resources include the nine principles of good practice for assessing student learning, explanations for concepts and terms used as a common assessment language, the IU Kokomo's Assessment Policy, assessment activities, assessment results, and links to assessment resources from other institutions.

Nine Principles of Good Practice
IU Kokomo Assessment Policy
Assessment Results
CTLA Assessment Plans
Common Assessment Concepts and Terms
Assessment Activities and Calendar
Assessment Resources CTLA Assessment Reports

Indiana University Southeast

Indiana University Southeast: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

About us includes a history of assessment at IUS.
Assessment update
- Summary of the year's assessment-reporting activity.
- Reporting instructions (pdf files).
- Guidelines for program assessment coordinators (pdf file).
Program assessment
- An overview of IUS's assessment process.
- A program report example and reporting instructions (pdf files).
- A handbook (pdf files).
- Assessment summaries from individual academic programs.
- Resources, including information about:
  - Curriculum mapping, with examples from IUS and elsewhere.
  - Assessment mini-grants.
Overview of general education assessment, including learning outcomes and (pdf files) the general education assessment cycle and assessment committee reports.
Reports and surveys include results from IUS surveys of students & faculty (institutional assessments, pdf files) and information about NSSE. The IUS NSSE report is a pdf file.

Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne: Office of Assessment

The Senate documents include IPFW's university-wide assessment plan (pdf file).
Academic program assessment plans are not available online.
Goals/objectives (learning outcomes) for academic programs including general education and for student services programs (pdf files, html pages).
Institutional studies: Results from CAAP and from surveys of students and faculty, including NSSE (pdf files).
Academic program assessment handbook (pdf files).
Information about assessment grants and awards (pdf files).
Information from and about the assessment council (minutes are pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis: Planning and Institutional Improvement

Planning and Institutional Improvement staff provide campus, state, regional, national, and international leadership for outcomes assessment in higher education. Staff have produced 20 books, more than 400 published articles and chapters in others' works, and have given over 500 presentations at local, state, regional, national, and international meetings in the past two decades.

Content for Assessment Update, a bi-monthly periodical published by Jossey-Bass (a Wiley imprint), has been edited and produced at IUPUI since 1992. In the same year, a national conference on outcomes assessment in higher education was held for the first time at IUPUI, and that conference—now the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis—has become the oldest and largest such event in the world.

Outcomes Assessment

Assessment Institute
Assessment Reports
Program Review and Assessment Committee (PRAC)
Assessment Grants
Student Learning Assessment Resources

Iowa State University

Overview of assessment, and guidelines for assessment at ISU.
Individual colleges' assessment reports include learning outcomes, assessment methods, and results (html pages, pdf files, Word documents). The report structure & format varies from college to college. Some are brief overviews, some include program-level details.
About course-level continuous improvement planning.

Isothermal Community College (North Carolina)

Isothermal Community College: Assessment, Planning, and Research Office (North Carolina)

Assessment manual and glossary.
Assessment timeline (pdf file).
Resources:
- General education competencies and (pdf files) associated rubrics.
- Planning & reporting templates (Word documents, Excel file), and a pdf version of the assessment manual.
- Assessment committee minutes (pdf files).

Jackson College (Michigan)

Assessment brochure (FAQs & associate degree outcomes [ADOs]; pdf file).
General education philosophy and ADOs (Word document).
ADO courses and course matrices (Word documents).
Course-level rubrics and rubric templates for ADOs (Word documents), and Powerpoint presentation about creating rubrics.
Reporting directions (pdf file) and example (Word document). (The directions link to online reporting forms. Please do not enter anything in these forms.)
Information about periodic program review (mostly pdf files).
- Resources include links to other assessment resources.

Jacksonville State University (Alabama)

Jacksonville State University: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (Alabama)

Template for, and example of, an assessment plan for a graduate program (pdf files).
Data in the university assessment system are restricted to JSU faculty & staff. The schedule shows when various types of data are available on the system
Information about surveys and other assessment instruments used at JSU. The questionnaires and the information about the Proficiency Profile are pdf files.
Survey data, including NSSE results (pdf files). Some are restricted to JSU faculty & staff.
Information about periodic program review (pdf files). Access to individual units' self-studies is restricted to JSU faculty & staff.
JSU's VSA College Portrait.
Access to the Compliance Assist PRISM system for managing planning & assessment data is restricted to JSU faculty & staff.

James Madison University (Virginia)

James Madison University: Center for Assessment and Research Studies (Virginia)

Overviews of JMU's assessment process and assessment day.
Expand the "Visitors", "Faculty and Staff", and "Students" menu items to see additional JMU assessment details.
Brief descriptions of assessment of alumni, academic majors, general education, and Student Affairs activities, and of CARS' program assessment support service (PASS). The general education section links to information about the general education program and learning goals as well as some general educationcluster assessment reports (pdf and Powerpoint files).
Guidelines for the assessment progress template report (pdf files; the APT website itself is restricted to JMU department heads & program assessment coordinators).
Information about:
- Assessment awards that JMU has received and JMU's internal award for excellence in assessment.
- CARS's graduate programs and research in assessment, and assessment fellowships for JMU faculty & staff.
- JMU's assessment advisory council.
Alumni survey schedule.
Student feedback: Information for students about interpreting their scores on JMU's quantitative and scientific reasoning tests.
Links to CARS assessment resources including
- a searchable dictionary of assessment terms,
- assessment and test development tips, techniques, examples,
- characteristics of an effective assessment program, and
- instructional presentations about assessment, including podcasts and videos.
Information about assessment instruments developed at JMU, including general-education tests and a survey of student motivation for & effort in taking assessment tests.

John Carroll University (Ohio)

John Carroll University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness (Ohio)

Overview of assessment at JCU.
Glossary.
Tips & guidelines for developing & implementing assessment processes, with links to associated resources.
Links to other assessment resources.
Assessment in academic affairs
- Overview & timelines.
- Individual academic units' assessment plans & (still to come) reports (pdf files).
- Information about academic program review.
Assessment in student affairs
- Annual assessment report.
- Division- and department-level learning goals & outcomes.
- Information about surveys used at JCU.
- Resources include information from on-campus workshops (pdf files & Prezi presentations) and links to other assessment resources.
- Information about the Student Affairs assessment team, and an online form for submitting information about assessment instruments to the team's database (please do not enter anything in this form).

John Jay College of Criminal Justice (New York)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice: Office of Outcomes Assessment (New York)

Guidelines for assessment, with examples and the assessment committee's evaluation rubric (pdf file).
Assessment of student learning (pdf files)
- General education assessment plan & report.
- Undergraduate programs' learning goals and selected assessment plans & reports.
- Selected graduate programs' assessment plans & reports.
Some administrative units' assessment plans & reports (pdf files).
Institutional assessment plans & reports (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Joliet Junior College (Illinois)

Joliet Junior College: Student Learning Committee (Illinois)

Assessment Page.
Handbook (pdf file).
General education learning outcomes & associated rubrics (pdf files) and assessment results (Powerpoint file).
Individual academic program/department assessment plans & reports (pdf files).
Assessment resources
- Bibliographies.
- Glossary.
- Tips, guidelines, & workshop materials (html pages, pdf files).
- Reporting templates (Word documents).
Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
Information about assessment mini-grants (pdf files).
Information about & from the committee.
- Video presentation.
- Older committee minutes are pdf files, recent ones are Word documents.

Kansas City Kansas Community College

Kansas City Kansas Community College: Office of Assessment

College-wide (general education) learning outcomes.
Assessment plan (pdf file) with:
- a history of assessment at KCKCC,
- information about the assessment committee, and
- an overview of assessment processes at the college, program, & course levels (pdf file).
Information about classroom assessment techniques.
Links to other assessment resources.
Information about TracDat was not available when last checked.

Kansas State University

Kansas State University: Office of Assessment

Contact: Dr. Frederick Burrack

Assessment matters

High-quality assessment is essential to improving student learning. Through the use of both direct and indirect sources of evidence of student achievement, assessments guide collective actions for improvements in teaching, academic supports, and curricula.

A culture of assessment

The Office of Assessment believes in an approach that links learning from coursework to programmatic and university learning expectations. Within a culture of trust and shared responsibility, faculty and student life professionals develop and implement ongoing and systematic assessments—with participation from students, administrators, alumni and K-State constituents—to understand what and how much students learn. The purpose is to continuously improve curriculum, instruction, and learning. To assist faculty, the Office of Assessment provides support, resources, and training to help develop and implement assessment practices tailored to faculty and programmatic needs.

Student learning outcomes
- Institutional Learning Outcomes
  - Undergraduate
  - Graduate
- Program Outcomes and Assessment Plans
- General Education: K-State 8
- Resources for Writing SLOs
Assessment toolkit:
- Basics
- SLOs
- Assessment Planning
- Measurement
- Improvement through Assessment
- Assessment Library
- Additional Resources
Data and Survey Results
- Summary Reports
- Dashboards
- Surveys
  - NSSE
  - Senior Survey
  - Alumni Survey
  - GTA Communication Survey
  - K-State 8 Survey
  - VSA
  - K-State's College Portrait
  - Office of Assessment Contributions to the K-State College Portrait
- Standardized Assessment Instruments
  - The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA)
Assessment Reporting (Powered by Canvas)
- Walkthroughs, Templates, and Deadlines
  - Undergraduate programs
  - Graduate programs
  - Video: Assessment Reporting: Overview
Related Links
- Performance Agreements
- Program Review
- Teaching and Learning Center
- Office of the Provost
- Office of Planning and Analysis

Kapi'olani Community College (University of Hawai'i)

Kapi'olani Community College: Office for Institutional Effectiveness (University of Hawai'i)

Select student learning outcomes from the assessment and evaluation drop-down menu.
- Assessment framework (pdf file) and rubrics (status reports, by date; pdf files & Word documents).
  - Also, see the assessment plan and progress report in KCC's October 2011 report to ACCJC (pdf files; in the progress report, scroll down to Section 2: Progress on student learning outcomes assessment).
- Guidelines (manuals), reporting templates, and progress reports for course & program assessment (pdf files & Word documents).
- Course level profiles (status reports, pdf files & Word documents).
- Individual academic programs' assessment reports (pdf files).
- General education outcomes (Word document).
- Plan, guidelines,& reports for assessment of service learning experiences (pdf files, Word documents; the reports are WinZipped sets of Word documents).
- Assessment plan and reporting template (rubric) for the ASNS program (Associate of Science degree in Natural Sciences; pdf files).
- Assessment reports from student service units (pdffiles).
- Alignment grids showing KCC general education outcomes associated with programs' course outcomes (WinZipped sets of Word documents).
Select CCSSE from the assessment and evaluation drop-down menu (Word documents, pdf files).

Kean University (New Jersey)

Kean University: Office of Accreditation & Assessment (New Jersey)

Overview of Kean's institutional assessment process (pdf file).
Academic assessment: Assessment plans, reports, & curriculum maps from individual degree programs (pdf files).
General education assessment (pdf files)
- Learning outcomes and assessment reports from individual general education courses & projects.
- CAAP & NSSE results.
Administrative unit assessment: Assessment plans & reports from individual administrative & support units (pdf files).
Accreditation and assessment resources: Periodic program review guidelines & schedules (pdf files).
Office of Institutional Research
- Survey reports: Older NSSE results (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.

Keene State College (New Hampshire)

Keene State College: Office of Institutional Assessment (New Hampshire)

Overview of program assessment at Keene.
- Some individual academic programs' curriculum maps. (Still to come: program assessment plans & reports.)
- Individual academic programs' learning outcomes are in their catalog listings.
ISP (integrative studies program, general education) assessment process, including rubrics for general education outcomes (Word documents) and a summary report of assessment results (pdf file).
- Note: The detailed information was not available when last checked.
College assessment: Information about the CLA and CAT, and (pdf files) CLA results.
The Academic Affairs Assessment Committee site includes a reporting template and information about assessment mini-grants (Word documents).
The TK20 assessment management system is restricted to Keene faculty & staff.
- E-portfolio templates & examples.
Links to other assessment resources.

Kennesaw State University (Georgia)

Kennesaw State University: Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (Georgia)

Overview and principles of Kennesaw's assurance of learning (AOL) initiative (pdf files).
Instructions for AOL reports and individual academic programs' reports & AOL Council reviews (pdf files)
KSU's global learning outcomes (general education outcomes related to learning about global issues), assessment materials, & reports (pdf & Excel files).
Recommendations for university-wide competencies (general education outcomes, pdf file).

Office of Assessment and Strategic Planning
- The Office of Assessment and Strategic Planning seeks to create an environment that supports a culture of assessment. Through training and consultation, the Office of Assessment and Strategic Planning provides leadership and support for achieving the division and university missions by using intentionally designed assessments.
- Assessment Team
- Resources
- Annual Reports
- Contact Us

Kent State University (Ohio)

Overview of assessment.
Six steps to continuous improvement: Assessment tips & guidelines.
- Also, see the video modules on assessment from Kent State's Faculty Development Center (handouts & associated documents are pdf files).
Annual assessment reports (pdf files).
Assessment guidelines for new/revised programs (the general curriculum guidelines are pdf files).
Information about & from the assessment advisory committee (pdf files).
Information about assessment mini-grants (pdf files).
Information about Kent State's AQIP program (the portfolio and reports are pdf files).
Results from assessment instruments including NSSE, CLA, and alumni surveys, and Kent State's annual assessment report (pdf files).
Information about WEAVEonline. (WEAVE access is restricted to Kent State faculty & staff.)
Information about periodic academic program review (pdf files).
Links to other assessment and accreditation resources.

Kenyon College (Ohio)

Department outcomes assessment
- Reporting templates (Word documents).
General education assessment
- General education outcomes.
- Reporting templates (Word documents).
The templates are also in the department chairs' page on assessment and the annual report.
Survey results, including NSSE and senior & alumni surveys (pdf & Excel files).
- The alumni surveys page also includes examples of departmental outcomes assessment surveys.

King's College (Pennsylvania)

Handbook on Excellence in Learning and Pedagogy (HELP) from the Kings' College Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching, with information about
- the assessment process,
- principles and examples of course-based assessment,
- on-campus resources, and
- detailed examples (restricted to King's College faculty and staff).

Kingsborough Community College (New York)

Kingsborough Community College: Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning (New York)

Assessment: Chapter 5 (pp 38-44) in KCC's Middle States periodic review report describes assessment processes in degree programs, general education, individual courses, special academic programs, and student affairs (pdf file).
- The archives of previous assessment material include
  - KCC's assessment plan.
  - College-level mission, goals & objectives (MGOs) and report on assessments of MGOs.
  - Outcomes for academic & student support services and relevant survey results.
  - Learning outcomes for individual courses.
Institutional Research: KCC's results on CCSSE and CUNY-system surveys (pdf files).
Links to other resources.

Kirkwood Community College (Iowa)

The Learning Outcomes component of KCC's Vanguard Project site includes a status report on assessment activities/accomplishments at KCC. (See project plans and objectives.)

Knox College (Illinois)

Knox College: Office of Academic Assessment (Illinois)

General education learning goals.
Resources
- Guide (handbook) for academic programs (pdf file).
- Guide for periodic academic program review (pdf file).
- Assessment timetable.
- Sample assessment tools and reports (pdf files).
- Bibliography, and links to other assessment resources.
Glossary.
Survey and annual reports are restricted to Knox faculty & staff.

Kutztown University (Pennsylvania)

Kutztown University: Office of Assessment (Pennsylvania)

Overviews of general education, institutional-, and program-level assessment at KU (pdf files).
Assessment basics: Definitions, tips, & guidelines.
- Also, see About the Office of Assessment.
Results from alumni and NSSE surveys (pdf files).
Assessment newsletters (pdf files).
Information about assessment mini-grants, including reports from past recipients (pdf files).
Materials from on-campus assessment symposia (agendas are pdf files; presentations are Powerpoint files).
Links to other assessment resources, including examples by academic department.

Kuyper College (Michigan)

Overview of assessment at Kuyper.

LaGuardia Community College (New York)

About
- History of assessment at LaGuardia, and graphic of the general feedback loop (assessment) process.
- Core competencies (general education outcomes) and (pdf files) rubrics.
Faculty
- Periodic program review (PPR) timeline and (pdf file) guidelines. (The PPR sample report was not available when last checked.)
- Program competency statements and core competency grids (course*outcomes maps for the core competencies) for individual degree programs (pdf files).
- Information for students & faculty about e-portfolios (pdf files).

Lake Superior State University (Michigan)

Lake Superior State University: Assessment Office (Michigan)

Overview of assessment at LSSU.
University assessment plan (pdf file).
- HLC monitoring report & LSSU response (pdf files) and reports (Word documents).
- Course-level assessment calendar (grid) and evaluation guide for assessment plans (pdf files).
General education assessment
- Annual assessment reports (pdf files).
- General education learning outcomes, with their associated courses and assessment reports (Word documents).
- ETS Proficiency Profile results (pdf files, Word documents).
- Senior exit survey & results (pdf files, Word documents, html pages).
- Information from the general education committee (Word documents, pdf files).
- Information from the Michigan Department of Education about high school curriculum (pdf files).
- Videos about TracDat and the Critical Thinking Achievement Test.
Program-level assessment
- Individual academic programs' learning outcomes (pdf files, Word documents).
  - Still to come: Programs' assessment plans and annual reports.
- Assessment review cycle (pdf file) & process (Word document).
University assessment
- Assessment landscape summary of administrative unit assessment activities (note: this is still being developed.).
- NSSE results (pdf file).
Assessment information for academic support services
- Results from surveys, including NSSE (pdf files).
- Help & examples: Resources & information from LSSU's assessment committee and other institutions.
- The assessment landscape table is still being developed.
Training & professional development
- Workshops: schedule & descriptions.
- Academic assessment tutorials & tools (video & pdf files).
- Assessment guidelines & tips for administrative & support units (pdf files).
- TracDat tutorials & guides (video & pdf files). TracDat access is restricted to LSSU faculty & staff.
  - The home page also has links to TracDat and some training material.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Information about & from LSSU's assessment committee (pdf files, Word documents).
- Information about assessment mini-grants (pdf files, Word documents).
- Annual lists of assessment resources: planning guidelines, reporting templates, & reports (mostly pdf files).
- Committee reports (pdf files).
- The committee's internal website includes links to many of the resources listed above as well as links to other online assessment resources.
Institutional perceptions of assessment at LSSU
- The assessment culture matrix survey (pdf file) is based on HLC's Levels of Implementation matrix.
- Survey results showing LSSU's development.
Information from LSSU's participation in HLC's Academy for Assessment (pdf files, Word documents; some materials are restricted to LSSU faculty & staff).

Overview of assessment at LSSU.
University assessment plan (pdf file).
- HLC monitoring report & LSSU response (pdf files) and reports (Word documents).
- Course-level assessment calendar (grid) and evaluation guide for assessment plans (pdf files).
General education assessment
- Annual assessment reports (pdf files).
- General education learning outcomes, with their associated courses and assessment reports (Word documents).
- ETS Proficiency Profile results (pdf files, Word documents).
- Senior exit survey & results (pdf files, Word documents, html pages).
- Information from the general education committee (Word documents, pdf files).
- Information from the Michigan Department of Education about high school curriculum (pdf files).
- Videos about TracDat and the Critical Thinking Achievement Test.
Program-level assessment
- Individual academic programs' learning outcomes (pdf files, Word documents).
  - Still to come: Programs' assessment plans and annual reports.
- Assessment review cycle (pdf file) & process (Word document).
University assessment
- Assessment landscape summary of administrative unit assessment activities (note: this is still being developed.).
- NSSE results (pdf file).
Assessment information for academic support services
- Results from surveys, including NSSE (pdf files).
- Help & examples: Resources & information from LSSU's assessment committee and other institutions.
- The assessment landscape table is still being developed.
Training & professional development
- Workshops: schedule & descriptions.
- Academic assessment tutorials & tools (video & pdf files).
- Assessment guidelines & tips for administrative & support units (pdf files).
- TracDat tutorials & guides (video & pdf files). TracDat access is restricted to LSSU faculty & staff.
  - The home page also has links to TracDat and some training material.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Information about & from LSSU's assessment committee (pdf files, Word documents).
- Information about assessment mini-grants (pdf files, Word documents).
- Annual lists of assessment resources: planning guidelines, reporting templates, & reports (mostly pdf files).
- Committee reports (pdf files).
- The committee's internal website includes links to many of the resources listed above as well as links to other online assessment resources.
Institutional perceptions of assessment at LSSU
- The assessment culture matrix survey (pdf file) is based on HLC's Levels of Implementation matrix.
- Survey results showing LSSU's development.
Information from LSSU's participation in HLC's Academy for Assessment (pdf files, Word documents; some materials are restricted to LSSU faculty & staff).

Lander University (South Carolina)

Lander University: Office of Institutional Assessment and Effectiveness (South Carolina)

The schedule of planned assessments summarizes Lander's assessment processes (pdf file).
Institutional effectiveness:
- Assessment reports from individual academic & administrative/support units and for each general education outcome (Word documents; the general education reports were not available when last checked).
- Strategic goals reporting calendar and "report cards" (pdf files).
- Accountability and institutional effectiveness reports to the SC Commission on Higher Education (pdf files).
Results from the Proficiency Profile and from NSSE and other surveys (pdf files).

Lane Community College (Oregon)

Lane Community College: Institutional Research, Assessment & Planning (Oregon)

Plans, reports, & assessment events include:
- Lane's overall and (pdf file) general education assessment plans.
- College and discipline assessment summaries & reports (mostly pdf files).
FAQ.
Lane's core (general education) learning outcomes and associated rubrics (pdf files, Word documents).
- The rubrics page includes a course-level assessment planning worksheet (Word document).
Resources for developing course learning outcomes.
IRAP's research studies page includes CCSSE and other survey results (pdf files).
Lane's institutional context includes a variety of student-success projects & initiatives.
About the A-Team (assessment committee).
- Current projects includes information about mini-grants.

Laney College (California)

Overview and guidelines for student learning outcomes (SLOs).
Institutional learning (general education) outcomes and (Word documents) assessment guidelines and reporting rubric.
How to write SLOs: Guidelines, examples, & worksheets (html pages, Word documents, pdf files).
TaskStream instructions (video, pdf, & Excel files; TaskStream access is restricted to Laney faculty & staff).
Archived SLO and assessment reports and plans from individual academic programs (Word documents, Excel files; current reports use the TaskStream system).
Rubric guidelines and (pdf files, Word documents) examples.
Information from & about the Learning Assessment Committee (LAC).
- Recent minutes & agendas (pdf files; older minutes & agendas were not available when last checked.
Assessment calendar (Word document) & events, and event photo gallery.
Links to other resources.

Las Positas College (California)

Overview of the SLO (student learning outcomes) process (links are to pdf files).
LPC core competencies (general education outcomes, pdf file).
Guidelines for developing & reporting program outcomes (links are to html pages & pdf files).
T imeline for developing & implementing assessment of student learning outcomes (SLOs).
SLO (core competencies) assessment results (pdf file).
Information about assessment mini-grants and examples of department- & course-level SLO faculty projects (pdf files).
Resources include
- SLO's from individual courses and academic & student services programs (pdf files).
- Online form for reporting course- & department-level SLOs (please do not enter anything into this form).
- Guidelines for SLO and program review reporting with eLumen; eLumen access is restricted to LPC faculty & staff.
- Presentations & guidelines (pdf files).
SLO committee agendas & minutes (pdf files).
The archives include older SLO committee minutes, reports, & plans (pdf files).

Lehman College (New York)

Lehman College: Office of Assessment and Planning (New York)

FAQ.
Glossary.
Calendar.
Toolkit.
- Templates and tools include tips & guidelines, reporting templates, and an online newsletter (pdf files).
- Bibliography and links to other resources.
Learning outcomes & curriculum maps from individual undergraduate majors & programs (pdf files).
Institutional effectiveness
- Assessment in administrative & support units
- College data include NSSE results (pdf file). Results from CUNY's Student Experience Survey are restricted to CUNY-system faculty & staff.
Information from the assessment council. (Minutes are pdf files).

Lincoln University (Missouri)

Lincoln University: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (Missouri)

Assessment
- Overview, for students, about required general education & major field assessments.
- Overview of general education assessment at LU.
- Overview of major field assessment, and assessment methods used by each program.
- Resources: Off-campus assessment conferences. (The other assessment-resource lists were not available when last checked.)
Reports (pdf files)
- Assessment
  - Assessment progress report.
  - CAAP (critical thinking) and MFT results.
- Results from continuing- and graduating student surveys.

Loma Linda University (California)

Loma Linda University: Office of Educational Effectiveness (California)

Assessment
- Presentations (video & pdf files) on developing & implementing assessment processes.
  - The templates are Word files.
  - Some include links to other assessment resources.
- Glossary.
- Information about annual reporting. (The academic management system is restricted to LLU faculty & staff.)
LLU's institution-wide (general education) student learning outcomes
- Definitions of & resources for each outcome (html pages, pdf files, Word documents).
- Assessment cycle.
Information about LLU committees involved with educational effectiveness & assessment.
Information about:
- Periodic academic program review (pdf files, Word documents).
- LLU's academic management system and annual program reports (pdf files; access to the AMS is restricted to LLU faculty & staff).
- On-campus workshops related to assessment.

Long Beach City College (California)

About assessment: Overview and FAQ.
Reporting forms (Word documents).
Tips & guidelines on how to assess SLOs (examples & resources are mostly pdf files).
- TracDat access is restricted to LBCC faculty & staff.
Examples of course & program-level assessments (pdf files; the download templates page was not available when last checked).
Course, program, & institutional assessment reports (pdf files)
- Institutional reports include general education assessment and CCSSE results.
Information about & from the assessment (ASLO) committee (reports & minutes are pdf files).
FAQ for students (student guide) about outcomes assessment.
Information about periodic course and program review (html pages, pdf files).
Internal resources include individual college and service units' outcomes (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources (articles are pdf files).

Long Island University (New York)

Assessment report templates, examples, & review rubrics for LIU campuses (Word documents).
Assessment surveys for blended (face-to-face + online) courses (pdf files).
The training materials for academic deans and student support services may be useful to other faculty & staff as well (Word documents, pdf & Powerpoint files).
Information about LIU's use of StudentVoice (now CampusLabs) survey management system.
Links to other assessment resources.
LIU Brooklyn campus assessment website
- Overview of assessment at the Brooklyn campus.
- Progress reports and newsletter (pdf files).
- Core curriculum (general education) learning goals & outcomes.
- Templates for academic & student life assessment reporting (pdf file, Word document).
  - The Student Life page includes materials from workshops and links to other resources (Word documents, pdf & Powerpoint files, html pages).
- About CampusLabs' survey management system, with examples & guidelines (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.

Longwood University (Virginia)

Longwood University: Office of Assessment and Institutional Research (Virginia)

Assessment
- Assessment reporting schedules (pdf files) and reporting template (Word document; WEAVEonline access is restricted to Longwood faculty & staff).
- General education competencies (outcomes) and assessment process.
- Periodic program review policy (pdf file) and reporting templates (Word documents).
- Information about assessment mini-grants.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Information about & from on-campus assessment conference (pdf files) and workshops.
Institutional research includes NSSE reports (pdf files).

Lord Fairfax Community College (Virginia)

Lord Fairfax Community College: Planning and Institutional Effectiveness Office (Virginia)

LFCC assessment manual (pdf file):
- FAQ and tips about designing assessment plans.
- Calendar and a course*objectives matrix for general education assessments.
- Forms for reporting assessment plans & results.
- Information about academic program review.
General education learning goals & outcomes (pdf file).
Program review calendar and institutional research data from program reviews (Excel files).
Instructions for WEAVEonline (pdf & Powerpoint files; WEAVE access is restricted to LFCC faculty & staff).

Los Angeles Mission College (California)

Institutional (general education) learning outcomes.
Introduction and (pdf files) Instructions for developing & implementing assessment processes.
- Related documents include tips, guidelines, and links to other resources (Word documents, pdf files).
General education and individual academic units' learning outcomes and assessment reports (online interactive menu, and pdf & Excel files).
- College reports on outcomes assessment status (pdf files).
- Assessment schedule (Excel file) and course assessment plan (Word document).
Guide (FAQ) for students about assessment at LAMC.
Information about and from an on-campus assessment retreat.
- Retreat information & survey results (pdf files).
- Assessment tips, guidelines, & examples (Word documents, Powerpoint file).

Los Angeles Valley College (California)

Los Angeles Valley College: Outcomes Assessment Committee (California)

Student learning outcomes (SLO) manual and (Word documents, Powerpoint files) other resources for developing & implementing outcomes assessment processes.
Reporting forms for course-level and service-unit outcomes assessment (Word documents).
Student learning outcomes (SLOs)
- For course outcomes, select course SLOs, then find a course, then select a subject. Select a course and see Section II (course content and objectives).
- Academic, administrative & service units' assessment plans & reports (Word documents) and course-assessment tracking reports (Excel files).
Course assessment reports
- Guidelines (Powerpoint files).
- Assessment status (tracking, Excel files) and reports (Word documents).
- Sample course reports (Word documents).
Program assessment
- Learning outcomes for LAVC's program pathways (the pdf file of pathways' subjects has descriptions of each outcome).
- Assessment reports for each program pathway (pdf & Powerpoint files).
- Pathway alignment grids are Word documents.
Information about & from the committee (agendas and recent minutes are pdf files; older minutes have pdf icons but are Word documents).
Links to other resources.

Loyola Marymount University (California)

Loyola Marymount University: Office of Assessment (California)

Overview and guiding principles.
Undergraduate learning goals & outcomes (general education).
FAQ.
Resources include
- Tips, guidelines, & examples (examples include pdf files & video recordings of workshop presentations).
- Glossary.
- External funding opportunities.
- Bibliography.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Assessment reports are restricted to LMU faculty & staff.
Celebrating assessment at LMU: "Best practice" examples & impacts.
LMU's NSSE results.
Information about LMU assessment mini-grants.
Information from and about on-campus workshops (pdf files).

Loyola University Chicago (Illinois)

Loyola University Chicago: Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy (Illinois)

About assessment at Loyola: Overview of & guidelines for assessment at LUC. (Note: this page's link to the reporting template did not work when last checked. Use the plan and report templates page instead.)
Assessment plan and report templates (Word documents).
Glossary.
Guidelines & resources for writing learning outcomes and using rubrics.
Best practices guidelines & resources for developing assessment plans.
About ePortfolios & assessment, and a guide (Word document) to implementing e-portfolios at LUC.
Links to other assessment resources.

Macalester College (Minnesota)

Macalester College: Assessment Office (Minnesota)

Assessment at Macalester: Faculty, administration, & student roles in assessment. The statement of student learning has college-wide (general education) learning goals & outcomes.
Instruments used for institutional assessment at Macalester. Results are not available on the website.
Overview & schedule for general education assessment. Results are not available on the website.
Individual academic departments' assessment plans (pdf files). Departments' assessment tools are restricted to Macalester faculty & staff.
Co-curricular assessment leads to Macalester's Student Affairs website. It does not include assessment information.
Resources include:
- Glossary and suggested readings.
- Tips & guidelines (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.
- Assessment reports (see using assessment) are restricted to Macalester faculty & staff.

Madison Area Technical College (Wisconsin)

Madison Area Technical College: Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (Wisconsin)

Overview of MATC's assessment process.
FAQ.
Assessment resources include (pdf files unless indicated otherwise):
- Glossary.
- A video presentation on assessment (not available when last checked) and assessment guidelines & tips.
- Information and a video presentation about MATC's core abilities (general education outcomes).
- Program assessment handbook and guidelines.
Quick tips on formative and summative assessment.

Malone University (Ohio)

Malone University: Assessment of Student Learning (Ohio)

Principles of assessment.
Assessment manuals
- Manuals for academic programs and administrative/support units (pdf files).
- Reporting templates (Word documents).
Assessment reports from individual academic and administrative/support units including outcomes, assessment methods, results, and impacts (pdf files).
Background information
- Survey results, including NSSE reports (pdf files; also see Ongoing Projects).
- Institutional portrait (IR data).
- Links to other assessment resources.
About the assessment implementation committee.

Mansfield University (Pennsylvania)

Assessment at MU: University assessment plan (pdf file).
The Excellence in Higher Education guide (pdf file) includes a model for assessment.
Resources include tips, guidelines, & links to other resources for:
- Developing learning outcomes.
- Developing & using rubrics.
- Writing course syllabi that include learning outcomes (pdf files).
Information about general education workshops and a University Day assessment presentation (pdf files).

Marietta College (Ohio)

Overview.
Assessment standards (general education outcomes) & (pdf files) rubrics.
Glossary.
Links to other assessment resources
Still to come:
- "How to" guides for implementing assessment processes.
- Assessment reports.

Marquette University (Wisconsin)

Assessment process
- Assessment cycle and goals.
- Learning outcomes framework: Institutional and core (general education) learning outcomes.
  - Still to come: Program & course outcomes.
- Policies, procedures, and calendar (pdf files).
- FAQ.
- Information about & from the assessment committee (pdf files).
Individual academic units' assessment plans (pdf files).
Assessment reports (pdf files)
- Institutional: Survey results.
- Program:
  - Overview of measures used and anyactions taken as a result of assessments.
  - Examples of academic program improvements.
- Archived reports are restricted to Marquette faculty & staff.
Assessment resources (mostly pdf files)
- For program assessment leaders (PALS): Links to some of the other resources on Marquette's site.
- Assessment library and reference materials, including links to other assessment resources.
- Materials from on-campus workshops and seminars.
- Guidelines for Bloom's taxonomy.
ARMS (Compliance Assist's assessment reporting management system) is restricted to Marquette faculty & staff.

Marymount University (Virginia)

Marymount University: Office of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness (Virginia)

Handbooks for assessment in academic and administrative/support units (pdf files).
A brief overview of Marymount's assessment process for administrative/support units (pdf file) and an associated Powerpoint presentation.
Glossary (pdf file). This is an annotated glossary of key terms. The handbook for academic units includes a more extensive glossary but without the annotations.
Assessment reporting templates for academic and administrative/support units (Word documents).
Examples of assessment from some academic units (Word documents).
Assessment reports from individual academic units (pdf files).
Information about the university assessment committee.
Reports from surveys of graduating students and alumni (pdf files).
Resources include presentations on assessment processes and results (pdf files).
Guidelines for periodic program review (pdf file).

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts: Office of Institutional Research

Assessment
- FAQ (pdf file).
- Glossary.
- Institution-wide learning outcomes (AAC&U's LEAP outcomes),and (pdf file) core curriculum learning outcomes.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Students' ePortfolios. Content varies from student to student. For an overview, see the College portfolio A Whole Student Experience.
Schedule of assessment surveys.
Program review handbook, schedule, and related documents (pdf files, Word documents).
- Individual academic programs' learning outcomes (pdf file).
News: Assessment-related events & resources (html pages, pdf files).
Assessment forum: Links to other resources (html pages, pdf files).

McKendree University (Illinois)

Assessment plan & timeline.
General education learning outcomes.
Current assessment development activities.
Sources of evidence, & some results.
Process for using assessment evidence in planning, and "closing the loop" highlights.
Resources include:
- Information about surveys & performance tests used at McKendree.
- Links to other assessment resources.
YouTube video about assessment at McK.

Medgar Evers College (New York)

Medgar Evers College: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (New York)

Tools (pdf files)
- Template for annual strategic planning report.
- Handout from Walvoord workshop on assessment.
- Types of evidence for student learning.
- Guidelines & data for strategic planning.
- Handout on Bloom's taxonomy.
General education outcomes.
Links to other assessment resources.

Mercer County Community College (New Jersey)

Mercer County Community College: Office of Institutional Research, Assessment & Planning (New Jersey)

Overview of assessment at MCCC.
Institutional assessment plan (pdf file).
Results from the CCSSE and graduating student surveys (pdf files).

Mercer University (Georgia)

Mercer University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness (Georgia)

Overview of assessment at Mercer.
Glossary, principles of good practice, and information for students about assessment.
Assessment calendar.
About the assessment council.
Compliance Assist's assessment management system is restricted to Mercer faculty & staff.
- The assessment record system managed and archives previous years' assessment information. Update access is restricted to Mercer faculty & staff.
  - To see instructions, and sample records for academic & administrative/support units, use samples as both username & password and select a year.
  - To see academic programs' and administrative/support units' outcomes and assessment methods, use view as both username & password and select a year.
Assessment plans, reporting forms, and results for general education outcomes (pdf files).
NSSE results (html pages, pdf file). Institutional testing, which includes other survey results, is restricted to Mercer faculty & staff.
Guidelines & forms for periodic program review.
Resources include books & videos available on campus.
Links to other assessment resources.

Merritt College (California)

Overview of outcomes assessment.
For faculty: Using the TaskStream tool to report assessment plans & reports (pdf files).
Institutional (general education) learning outcomes.
Information about & from the student learning outcomes assessment committee (SLOAC; minutes & agendas are pdf files).
Calendar of on-campus training events.

Mesa Community College (Arizona)

Mesa Community College: Office of Institutional Effectiveness (Arizona)

General education, developmental, and workplace learning outcomes (pdf file).
Assessment results; the full reports include assessment methods and results (pdf files).
Student Outcomes Committee information and Results Outreach Committee (ROC) mini-grant information and forms ( pdf files, Word documents).
Information about periodic academic program review (pdf files, Word documents).
Results from student surveys, including CCSSE (pdf files).

Metropolitan State University of Denver (Colorado)

Metropolitan State University of Denver: Office of Academic Assessment (Colorado)

Assessment report dates (the memo is a Word document).
About:
- University, general studies, and college assessment committees.
- Program assessment (the memo is a pdf file).
Forms for assessment reporting (pdf file), curriculum mapping (Excel file), and program review (Word document).
Initiatives: Recipients of program assessment awards.
NSSE reports (pdf files) and information about NSSE's report builder.
Reports are restricted to MSU faculty & staff.
Links to other assessment resources.
- The helpful tools (a glossary, guidelines, and rubrics) were not available when last checked.

Miami Dade College (Florida)

MDC's general education learning outcomes.
Video about outcomes assessment at MDC (swf file).
FAQ.
Assessment
- Tasks used in MDC's college-wide (general education) outcomes assessment process.
- Overview and history of MDC's assessment process (the information on these html pages is combined in the pdf file The Process).
- Rubrics for MDC's college-wide (general education) learning outcomes (also available in a pdf file).
- The online student assessment itself is restricted to MDC faculty, staff, & students.
Mapping
- Templates and examples of course & program maps (Excel files), and an overview of MDC's mapping project.
- Student services learning outcomes & assessment methods (pdf file).
Resources include
- Guidelines for faculty and student services staff.
- Examples of assessment methods and outcomes-based syllabi from MDC faculty (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.

Miami University (Ohio)

Miami University of Ohio: Center for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching, and University Assessment

Overview of MU's three-tiered model of assessment.
Full-cycle assessment (glossary).
Assessment briefs (newsletter, pdf files).
Assessment basics
- Guidelines for designing assessment plans.
- FAQ and assessment glossary.
- Examples of rubrics for general education skills and abilities.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Outcomes in the majors: Overview & guidelines (html page, pdf files).
Information about surveys used at MU.
A (draft) e-portfolio manual from one unit (pdf file).
Information about CELTUA mini-grants and reports from some recent projects (pdf files).
Student success plan
- Miami Plan (general education) outcomes & assessment plans.
- Examples of assessment in undergraduate majors (see above).
- Assessment of student engagement, including NSSE results (pdf files).
- Additional learning opportunities include
  - Information about co-curricular opportunities at MU.
  - Results from a survey of alumni's employers (pdf file).
  - Assessment information from student affairs units was not available when last checked.

Michigan State University

Institutional and Programmatic Student Outcomes Assessment | FOD

Ephraim Schechter, a specialist in outcomes assessment, states that student outcomes assessment is for program planning and improvement as well as accountability reporting–"telling the story," with program improvement the primary goal. Many institutions of higher education have developed well-designed programs for institutional assessment that interconnect accountability and program improvement and have put this information on a website. The resources below provide information and Internet links on all aspects of student outcomes assessment at the institutional and programmatic level, with multiple examples of programs in place at colleges and universities throughout the United States and elsewhere. For student outcomes assessment in the classroom, please see other topics under assessment on this website.

Office of Faculty and Organizational Development

CAT's and Informal Student Feedback
Formative and Summative Evaluation
Institutional and Programmatic Student Outcomes Assessment
Multiple Choice Tests, Poster Presentations, Rubrics, Student Portfolios
Testing and Grading
Learning Analytics and Educational Data Mining

Middle Tennessee State University

Middle Tennessee State University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Planning and Research

Institutional Effectiveness Achievement Reports
- Reporting timeline (pdf file).
- The IE Achievement Reports (assessment reports from academic, administrative, and support units) were not available when last checked.
Senior exit exams
- General education (critical thinking) test reports (pdf files).
- Major field test instruments used by MTSU programs.
Results from surveys of students, alumni, employers, and faculty, including NSSE results (pdf files).
Procedures for academic program review (pdf files, Word documents; program review reports are restricted to MTSU faculty & staff).

Middlesex Community College (Massachusetts)

Outcomes assessment
- Plan: Timeline for developing & implementing assessment of institutional student learning outcomes (SLOs).
- Institutional SLOs (ISLOs)
  - Rubrics for MCC's ISLOs (pdf files).
  - Examples of outcomes & assessment methods, with some (pdf files) rubrics and results.
- Overview of MCC's program review process.
  - Review calendars for academic and administrative/support units, with some (pdf files) review reports.
  - Reporting templates (pdf files).
  - Guidelines & resources include program review roles & procedures and units' mission statements.
- Ongoing program assessment reports from some academic & administrative/support units (pdf files).
- Assessment newsletters (pdf files).
Reports & surveys include results from surveys of graduating students about MCC's core curriculum and surveys of area residents and businesses (pdf files).
CCSSE results (pdf files; also see CCSSE-related information on the home page).

Millersville University (Pennsylvania)

Overview of assessment at Millersville.
MU's assessment practices (Word document) and principles (pdf file).
Effective assessment practices: Brief guidelines for implementing assessment processes.
Academic outcomes assessment: General education outcomes & associated rubrics (briefs, pdf files).
- NSSE multi-year overview (pdf file). Also, see special NSSE analyses (Excel files).
- A description of Millersville's student artifact repository project for general education core courses.
The comprehensive assessment summaries and the reports and surveys are restricted to MU faculty & staff.
Information about WEAVEonline. (WEAVE access is restricted to MU faculty & staff.)

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Minnesota State University, Mankato: Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment

FAQ.
Student learning outcomes (general education).
General education assessment
- Overview of MNSU's general education assessment process.
- Learning outcomes, assessment method, and rubrics for each general education category.
- Assessment reports (pdf files).
- Information from the general education assessment committee (mostly pdf files).
Program/department assessment: Reporting & feedback forms (Word documents).
Resources include:
- MNSU's assessment philosophy & guidelines and an introduction to developing assessment plans.
- Guidelines for writing learning outcomes and implementing assessment.
- Bibliographies and links to other assessment resources.
Institutional surveys: Results from NSSE and student satisfaction surveys (pdf files).
Information from & about assessment committees (pdf files, see sub-meet).
Program review procedures and (pdf files) calendars.

Mission College (California)

Mission College (Santa Clara, California)

Information about on-campus presentations.
Guidelines for MC assessment processes (pdf files).
Use of CCSSE student engagement data for institutional level outcomes (ILOs) data (pdf file).
Information about:
- standardized documents and forms used at MC, including program learning outcomes, service area outcomes. (pdf files).
- tools and resources (pdf files).
- Assessment handbook (pdf file)
Links to other assessment resources.

Mississippi State University

Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness
- Results from surveys of students & faculty, including NSSE/FSSE (pdf files).
- Rubric examples, including general education and thesis/dissertation rubrics (pdf files).
Division of Student Affairs, Office of Assessment
- About student affairs assessment at MSU.
- Pre-assessment worksheet: Guidelines for planning assessments (pdf file).
- Reports from surveys (pdf and Powerpoint files).
- Resources include a bibliography on student-affairs-related assessment and (pdf file) guidelines for developing assessment processes.

Missouri State University

Missouri State University: Office of Assessment

NILOA Occasional Paper on assessment for improvement (pdf file).
Assessment shorts: Examples of MSU assessment.
Assessment blog.
Resources include:
- Reporting templates and tips & guidelines (Word documents).
- Links to other assessment resources.
College assessment reports:
- Individual academic programs' learning outcomes (html pages).
- The college assessment process summaries also include their programs' outcomes (pdf files).
Evidence of student learning: NSSE results (pdf files).
Standardized surveys & tests
- Descriptions of instruments used at MSU (the tracker, a pdf file, summarizes when each instrument was used).
- NSSE and exit exam results (pdf files).
- Proficiency Profile and other results are restricted to MSU faculty & staff.
Quality initiative project and public affairs documents: Assessments related to MSU's public affairs mission (mostly pdf & Powerpoint files).

Missouri Valley College

Missouri Valley College: Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning

Levels of assessment at MVC (pdf file).
Reporting forms, instructions, & guidelines for academic & service (administrative) programs (pdf files,Word documents).
Assessment reports from academic & service programs include program goals, outcomes, assessment methods, & results (pdf files).
NSSE/FSSE results (Excel, pdf, & Powerpoint files).
Periodic program review guidelines & reports (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Moberly Area Community College (Missouri)

Moberly Area Community College: Office of Institutional Research (Missouri)

Overview of outcomes assessment at MACC.
Institutional data and statistics include CAPP and student survey results, and an assessment annual report (pdf files).

Modesto Junior College (California)

About assessment at MJC.
Handbook (pdf file).
Assessment & program review cycle & schedule.
Institutional & general education learning outcomes, & information about learning outcomes for courses, academic programs, and administrative & service units.
Learning outcome (LO) assessment
- Curriculum-map grids (Excel files) & assessment reports (Word documents) from some academic programs.
- Pdf files of programs, general education, & institutional outcomes.
Materials from MJC's outcomes assessment day (pdf files).
- Discoveries are videos of some presentations.
Information about & from the assessment workgroup (minutes & agendas are pdf files).

Mohawk Valley Community College (New York)

Mohawk Valley Community College: Office of Institutional Research and Analysis (New York)

Principles of assessment.
The handbook includes:
- An overview of assessment at MVCC.
- A glossary (pdf file).
- Guidelines & resources for assessment activities and for developing & using rubrics.
College competencies (general education outcomes).
Results from surveys of graduates (alumni; pdf files) and Powerpoint presentations about assessment.
- Other survey results are restricted to MVCC faculty & staff.
Information about the institutional effectiveness council (assessment committee).
Links to other resources.

Monmouth University (New Jersey)

From first-year advising to career services, as well as Experiential Education, Monmouth helps leaders look forward right from the very first day. Our students, in turn, gain valuable experience outside the classroom. And it's those out-of-the-classroom experiences that have led our more than 48,000 alumni to successful careers throughout the Northeast, the country, and around the world.

93 percent of 2014 graduates are either engaged in full-time employment, attending graduate or professional school or not employed full-time by choice. (SOURCE: Class of 2014 alumni survey, 6–9 months after May Commencement)
78 percent of MU students have completed a practicum, internship, co-op, or similar "real-world" experience by their senior year—30 percentage points above the national average at comparable institutions. (SOURCE: 2015 National Survey of Student Engagement)

NSSE– What Our Students Say
Active and Collaborative Learning
Enriching Educational Experiences
Level of Academic Challenge
Student-Faculty Interaction
Supportive Campus Environment
Experiential Education Placements By School
Overview of Alumni Success
Employment of Alumni
Graduate Study of Alumni
Accreditations

Montana State University

Guidelines & tips for course– and program-level assessment and a rubric used to review course-level learning outcomes (pdf files).
Templates for academic departments' assessment plans & reports (Word documents).
Individual academic departments' assessment plans & reports (pdf files). The database of assessment plans & reports was not available when last checked.
Information about periodic program review (pdf files).
Archived (historical) pages, being reviewed to see if they're still accurate:
- Background of outcomes assessment at MSU.
- Assessment policy, principles, standards, and useful techniques.
- Assessment plans and reports for undergraduate majors, and a rubric used to review assessment plans (pdf files).
- General education
  - A brief overview of MSU's assessment process.
  - About MSU's CORE 2.0 general education program.
  - The Hewlett project report was not available when last checked.
- Information about capstone courses.
- Senior survey results (pdf files) and related data (institutional research results); these have been kept up to date.
- Information about periodic program review.
- Links to assessment resources (this website) and a bibliography.

Montgomery College (Maryland)

Why and how we do outcomes assessment: FAQ and (pdf file) assessment plan.
Student learning outcomes
- Brief overviews of course-level and general education assessment at MC.
- Guidelines for developing outcomes (pdf file).
- Course descriptions in the course catalog include course outcomes. (Editing access to the curriculum website is restricted to Montgomery faculty & staff).
General education course assessment
- Overview and (pdf file) schedule. Assessment plans & reports are restricted to MC faculty & staff.
- General education competencies (outcomes) and assessment plan (pdf & Powerpoint files).
- Rubrics for each competency (Word documents) and guidelines (pdf files) for using the rubrics.
- Assessment reporting forms (Word documents).
- Information from an on-campus orientation (Powerpoint file).
Program assessment
- Overview and schedule.
- Assessment reporting form (Word document).
Course assessment schedule and process (pdf & Powerpoint files, Word documents).
Newsletter (pdf file).
Glossary
Resources
- Assessment plan & newsletters
- FAQ.
- The forms & instructions mentioned above.
- TracDat instructions (pdf files) & FAQ (TracDat access is restricted to MC faculty & staff).
- Links to other resources.

Moraine Valley Community College (Illinois)

Moraine Valley Community College: Academic Assessment (Illinois)

ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT

The Assessment of Student Academic Achievement office generates rich and useful information about student achievement that leads to improved student learning. We oversee the college's assessment plan to measure, document, and improve student learning. We collaborate with faculty to develop assessment strategies for courses and programs, direct implementation of the General Education Assessment Plan and share assessment activities with the wider college community.

Because of its commitment to student learning, the college intends to provide frequent and useful feedback to students about their learning. The college encourages the faculty to use a variety of assessment methods, including classroom discussion, projects, essay and report writing, research, rubrics, and objective tests. Students have opportunities to express opinions about their educational experiences on campus through surveys and interviews.

Assessment of student learning results are used to drive improvement to curriculum, instruction, and student learning. Additionally, assessment shows college stakeholders how students perform and which areas to target for improvement.

To reach the Assessment of Student Academic Achievement office, please call Gabe Estill at (708) 974-5349, orCatherine Dixon at (708) 974-5253.

Academic Assessment

Assessment Levels
- Course
- Program
- General Education
Five-Year Assessment Plan with Annual Student Assessment Plan and Report
- Why Moraine Valley performs assessment
- College Assessment Plan: CPR
- Cycle
- Plan
- Report
- For more information, consult the Assessment Office's brochure.
Resources
- For Department Chairs
- For Student Development Personnel

Morehead State University (Kentucky)

Morehead State University: Institutional Research and Analysis (Kentucky)

OA&A reviews & ratings of academic and administrative/support units' assessment plans & reports (Excel files).
Login to Faculty 180 and WEAVE is restricted to MSU faculty & staff.

Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio)

Mount Vernon Nazarene University: Institutional Effectiveness Office (Ohio)

Strategic planning for student learning units (pdf files).
- The assessment summary report includes methods and results.
- Guidelines for developing & reporting assessment processes.
- Rubric for evaluating units' assessment plans.
Results from student surveys (pdf files).

Mount Wachusett Community College (Massachusetts)

Mount Wachusett Community College

Outcomes assessment is an ongoing process aimed at measuring and improving student learning. It involves making our expectations explicit and public; setting appropriate criteria and high standards for learning quality; systematically gathering, analyzing and interpreting evidence to determine how well performance matches those expectations and standards; and using the resulting information to document, explain and improve performance. Assessment helps us create a shared academic culture dedicated to assuring and improving the quality of higher education.

Online Resources for Faculty
Institutional Student Learning Outcomes
- Mount Wachusett Community College has identified five Institutional Student Learning Outcomes that define the skills that students will be able to demonstrate upon graduation from MWCC. Students will accomplish these outcomes through completing coursework and co-curricular activities on campus and in the community. Through their Program of Study, students will acquire subject matter knowledge in their field that aligns with their Program Student Learning Outcomes.
AAC&U Official Visits Quality Collaborative Project Team

Nassau Community College (New York)

Nassau Community College: Office for Assessment and Program Review (New York)

Overview of academic assessment at NCC.
- Overview of course level assessment.
  - Guidelines (pdf file) & template (Excel file) for annual assessment report.
  - General education learning goals & outcomes (pdf file).
- Program level assessment: Procedures for periodic program review (pdf file).
- About assessment committees.
- Resources
  - The Concepts and Procedures assessment manual (pdf file) includes guidelines for planning & implementing course level assessment, a glossary, and assessment-planning/reporting matrices & examples.
  - Quickstart guides for classroom assessment and TaskStream's assessment management tools (pdf files).
  - Assessment plan template (Excel file) and planning & reporting matrices (Word documents).
  - Program review template (Word document) and instructions & procedures (pdf files).
  - Links to other assessment resources & references.
Exemplary assessment practices at NCC, and materials from on-campus assessment symposia (pdf files).
Guidelines (pdf file) & application (Word document) for assessment mini-grants.

Nazareth College (New York)

Nazareth College: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (New York)

Nazareth's framework for assessment (pdf file).
Academic assessment
- Reporting forms for assessment plans & results (Word documents).
- OIRA's evaluation rubric for assessment reports and annual reports on the status of assessment at Nazareth (pdf files).
- Information about periodic academic program review (pdf files; the group exercise is a Word document).
Administrative assessment: Planning & reporting forms (Word documents).
Materials from on-campus assessment workshops (pdf, Powerpoint, & Excel files, Word documents).
Links to other assessment resources.

Nevada State College

About outcomes assessment at NSC.
Assessment glossary.
Learning outcomes assessment: Individual units' outcomes, assessment rubrics, methods, & results (pdf files except for data which are in are Excel files).
Assessment (program review) reports (pdf files).

New Jersey Institute of Technology

New Jersey Institute of Technology: Office of Institutional Research and Planning

NJIT institutional learning goals and core competencies.
Program assessment model (jpg file).
Information about periodic program review includes program and core competency assessment status reports & studies (pdf files, Word documents, YouTube podcasts).
Template for reporting assessment plans & activities (Word document).
Assessment guides include NJIT and other assessment resources (pdf files, videos, html pages).
- The NJIT Library's ResearchGuide on grading & assessment includes links to still other assessment resources.
A list of assessment surveys conducted at NJIT.

New Mexico Junior College

Assessment handbook (pdf file).
Assessment schedule and rotation cycle (pdf files).
Institutional (general education) learning outcomes.
Annual reports (pdf files).
Tools include
- Material from in-service training (pdf files).
- Reporting forms and worksheet (Word documents).
HLC statements on assessment (pdf files).

New Mexico State University

New Mexico State University: Office of Assessment

The institutional statement on assessment is a general overview of assessment (pdf file).
Five levels of assessment
- Assessment of the baccalaureate experience (pdf files)
  - The mission, goals, and objectives include NMSU's overall learning goals for baccalaureate students. Also, see the baccalaureate experience self-rating rubric (assessment instrument).
  - Annual assessment reports. The 2011-12 report includes the learning goals, the rubric, and a description of the administration method and results.
  - CLA results from the Office of Institutional Analysis.
    - The OIA site also includes NSSE results.
  - Information about & from the committee for the assessment of student learning across the baccalaureate experience .
- General education assessment
  - New Mexico's state common core areas and assessment guidelines (the reporting form and rubric are Word documents; note: the link to the state site did not work when last checked).
  - Alignment of NMSU's baccalaureate learning experience objectives and the state common core (pdf file).
  - Annual reports include assessment methods & results (pdf files).
  - Information about & from the committee for the assessment of student learning in general education (agendas, minutes, & documents are pdf files).
- Guidelines, reporting templates, and evaluation rubrics for academic program assessment (Word documents) and annual summary reports (pdf files).
- Guidelines and resources for course-level assessment.
- Reporting templates & examples for co-curriculum and administration assessment (pdf files).
  - The friendly description is a Youtube video.
  - Information about & from the outcomes assessment committee for co-curriculum, administration and operations (agendas, minutes, & documents are pdf files).

New York City College of Technology

New York City College of Technology: Assessment and Institutional Research Office

NYCCT's (general education) learning goals.
Assessment plan
- Assessment committee policies (pdf file) and organizational chart (html graphic or pdf file).
- Three-year assessment cycle (html graphic or pdf file).
- Assessment plan & worksheet for critical courses (pdf file).
- Guidelines (pdf file) & template (Excel file) for developing assessment tests.
- AAC&U Value rubrics (pdf file).
Still to come: Assessment information for & from programs in each NYCCT school.
The assessment workspace is restricted to NYCCT faculty & staff.
NYCCT data includes IR data and results from NSSE and CUNY system surveys (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Niagara University (New York)

Niagara University: Outcomes Assessment Committee (New York)

FAQ about designing outcomes assessment processes.
Documents: Schedule for assessing academic majors, and reporting forms & guidelines (Word documents) and syllabus format (pdf file).
Sample reports and rubrics (Word documents).
Link to information about MSCHE assessment documents.

Nicholls State University (Louisiana)

Nicholls State University: Office of Assessment and Institutional Research (Louisiana)

The Guidelines for writing student learning outcomes includes links to other assessment resources (pdf file).
General education goals and assessment strategies & results.
Results from surveys of students, alumni, employers, faculty, & staff, including CLA and MAPP reports (pdf files).

North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University: Office of Institutional Research and Planning

Foundations
- Defining assessment: Overview, contact information for assessment staff in various NCSU units, and (mostly pdf & Powerpoint files) assessment-related presentations.
  - Links to other assessment resources (this page).
  - Assessment staff in various NCSU units.
  - Results from surveys of students, faculty, & staff (including NSSE reports), and a calendar of student, faculty, & staff surveys.
- Guiding principles and statements of best practice.
Processes
- Undergraduate education (Office of Assessment, Division of Academic & Student Affairs)
  - Academic assessment & program review
    - About the annual assessment process with:
      - A sample report and an evaluation rubric (pdf files).
      - Materials from on-campus workshops (pdf files).
      - Links to other NCSU assessment resources.
    - Information about periodic undergraduate program review (html page, pdf files; the steering council pages are restricted to NCSU faculty & staff).
    - General education (pdf files):
      - Assessment plan & history.
      - General education competencies, assessment processes, and associated rubrics.
      - General-education-related results from University of North Carolina system-wide surveys (see Foundations / Surveys for more details).
    - Forms and resources:
      - Curriculum map and assessment report templates (Word documents).
      - Tips & guidelines on assessment methods (pdf files).
      - Links to other assessment and accreditation resources.
  - Co-curricular assessment
    - DASA academic services and Student Affairs units' outcomes (pdf files; the Google-Drive reports are restricted to NCSU faculty & staff).
    - Information about the DASA assessment council (the members list is a pdf file).
    - Results from surveys of first-term students and links to other NCSU survey results (html pages and pdf & Powerpoint files).
    - Assessment reporting templates & instructions (Word documents) and example (pdf file).
    - Links to other assessment resources.
  - The newsletter and data request form were not available when last checked.
- Information for graduate programs about periodic program review (pdf files) and outcomes assessment (Word document).
  - The InfoWeb data management system is restricted to NCSU faculty & staff.
- Information about assessment for distance education. (The newsletters were not available when last checked.)
- Information about assessment in online courses was not available when last checked.
Links to some of the resources mentioned above.

North Idaho College

North Idaho College: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Institutional assessment:
- Assessment plan & goals, and evaluation report (pdf files).
- General education outcomes.
Institutional research: Results from surveys of students, alumni, & staff (pdf files).
Schedule (pdf file) and reporting checklist & template (Word documents) for periodic program review.
About the Voluntary Framework of Accountability project.

North Lake College (Texas)

North Lake College: Institutional Research (Texas)

Overview of assessment at NLC.
Program-level general education learning outcomes.
- Assessment documentation (at the bottom of the page) has details about each general education outcome, guidelines for implementing the outcome in core courses, and a core-course curriculum map (pdf files).
- Summary report on assessments of the general education outcomes, and results from a student survey (pdf files).
- The general education assessment committee page has additional reports (pdf files).
Assessment of technical programs.
- Overview.
- Program review rubric (pdf file).
- Summary report (pdf file).

Northeast Lakeview College (Texas)

Northeast Lakeview College: Program and Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee (Texas)

General education competencies and common outcomes for degree programs.
Assessment of student learning
- Information about the assessment committee.
- Still to come: NLC's assessment policies.
Training & presentations material is restricted to NLC faculty & staff.
Links to other assessment resources.
NLC's strategic plan (pdf file).

Northeastern Illinois University

Northeastern Illinois University: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

About assessment, and comparison of assessment at various levels (course, program, college, university).
About NIU's assessment advisory committee.
NSSE and other survey results (pdf files).

Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College

Overview of assessment at NEO.
Reports (mostly Word documents)
- Annual institutional assessment reports include results from student surveys and general education assessments, and an overview of academic program assessment activities.
- Academic assessment reports include an overview of NEO's assessment process, information about assessment methods, and assessment plans & reports from individual academic programs.
The reporting templates for program assessment and for communication and critical thinking general education courses were not available when last checked.

Northeastern State University (Oklahoma)

Northeastern State University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness (Oklahoma)

The annual assessment reports include summaries of institution-wide and individual academic program assessment methods and results (mostly Word documents).
Template for reporting assessment activities and results (Word document).
NSSE results (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).
College Portrait planning documents (Word documents). NSU's College Portrait data are here.

Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University: Office of Curriculum, Learning Design, and Academic Assessment

The intentional curriculum model links assessment and curriculum planning.
FAQ.
Assessment process (you must click to expand subtopics in order to see some of the items mentioned below).
- About assessment at NAU.
- NAU's assessment policy (Word document).
- Tips, guidelines, & instructions for annual assessment reporting.
- Template (Word document) and email link for submitting assessment reports.
- Information from the university assessment committee.
- Reporting template and assessment committee feedback rubric (Word documents).
- The report archives are restricted to NAU faculty & staff.
- Still to come: NAU assessment best practices.
University-wide academic assessment: Information about & from ETS' Proficiency Profile (the full report is a Word document).
About NAU's assessment awards.
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
- Reports from surveys of students, alumni, & faculty include NSSE/FSSE results (mostly pdf files).
- NAU's College Portrait.

Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University: Office of Assessment Services

Assessment plans
- University assessment plan (pdf file).
- Reporting schedules & information (guidelines) packets (pdf files) and reporting templates (Word documents).
- Academic & support units' assessment plans (pdf files).
Individual degree programs' learning outcomes (pdf files).
Assessment manual.
Annual assessment update reporting form (Word document) and instructions & reports (pdf files).
Information about NIU projects in assessing writing, critical thinking, capstone courses, and student portfolios (pdf files, Word documents).
- Assessing the assessor project and survey reports (mostly Powerpoint files).
- Information about the CLA.
Alumni survey results (the reports are pdf files; detailed results are restricted to NIU faculty & staff).
Minutes & reports from NIU assessment committees (pdf files, Word documents).
Material from on-campus assessment events, including "best practice" examples (pdf & Powerpoint files, Word documents).
Resources include:
- NIU links, including (pdf files) NSSE results.
- Glossary.
- Assessment methods used by NIU academic programs.
- A toolkit including
  - Links to some of the resources mentioned above, and to more details about some of them.
  - Links to other resources.
  - Materials from NIU's on-campus Assessment Expo.
  - Videotaped interviews with NIU faculty.
Assessment-related research from NIU faculty (pdf files).
NIU's College Portrait.

Northern Michigan University

Academic program assessment (Word documents unless indicated otherwise)
- The guide to academic assessment overviews the process and includes examples and the assessment committee's evaluation rubric.
- The academic report template also includes the committee's evaluation rubric.
- The annual assessment of learning procedure includes a timetable and describes the committee's review process
- Examples of NMU academic program objectives (pdf file; organized by category, not by programs).
Some academic department reports (pdf files; some plans & reports are available, some are restricted to NMU faculty & staff).
Service and administrative units
- Reporting template and instructions(Word documents).
- Individual units' assessment plans & reports (FY2011 plans & reports and FY2012 plans are pdf files; FY2012 reports and FY2013 & later documents are Word documents).
Resources include
- Tips from the assessment committee (when last checked, this was also listed as program assessment guide) and materials from an on-campus workshop (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.

Northern New Mexico College

Northern New Mexico College, Institutional Research

Mission: The office of Institutional Research (IR) collects, analyzes, organizes and disseminates data and institutional information to support Northern's mission.

Vision: The office of Institutional Research will support student success and Northern's effectiveness by collecting and providing accurate data, information, and institutional research in a timely manner.

Assessment – Northern New Mexico College

Student Achievement Information (pdf files).
Archived Reports on NNMC's Common Core for multiple years (pdf files)
Institutional Assessment Plan
Portfolio Guidelines Template
Departmental assessment feedback reports (pdf files)
Access to WEAVE limited to faculty and staff
Reporting template (Word doc) and evaluation rubric (pdf file) for program assessment reports.
Institutional research has reports from student surveys (pdf files)
Common core assessment reports for multiple academic years (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.
Office of the Provost

Northern Virginia Community College

Northern Virginia Community College: Office of Academic Assessment

Overview of and brief guidelines for academic outcomes assessment at NOVA (pdf & Powerpoint files)
Degree & certificate programs' learning outcomes and faculty/dean assessment coordinators (pdf files).
Program evaluation (program review) overview, guidelines & program reports (pdf & Powerpoint files).
Assessment and program evaluation reports (pdf files).
Institutional effectiveness plan & highlights (pdf files).
Information for students about some core competency (general education) assessments used at NOVA (html pages, pdf files).
Resources include:
- Information about WEAVEonline (pdf file; access to WEAVE is restricted to NOVA faculty & staff).
- Template & guidelines for program-level annual reports (mostly pdf files; these focus on IR data).
- Materials from on-campus workshops (pdf & Powerpoint files).
- Links to other resources.
CCSSE results from the Office of Institutional Research (OIR; the survey results are pdf files).

Northwest Missouri State University

Northwest Missouri State University: Assessment Office

Information for students, including campus policy and a table of the local and national tests and surveys used.

Northwestern Oklahoma State University

Northwestern Oklahoma State University: Office of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness

Assessment calendar.
Information about and from NWOSU's assessment day (pdf & Powerpoint files).
Academic assessment:
- Individual academic programs' learning outcomes (html pages, pdf files).
- Guide & resources for developing assessment plans (pdf files).
- Materials from on-campus retreats & forums (pdf & Powerpoint files).
General education assessment: General education competencies and a task force report on general education curriculum & assessment (pdf files).
Annual reports include assessment results & impacts (pdf files).
Student engagement: NSSE results (pdf file).
- Still to come: Student satisfaction results.
Resources include NWOSU's strategic plan (pdf file) and information about the LiveText information management system.

Nova Southeastern University (Florida)

NSU Institutional Effectiveness

Mission of Institutional Effectiveness

The mission of Institutional Effectiveness is to provide accurate and timely information regarding Nova Southeastern University and to analyze and assess decision-making at the university on an on-going basis.

Function

We are part of the service arm of the university and report to the office of the President. The office provides a variety of research, planning, assessment, and related support services to the university community.

Organization

Institutional Effectiveness is comprised of the following four offices:

Institutional Research
Licensure and State Relations
Institutional and Community Engagement
Institutional Review Board

Nyack College (New York)

Nyack College: Office of Institutional Assessment (New York)

Assessment model and information about the LOM (learning outcomes management) system.
Core (general education) learning outcomes and (pdf file) associated rubrics, and a sample curriculum mapping chart.
Program assessment rubric template and relationship to program learning goals.
- The assessment model page includes a link to an Excel file of the template.
The glossary is an assessment manual that includes guidelines & examples (pdf file).
Downloadable resources also include guidelines & examples (pdf files).
Previous assessment information includes:
- Individual academic programs' learning outcomes & curriculum maps (Excel file).
- Reporting guide (pdf file) and template example (Excel file).
- Summary reports (zipped archives of pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Oakland Community College (Michigan)

Oakland Community College Student Learning Assessment

Mission Statement

At OCC the central focus of the assessment process at all levels is the improvement of student learning. OCC faculty takes the lead in implementing assessment activities, as well as in planning and overseeing those activities. However, the Office of Student Learning Assessment provides support and guidance to the faculty of OCC in all assessment-related matters. The mission of the college-wide Student Outcomes Assessment Committee (SOAC) is to implement student outcomes and assessment at all levels of the institution. SOAC is an advisory committee comprised of faculty and academic deans that help to lead and shape the process of student learning assessment at OCC. Finally, OCC uses an electronic database, the "Assessment Results Tracking Information System" (ARTIS), to organize and track all assessment-related activities at the college.

Course Assessment
General Education Assessment
Program Assessment
Contact: Rachel Lathrop, Director of Student Learning Assessment

Oakland University (Michigan)

Oakland University: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (Michigan)

Assessment of student learning
- Program assessment
  - About program assessment
    - Overview of assessment and academic program review.
    - University assessment plan and roles (Word documents) and summary of assessment methods (Excel file).
    - Examples of assessment impacts (Word document).
    - Information about assessment mini-grants and annual assessment awards (Word documents).
    - University assessment committee (UAC) annual report (Word document).
  - Academic departments' assessment plans and examples of assessment rubrics and reports (mostly Word documents, some pdf & Excel files).
  - University assessment committee (UAC) procedures, reporting templates & evaluation rubrics (Word documents, pdf & Excel files).
  - Materials from assessment award recipients (Word documents, pdf files).
  - Faculty resources: guidelines, sample rubrics, evaluation criteria, reporting formats and reporting template (Word documents, pdf files).
  - General resources: Assessment bibliographies (html page, Word document) and links to other assessment resources.
- General education assessment
  - Overview.
  - General education outcomes.
  - Reporting forms for assessment plans & reports (Word documents).
  - See general resources, above.
  - Still to come: Assessment plans & reports.
- Material from on-campus assessment-related events (pdf & Powerpoint files).
Institutional research
- NSSE results (pdf & Excel files).
- OU's College Portrait.

Occidental College (California)

Occidental College: Institutional Research, Assessment & Planning (California)

College-wide (general education) learning outcomes.
Academic departments
- Assessment handbook (pdf file).
- Program review calendar (pdf file).
- The reporting template and other documents & reports are restricted to OC faculty & staff.
Assessment information for academic support and student affairs units is restricted to OC faculty & staff.
Resources include reporting forms (Word documents) and links to other assessment resources.
The institutional research site has some summary survey data. Detailed survey reports are restricted to OC faculty & staff.

Ohio State University

College of Arts & Sciences: Curriculum & Assessment Services
- General education (GE) assessment
  - Learning outcomes.
  - Historical documents include an assessment plan and some reports (pdf files).
  - Reports & requirements and the Sharepoint site are restricted to OSU faculty & staff.
- Reports & requirements for assessment in academic majors is restricted to OSU faculty & staff.
- Information about Arts & Sciences' exit survey (pdf files). Results are restricted to OSU faculty & staff.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Office of Assessment
- Outcomes and curricular philosophy for PharmD program (pdf files).
- Assessment-related presentations and resources (pdf & Powerpoint files, Word documents).
- Still to come: Assessment reports.

Ohio University

Ohio University: Office of Institutional Research

Overview of assessment activities at OU.
The more examples link at the bottom of the page leads to:
- OU's institutional assessment plan.
- Learning objectives for general education and academic disciplines, and links (mostly pdf files) to survey reports and (older) academic-department assessment reports (Word documents).
- Student involvement and engagement reports including NSSE results (pdf files).
- General education learning outcomes and (pdf files) assessment reports.
- Other, mostly older, assessment reports (pdf files, Word documents, html pages; some are restricted to OU faculty & staff).

Okanagan College (British Columbia)

Okanagan College: Office of Institutional Research (British Columbia)

Documents are pdf files.
Results from annual surveys of graduates.
- College-wide highlights and results from graduates with apprenticeships.
- Individual academic programs' reports.
- The accountability plans and reports on the Our Institution page include summaries of graduates' satisfaction data.
CCSSE results.

Oklahoma City Community College

Oklahoma City Community College: Academic Outcomes Assessment Committee

Academic outcomes assessment (pdf files)
- The faculty assessment handbook includes:
  - Philosophy & history of assessment at OCCC.
  - FAQ.
  - Reporting forms for assessment plans and results.
  - An assessment glossary.
- Forms for assessment plans & reports.
- Committee mission statement and minutes.
General education assessment (pdf files)
- Outcomes and associated rubrics.
- Assessment plan and annual reports.
- Committee minutes.
- Other general education resources & documents, not necessarily related to assessment.
The curriculum and assessment pages include information about & from periodic program reviews (pdf files).

Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University: Office of University Assessment and Testing

Program outcomes assessment plans and annual reports
- Guidelines and examples for developing assessment plans and reports (Word documents, html page, pdf files).
- Examples of assessment impacts.
- Guide to UAT review & feedback about assessment plans & reports (pdf file).
- Academic programs' latest assessment plans and annual reports were not available when last checked.
- Information about assessment-related budget requests (html pages, Word documents, pdf files).
General education outcomes, (pdf files) rubrics and reports, and (pdf files and Google docs documents) training materials for & reports from assessment reviewers.
The FAQ includes information about assessment funding (mini-grants).
Reports from student and alumni surveys, including NSSE results (html pages, pdf files).

Old Dominion University (Virginia)

Old Dominion University: Office of Assessment (Virginia)

About assessment at ODU.
Information for ODU students about student assessments, including descriptions of university-wide assessments and instructions for participation.
University assessment includes
- Mission and history of the assessment program.
- Fast facts from surveys of ODU students.
- Cycle of campus-wide assessment activities.
- FAQ.
- Information about WEAVE, and (pdf files) rubrics for reviewing assessment plans.
Assessment results & reports are restricted to ODU faculty & staff.
Information about ODU's approach to assessing the SCHEV (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia) general education competencies.
Toolbox with hints, guidelines, and suggestions for various assessment methods. Some of these include links to pdf files, Word documents, and online resources.
- The Encyclopedia of assessment methodology is a general presentation about assessment (pdf file).

Onondaga Community College (New York)

Onondaga Community College

The Department of IPAR facilitates and enhances college-wide strategic and operational planning, assessment, evaluation and research activities to ensure compliance with accreditation standards and support high-quality institutional decision-making, effectiveness, and continuous improvement.

Planning
Assessment and Evaluation
Accreditation
Research
Data Collection and Reporting
Grants Development and Management

Oregon State University

Office of Academic Programs, Assessment, and Accreditation
- Baccalaureate core (general education) assessment
  - About the core and the assessment process (including the core learning outcomes).
  - Step-by-step assessment guidelines & calendar.
  - Support tools include examples and templates (Word documents, Excel files).
  - Links include OSU websites and (pdf & Powerpoint files) reports.
- Undergraduate program assessment
  - Assessment tips & guidelines.
  - Individual programs' learning outcomes.
  - Individual programs' use of performance assessment and high impact practice methods.
  - Report template (Excel file).
  - Information about classroom assessment, periodic program review, and the LEAP outcomes (pdf files).
  - The learning outcome tracking system is restricted to OSU faculty & staff.
- Graduate and first professional program assessment
  - Overviews.
  - Graduate programs' assessment plans (pdf files).
- Information about assessment mini-grants.
- Bibliography (the download format links are for bibliographic references, not for the books & articles themselves).
- Information about & from the assessment council (agendas & minutes are pdf files).
- Links to other Oregon state system institutions' assessment sites.
Office of Student Affairs Research, Evaluation, and Planning
- History of assessment in OSU Student Affairs.
- Annual report (pdf file).
  - Some survey reports are available online (pdf files), others are only available on campus.
- Department assessment
  - Report summaries and annual reports (pdf files; individual department reports are restricted to OSU faculty & staff).
  - Reporting formats, examples, and review rubrics (Word documents).
  - Review schedule & assignments (pdf files).
- Planning: Assessment handbook and resources (pdf files).
- Newsletter (pdf files).
- Training: Materials from on-campus workshops (pdf files, Prezi & Youtube presentations).
- Information about & from the assessment council (minutes are pdf files).

Owens Community College (Ohio)

Owens Community College: Office of Institutional Effectiveness (Ohio)

Assessment & program review (PREP)
- Guidelines, tips, & examples for developing & implementing assessment processes (pdf & Powerpoint files).
- CAAP results (pdf files).
Research & reports include some survey results (pdf files).

Pace University (New York)

Pace University: Office of Planning, Assessment and Institutional Research (New York)

Overview of the site and a report (pdf file, Blueprint for Accountability) on the development of assessment activities at Pace.
Assessment plans & activities
- University assessment plan (Word document, Powerpoint presentation).
- School plans: Individual academic units' assessment plans (Word documents).
- Assessment plans from (some) academic & administrative support units (Word documents, Excel files).
Questions & answers FAQ.
Information about standardized assessment instruments used at Pace.
About Pace's participation in AACU's Bringing Theory to Practice initiative (html pages, pdf files, Word documents).
Overview of NSSE results (Word document) and links to information about Pace initiatives related to NSSE benchmarks.
Information for students about assessment.
Assessment News newsletter (pdf files).
Assessment-related presentations & publications by Pace faculty & staff (pdf files).
Resources for staff and faculty include:
- Introduction to assessment (Powerpoint file) and guidelines for assessing administrative & support units (Word document).
- Links to other assessment resources (including a Word document with links to examples from other institutions).

Palm Beach State College (Florida)

Palm Beach State College: Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness (Florida)

General education learning outcomes, results, & assessment committee minutes. Results & minutes are pdf files; results reports include assessment methods.
Learning outcomes for academic programs and educational support services.
Learning outcomes & assessment methods for individual courses. Search by course number (course numbers & names can be found here); course outlines include outcomes & assessment methods.
Assessment resources: Tools for documenting & reporting program-level assessment plans & results, including:
- Reporting templates (Word documents).
- Access to assessment management tools is restricted to PBSC faculty & staff.
- Institutional research data (pdf files).
- Other resources include (pdf files):
  - Program review guidelines.
  - Outcomes assessment workbooks (manuals) for academic & student services programs.

Palo Alto College (Texas)

About assessment at PAC.
FAQ, glossary, and calendar.
General education assessment (mostly pdf files)
- Overview.
- The summary reports overview assessment methods & results.
- Rubrics for class assignments related to PAC's general education competencies (outcomes).
- Assessment guidelines, tips, and Cliff Notes (also see the additional supporting files).
- CLA & CCLA reports.
Individual academic programs' learning outcomes & assessment reports, and an assessment report template & guidelines (pdf files).
Resources include:
- Materials from on-campus workshops (pdf files).
- Annotated links to other assessment resources.

Pamlico Community College (North Carolina)

Pamlico Community College: Office of Planning, Research, & Effectiveness (North Carolina)

Assessment resources for faculty (pdf files).
- Tips, guidelines, & examples for developing & implementing assessment processes.
- Materials from an on-campus workshop.
Assessment resources for staff (pdf files).
- Assessment planning & reporting form, with instructions.
- Materials from an on-campus workshop.
Survey calendar (pdf file).
Links to other assessment resources (this page).

Paradise Valley Community College (Arizona)

Overview of assessment and course assessment at PVCC.
Assessment progress and results annual presentations and newsletter (Powerpoint & pdf files, Word document).
General education outcomes and associated rubrics, sample assessments, & results (html pages, pdf, Excel, & video files, Word documents).
Out of class (student life & student services) assessment plan & reports (pdf, Powerpoint, & Excel files, Word documents).
Information about & from the assessment committees (minutes are Word documents).
Information about periodic program review (Word documents).
Resources:
- Assessment handbook. Each chapter is a pdf file.
- Tips & guidelines.
- Archived reports (pdf files, Word documents, html pages).
Access to the online assessment tool is restricted to PVCC faculty & staff.

Park University (Missouri)

Park University – Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

GENERAL ASSESSMENT EDUCATION RESOURCES

Park University is committed to providing "access to academic excellence." Assessment–at the university, degree program, and classroom levels–helps us know more about and improve student learning. This website serves as a central repository for information about assessment at Park University and resources supporting best practices in assessment.

Assessment is an ongoing process aimed at understanding and improving student learning. It involves:

Making our expectations explicit
Setting appropriate criteria and high standards for learning
Systematically gathering, analyzing, and interpreting evidence to determine how well performance matches those expectations and standards
Using the resulting information to document, explain, and improve performance.

CETL Quick Tips

Effective Assessment

Assessment Resources

Formative Assessment

Classroom Techniques

Online Assessment

Paul D. Camp Community College (Virginia)

Paul D. Camp Community College: Office of Assessment and Research (Virginia)

Assessment toolkit (pdf files).
- Assessment plan (handbook).
- FAQ.
- Guidelines & tips for assessment & implementation.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Results from assessment of general education core competencies (pdf files).
Institutional effectiveness includes (pdf files):
- College factbook.
- Curriculum maps with program-specific learning outcomes.
- Program assessments & review reports include learning outcomes, assessment methods, results, & impacts.
- A strategic planning benchmark report.
Results from surveys of students, alumni, & faculty, including CCSSE reports (pdf files).
Access to online surveys (please do not enter anything in these online forms).

Pennsylvania State University

Expectations for academic program assessment.
FAQ.
Overview of academic program assessment.
- Guidelines & links to resources for program assessment procedures, from Penn State's Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence.
  - Other pages on this site also include links to Schreyer Institute resources.
  - The Schreyer Institute site includes information about grants for assessment and other teaching support projects.
Assessment tutorial (self-paced module); some pages include links to examples & additional resources (various formats).
Assessment reporting template (Word document) and guides (rubrics) for evaluating assessment plans & reports (pdf file).
Examples of PSU programs' assessment plans (pdf files).
Material from on-campus assessment events (pdf & Powerpoint files).
NSSE results (pdf files).

Pepperdine University (California)

Pepperdine University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness (California)

Assessment
- Institutional learning outcomes.
- Individual academic programs' learning outcomes.
- General education learning outcomes and (pdf files) assessment reports.
- Information about assessment mini-grants (the application is a Word document).
  - Use this link for the ASLC (Advancement of Student Learning Council) page.
Educational research: NSSE and CSS (College Senior Survey) reports on the national surveys page are restricted to Pepperdine faculty & staff.
See OIE for information about on-campus workshops.
Information about periodic program review (archived reports are restricted to Pepperdine faculty & staff).

Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas

Annual assessment results and summary reports from some academic divisions (mostly Word documents, some pdf & Excel files).
- Scroll down the main page for an assessment reporting template (Word document).
The annual strategies & planning summaries address both strategic planning & outcomes assessment (Word documents).
Student learning process: PCCUA's assessment plan and reports (older reports are Word documents; recent ones are pdf files) .
PCCUA's goals for assessment results and impacts (Word documents), and college-level changes that have been related to the assessment process.
Core competencies (general education) outcomes, assessment approach, and rubrics (Word documents), and CAAP results (Word documents and Excel files).
Program assessment: Plans, results, and impacts for some academic programs (Word documents). These are also summarized in the college-level assessment reports.
Results from surveys of students, alumni, and faculty (Word documents, Excel files, and Powerpoint presentations).
- Scroll down the main page for links to more recent CCSSE and graduate survey results (pdf files, Word documents).
Guidelines for classroom assessment techniques (CATS) and guidelines and resources for other assessment & teaching techniques.
Information from and about the college assessment committee (Word documents).
Assessment newsletters (pdf files).
Miscellaneous (institutional research) data related to assessment and outcomes (Word documents).
Training and Other Sources include information about and resources from on-campus workshops.
Other sources include materials from on-campus workshops (Word & rtf documents) and a list of available books.

Pikes Peak Community College (Colorado)

Pikes Peak Community College: College Outcomes Assessment Team (Colorado)

General education outcomes.
PPCC's assessment plan and timeline, and results from a critical thinking assessment project (pdf files).
A summary of PPCC's assessment activities, with results from some general education and department assessments (pdf file).
Evidence and use of evidence: Highlights of general education assessment methods & results (pdf files) and an overview of some assessment impacts.
Resources
- The COAT handbook (pdf file) includes overviews of committee activities and the PPCC assessment process, and information about funding (mini-grants) for departments' assessment activities.
- Links to other assessment resources.

Plymouth State University (New Hampshire)

Individual academic departments' sites include their learning outcomes; some also have (pdf files) assessment reports.

Portland Community College (Oregon)

Portland Community College: Learning Assessment Council (Oregon)

Reporting deadlines, guidelines & templates (Word documents, pdf files).
SAC (subject area committee) award-winning assessment reports (pdf files).
About LAC (mostly pdf files).
Core (general education) outcomes and associated rubrics and potential assessment methods.
Individual academic programs' reports & plans for assessing the core outcomes (pdf files).
General resources include:
- Information about assessment mini-grants and on-campus workshops (classes) about assessment.
- PCC library resources and links to other assessment resources.

Portland State University (Oregon)

Portland State University: Institutional Assessment Council (Oregon)

Council business
- About the IAC.
- History of assessment at PSU.
- What's new?: Recent activities & events (pdf files).
- Meeting minutes, IAC charges, and annual reports are pdf files.
Campus-wide learning outcomes
- CWLOs: General education outcomes (the criteria are a pdf file) and outcomes tiers (course, program, campus-wide).
- FAQ.
- The process by which the outcomes were developed.
- Assessment coverage.
- Status reports (assessment results) and (pdf files) assessment examples.
- Department roles in assessing campus-wide outcomes: Coverage, FAQ.
Student pathway
- Examples of individual academic departments' approaches to the campus-wide outcomes (pdf files).
- Showcase posters (Powerpoint file).
Links to other assessment resources.

Prince George's Community College (Maryland)

Prince George's Community College: Office of Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research (Maryland)

Overview of assessment at PGCC.
Handbook (pdf file).
Still to come: Assessment findings summary report.
Best practices webinars from TK20.
Tips, guidelines & planning checklists (pdf files).
Assessment-related presentations & publications from PGCC (pdf files).

Purdue University (Indiana)

Purdue University – Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Effectiveness(Indiana)

The Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Effectiveness provides reporting and analysis that allows the University to most efficiently use its resources. Our efforts help Purdue build the most effective environment to allow our students to be successful.
Contact us at oirae@purdue.edu

Dashboards
- Data Digest – provides interactive and visual information.
- Management Dashboard (requires login)
- Self Service Reporting
Surveys/Rankings
- List of Surveys (SERU, CIRP, NSSE, COACHE)
Publications
- OIRAE Briefings
- Institutional Reports
Resources – Common Data Set, Gallup, Student Learning Outcomes, CATs
OIRAE Projects

Ramapo College of New Jersey

About Ramapo's assessment process (Word documents).
- Planning materials include an overview of assessment, guidelines for developing & implementing assessment, and for reporting assessment plans & results.
- Flowchart of Ramapo's assessment process.
Resources include:
- FAQ (Word document).
- A glossary.
- College-wide and general education learning outcomes (html page, Word document; both are also available under curriculum and assessment).
- Rubrics for some general education and discipline-specific outcomes, and (under assessment methods), guidelines for using rubrics (pdf files, Word documents).
- Bibliography and links to other assessment resources.
- Information about on- and off-campus assessment-related conferences & workshops.
Assessment Briefs newsletter (pdf files).
Data include:
- CLA results (pdf file).
- Institutional assessments: Information about and links to results from surveys & instruments including CLA and NSSE (Word document).
Information about Ramapo's assessment committees (Word documents).

Reedley College (California)

SLO Blackboard page from the State Center Community College District (SCCCD): See RC Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment.
- RC assessment progress updates, status report (Word document), and course-assessment inventory (Excel file).
FAQ, including a link to the Assessment page (see below) and an FAQ (Word document) for adjunct faculty.
Glossary.
Outcomes
- General education learning outcomes and (Word documents) assessment reports.
- Learning outcomes from individual degree programs, and assessment report with program summaries (Word documents).
Assessment
- Assessment reporting forms (Word documents) and timeline (Excel file).
- The program review handbook includes an assessment timeline and reporting forms (Word document).
- When last checked, the program and course assessment completion inventories on this page (Excel files) opened properly from Internet Explorer but not from other browsers such as Firefox.

Rhode Island College

Introduction to assessment for new faculty (pdf file, from NILOA).
General education outcomes, assessment plan, and (pdf files) pilot project results.
Overview of academic program assessment, with (Word documents) reporting form, report-evaluation rubric, and curriculum-mapping template (also available under forms and templates).
Overview of assessment in co-curricular programs, and (pdf file) student affairs assessment plan.
List of assessments: Information about assessment instruments & processes at RIC.
Assessment schedules.
CLA and NSSE results (pdf files).
Information about the assessment committee.
Assessment newsletters (pdf files).
Outcomes assessment reading lists (recommended readings, pdf files).
Supporting organizations: Links to assessment resources.

Rice University (Texas)

Rice University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness (Texas)

Guidelines for developing course- & program-level outcomes, curriculum maps, and an assessment plan.
Glossary.
Reporting cycle, guidelines, & templates for academic and administrative & support units (templates in pdf and Word form).
Guidelines & (video files) tutorials for the Qualtrics survey system. (Qualtrics access is restricted to Rice faculty & staff.)
Links to other resources.

Rochester Institute of Technology (New York)

Rochester Institute of Technology: Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Office (New York)

Institutional assessment
- Overview.
- Essential (general education) outcomes (also in the academic program profile [pdf file]).
- Assessment planning map (matrix) and guide for administrative units (pdf files).
- University assessment measures: Sources of institution-level data.
- Glossary.
- Information about RIT's assessment council and participation in a project to assist Board oversight of student learning & academic quality.
Academic program assessment
- Overview.
- FAQ.
- Assessment plan guide, reporting form, checklist, & evaluation rubric (pdf files; the examples are restricted to RIT faculty & staff).
- Resources and course level assessment: Guidelines & tips, including rubric examples.
- Timeline for progress reports. (The examples and annual reports are restricted to RIT faculty & staff.)
- Information about the assessment committee.
General education assessment
- Overview.
- General education outcomes and associated rubrics (the rubrics themselves are restricted to RIT faculty & staff).
- Framework and outcomes*framework alignment map (pdf files).
- Assessment plan model & schedule (pdf files; the plan itself is restricted to RIT faculty & staff).
- Plan (pdf file) for and presentation (Powerpoint file) about communicating general education assessment results (the reports are restricted to RIT faculty & staff).
- Information about the general education committee.
Administrative & academic support unit assessment
- Assessment planning map & guide (pdf files).
- Status of individual units' assessment maps.
Assessment management system
- Overview & training/support information for RIT's implementation of the Taskstream assessment management system.
- Academic & administrative unit access to the system is restricted to RIT faculty & staff.
Assessment Office services & support.
RIT assessment news & announcements, and a list of upcoming assessment conferences.
Tips for assessment in an online environment.
Information about assessment grants (the application form is a Word document).
Assessment in Student Affairs.
- Strategic planning goals and scorecard (pdf files).
- Reporting form for department (strategic) plans (pdf file).
- Assessing programs, services, & student development: Department plan matrix (Excel file) & co-curricular map (Word document).
- Access to the Taskstream assessment management system is restricted to RIT faculty & staff.

Rock Valley College (Illinois)

Assessment of Student Learning

Our faculty and administrators are very serious when it comes to the quality of education students receive and for that reason they understand the need for assessing what and how students are learning in the classroom and around campus.

Taskstream Accountability Management System

Taskstream has replaced TracDat as the college's accountability management system and will be used to track progress toward course, program, and institutional assessment beginning in fall 2015. Look for Taskstream training opportunities during development days and throughout the 2015-2016 academic year. The following areas have active links on the Assessment of Student Learning page:

Assessment Overview
Classroom Assessment
Course Assessment
Program/Discipline Assessment
Institutional (SLO) Assessment
Templates and Forms
Reports
Presentations and Publications
Resources

Program Review

Area Scheduled for ICCB Program Review during FY2016

Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)
The college will be participating in the Spring 2016 administration of CCSSE. Results from 2014 are available by contacting RVC-Research@RockValleyCollege.edu.

Recent Publications

KPI Summary Reports

Rockland Community College (New York)

Rockland Community College: Office of Outcomes Assessment (New York)

Overview of assessment at RCC.
Five-year plan for assessment at RCC.
Assessment procedures (pdf files)
- Five-year plan details and SUNY-system general education outcomes.
- Reporting forms.
- Examples.
Procedures & reporting template for the annual department assessment pilot project (pdf files).
Resources include
- A framework for assessment (the AAHE assessment principles).
- Glossary.
- Links to other assessment resources.

Rutgers University (New Jersey)

Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research
- Assessment terms, plans, & conduct: Guidelines for designing departmental assessment plans. (Includes pdf link to a sample rubric.)
- Notable ideas & practices (mostly pdf files):
  - Links to some assessment resources.
  - Examples of departmental learning goals.
- Procedure for annual assessment reports (the checklist was not available when last reviewed).
- Committees and university infrastructure for outcomes assessment.
- Glossary.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning
- Information about surveys of students and faculty (some are pdf files). Assessment reports include results from a survey of graduating seniors.
- The Undergraduate Experience summarizes results from surveys of continuing and graduating students and of students who withdrew from the university (pdf files).
Assessment at Rutgers-Camden
- Camden College of Arts & Sciences (CCAS) assessment plan.
- Individual academic departments' plans (pdf files).
- Reporting forms (pdf files).
- Best practice examples from CCAS programs' annual reports (pdf file).
- Links to other assessment resources.
The Physics and Astronomy Education Research group's Scientific Abilities Project site includes assessment tasks, rubrics for assessing scientific abilities, and presentations on assessment of scientific abilities (pdf files).

Saginaw Valley State University (Michigan)

Academic program assessment at SVSU: Principles and (pdf file) periodic program review cycle.
Assessment materials
- Assessment/planning report forms & examples (pdf & rtf files).
- HLC self-study & final report (pdf files).
- Reports & materials from on-site workshops are restricted to SVSU faculty & staff.
Administrative structure, roles, & responsibilities for the assessment process (pdf file).

Saint Mary's College of California

Saint Mary's College of California: Office of Institutional Research

Overview of assessment at Saint Mary's:
Program assessment tips, guidelines, & reporting formats (pdf files).
Information about & from Saint Mary's assessment grant projects (pdf files).
The core curriculum section includes (general education) learning outcomes and (pdf file) an assessment plan.
Information about & from the on-campus assessment forum (pdf files; the video of the 2013 forum is restricted to Saint Mary's faculty & staff).
The institutional research site has results from surveys of students & alumni, including NSSE reports (pdf & Excel files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Saint Michael's College (Vermont)

Saint Michael's College: Office of Institutional Research (Vermont)

Vice President's message about assessment.
Results from surveys of the senior class and alumni (pdf files).
College-wide assessment efforts includes NSSE results on spirituality & ethics and results from a survey about SMC's mission (pdf files).
Assessment of students in residence includes NSSE results and results from academic advising surveys (pdf files).
Information about entering students and retention (pdf files).

Salem State University (Massachusetts)

LEAP-based goals & learning objectives: SSU's university-wide (general education) learning outcomes (pdf file).
The glossary includes links to other assessment resources.
Individual academic departments' learning outcomes, assessment instruments & reports, & curriculum maps, and assessment instruments (mostly pdf files). What's there varies from department to department.
About SSU's participation in the Wabash national study of liberal arts education.
Information from & about SSU's assessment committee (minutes are pdf files) and faculty fellows program.
Materials from on-campus workshops (mostly pdf files; the agenda is a Word document).

Salt Lake Community College (Utah)

Overview (pdf files).
- Assessment plan & timeline.
- College-wide (general education) outcomes and guidelines for association with program- and course-level outcomes.
Help includes:
- Tips & guidelines for developing & implementing outcomes assessment processes (pdf files).
- Forms & templates for (Word documents) assessment plans, curriculum maps, and (pdf files,Word documents) rubrics & assessment guidelines for some general education outcomes.
- Bibliographies and workshop presentations (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.
Documentation: Individual academic programs' learning outcomes, curriculum maps, and assessment plans (pdf files; Results are restricted to SLCC faculty & staff).
Video examples & overviews from SLCC faculty.
Tips & guidelines for critical-thinking assessment assignments (pdf files, Word documents).
Assessment reports from student services units (pdf files).

Sam Houston State University (Texas)

Sam Houston State University: Office of Academic Planning and Assessment (Texas)

FAQ (pdf file).
Assessment of SHSU's core curriculum
- Learning objectives and (pdf file) assessment plan.
- Writing in the disciplines assessment pilot and (pdf file) rubric.
  - When last checked, the project report was still to come.
- Conference presentation about core curriculum assessment at SHSU (pdf file).
Deadlines for entering information into SHSU's online assessment tracking database (OATDB).
Resources (pdf files).
- Additional conference presentations.
- OATDB training workshop and user guide.
- Rubric for evaluating assessment plans.
- Guidelines for assessing online & distance-education programs.

Samford University (Alabama)

Samford University: Office of Operations and Planning (Alabama)

History of assessment at Samford (pdf files).
Samford's model of assessment: Performance indicators and reporting forms for academic and administrative units and individual employees (pdf files).
- The assessment form directory is restricted to Samford faculty & staff.
Office of Assessment
- Overviews of assessment, reporting, & program review processes. (Individual units' annual assessment websites were not available when last checked.)
- Assessment practice: Guidelines for planning & implementing assessment.
- Resources (this page).

Samuel Merritt University (CA)

Office of Assessment of Education Effectiveness

Assessment Approach
Assessment Indicators
Scholarship of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Improving Teaching with Technology Grants
Curriculum Mapping Initiative (CMI)
Ensuring Student Success
Commendations and Accolades
Learning Outcomes

Contact: Valerie Landau, Director of Assessment: vlandau@samuelmerritt.edu

San Francisco State University (California)

San Francisco State University: Academic Planning and Development (California)

Overview of assessment at SFSU.
- NSSE/FSSE, CLA, and SFSU's Student Pulse survey reports (pdf files).
- The Academic Institutional Research page includes other survey results (mostly pdf files).
Form for reporting departmental assessment activities (Word document).
Guidelines, examples, and resources for program and classroom assessment (some pdf files).
Academic units' annual assessment reports (pdf files).
General education assessment
- General information, including learning outcomes and SFSU's assessment approach, was not available when last checked.
  - The academic senate policies available from the program assessment page include SFSU's previous general education learning objectives & outcomes.
- Unit-level assessment report example (pdf file).
Policies and guidelines for academic program review.

San Jose State University (California)

Assessment process
- Tips & guidelines for developing, implementing, & reporting assessment processes.
- University learning goals (faculty senate policy, pdf file).
- The reports archive of program learning outcomes was not available when last checked.
Program assessment (mostly Google Docs documents)
- Overview of the program assessment process.
- Annual reporting form.
- Guidelines, suggestions, & examples for various parts of the process.
- Other resources include some Google Docs documents, some YouTube videos, & some html pages.
General education assessment
- General education outcomes, by area, with associated reporting forms (Word documents).
- Reporting form for general education courses (Word documents) and individual course reports (pdf files).
Rubrics (pdf files, Word documents)
- For evaluating assessment plans.
- Examples for various general education & discipline outcomes.
Information about & from the assessment facilitation committee (agendas & minutes are Google Docs documents).
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Analytics site has information about assessment, including
- Surveys used at SJSU, including NSSE results (pdf files).
- SJSU's participation in the Wabash national study of liberal arts education.

San Juan College (New Mexico)

San Juan College: Assessment Team (New Mexico)

General information
- History of assessment at SJC.
  - Also see assessment history in the main menu.
- Rationale: Overview of SJC's assessment process.
- Descriptions of assessment and classroom assessment methods and techniques.
- Reporting deadlines.
Assessment plans & reports
- Brief overview of the planning & reporting process.
- Individual academic units' plans & reports (pdf files).
Common (general education) student learning outcomes (CSLOS) and associated rubrics, and New Mexico state-level core competencies & assessment suggestions (pdf files).
Presentations and forms include the college's assessment plan & reporting form, Update newsletters, and assessment team presentations (Powerpoint & pdf files).

Santa Monica College (California)

Santa Monica College: Institutional Effectiveness Committee (California)

ILOs (institutional learning outcomes) and core competencies (pdf file).
Outcomes assessment & reporting processes for instructional and student services/administrative units (pdf files).
Assessment reports from individual instructional programs (pdf files).
Annual institutional effectiveness reports (pdf files, institutional research data).
Information about & from the committee (agendas, minutes, & documents are pdf files).
Information about periodic program review (html pages, pdf files).

Santa Rosa Junior College (California)

About assessment at SRJC.
FAQ.
Institutional (general education) learning outcomes and (pdf files) assessment reports.
Guidelines and examples for certificate & major programs outcomes assessment (pdf files).
Guidelines for developing & assessing course-level student learning outcomes (the assessment plan template and the report form are Word documents).
Reporting forms & examples (Word documents & pdf files; some examples are restricted to Santa Rosa faculty & staff).
Showcase of examples (assessment projects & rubrics) from SRJC academic programs (pdf files, Word documents).
Student Services assessment process (Word document, pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Savannah State University (Georgia)

Savannah State University: Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment (Georgia)

Academic effectiveness
- Tables have learning outcomes and assessment methods, results, & impacts for academic and general education programs (pdf & Excel files).
- Academic programs' learning outcomes and curriculum grids (pdf files).
- Templates and examples for academic program assessment (pdf & Excel files).
- Academic program reviews are restricted to Savannah State faculty & staff..
Institutional effectiveness: Table with objectives, assessment methods, results, & impacts for administrative units (pdf & Excel files).
Links to online surveys of students, alumni, faculty, & staff, and results from some surveys (html pages, pdf files; please do not enter anything in the online forms).
Links to other assessment resources (this site).

Schoolcraft College (Michigan)

Schoolcraft College: Office of Curriculum and Assessment (Michigan)

Overview of assessment at Schoolcraft.
About Schoolcraft's performance-based learning approach to curriculum development.
- The workbook is a pdf file.
- Links to other resources.
Institutional assessment: Core abilities (general education outcomes), and associated (pdf files) course lists, rubrics, and updates on rubric development.
Overview of Schoolcraft's program assessment process.
About WIDS curriculum management & instructional design software (pdf file)
The Schoolcraft library has a "webliography" on higher education assessment with links to other resources.

Seattle Central Community College (Washington)

Seattle Central Community College: Instructional Assessment Committee (Washington)

Overview of assessment at SCCC.
Forms & instructions: The report template is a Word document.
Resources and reports includes
- SCCC's assessment history, timeline, and current approach.
- (General education) learning outcomes.
- Tips on developing learning outcomes and assessment processes.
- Assessment reports from individual academic programs (recent reports are pdf files; reports in the pre-2006 Assessment Matters database are raw database entries and hard to read in a browser).
- Links to other assessment resources.
Information about periodic academic program review.

Seattle University (Washington)

General education outcomes for undergraduate and graduate programs (home page links go to html versions; Learning Outcomes links go to pdf files).
- Individual program websites include learning outcomes. Select Academics from the dropdown menu on the university's home page, then program types, and then individual programs.
Assessment plan reporting guidelines & templates (Word documents).
Membership of assessment committees.
Resources include:
- Sample rubrics from SU programs (Word documents).
- Links to other assessment resources.

Seton Hall University (New Jersey)

University assessment plan
- Reporting template (Word document).
- FAQ (pdf file).
- Rubric examples (Excel file).
- The calendar and the (pdf file) landscape list types of assessment activities in place at SHU; highlights describe assessment activities in individual degree and co-curricular & administrative/support programs (the full curricular highlights document is a pdf file).
- Outcomes (impacts) of some academic programs' assessment activities (pdf file).
Information about assessment grants (the grant application, on the resources page, is a Word document).
Past presentations from assessment committee meetings (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Shasta College (California)

General education learning outcomes, rubrics, & curriculum maps (pdf files, Word & rtf documents).
Foundational skills program learning outcomes, relationship maps, and assessment tools (pdf files, Word documents).
Institutional learning outcomes & assessment schedule (pdf file, Word document).
Assessment glossary and handbook (pdf files).
Reporting learning outcomes.
- Online form for general education outcomes (please do not enter anything into this form).
- Instructions for using TracDat to submit course & program learning outcomes (pdf file; TracDat access is restricted to Shasta faculty & staff).
Information about & from the student learning outcomes committee (pdf files, Word documents).

Shepherd University (West Virginia)

Shepherd University: Center for Teaching and Learning (West Virginia)

About assessment (includes information about the Assessor Refresher workshop [pdf file] and a Powerpoint file from the workshop).
Sample assessment plan & report (Word documents).
Where to begin has assessment reporting and review forms (Word documents).
Records of assessment activities (Word documents).
Information about and from standardized measures including NSSE, MAPP, & CLA (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).
Information about assessment mini-grants (the application form is a Word document).
Assessment task force minutes and review forms (Word documents; older minutes are pdf files).
WEAVE access is restricted to Shepherd U. faculty & staff.

Shippensburg University (Pennsylvania)

Shippensburg University: Academic Affairs Assessment Team (Pennsylvania)

Why assess? overview.
About the AAAT.
Examples (pdf files)
- Some assessment plans from Shippensburg degree and academic support programs.
- NSSE results.
Professional development resources: Annotated links to other assessment resources.
Highlights of the assessment discussion forum are restricted to Shippensburg faculty & staff.

Sierra College (California)

Sierra College: Office of Instruction (California)

Faculty & staff
- Guidebook (handbook, pdf file).
- Reporting forms (pdf files).
- Individual academic programs' outcomes, curriculum matrix, & (some programs') assessment results (pdf files).
- Information about the assessment committee.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Students
- Institutional (general education) learning outcomes.
- Program outcomes and (still to come) assessment results.
Accreditation
- Information about periodic program review for academic and administrative & service units (pdf files, Word documents).
- Information about the assessment task force.

Sinclair Community College (Ohio)

Assessment at Sinclair
- History, policies, principles, & strategic plan for assessment at SCC.
- Overview of methods for program and campus-wide (institutional) assessment, sources of assessment data, & guidelines for program outcomes reports.
Data sources used to assess student learning at SCC.
Assessment reports from some individual programs (not all links lead to reports; available reports are pdf files).
Resources
- General education outcomes and rubrics (Word documents).
- Online newsletters (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.
- Information about surveys and survey reports was not available when last checked.
SCC's strategic plans and (Word documents) information from periodic program reviews.

Skagit Valley College (Washington)

General education outcomes (Word document).
Individual degree/certificate programs' learning outcomes, assessment plans, and results (mostly Word documents).
CCSSE results (Excel & Powerpoint files, Word documents).

Skidmore College (NY)

Assessment plan (pdf files, html pages).
Goals for student learning and development (general education outcomes).
FAQ.
The college-wide and department and program assessments, and reports on the institutional research page, are restricted to Skidmore faculty & staff.
Assessment-related publications by Skidmore faculty & staff and others (pdf file).

Slippery Rock University (Pennsylvania)

Slippery Rock University – Assessment (Pennsylvania)

Institutional Assessment
- The University is focused on institutional effectiveness and renewal through a commitment to assessment built around the fulfillment of the vision and mission of the Institution.
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment (SLO)
SRU Student Learning Outcomes
Reports
- The Office of Academic Planning, Resources Management, and Assessment provides data and analysis in the interests of transparency and data-driven decision-making. Many questions can be answered from the reports below. If additional information is needed, please contact us at 724.738.2099.
Voluntary System of Accountability, College Portrait – SLO ETS Proficiency Profile Testing
Regional & Programmatic Accreditations, Academic and Nonacademic Units
Annual Institutional Effectiveness Assessment, Nonacademic Units
Institutional Surveys Including NSSE, SSI, FYE Surveys, and Future Plans of Bachelor Degree Recipients.

Southeast Missouri State University

Annual assessment reports (pdf files):
- Calendar and report format & guidelines.
- Evaluation rubric and department status trends.
Assessment methods
- University-wide: Information for students about SMSU's writing proficiency test.
- Departments, units, & programs:
  - Assessment plan & history.
  - FAQ: Busy Chairperson's Guide.
  - Information about SMSU's HLC accreditation and AQIP projects (pdf files).
Information about assessment funding (mini-grants).
- Forms are pdf files; the Dropbox for proposals is restricted to SMSU faculty & staff.

Southeastern Illinois College

SIC's assessment plan (pdf file).
Brief history of assessment at SIC
Assessment & program review calendars (pdf files).
Resources include
- Glossary, & FAQ for students.
- Assessment manual (pdf file).
- An inventory of assessment activities at SIC.
- The assessment reporting form includes SIC's general education outcomes (pdf file).
- Toolbox
  - Assessment toolkit and muddiest points (pdf files).
  - Links to other assessment & rubric resources.
- Assessment-committee minutes (pdf files).
Departmental assessment plans & results and program review information are restricted to SIC faculty & staff.

Southeastern Louisiana University

Southeastern Louisiana University: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Institutional effectiveness (pdf files)
- Policies & guidelines.
- Institutional effectiveness reports for individual academic programs.
Surveys: Results from surveys of students, alumni, faculty & staff (pdf files). Includes NSSE results.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Senior assessment: Brief description of assessment in the major.
General education assessment
- General education learning goals & outcomes.
- History of general education assessment at SOSU.
- General education assessment plan and report (pdf files).
- General education council information was not available when last checked.

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (Illinois)

Office of Assessment and Program Review

Assessment and Program Review is primarily responsible for developing and implementing student and academic program assessment. Assessment and the program review are a mandate of both the North Central Association of Colleges & Schools and the Illinois Board of Higher Education. The University supports these activities in recognition of the fact that, performed properly, assessment and program review can systematically improve academic programs and student achievement.

Assessment and Program Review is overseen by the Associate Provost for Academic Programs, which oversees degree-specific accreditations, program changes, academic catalogs, student complaints, academic policies and procedures, set by the SIU Board of Trustees, the Illinois Board of Higher Education, and the Higher Learning Commission of The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Assessment

Accreditation
CWAC
CWAT
CoCAC
Forms
Resources
Plans/Reports
Assessment Conference
Fellows Guidelines
CAStLE Schedule
Assessment Fellows
Contact – James S. Allen, Associate Provost for Academic Programs
- jsallen@siu.edu

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville: Office of Academic Innovation and Effectiveness

Assessment of academic programs
- Assessment plan reporting templates & evaluation rubrics (pdf files).
- Overview of and (Word documents) templates for annual performance reports.
- Information about periodic program review (pdf files, Word documents).
Assessment resources
- Information about assessment committees.
- Information about on-campus faculty development workshops. Some address assessment topics.
Current assessment activities
- General education assessment (pdf files).
  - Learning objectives, assessment plan, & timeline.
  - Assessment pilot plan and rubrics.
  - Also see the AQIP action project report on general education assessment (pdf file).
- About SIUE's senior assignment.
  - The program funding evaluation rubric is a Word document. The travel fund description and application are pdf files.
- Alumni survey reports (pdf & Excel files).
Other resources include:
- History of assessment at SIUE.
- Overview of assessment of student learning.
- The relationship between assessment of learning outcomes and assessment of teaching.
- The lending library list is a Word document.
OAIE's resources list include links to other assessment resources.

Southern Oregon University

Overview.
Institutional assessment
- Assessment plan and evolution of assessment at SOU (pdf files, Word documents).
  - The CLA presentation includes an overview of planned assessment methods (pdf file).
- Individual programs' learning outcomes (Word documents).
- About periodic academic program review (pdf files, Word documents).
  - Also see the presentation on academic assessment & program review (pdf file).
- Presentations include CLA results (pdf files).
Program assessment
- Program evaluation rubric (Word document).
- Guidelines for writing effective learning outcomes (Word document).
Course design & assessment: Proposal & review forms for university studies courses, emphasizing general education outcomes (Word documents).
Suggested rubrics for general education outcomes (Word documents).

Southern State Community College (Ohio)

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Individual academic programs' & disciplines' assessment plans & timelines (pdf files).
- Still to come: Program/discipline assessment reports.
CORE (general education) learning outcomes & assessment plan (pdf files).
The gallery includes survey & other reports, including CCSSE results (pdf files).
Resources include
- Guidelines & workshop materials (pdf & gif files).
- Reporting forms (Excel file, Word document).

Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences (Arizona)

Overview of academic assessment at SCNM. (Much of this information is also in the pdf file SCNM Comprehensive Academic Assessment Program.)
Institution-wide learning outcomes.
Timelines for assessment activities (pdf files).
Reporting template for assessment plans & results (pdf file).
Assessment instruments used, with examples (pdf files).
Assessment findings: Program results and assessment committee evaluation template (pdf files).
Bibliography and links to other assessment resources.

Southwestern Illinois College

About assessment at SWIC.
Assessment handbook (pdf file).
Levels of assessment: Overview of course-, program-, and institution-level assessment at SWIC.
- Institution level includes general education core competencies.
- These pages include links to the worksheets & templates mentioned below (Word documents, Excel files).
Learning goals (outcomes) and course matrices from individual academic disciplines & programs (pdf files).
- Levels of Assessment.
Reporting templates (Word documents, Excel files) & guidelines.
Video shorts about how to assess student learning (from California State University, Long Beach).
The annual assessment summary reports include some college and program assessments & results (pdf files).
Information about SWIC assessment committees.

Spokane Community College (Washington)

College-wide abilities (general education goals & outcomes) and associated rubrics (pdf files).
SCC Outcomes FAQ. (Note: Outcomes documents from individual academic programs are restricted to SCC faculty & staff.)
Information about regional assessment-related events.
Resources for assessment
- Assessment tools created by SCC faculty (Word documents).
- Links to other assessment resources.
- Assessment books available on campus.

Springfield College (Massachusetts)

Overview of assessment at Springfield, with guidelines & example.
Outcomes and assessments: General education outcomes and examples of assessment methods (pdf file).
Overview of NSSE results.

St. Ambrose University (Iowa)

Overview of the annual assessment process.
- Evaluation rubric for assessment reports (pdf file).
- Links to other assessment resources.
Assessment plans
- Overview of the reporting process for academic programs & co-curricular units.
- Institutional assessment plans and background (pdf files).
- Student support service units' assessment plans (pdf files).
General education outcomes.
Assessment results & reports (mostly pdf files)
- Program participation in the assessment process.
- NSSE and other survey results.
- CLA and MAPP results.
Resources include:
- Material from on-campus workshops (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.

St. Cloud State University (Minnesota)

St. Cloud State University: Assessment Office (Minnesota)

About assessment
- Overview of assessment at SCSU.
- Flow chart of assessment responsibilities (pdf file).
- Assessment steering committee minutes (Word documents, pdf files).
Liberal education (general education) assessment
- Learning goals & outcomes.
- Assessment reporting forms for each outcome (Word documents).
- Liberal education policy documents (Worddocuments) & information about assessment panels (pdf files, Word document).
- Information about liberal education assessment for students was not available when last checked.
- Links to other resources.
- Most of the older documents including committee minutes & archival links are Word documents.
Plans & reports
- Institutional assessment reports (pdf files, Word documents).
- Individual academic programs' learning outcomes & assessment plans (html pages, Word documents).
- Form & guidelines for reporting assessment plans and results (Word documents).
Information about HLC's Assessment Academy (pdf files).
Resources include:
- Assessment handbook and information about on-campus peer consultation and on-campus workshops.
- Some SJSU colleges' assessment sites.
- Information about assessment mini-grants (html pages, pdf files, Word documents).
- Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
- Bibliography and books, articles, etc. available in the Assessment Office library.
- Links to other assessment resources, including discipline-specific links.

St. Cloud State University (Minnesota)

University Assessment-Office of Academic Affairs

About Assessment

St. Cloud State University is committed to assessment at all levels. There is a university-level office of Assessment that is part of Academic Affairs. It includes a part-time faculty director and support staff.

A university-level assessment committee meets regularly during the school year. It is composed of college and unit assessment directors, an administrator from Institutional Effectiveness, a liaison from the Liberal Education Committee,the Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and a representative of Undergraduate Studies. Faculty members who represent their colleges at this committee receive reassigned time for assessment duties; they also serve as the chairs of their respective college assessment committees.

The college and unit assessment committees are structured very similarly. They, too, meet regularly to discuss and plan assessment activities within their college/unit. The committees are made up of program/department assessment directors and headed by the college assessment director.

The university assessment office provides faculty support in a number of ways. These include funding for grants, conference attendance, and other activities. An assessment resource room is located in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. The university assessment office has conducted campus-wide workshops on various assessment topics and has hosted luncheons to connect the broader campus assessment community and draw others into the process. The university also provides some support for program assessment as part of accreditation processes for individual departments.

Assessment Plans and Annual Reports
Assessment Academy
Resources
Tk20
LEP Assessment

St. John Fisher College (New York)

Educational Effectiveness Assessment

Mission

In the spirit of continuous improvement, the mission of the Educational Assessment Leadership Team is to facilitate evidenced-based decisions by providing pedagogical and technical expertise for the assessment of student learning outcomes by demonstrating a commitment to assessment processes and data that are transparent and useful for our educational community.

Vision

The Educational Assessment Leadership Team is driving the change that will support the college learning experience.

The following areas have active links on the Educational Effectiveness Assessment website:

Student Learning Outcomes Statements
Assessment Plans
Current Assessment Activities
Evidence of Student Learning
Use of Student Learning
Accreditation
Assessment Resources
Educational Assessment Leadership Team

Contact: Catherine S. Sweet, cssweet@sjfc.edu

St. John's University (New York)

Unpacking assessment: About assessment, and about assessment at St. John's.
Assessment tools
- St. John's core competencies and knowledge bases (general education outcomes).
- Curriculum maps for core courses and the competencies & knowledge bases (pdf files).
- Rubrics for the core competencies (pdf files; these were not available when last checked).
- Guidelines & tips for developing & implementing assessment processes.
- Links to other assessment resources.
The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Higher Education Assessment blog.
The Office of Institutional Research site includes:
- The university's assessment plan (pdf file).
- Information about WEAVEonline, a sample assessment report (pdf file), and read-only IDs/passwords for individual academic programs' assessment information.
- Results from student surveys, including NSSE (pdf files).
- Information about & guidelines for periodic academic program review (pdf files).
- An article about assessing online learning (pdf file).

St. Olaf College (Minnesota)

St. Olaf College: Office of Institutional Research & Evaluation (Minnesota)

About outcomes assessment at St. Olaf.
- Includes links to most of the pages mentioned below.
- Note: This page and selected assessment summaries are available via the Outcomes link on St. Olaf College's home page.
Intended learning outcomes
- From individual academic programs.
- General education outcomes and course guidelines.
- Tips on developing and using outcomes statements.
Institutional reports
- About assessment instruments used at St. Olaf.
- Results from CLA, NSSE, etc., by instrument or topic (pdf files; some of the by topic reports are restricted to St. Olaf faculty & staff.)
General education assessment
- Learning outcomes and guidelines for general education courses (pdf files).
- Description & guidelines, and reporting templates (html pages, pdf & Excel files, Word documents).
- Feedback for current students from seniors, alumni, & employers (pdf file Don't just check off those requirements!).
Department & program assessment
- Individual academic programs' learning outcomes.
- Annual assessment requests from the Dean (pdf files).
- Examples and resources include
  - Tips for planning & implementing assessment, and college-wide assessment findings.
  - Examples of internal and external tests & surveys used at St. Olaf (pdf files, html pages).
  - General education rubrics from St. Olaf & the AACU (pdf files, Word documents).
  - Annotated links to other assessment resources (pdf file).
- Information about assessment mini-grants (the application form is a Word document).
National recognition: Publications & presentations about assessment at St. Olaf (pdf files).

St. Petersburg College (Florida)

St. Petersburg College: Office of Academic Effectiveness and Assessment (Florida)

Overview of assessment at SPC (pdf file).
General education outcomes (pdf files).
Academic program review description, summaries (viability reports), and some individual programs' reports (pdf files). The program-level reports include learning outcomes and assessment results.
Searchable general education and end-of-program assessment (educational outcomes) database of assessment reports (pdf files).
Results from surveys of students and alumni, including CCSSE reports.
Information about periodic academic program review (pdf files).

Stanford University (California)

Stanford University: Institutional Research & Decision Support (California)

FAQ.
These resources (pdf files) are restricted to Stanford faculty & staff:
- Assessment Tools handbook.
- Templates and examples for assessment plans, reports, rubrics, and curriculum maps.
- A list of references and an annotated bibliography .
References also includes a link to this website.
On the institutional research site, the survey research page has information about & from surveys of Stanford students. (The sample surveys are pdf files).

Stark State College (Ohio)

Stark State College: Office of Institutional Research and Planning (Ohio)

General education purpose statement and learning outcomes (pdf files).
Academic assessment
- Handbook (pdf file).
  - Presentation on assessing co-curricular programs (pdf & Powerpoint versions).
  - General education learning outcomes (pdf file).
- Rubrics for general education outcomes (Word documents).
- Assessment timeline (pdf file) and reporting templates & examples (Word documents & templates, Excel files).
- Annual summaries and division-level assessment reports (pdf files).
Co-curricular assessment: Support units' goals; some pages include (pdf files) assessment reports.
Books available in the OIRP library and links to other assessment resources.

State University of New York

State University of New York: Office of Academic Programs, Planning and Assessment

Assessment
- System-wide assessment policy (html, pdf, & Word versions).
- Instructions for the academic programs dashboard (html and Word formats; the dashboard itself is restricted to SUNY-campus faculty & staff).
- System-wide general education outcomes and rubrics (pdf files, Word documents).
- General Education Assessment Review (GEAR) guide to campus-level general education assessment (html, pdf, & Word versions).
- Reporting templates for campus-level assessment reports (html and Word formats).
- Information from the SUNY Council on Assessment: Blog, and information about SUNY-based and other assessment-related events.
- SUNY Learning Network survey of students' experience with online and blended-format courses (please do not enter anything into this online form).
- Information about SUNY's student opinion survey was not available when last checked.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Note: See the individual entries for notes on assessment at each campus: Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Buffalo State, Cortland, College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Erie CC, Fashion Institute of Technology, Fredonia, Geneseo, Oneonta, Potsdam, Rockland CC, Stony Brook.

State University of New York at Cortland

State University of New York at Cortland: Office of Institutional Research & Assessment

Presentation on SUNY-Cortland's assessment plan (pdf file).
Institutional reporting (pdf files)
- The general education program description & committee report include learning outcomes and information about assessment methods (pdf files). The assessment plan & results are restricted to SUNY-Cortland faculty & staff.
- NSSE results (the full results are restricted to SUNY-Cortland faculty & staff).
- Student opinion survey
  - Information about the SOS, and multi-year comparison (pdf files).
  - The summary reports and appendixes are restricted to SUNY-Cortland faculty & staff.
Links to other planning and assessment resources (pdf files).

State University of New York at Geneseo

About assessment and about Geneseo's assessment structure.
FAQ and assessment blog.
Individual academic programs' learning outcomes and assessment reports.
General education assessment:
- A description of SUNY-wide procedures for assessing general education.
- Geneseo's general education assessment plan (pdf file).
- General education outcomes & (pdf files) rubrics, and each area's assessment reports.
This year in program & general education assessment: Timetables & reporting instructions.
Geneseo's online process for recording assessment results.
Information about & from the academic program assessment committee (APAC; reports are html pages and pdf & Excel files).
About Geneseo's ASSESStivus ("Assessment for the rest of us") annual meeting. (ASSESStivus presentations are restricted to Geneseo faculty & staff.)
Links to other assessment resources.

State University of New York at Potsdam

State University of New York at Potsdam: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Planning & assessment
- Academic assessment
  - Planning & reporting process
    - Potsdam (general education) learning outcomes.
    - Process snapshot, instructions, & templates (Word documents).
    - Evaluation rubric (pdf file).
    - Archived prior versions (pdf files).
  - Schedule (pdf file).
  - Individual academic units' assessment plans, and some units reports (pdf files).
  - General education assessment reports & presentations (pdf files).
  - Information about assessment mini-grants (pdf file, Word documents).
  - Information from the assessment committee (pdf files).
  - Schedule & guidelines for periodic academic program review (pdf files).
- Administrative assessment
  - Overview of the planning & reporting process.
  - Schedule (pdf file) & reporting templates (Word documents).
  - Some units' descriptions & mission statements.
  - Still to come: Individual units' assessment plans & reports.
Other assessment resources: this page, and various pdf files.
* Planning and Reporting Process (pdf file)
* Assessment plans (pdf files that are available for current and prospective students)
* Assessment reports (pdf files documenting assessment data collection and curricular and learning design improvements across a 3-year cycle)
* GE assessment (pdf files for GE assessment data, reports, and presentations)
* Best Practices Assessment Workshop
* Assessment Mini-grants
* Program Guidelines 2013-14 (pdf file)
* Application
* Program Improvement Rubric (word document)
* Rubric is to evaluate SLO Assessment mini-grant proposals
Survey reports, including NSSE and SUNY-system survey results (pdf files).
SUNY Potsdam's Middle States self study (pdf files; links marked on campus are restricted to SUNY Potsdam faculty & staff).

Stephen F. Austin State University (Texas)

The pages linked from the right-hand menu combine links to SFASU assessment resources and resources elsewhere.
- There is a wide range of non-SFASU resources. See the menu topics.
- Many of these links are also in SFASU's assessment handbook (a Word document of links).
- The notes below indicate links to SFASU's own assessment-related pages & documents.
SFASU reporting and assessment timelines are in the assessment calendar (pdf file) and SFASU planned assessment schedule (Excel file).
SFASU core curriculum (general education) assessment guidelines, schedules, & reports (pdf files & Word documents, in core assessment).
Assessment tips & guidelines include:
- An orientation to learning outcomes (Powerpoint file, in Student learning outcomes).
- A glossary (pdf file, in Assessment terminology).
Reporting formats, instructions, & examples include:
- Enhancing closing the loop (Word document, in Administrative and support units).
- An outcomes template & examples, an assessment flow chart, and a rubric for evaluating outcomes assessment reports (Word documents & pdf file, in Program assessment).
- Overview, guidelines instructions, & examples for academic, administrative, & support units' TracDat reports (pdf files, in TracDat; TracDat access is restricted to SFASU faculty & staff).
Materials from on-campus assessment workshops (pdf & Powerpoint files).

Stony Brook University (SUNY) (New York)

Stony Brook University (SUNY): Faculty Center in Teaching, Learning & Technology (New York)

Note: most FCTLT resources & additional details on these pages are pdf files. Some pages also have links to non-FCTLT resources.
About assessment.
Roles & responsibilities.
Assessment tools & methods.
Tips & guidelines for designing an assessment plan.
Worksheets for designing course-level assessment.
General education assessment.
Formative & mid-term assessment.
Resources include a checklist and (Word document) template for program assessment plans.
FCTLT's assessment-related services.
Access to Blackboard and to course evaluation pages is restricted to Stony Brook students, faculty, & staff.

SUNY College at Oneonta (New York)

Assessment at the College of Oneonta
- Assessment plan (pdf file) and college comprehensive (strategic) plan.
- Information about assessment & Middle States' (MSA) accreditation.
Assessment of academic programs
- General education assessment process and (pdf files) reporting forms.
- Schedule for assessing academic degree programs and roles of key participants.
- The guidelines for program review emphasize the assessment components.
- Information about Oneonta's general education and academic program assessment committees.
- Classroom assessment techniques
  - About Oneonta's teaching breakfasts.
  - Middle States' assessment guidebooks (pdf files).
Resources include links for assessment conferences and (pdf file) Middle States accreditation standards.
- The classic resources were not available when last checked.
What's New: Information about Oneonta's assessment mini-grants programs (Word documents).

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (New York)

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry: Assessment Office (New York)

Policies on institutional effectiveness and outcomes assessment (pdf files).
Internal academic program assessment
- Assessment policy, schedule, & self-study guide (pdf files).
- Assessment plans & annual reports from individual academic programs include learning outcomes, curriculum maps, assessment methods, results, & impacts (Word documents, pdf files).
Information about external academic program review & discipline-specific accreditation (pdf files).
Administrative unit assessment: Individual units' assessment plans & reports (Word documents).
Links to Middle States and other assessment resources, including the assessment section of ESF's most recent accreditation review (pdf files).
Still to come: Data collection schedule.

SUNY Fredonia (New York)

SUNY Fredonia: Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment (New York)

Overview of assessment at SUNY Fredonia.
- Guidelines for assessment plans (html page) and a reporting template and feedback form (pdf files) are available from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences or the College of Visual & Performing Arts assessment pages.
  - These pages also have individual degree programs' assessment plans & curriculum maps (pdf files).
- Information about assessment in the College of Education and the School of Business.
- General education assessment
  - Fredonia's general education assessment policy and information about the SUNY System's general education (GER) assessment cycle (pdf files, html page).
  - Assessment reports for various general education categories (Word documents, pdf files).
- Overview of assessment in student affairs and administrative units (the administration and university advancement divisions' annual reports are pdf files).
- Information about instruments used for campus-wide outcomes assessment.
- Guidelines for periodic academic program review (Word documents, pdf files).
Information & resources include:
- An overview of assessment.
- Overviews & guidelines for assessment of student learning and institutional effectiveness, for assessment methods, and for documenting assessment plans & reports.
- A glossary and links to other assessment resources.
Information about the campus assessment committee.

SUNY New Paltz (New York)

Assessment philosophy & guidelines.
Assessment forms include a template and reporting forms for academic and administrative units (pdf files).
Resources
- Assessment steering committee report (pdf file).
- Assessment handbook (pdf file).
- A guide to course-embedded assessment.
- Links to other assessment resources (html pages, pdf files).
General education (GE Board)
- FAQ.
- Reporting forms for assessment plans (pdf files).
- Documents & forms include a checklist for assessment plans and sample assessment plans, reports, rubrics, & work products (pdf files).
- Closing the loop guidelines and (rtf file) assessment plan cover sheet.
- SUNY system requirements for general education (pdf files) and general education assessment review (GEAR) process.
- Archived previous assessment plans & processes (pdf files).
- Information about & from the General Education Board (minutes are pdf files).
Guidelines for periodic academic program review (pdf file).

SUNY Plattsburgh (New York)

Overview of assessment at SUNY Plattsburgh.
University assessment plan (pdf file).
Policies & procedures
- Overview & guidelines for assessment.
- General education assessment cycle & method.
University-wide (general education) learning outcomes for undergraduate and graduate students.
Assessment reporting forms (Word documents).
Individual academic and administrative/support departments' assessment reports (pdf files).
Institutional effectiveness plan and reports (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania)

Swarthmore College: Office of Institutional Research (Pennsylvania)

Overview of assessment at Swarthmore.
Guidelines for academic assessment and program review.
Overview of assessment in support & administrative areas, with some individual areas' reports.
Information about institution-wide assessment activities, and results from a student exit survey and (pdf files) from retention & graduation studies.
Resources
- FAQ.
- Guidelines for assessing learning goals, with links to other resources. Other goals are guidelines & resources for assessment in co-curricular, administrative, & support areas.
- Assessment basics has tips and links to other resources.
- Tools and general examples include links to other resources.
- Documents include:
  - Swarthmore's academic assessment plan (pdf files).
  - Guidelines for department & program reviews.
  - Presentations about assessment (pdf files).

Syracuse University (New York)

Syracuse University: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (New York)

University assessment plan (pdf file).
Assessment of programs or projects: Guidelines for planning and implementing assessment processes.
Assessment of student learning
- History of assessment at SU.
- Guidelines and templates for assessment plans and reports (pdf files).
- pdf documents with links to information about assessment from discipline-specific assessment bodies and professional associations.

Tarleton State University (Texas)

Guide to developing an assessment plan (rtf & Word document versions; includes links to pdf files, html pages, & Word documents with examples).
FAQ & glossary.
Academic-program assessment
- Resources:
  - Documents & handouts on best practices, sample size (pdf files), course mapping, & signature assignments and a mini-manual (Word documents).
  - About assessing students' technology competence.
  - Annual report guidelines (Word document).
  - Report examples (Word documents, Excel file).
  - Assessment-related books in TSU's library (pdf file).
  - Links to other assessment resources.
  - Template for reporting assessment sustainability (multi-year assessment timeline; Excel file).
General education and core-course assessment
- Advisory council
  - Core categories and associated general education learning outcomes.
  - Forms for course-level evaluation (assessment plans) in each category (Word documents).
  - Committee minutes & reports, including an assessment report (pdf files).
- Core course assessment, with an example for general education course assessment & reporting (sample EEO report, pdf file). Evaluation rubrics & checklists for academic & budgetary (administrative) unit assessment plans (Excel files), and general resources for using rubrics in assessment.
Information from & about the assessment committee (older minutes are Word documents; newer ones are pdf files).
- Forms for committee evaluation of academic & administrative units' assessment plans & reports (Excel files, Word documents).
Assessment timeline and "reminder" checklists (pdf files, Word documents).
Guidelines for assessment reporting with WEAVEonline (Word & rtf documents, html pages; WEAVE access is restricted to TSU faculty & staff).
The Office of Institutional Research has CLA and NSSE/FSSE results as well as results from TSU on-campus surveys (pdf files)

Temple University (Pennsylvania)

Temple University: Academic Affairs, Assessment and Institutional Research (Pennsylvania)

Overview of assessment at Temple.
Assessment dashboard
- Examples of assessment at Temple.
- Library resources include bibliographies and links to online resources.
- Newsletter and announcements about on-campus training & assistance.
- Information & tutorials for Blackboard Outcomes.
  - Blackboard access is restricted to Temple faculty & staff.
  - The guidelines for assessment plan components were not available when last checked.
- Assessment cycle resources.
  - Planning assessment information for periodic program review.
  - Undergraduate competencies (outcomes).
  - Assessment examples on Temple websites.
  - University strategic initiatives.
- The deputy provost's assessment page was not available when last checked.
Information about periodic program review.
Assessment in the College of Liberal Arts
- Overview of assessment.
- FAQ.
- Tips & guidelines for writing an assessment plan.
- Links to other assessment resources.

Texas A&M International University

Texas A&M International University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning

Assessment reports from individual academic, administrative, and support units, with outcomes, assessment methods, summaries of results, and impacts (html pages, pdf files, Word documents).
- Evaluation rubric for assessment reports (Word document).
- Instructions for the Digital Measures data management system.
- Core curriculum (general education) reporting templates (Word documents) & reports (pdf files).
- Template for committee & department minutes (Word document).
Initiatives (online resources) include TAMIU's institutional effectiveness plan, an assessment practitioner's manual and checklist for evaluating assessment plans & reports (pdf files). The manual includes a bibliography and links to other online assessment resources.
- Guidelines for periodic program review (Word documents, pdf file).
- Individual academic programs' curriculum maps (Word documents).
- Information about TAMU-IE's quality enhancement plan.
Results from surveys of students (including CLA & NSSE/FSSE results) and from administrative-unit clients (html pages, pdf files).

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University: Office of Institutional Assessment

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Evaluation is dedicated to supporting University administration, college leadership, support units, instructors, and researchers. We support the campus community through supporting and facilitating:

Ongoing, data-based program assessment – ASSESSMENT
Survey development, administration, and analysis – REPORTS
Course examinations processing – SCANNING SERVICE
Course evaluations – COURSE EVALUATION
Assessment of student learning – ASSESSMENT
Monitoring and assessment of high-impact practices – HIP

Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University: Office for Assessment and Quality Enhancement

Assessment calendar.
Assessment
- Assessment manual (pdf file) and rubric (Word document) for evaluating assessment plans.
- TCU user manual for WEAVEonline (WEAVE access is restricted to TCU faculty & staff).
- School/college mission statements (html pages, pdf files).
- Books in TCU's assessment library (these are citations, not links).
- Links to other assessment resources.
Presentations about assessment (Powerpoint & pdf files).
Links other presentations (pdf files) and resources.
Guidelines (Word documents) and calendars for academic program review.

Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University: Office of Planning and Assessment

Assessment resources
- Handbook (pdf file).
- Information about assessment (mini-grant) stipends (Word document).
- Books in OPA's library.
Assessment reports (pdf files)
- Results from CAAP, CLA, NSSE, and other instruments.
- College of Education annual report.
Closing the loop reports from individual courses (Word documents).
Online newsletters (pdf files).
Information about & from the TTU Assessment Network, including pdf & Prezi presentations from TAN meetings.
Faculty & staff spotlights: About TTU "assessment champions."
External links include:
- Core curriculum (general education) areas.
- VSA home page (not a direct link to TTU's College Profile).
- Information about & from TTU's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) and the Ethics Center that continues the QEP's work (mostly pdf files).
Manual (Word document) and training videos for TracDat (TracDat access is restricted to TTU faculty & staff).
Resources from TTU's Teaching, Learning, & Professional Development Center include:
- FAQ.
- Sample outcome statements.
- Information about TLPDC workshops.
- Links to other assessment resources.

The American University in Cairo

The American University in Cairo: Office of Data Analytics and Institutional Research

Assessment at AUC: University (general education) learning outcomes.
Assessment resources
- Plans, reports & templates:
  - Assessment guides (handbooks) for academic programs and administrative and support units (pdf files).
  - Guiding principles for assessment (pdf file).
  - Templates for curriculum maps (Excel file) and syllabi (pdf file).
  - Sample exit survey (pdf file).Program review guide (Word document).
  - Reporting deadlines.
- Information about program & unit review was not available when last checked.
- Online newsletter (pdf files).
- AUC on-campus workshops and national/international assessment conferences.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Institutional effectiveness: Results from surveys of students, alumni, and faculty & staff (pdf files). Student surveys includes NSSE results.

The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC)

The Catholic University of America: Office of Planning, Research, and Student Learning Outcomes Assessment (Washington, DC)

University learning outcomes assessment
- University assessment plan (pdf file).
- Individual degree programs' goals (outcomes) & assessment measures, annual key findings reports, and multi-year major findings reports (pdf files).
- Examples of rubrics used by CUA programs (pdf files).
- Course syllabi and information about student course evaluations are restricted to CUA faculty & staff.
Survey results, special assessment projects, and information from & about the assessment council are restricted to CUA faculty & staff.

The College of New Jersey

Resources include:
- The assessment & survey calendars were not available when last checked.
- Tips & guidelines for planning assessment and using surveys, rubrics, & assessment results (pdf files, Word documents).
- Assessment results you can use includes NSSE/FSSE results (pdf files).
- School/program assessment information is restricted to TCNJ faculty & staff.
Archived assessment results from the CLA and a survey of TCNJ faculty assessment practices (pdf files).
- Archived documents include presentations at on-campus events (pdf files).
Guidelines & tips for Qualtrics survey software.
Assessment information related to Middle States accreditation (pdf files).

The New School (New York)

Overview of assessment.
Program assessment
- Planning & reporting templates (pdf files).
- Guidelines & tips for developing & implementing an assessment process (pdf files, html pages).
Some individual academic programs' learning outcomes (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Thomas Nelson Community College (Virginia)

Thomas Nelson Community College: Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (Virginia)

Assessment timeline (pdf file).
Goals, outcomes, measures, and targets: Tips & guidelines for developing program assessment processes (pdf file).
Rubric to evaluate assessment plans and reports (pdf file).
Instructions for the WEAVEonline assessment management system (pdf file; WEAVE access is restricted to TNCC faculty & staff).
Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

Tidewater Community College (Virginia)

Tidewater Community College: Office of Student Outcomes Assessment (Virginia)

History & guidelines for the annual program assessment report.
Brief overview of assessment data available from SOA.
Assessment toolkit
- Annotated links to other assessment resources.
- Tips for writing outcomes and selecting outcomes measures, with examples.
- Annotated links to assessment-related articles and to assessment reports from other Virginia community colleges (pdf files).
- Online assessment newsletter (pdf files).
VCCS (Virginia Community College System) core competency assessment (html pages, pdf files, Word documents; many of the links are no longer available or go to out-of-date information)

Tiffin University (Ohio)

Tiffin University: Office of Assessment and Accreditation (Ohio)

Information from & about TU's assessment advisory council & committee.
About assessment (overview) and results from student surveys including NSSE (html pages, pdf files, Word documents, mht files [these open in Internet Explorer]).
The assessment guidelines manual (pdf file) includes an overview of the assessment process at TU and guidelines & examples for developing assessment plans & reporting results
Guidelines for developing program assessment plans and reports, plus:
- Selected material from the Guidelines manual, including general education learning outcomes.
- Examples of TU programs' learning outcomes.
- Program assessment plans & reports (Word documents).
Annual reports summarize university- and program-level assessment activity (pdf files).
Rubrics & instructions for assessing TU's writing across the curriculum program (Word documents). The sample report (Excel file) was not available when last checked.

Tohono O'odham Community College (Arizona)

The assessment plan includes general knowledge goals (general education outcomes) and assessment methods (pdf file).
FAQ.

Towson University (Maryland)

Towson University: Office of Assessment (Maryland)

- Core course reporting templates (Word documents).
- Program assessment reporting template and overview table (Word documents).
- The assessment best practices examples are restricted to Towson faculty & staff.
- Assessment tools include assessment-method examples from Towson and elsewhere (pdf files).
- Information about periodic program review and institutional effectiveness reporting (Word documents, pdf files).
- Guides for using the ComplianceAssist information management system (pdf files). Compliance Assist and SharePoint access is restricted to Towson faculty & staff.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Assessment council minutes (pdf files).

Triton College (Illinois)

Triton College: Academic Assessment Committee (Illinois)

Assessment policy (pdf file).
Handbook (pdf files).
Online forms for reporting assessment plans, implementation, & results (please do not enter anything into these forms).
- The outcomes mapping forms are Excel & pdf files.
- The course outline form is a Word document.
Individual academic programs' general education and program outcomes maps (pdf files).
Assessment data & information
- Assessment committee minutes (pdf files).
- The general education assessment plan (timeline) includes Triton's general education outcomes (pdf file).
- Individual academic programs' assessment plans & reports (pdf files; recent reports were not available when last checked, but archived reports were).
- Report on programs' assessment implementation.

Troy University (Alabama)

Troy University: Institutional Research, Planning and Effectiveness (Alabama)

Pp. 2-4 of the Institutional Planning & Effectiveness Handbook describe requirements for academic programs' assessment plans and reports (pdf file).
Survey reports (pdf files). The online surveys were not available when last checked.
HOMER, Troy's online assessment reporting system. In the institutional effectiveness section:
- The overview has a section on Troy's assessment processes (pdf file).
- Individual academic and administrative & support units' descriptions include expected outcomes and results (pdf files).
Testing includes MAPP/Proficiency Profile results (html pages, pdf files).

Truckee Meadows Community College (Nevada)

Assessment planning documents & forms: Review processes, schedules, guidelines, & reporting templates (mostly pdf files).
Course assessment process, schedule, reporting template, & reports (pdf files, Word documents).
Periodic academic program review self-study reports include outcomes & assessment information (pdf files).
Information about administrative unit program review processes.
General education goals & abilities (outcomes)
The institutional research site includes CCSSE results and examples of and results from surveys of graduating students (pdf files).

Truman State University (Missouri)

History of assessment at TSU and (pdf files) information about TSU's strategic plan.
Components of the assessment program: Information about methods in use at TSU.
FAQ and glossary.
Annual assessment almanac (pdf files) with assessment methods and results from:
- Surveys of students, alumni, employers, faculty, including NSSE results.
- Portfolio and capstone course assessments.
- Earlier almanacs also include TSU's assessment plans.
TSU's portfolio project: Information, FAQ, and portfolio prompts with instructions & descriptors (rubrics).
- The portfolio vault is restricted to TSU students, faculty, & staff.
Information for students about assessment & testing includes information about exams & surveys used at TSU.
Information from the assessment committee
- Overview of some (older) assessment projects.
- Materials from TSU's assessment colloquium (html pages, Powerpoint files).
Information from on-campus workshops is restricted to TSU faculty & staff.

Tulane University (Louisiana)

Tulane University: Office of Assessment and Institutional Research (Louisiana)

From the drop-down menu for assessment:
- Information about the assessment committee.
- Assessment plans
  - Overview of the process.
  - Tips, guidelines, & examples for assessment plans, and the committee's evaluation rubric (pdf files).
  - Planning templates for academic & administrative units (Excel files).
- Materials from assessment presentations (pdf files).
  - Available when last checked: Presentations on assessing graduate programs.
- Resources include
  - The guidelines & templates mentioned above.
  - Links to other assessment resources.
  - Links to information about assessment conferences & meetings.
- Results from Tulane's graduating student survey (pdf files).

Tunxis Community College (Connecticut)

Tunxis Community College: Department of Institutional Effectiveness (Connecticut)

General education abilities (outcomes) & associated rubrics (pdf file).
Report on assessment of the general education abilities (pdf file).
The institutional & student success outcomes report includes results from student surveys (pdf file).
- Survey reports, including CCSSE results, are available from the right-hand menu (pdf files).
Links to other resources.

Union County College (New Jersey)

Union County College: Office of Institutional Research (New Jersey)

Tips & guidelines for course-level assessment at UUC.
The Institutional Assessment Plan has more general information about assessment in UCC academic, service, & administrative units (pdf file).
Links to other assessment resources.

United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD)

United States Naval Academy Assessment

Assessment

USNA strives to maintain a closely linked relationship between the Academy's mission, goals, and objectives and the ongoing institutional assessment processes, which are, in turn, integrated into Academy planning and resource decision making.

Guidance

Annual Assessment Memo AY16
Annual Assessment Memo Enclosures for AY16 — Editable
Annual Reporting of Assessment Progress ACDEANINST 5400.1A

Resources

FSAC Student Learning Outcomes Workshop
- Bloom's Taxonomy (Cognitive Domain)
FSAC Rubric Creation Workshop
- AAC&U VALUE Rubrics
FSAC Curriculum Mapping Workshop
FSAC Setting Benchmarks Workshop
FSAC Summarizing and Presenting Results Workshop

USNA Learning Outcomes

Attributes of a Naval Academy Graduate
Core Curriculum Learning Outcomes
- Preamble and Core Learning Outcomes
  - Faculty Senate Presentation (Also, see Faculty Senate Minutes 17SEP14 — pages 3 and 21)
USNA Core Curriculum Map: Seven Attributes of a Graduate, Core Learning Outcomes, and MSCHE Learning Outcomes
Program/Department Learning Outcomes
- On the website, there are links to specific program learning outcomes.
Contact: Dr. Katherine Cermak, Associate Dean for Planning and Assessment.

University at Albany, State University of New York

University assessment plan (pdf file) and highlights (Word document).
General education assessment plan (pdf files & Word documents) and outcomes.
- Reporting forms for general education assessment (Word documents, pdf files).
- Assessment reports (pdf files).
- Links to information about UNY-system general education assessment processes.
- The video presentation was not available when last checked.
Procedures, guidelines, & examples for periodic academic program review (mostly Word documents).
Institutional effectiveness
- UAlbany outcomes assessment model: Institutional research variables and survey questions used to assess educational outcomes. The short narrative is a Word document.
- The Institutional Research assessment report series includes results from NSSE and other student surveys (pdf files).
- Still to come: Assessment plans and reports from individual academic and administrative units.
Information about & from UAlbany's assessment committees. Committee minutes are Word documents &Powerpoint files.
Links to other assessment resources, including assessment in individual academic disciplines and in administrative and student support units.
Student Success (student affairs) assessment
- Overview of annual assessment process and (pdf files) assessment schedule.
- Learning outcomes, guidelines, and continuous improvement, performance indicators, & other assessment results.
- Assessment briefs: Brief reports of assessment results (pdf files).
- Information about the assessment council.
- Information about & from assessment training activities (pdf files).
- Access to Compliance Assist and CampusLabs surveys is restricted to UAlbany faculty & staff.

University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Overview of assessment policy.
Rubrics for assessing annual assessment reports (pdf files).
Information about the committee on assessment and Assessment Day seminars.
Resources include
- Links to other assessment resources.
- Information about & from on-campus assessment presentations (pdf & video files).
Guidelines for program assessment (pdf file).
Template for academic programs' assessment plan & reports (Word document).
Academic support units: Assessment guidelines (pdf file), worksheet (Word document), and annotated reporting template (Excel file; each portion of the report has its own worksheet).

University of Alabama

Office for Academic Affairs – Office of Institutional Effectiveness

The University of Alabama values and supports a robust process of institutional effectiveness as a tool to enhance innovation, student learning, service, and stewardship.

How do you measure improvement?
- The Assessment Cycle: Plan, Do, Study, Act
Assessment at UA (including meta-assessment rubrics for instructional and non-instructional units)
Quick Guides for Assessment
- Writing or revising mission statements
- Writing or revising goals, objectives, or outcomes
- Creating curriculum maps
- Measurses
- Collecting data
- Analyzing data and using results for improvements
- Using Results for Improvement
Resources
Taskstream/WEAVE

University of Alaska Anchorage

About assessment at UAA.
Individual academic units' assessment plans (pdf files).
Guidelines for the annual academic assessment survey (annual report).
Information about & from the academic assessment committee:
- Assessment overview, results, & report (pdf files).
- Assessment handbook (Word document).
- Guidelines for submitting academic program assessment plans.
  - Individual programs' plans (Word documents).
- Guidelines for revising program learning outcomes.
  - The assessment plan link on this page did not work when last checked.
  - Assessment plan action form (pdf file).
- About the committee's annual assessment survey. (The survey itself is restricted to UAA faculty & staff.)
- Materials from on-campus workshops and assessment seminars (mostly pdf files).
- Committee minutes (pdf files).
- GER (general education) assessment task force
  - Agendas, minutes, & reports (pdf files).
  - Materials from the GER assessment open forums (pdf files).
    - UAA's GER learning outcomes (graphic).
  - Resources (books & articles) list.
Information about the annual academic assessment seminar (seminar materials are pdf files).

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Reporting requirements and (pdf files) policy communications.
Reporting templates & examples (Word documents, pdf files).
Core curriculum (general education) plans & reports (pdf files).
Assessment by colleges/schools: Individual programs' assessment plans & reports (pdf files).
Guidelines & resources for developing & implementing assessment plans (pdf files).

University of Alaska Southeast

Overview of assessment at UAS.
FAQ.
Undergraduate (general education) and graduate competencies (outcomes).
Individual academic programs' assessment plans (pdf files) and reports (Word documents, pdf & Excel files).
Links to other assessment resources.

University of Arizona

Institutional and program assessment (assessment plan) and assessment cycle (pdf files).
Information about & from the assessment coordinating council (ACC):
- Annual progress reports (pdf files).
- A rubric for evaluating assessment plans (pdf file).
Academic assessment
- Assessment plan and progress reports (pdf files).
- Outcomes for individual colleges & degree programs and for the university library. Some have also posted assessment methods and results (pdf files).
- General education outcomes and (pdf files) assessment activities & reports.
Exemplary assessment webpages from UA academic programs.
Institutional-level assessment
- Reports from surveys of students and employers, including NSSE results (pdf files).
- Reports from general education assessment projects (pdf files).
- Graduate program completion rates, national rankings, etc. (most of the links are to Excel files).
Outcomes, assessment methods, & reports from student support services.
Guidelines for periodic academic program review (pdf files).
Materials from on-campus workshops and showcase ("best practice") conferences (pdf files).
Information sheets: Tips & guidelines for developing & implementing assessment plans (pdf files).
Links to other resources.

University of Arkansas at Fort Smith

Learning outcomes goals (general education outcomes) and (pdf files) associated rubrics..
Assessment reporting schedule and resources.
- See reports for additional reporting timelines.
- Resources include rubrics for the university-level (general education) outcomes (pdf file).
Information about the assessment committee (CALO) and the assessment reporting plan.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

University of Arkansas at Little Rock: Assessment Central

Assessment handbooks for core courses & general education and for degree programs.
Presentation on preparing the assessment components of an HLC self-study (pdf file).
Reporting forms, instructions, & checklists for academic programs (Word documents).
General education core competencies (outcomes).
Academic assessment (Word documents, pdf files)
- Assessment reports from core courses, and review rubric.
- Assessment plans & reports from individual academic programs, and brief college-level summary reports.
Information about educational & student services assessment was not available when last checked.
Library assessment project reports (pdf files).
Information about the annual assessment expo.
Policy (pdf file), guidelines, and (Word documents) schedules & reporting template for periodic academic program review.

University of Arkansas at Monticello

Assessment handbook (pdf file).
Guiding questions (format) for the annual assessment report (pdf file).
Individual academic programs' assessment reports.
- Annual pdf documents with links for each school, college, or division. Some are to pdf files. If the link is to a school (etc.) home page, assessment reports in the page's menu leads to links to pdf files from individual programs.
- Links in the older documents may be out of date.
Assessment resources include:
- An annotated bibliography with links to selected online articles (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment websites.
- A bibliography of assessment publications (pdf file).
The syllabus requirements for face to face courses include the course's learning outcomes; the requirements for online courses do not (pdf files).
Information about and from the assessment committee (CASAA), including a rubric for evaluating assessment reports (pdf files).

University of California, Berkeley

Center for Teaching & Learning

News and Announcements
Events
Top 5 Consultation Topics in 2015-2016
Waves of Innovation
Workshops on Special Topics
Academic Innovation Studio
Trending Berkeley Teaching Blog Posts
Review the Recent Graduate Student Assessment Projects

Assessment and Evaluation

Assessment and Program Evaluation
- Program evaluationprovides faculty and staff an opportunity to have a data-driven discussion on program environment, student and faculty needs, policies and procedures, and educational outcomes and impact.
Academic Programs
Why Engage?
How?
Demonstrate
Resources
Contact: yukikow@berkeley.edu

University of California, Merced

University of California, Merced: Office of Institutional Assessment

Principles of assessment.
Recognition by CHEA for Institutional Practice.
FAQ.
WASC Core Competencies at the institution.
Academic and administrative program assessment reports (pdf files); Annual academic program assessment cycle.
Links to other outcomes assessment resources.
Additional resources located at UCM Center for Research on Teaching Excellence.

University of California, Riverside

University of California, Riverside: Office of Evaluation & Assessment

Assessment
- Undergraduate program learning outcomes (pdf files).
- Resources and workshops
  - Assessment reporting template (Word document).
  - Instructions for the OATS assessment tracking system (OATS access is restricted to UCR faculty & staff).
  - Materials from on-campus workshops (pdf files).
  - Links to other resources.
Learning outcomes reports (pdf files)
- General education and university writing program learning outcomes assessment.
- Other assessments of the writing program and first year communities.
- Results from assessment-related surveys of students & faculty (pdf files).

University of Central Arkansas

Guide (handbook) for developing & implementing assessment processes.
Glossary.
Template & reporting form for assessment plans (Word documents).
Library of assessment plans: Individual academic units' plans (pdf files, Word documents).
Other resources, and some assessment humor.
About the academic assessment committee.

University of Central Florida

University of Central Florida: Operational Excellence and Assessment Support

Assessment
University assessment process & organizational chart (pdf files).
Assessment handbooks for academic and administrative units, and reporting templates and guidelines (pdf files).
Assessment plans from individual academic & administrative units.
UCF assessment success stories (pdf files).
Information about the university assessment committee and (pdf file) the divisional assessment review committee.
Annual institutional effectiveness reports (pdf files).
Links to other resources.
Some of these items are also available from the Assessment Support page.
Individual programs' academic learning compacts, with learning outcomes (pdf files).
Information and support for periodic program review (mostly pdf files).
Survey & Statistical Support has an inventory of available surveys.
Older survey results are available from the inventory. Recent reports in the knowledgbase are restricted to UCF faculty & staff.

University of Central Oklahoma

University of Central Oklahoma: Office of Assessment

Overview of program outcomes assessment at UCO.
- Reporting template & instructions (Excel files; the demo is flagged "pdf" but when last checked it was an Excel file).
- Materials from an on-campus workshop (Powerpoint, pdf, & Excel files).
Overviews of general education and student satisfaction assessment at UCO.
- When last checked, Proficiency Profile results were available from the general education page and NSSE results were available from the student satisfaction page (pdf files).
Reports from other student surveys (pdf files).

University of Cincinnati (Ohio)

University of Cincinnati: Office of Assessment and Student Learning (Ohio)

Assessment of learning:
- Overviews of:
- University-level assessment reports include NSSE results and general education assessment summaries (pdf & Excel files).
- College assessment folders (pdf & Excel files) including
- Assessment advisory team (committee) minutes (pdf files).
- UC's VSA College Portrait
- Links to other assessment resources.

University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Colorado at Boulder: Office of Planning, Budget, and Analysis

History and description of assessment process.
Campus-wide (general education) outcomes.
Brief guide to assessment, checklist of suggested steps, and overviews of methods used at UCB.
Information about & from assessment committee (notes are html pages, handouts are pdf files, annual reports are Word documents).
Assessment and academic program review (Word document & html pages).
University-wide status report, and relevant accreditation and legislative reports.
Overview of results on standardized tests (Word document) and results (mostly html pages) from surveys of students and alumni, including NSSE.
Links to other assessment resources.

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Advisory groups
- About the committee.
- Overview of assessment at UCCS: Levels of assessment & summary of responsibilities.
- Still to come: Rubric & forms for committee evaluation of assessment plans & reports(Word documents).
- Committee minutes & reports, including general education assessment summaries (pdf files).
- Assessment plans & reports and access to WEAVEonline are restricted to UCCS faculty & staff.
Academic program assessment
- Overview of the process.
- Tips & guidelines for developing & implementing assessment processes.
  - Some pages link to pdf or Word documents. A few pages are still to come.
General education competencies (outcomes) and (pdf file) assessment plan.
- Still to come: Overview of the process, calendar, and reports.
- About surveys & instruments used at UCCS, and results (pdf files) from surveys including NSSE. (Still to come: Proficiency Profile results).

University of Connecticut

Introduction to assessment.
Assessment primer (handbook).
Assessment and general education
- UConn's general education goals (outcomes).
- Results from some general education assessment projects (pdf files).
- Follow the link to the General Education Oversight Committee site. Gen Ed guidelines include learning outcomes and assessment reports (html pages, pdf files).
Information about assessment and NEASC accreditation.
Access to the web repository and online assessment tracking system (OATS) is restricted to UConn faculty & staff.
Links to other resources.

University of Dayton (Ohio)

University of Dayton: Office of Institutional Research (Ohio)

University assessment plan (pdf file).
Forms for assessment reports and funding requests (Word documents).
Hints & tips for developing and conducting outcomes assessment.
Academic units' assessment plans (pdf files).
General education learning outcomes. The student success page has reports from general-education assessments (mostly pdf files).
UD data includes results from university-level surveys, including NSSE (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Office of Academic Planning

General education programs
- UGA and USG (University System of Georgia) policies & procedures for general education assessment.
  - USG common learning outcomes & core curriculum.
  - About UGA's general education curriculum (pdf files).
  - The general education core and abilities forms include UGA's general education learning outcomes (pdf files).
- Institution-wide assessment measures: CLA, CBASE, and NSSE results (pdf files).
Student learning outcomes assessment
- Overview of UGA's program-level assessment process.
- Guidelines & tips for developing & implementing assessment processes.
- Resources include a newsletter (pdf files), materials from on-campus workshops (Powerpoint files & podcasts), and links to other assessment resources.
- Reporting & review cycle
  - Overview.
  - Template & examples (pdf files).
  - The academic planning system archive of plans & reports is restricted to UGA faculty & staff.
Other assessment at UGA
- Brief descriptions of some assessment projects.
- Student Affairs assessment
  - Reports on assessment projects (pdf files).
  - Guidelines for the annual assessment report. The reporting website is restricted to UGA staff.
  - Student Pulse online newsletter (pdf files).
  - Materials from assessment team training sessions (pdf & Powerpoint files).
  - Links to UGA and other assessment resources.

University of Hawai'i at Manoa

University of Hawai'i at Manoa: Assessment Office

How-to… is an assessment handbook. Chapters include links to UHM and other assessment resources (html pages, pdf files, Word documents).
FAQs and Myths & Realities about assessment.
Assessment reports, plans, & SLOs (student learning outcomes)
- Individual degree and student services programs.
- Institutional (general education) outcomes and graduate-program general outcomes; some outcomes have associated rubrics (pdf files).
- Institution-wide summaries of assessment progress and activities (pdf & Excel files).
Resources include
- Examples of UHM academic program assessment activities (poster sessions are pdf files).
- Templates for reporting assessment plans & results (Word documents), with examples (pdf files).
- Rubric bank, primarily for general education outcomes. From UHM & other sources (Word documents, pdf files).
- Glossary.
- Handouts with tips & guidelines (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.
Handouts from on-campus assessment workshops & events (pdf, Powerpoint & Excel files, Word documents).
Annual report logins (restricted to UHM faculty & staff) and guidelines.
About UHM's student success project.
Archives of previous reports & workshop materials (various formats).
Information about & from periodic program review (mostly pdf files).
UHM's institutional research site has results from NSSE and other student surveys (pdf & Excel files).

University of Houston-Clear Lake (Texas)

University of Houston-Clear Lake: Assessment

Assessment
- What is assessment?
- Why do we perform assessment?
- When do we perform assessment
- How does assessment related to the funding process?
Assessment Resources
- The Basics
- Developing Outcomes
- Methods and Measures
- Compiling Results and Use of Results
- The Meta-Assessment Process
General Education Core Assessment
- Core Syllabus Search
- General Education Competencies
Student Goals & Achievement
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
- ACT Syllabi
- QEP Professional Development Workshops
- QEP Resources
- The History fo QEP at UHCL

University of Idaho

University of Idaho: Institutional Research and Assessment

Annual assessment cycle and (Word document) timeline.
Assessment materials (pdf files, scroll down on the home page):
- UI assessment philosophy.
- FAQ.
- Objectives building online tool & (video) instructions.
University (general education) and undergraduate, graduate, & Student Affairs programs' learning outcomes.
Instructions for posting unit-level assessment plans in UI's online assessment system. (The assessment system itself is restricted to IU faculty and staff.)
Tools and examples from IU, including a rubric for evaluating units' assessment plans and reports (pdf files, Word documents).
Reports from surveys of students, alumni, faculty, and staff, including NSSE results (mostly pdf files).
Annual reports on university-level assessment activities (pdf files).
Information from on-campus workshops (pdf & Powerpoint files).
Links to other assessment resources.

University of Illinois at Springfield

University of Illinois at Springfield: Committee on Assessment of Student Learning

About the committee.
- Mission & history.
- Task force resolutions (pdf files).
- Agendas, minutes, & annual reports (pdf files).
Workshops: "Assessment 101" guidelines for developing & implementing assessment processes (video presentations).
Assessment reporting schedule.
- Status report form & schedule (pdf files).
- Reporting guidelines & checklist (Word document).
Readings and links to other assessment resources.
Information about periodic academic program review (pdf & Powerpoint files, Word documents).
Institutional research: Evaluation of student experiences and perceptions.
- Information about student surveys at UIS. Some sections have reports, including NSSE results (Word documents).

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign: Center for Teaching Excellence

Overview of assessment at UIUC, with examples of assessment methods & impacts and lists (pdf files) of methods & measures used.
Assessment plans from individual academic units (pdf files) and examples from units' follow-up reports.
Results from survey of graduating seniors (mostly pdf files).
Information about & from on-campus workshops (html pages, pdf & Powerpoint files).
Resources include an annotated list of books/articles available for faculty use and an outline (pdf file) for unit assessment plans.

University of Iowa

Learning outcomes assessment
- Overview of assessment at UI.
- Commitment to excellence: Background for assessment at UI.
- Designing assessment
  - Guidelines & tips in Iowa Outcomes Assessment Papers (online newsletter).
  - Annual UI assessment updates (pdf files).
  - Links to some assessment resources.
  - The assessment exchange database of departments' assessment processes is restricted to UI faculty & staff.
- Other links to assessment resources.
Support for using institutional data and collecting & analyzing assessment data.
Reports from surveys of students & alumni (pdf files).

University of Kansas

Background: Task force reports (pdf files).
Degree-level assessment
- Overview of assessment development activities.
- Guidelines and (Word document) template for developing assessment plans & reports.
- Resources include sample plans/reports (pdf files).
  - The Center for Teaching Excellence resources were not available when last checked.
- About the university assessment committee.
Data-collection plan for assessing undergraduate written communication.
- Guidelines and examples (pdf files).
Plan (Word document) & guidelines (pdf file) for doctoral program assessment.
- FAQ (scroll down).
- Rubric template & samples (Word documents).
- Links to other resources.
Core outcomes project
- Learning outcomes for courses that have been approved for transfer among Kansas public colleges & universities.
  - See both individual course documents and UK's annual project reports (pdf files).
The Office of Institutional Research and Planning site has:
- Reports from surveys of student experience, including NSSE results and reports from KU's participation in NSSE Institute's DEEP project (pdf files).
- KU's College Portrait.
- Note: The assessment pages on this site have been superseded by the Academic Affairs pages described above.

University of Kentucky

Office of University Assessment

The mission of the Office of University Assessment is to provide university-wide support for assessment of student learning, planning, and continuous improvement activities at the course, program, and institutional levels, and to develop and sustain across the university community a culture of assessment.

Functional Activities

Campus Level Assessment
Program Level Assessment
Course Level Assessment

Guiding Principles

Here you can review the guiding principles of Assessment and Student Achievement in Higher Education.

Services

Provides logistical support for university-wide assessment, including general education
Provides workshops and consultation services to educational units, individuals, and academic support units
Promotes the use of assessment instruments and methods that are embedded within students' normal learning experiences
Compiles, analyzes, and presents assessment data to the university community
Promotes the use of existing and emergent technologies
Office of University Assessment Workshops
- Student Learning Assessment 101
- Creating A Quality Student Learning Assessment Report

University of La Verne (California)

University of La Verne: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (California)

Educational effectiveness framework (pdf files).
- Program review guides & tools: The academic and administrative program guides include sections on assessing objectives & outcomes.
- General education assessment guide.
  - General education learning outcomes.
Links to examples of assessment surveys & rubrics from ULV & elsewhere (pdf files).
Information about & from surveys of students, including NSSE results.
Institutional research reports & publications.
Terms & definitions (mostly for institutional research rather than learning outcomes assessment).
These pages are restricted to ULV faculty & staff:
- Academic program reviews
- Campus climate
- Evaluation of administrative units
- General education assessment.

University of Louisiana at Monroe

University of Louisiana at Monroe: Office of Assessment and Evaluation

Assessment cycle overview and tips for entering assessment results in ULM's online assessment management system (pdf files).
- The pre-2006 assessment forms are restricted to ULM faculty & staff.
Assessment & evaluation plans are restricted to ULM faculty & staff.
The handbook includes assessment policies and guidelines, general education outcomes, and instructions for ULM's online assessment reporting system (pdf file).

University of Maine at Augusta

Overview of assessment at UMA.
Steps in developing a program assessment plan using this approach (Word document). Examples of curriculum maps for academic and support-services units.
Still to come: Guidelines & tips for writing course outcomes.
Not available when last checked: Template for a course charter emphasizing learning objectives, and an example of how this also can be applied to support service activities,
Information about UMA's assessment commit

University of Maine at Orono

Core values on assessment at UMO
Resources include:
- Tips for students
- Faculty union contract forms
- Publications
- Links to other assessment resources

University of Maryland University College

University of Maryland University College: Office of Evaluation and Assessment

The institutional plan for outcomes assessment (pdf file) includes:
- university-wide (general education) outcomes and assessment methods,
- guidelines for academic program outcomes assessment & reporting,
- relationships between university-wide outcomes and undergraduate & graduate college/school outcomes, and
- examples of college/school assessment plans & program assessment reports.

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

UMBC's assessment plan and triennial report (pdf files).
General education competencies and assessment process (pdf file).
UMBC's Faculty Development Center has a brief overview of assessment and links to some resources.

University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Massachusetts Amherst: Office of Academic Planning & Assessment

Curricular assessment
- Information about course-based and program-level assessment; mostly pdf files, including
  - handbooks for program assessment and classroom assessment techniques,
  - a pilot test of a process for assessing writing,
  - general education learning outcomes and students' perspectives on the UM general education experience and on the use of instructional technology, and
  - case studies of individual course- and program-based assessment projects.
Student life cycle assessment
- Results from surveys of students and alumni (pdf files), including NSSE.
  - The most recent version of the senior survey includes NSSE-like questions; see Applied learning experiences.
Institution-wide assessment (pdf files)
- Information about the program review process.
  - Department profiles include unit-level senior-survey results.
- Results of campus-level assessment projects.
- The NEASC self-study (Standard 4, Section IV) summarizes UMass Amherst's outcomes assessment activities.

University of Miami (Florida)

University of Miami: Office of Accreditation and Assessment (Florida)

The Office of Assessment and Accreditation undertakes the development and documentation of assessment practices for institutional effectiveness at the program and administrative unit levels, in alignment with the reporting standards of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). We provide institutional support for assessment planning, reporting, development of strategies and processes, and assessment requirements established by SACSCOC as they pertain to academic and administrative units.

The program assessment process involves evaluating academic programs and major administrative units throughout the University annually. This systematic assessment of programs ensures that student learning is prioritized and benefits students and that educational and support efforts are effective.

Overview of academic assessment at UM.
UM assessment
- Documents and resources
  - Assessment rubrics & reporting templates (Word documents).
  - Guidelines for designing, implementing, & reporting assessment processes (pdf & Powerpoint files).
- Links to other assessment resources.
Information about UM programs' external accreditations (pdf file).
Assessment newsletter (pdf file).
Login for assessment & accreditation documents is restricted to UM faculty & staff.

Planning, Institutional Research, and Assessment

Internal Resources
External Resources
Academic Assessment Resources (pdf and word files)
Administrative Assessment Resources (pdf and word files)
Workshop Presentations
Program Assessment Planning (ppt file)
Administrative Assessment Planning (ppt file)

University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Center for Research on Teaching and Learning

The provost's statement on assessment includes a brief overview of assessment at U-M.
Planning for curricular assessment
- Brief guidelines with links to other assessment resources.
- Sample questions to ask include U-M examples (html pages, pdf files).
- Information about assessment mini-grants (downloadable forms are Word documents).
- More links to other assessment resources.
Collecting data about student learning
- Guidelines and examples of data sources. U-M and other examples are mostly pdf files.
- Large student surveys used at U-M includes a link to U-M's College Portrait.
Many of the examples of U-M active and immersive learning projects include assessment methods & results (pdf files).
CRLT assessment services include:
- Examples of U-M assessment projects.
- On-campus seminars, workshops, & poster fairs (pdf files).

University of Michigan-Flint

Resources
- The report on assessment at UM-Flint overviews university and school/college-level assessment processes (this is a large pdf file).
- Tips on assessment measures (Word document) and Powerpoint presentations.
- The SharePoint portal is restricted to UM-Flint faculty & staff.
Some individual academic units' assessment summaries (pdf files, Word documents) include learning outcomes & assessment methods.
Information about UM-Flint's HLC Assessment Academy project (pdf files, Word document).
About UM-Flint's assessment summit.
Information for students about assessment.
Links to other resources.

University of Minnesota

Provost's Council for Enhancing Student Learning
- UM's student learning outcomes (SLOs).
- Links to UM and other resources.
- UM's College Portrait.
Graduate program assessment
- Tips & guidelines for developing program outcomes & assessments.
- About GRIP (Graduate Review & Improvement Process), UM's initiative for graduate program assessment.
  - The GRIP website has presentations & relevant articles (html pages, pdf files).
  - When last checked, the pilot programs' websites did not yet include information about how they implemented GRIP.
Office of Institutional Research
- Institutional research data and reports.
- Survey reports, including CIRP & NSSE results (pdf files) and information about UM's participating in the SERU project.

University of Minnesota Duluth

Assessment calendar and FAQ for program assessment liaisons (Google documents).
Institutional learning outcomes, and (pdf files) connections to learning outcomes for UMD's liberal education core (general education program).
Individual academic & student life programs' learning outcomes.
About CASL, UMD's council for advancement of student learning (assessment committee).
- Minutes are Google documents.
- Shifting from teaching to learning paradigms (pdf file).
- Also see assessment subcommittee in the left-hand menu. Minutes are html pages.
Annual assessment overview reports (Word documents).
Instructions for Compliance Assist's data management system (Google document; Compliance Assist access is restricted to UMD faculty & staff).
Resources:
- Guidelines for assessment reporting (Word & Google documents).
- Information about assessment mini-grants (the proposal form is a Word document).
- Links to rubric resources and other assessment resources.
  - UMD resources include materials from on-campus workshops (mostly pdf files).

University of Minnesota, Morris

History of assessment at UMM, including the university assessment plan and an overview of UMM's assessment activities.
FAQ.
Brief guides to designing & implementing assessment plans (pdf files).
Academic and some service units' assessment results and plans (pdf files, html pages).
Summary of methods used in the various academic units.
Special reports include
- Overviews of general education assessment (note: the most recent report is restricted to UMM faculty & staff).
- Results from surveys of students and faculty.
Links to other assessment resources.

University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi: Office of Institutional Research & Assessment

FAQ.
About UM assessment:
- Overview.
- Assessment timeline (pdf file).
- Overviews and (pdf files) guidelines for assessment plans and assessment reports, and tools for assessment.
- University assessment committee (UAC) rubrics for evaluating assessment plans & reports (pdf files).
Assessment deadlines and (pdf file) cycle and reporting units.
Forms and resources include instructions for the TracDat system for assessment reporting (pdf files) and Excel files of the UAC rubrics. (Access to TracDat is restricted to UM faculty & staff).
Institutional research / survey data has alumni survey reports (pdf files) and NSSE results (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).

University of Missouri-Columbia

Academic program assessment
- University rules & regulations about periodic program review.
- Overview and self-study template.
- Schedule of periodic program reviews.
- Guidelines for assessment of student learning.
Assessment of general education
- Core (general education) learning objectives.
- Brief overview of UM's assessment approach.
Guidelines for program-review assessment of research centers.
The Assessment Resource Center in the College of Education provides:
- The College BASE general education assessment.
- Assessment-related services to MU faculty and to the broader community.

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Overview of assessment
Assessment handbook (pdf file).
Tips & guidelines for assessment in academic degree programs, with examples of UMKC programs' learning outcomes.
General education learning outcomes.
Program evaluation committee (PEC) assessment guidelines for academic departments.
Information about & from the university assessment committee (agendas are pdf files).
About UMKC's participation in HLC's Academy for Assessment.
Resources include
- The assessment handbook.
- Reporting template & review rubric for assessment plans (Word documents).
- Materials from on-campus presentations (Powerpoint files).
- Glossary.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Information about WEAVEonline. WEAVE access is restricted to UMKC faculty & staff.

University of Montana

Academic assessment is an ongoing process of the highest priority at the University of Montana. Our accrediting agency, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities requires that we focus our attention on the quality and effectiveness of our programs.

Overview of assessment
- What is Assessment?
- Assessment Procedures
Department assessment reports (Word documents, pdf files).
NSSE results (pdf files).
Information about on-campus workshops for department chairs (some focus on assessment).
Links to other assessment resources.

University of Nebraska at Kearney

University of Nebraska at Kearney: Office of Assessment

Overview of UNK's assessment process and a strategic plan & guidelines for outcomes assessment.
- Information from and about the assessment committee (committee minutes are pdf files).
For submitting assessment reports:
- Reporting calendar, checklist & rubric for evaluating assessment plans, and pre-2008 reports from undergraduate, graduate, & general education programs (pdf files).
- More recent data are in WEAVEonline.
  - Full access including data entry is restricted to UNK faculty & staff.
  - Follow the guest login instructions to see individual units' outcomes, assessment methods, and results.
    - The login page may ask for the WEAVE institution abbreviation. Use unk.
    - The instructions say to disable your pop-up blocker. Alternatively, you can open the report in the same window.
    - Retrieving the detailed reports may take a long time.
General studies (GS, general education) learning outcomes and assessment process, methods & rubrics (mostly pdf files; note: the rubrics are AAC&U's metarubrics).
University-wide assessment data including CAAP & NSSE results and survey reports, and UNK's College Portrait (pdf files).
Training materials and assessment tips (html pages, pdf & Powerpoint files).
Resources include:
- Assessment handbook (pdf file).
- Glossary.
- Online newsletter (recent issues are pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Overview of assessment at UNL and summary of assessment activity, including examples of measures used and impacts of assessment results.
ACE (general education) assessment planning includes (html pages, pdf files, Word documents):
- Information about the ACE assessment committee and administrative & faculty responsibilities for ACE assessment.
- FAQ.
- Planning documents such as assessment calendars, reporting templates, and policies & guidelines.
- College's ACE assessment plans and examples of assessment in ACE courses.
- AAC&U's metarubrics and material from on-campus workshops.
Outcomes assessment guidebook (pdf file).
Examples and models from individual academic units.
Institutional reports on assessment, including NSSE results and UNL's College Portrait (mostly pdf files)
Information about the PEARL online assessment management system. The online database is restricted to UNL faculty & staff.
Information about support for survey research.
On-campus and conference presentations about assessment at UNL (pdf files).
Links to NCA documents on assessment.
Links to other assessment resources.
Web-based Assessment from UNL's Center for Science, Mathematics, & Computer Education offers computer-graded assignments & exams via Maple T.A.

University of Nevada, Reno

FAQ.
About student learning outcomes, with (still to come) examples.
- The Style sheet is a Word document.
Assessing UNR's core curriculum (general education)
- Core standards and (proposed) learning outcomes (Word document).
- Assessment implementation plan (pdf file).
- Assessment cycle.
- Reporting guidelines & form (Word documents).
- Still to come: Assessment rubrics.
Program assessment: Tips & guidelines for developing & implementing assessment processes.
Forms for assessment reporting (Word documents) and individual academic units' assessment plans.
Deadlines and information about on-campus workshops.
Institutional assessment data
- NSSE and Proficiency Profile results (pdf files).
- UNR's Voluntary System of Accountability College Portrait.

University of New Hampshire

Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning
- Overview of assessment.
- Mid-course assessment process: CETL conducts focus-groups about students' perceptions of individual courses.
- Links to other assessment resources.
Institutional Research & Assessment
- Results from senior & alumni surveys (pdf files).
- Guidelines for academic program review (pdf files). (Program review data are restricted to UNH faculty and staff.)
- Pdf files of student data (IR data).

University of New Mexico

Note: Many of the documents mentioned below are also in the Resources:Reporting and :Tools and templates sections (pdf & Excel files, Word documents). The archives have older reports, templates, flowcharts, etc.
Timelines & flowcharts for program-level and general education course assessment (pdf files).
Information about UNM assessment teams (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).
General education assessment
- General education competencies & learning goals (Word document, pdf file).
- Reporting templates for assessment plans & results (Word document, pdf file).
- General education assessment reports, including CLA results (pdf files).
- Student learning objectives and (pdf files) learning outcomes from general education courses.
Academic programs' learning outcomes & assessment plans (pdf files), and process, templates, & review rubric for annual reports (mostly Word documents).
Resources:
- UNM assessment planning & reporting process (pdf file).
- Tools and templates include guidelines for the TK20 assessment management system (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources (mostly pdf files).

University of North Alabama

University of North Alabama: Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment

Institutional effectiveness
- General information
  - UNA's core competencies (general education outcomes, Word document).
  - The guide for planning and assessing institutional effectiveness includes an overview of UNA's outcomes assessment process (pdf file).
  - Annual reports
    - The annual reporting tool is restricted to UNA faculty & staff..
    - Resources for annual reporting: instructions & examples (pdf files).
    - Instructions & templates for the three-year assessment audit (pdf files) and for five-year program reviews (Word documents; completed reviews are pdf files).
On-campus presentations & white papers on outcomes assessment (pdf and Powerpoint files).
Assessment: CAAP and survey results, and a general education assessment report (pdf files).
Links to other resources.

University of North Carolina at Asheville

University of North Carolina at Asheville: Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Research, and Planning

Overview of outcomes assessment for academic programs.
Schedules and instructions and Assessment cycles and cohorts include (pdf files):
- Cohort definitions.
- Overall timeline and cohort reporting schedules and (pdf files) instructions.
  - TracDat access is restricted to UNCA faculty & staff.
- Responsibilities of departmental assessment liaisons (pdf files).
- Rubric for evaluating assessment plans & reports (pdf file).
Overview of outcomes assessment for administrative & support programs.
- Resource documents (pdf files) and links to other resources.
Newsletter (pdf files).
Information about & from the institutional effectiveness committee (minutes are pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.
Institutional research
- Survey results, including NSSE reports (pdf files).
- CLA results (pdf files).
- UNCA's VSA College Portrait.
Division of Student Affairs: Planning & Assessment
- Overview of assessment process.
- Individual departments' reports include goals, assessment methods, & results (pdf files).

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

About student learning outcomes assessment (FAQ).
Annual reports (pdf files) include outcomes assessment.
- Strategic plan reporting template (Word document).
- Instructions for annual reports and assessment plans & reports were not available when last checked.
NSSE and CLA results and on-campus survey findings (pdf & Excel files).
Links to other resources (pdf files).
North Carolina's Urban Research University

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Office of Assessment and Accreditation

Assessment resources
- Assessment calendars (pdf files).
- Academic assessment
  - FAQ.
  - Handbook (pdf file).
  - OAA presentations and materials from on-campus workshops (pdf files).
  - Student learning enhancement committee rubric for evaluating assessment plans & reports (pdf file).
  - Links to other resources.
- Administrative assessment (pdf files).
  - Calendar & handbook.
  - Information about & from the institutional effectiveness committee, including a rubric for evaluating assessment plans & reports.
General education assessment
- Learning goals & outcomes (pdf file).
- Reporting template (Word document).
- Materials from a training workshop (pdf file).
- Results from faculty surveys about general education courses (Word documents; please do not enter anything in the online surveys available from the report links).
Information about periodic program review (pdf files; reports are restricted to UNCG faculty & staff).
Recent annual reports include some assessment information (large pdf files).
Related links: The Office of Institutional Research has information about and from surveys of students and graduate and undergraduate alumni, including NSSE results (pdf files).
Access to ComplianceAssist is restricted to UNCG faculty & staff.

University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Institutional Research
- Philosophy of assessment (pdf file).
- Assessment results (pdf files)
  - NSSE, CLA, and UNCP surveys.
  - General administration (UNC system) surveys.
Teaching & Learning Center
- Pdf documents about developing and implementing assessment plans.

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

UNCW learning goals (general education outcomes).
General education FAQ, assessment process, impacts, & reports, and information for students about general education assessment. (Findings are pdf files.)
Assessment in academic programs.
- Reporting guidelines (pdf file).
- Some individual college & school assessment pages, with assessment plans & reports (mostly pdf files; pages titled overview do not include assessment information).
Assessment in support & service programs: Annual report template (Word document) & guidelines.
Information about & from the learning assessment council (assessment committee).
Links to other assessment resources, by discipline.
Student Affairs Assessment
- We've heard your voice flyers report assessment results & impacts to the UNCW community (pdf file).
- Resources include tips & guidelines, templates, a glossary, & links to resources elsewhere (pdf files, Word documents).
- Information about the assessment committee.
- Strategic planning includes Student Affairs learning outcomes (pdf files).

University of North Dakota

How to: Guidelines & tips for developing, implementing, and reporting assessment processes
- Getting it done includes reporting templates (Word documents, pdf file) and an overview (pdf file) of the assessment committee's review process.
Information for students about assessment surveys, including NSSE/FSSE and other survey results (pdf files).
Resources include:
- an FAQ.
- selected newsletter articles (pdf files).
- information about
  - assessment surveys, including links to NSSE/FSSE and other results (pdf files).
  - SoTL (scholarship of teaching & learning) and assessment.
  - UND assessment consultants.
Information from & about UND's assessment committee (pdf files).
- Material for committee members includes templates for annual reviews (Word documents). The reviews themselves are restricted to UND faculty & staff.
University and academic, administrative, & support unit assessment plans (pdf file).
- Model assessment plans from UND programs (pdf files).
What depts say: Excerpts from departmental assessment reports.

University of North Florida

University of North Florida: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Assessment
- Assessment Matters online newsletter: Articles and associated templates/guides on various assessment topics (pdf files).
- Academic Learning Compacts (ALCs) for undergraduate and graduate programs.
- NSSE and Proficiency Profile results (pdf files).
- UNF's VSA College Portrait.
- Guidelines for using TracDat & iWebfolio assessment & e-portfolio software (html pages, pdf files).
The Institutional Research page has results from surveys of students, alumni, and faculty & staff (pdf files).

University of North Texas

UNT Health Sciences Center: Office of Strategy & Measurement
- Assessment tools include:
  - Tips & guidelines for planning & implementing learning outcomes assessment (pdf & Powerpoint files).
  - Links to other assessment resources (this page).
- Results from HSC's student satisfaction survey (pdf files).
- Guidelines for the TracDat assessment-management system (pdf files; access to Tracdat is restricted to UNT faculty & staff).
- A presentation about implementing outcomes assessment (pdf file).
Division of Student Affairs
- Division data
  - Understanding our students: Overview of assessment methods and (pdf file) assessment guidelines.
- Some units' assessment report summaries (pdf files).
- Overview of card-swipe data plans.

University of Northern Colorado

University of Northern Colorado: Office of University Assessment

Information about periodic program review and related annual reports (pdf files).
The TracDat assessment database is restricted to UNCO faculty & staff.
About assessment fellows and the leadership institute faculty development program (html pages, pdf files).
Results from surveys of students, faculty, & staff, and CLA results (pdf files).
Information about & from the assessment council.
- About assessment mini-grants and UNCO's assessment fair (pdf files).
Student services assessment institutes: Materials from on-campus workshops (pdf files).

University of Northern Iowa

University of Northern Iowa: Office of Academic Assessment

Assessment at UNI
- Overview.
- Policies and procedures include program review manuals (pdf files) and an overview of assessment in the liberal arts (general education) core.
- Data and reports
  - UNI strategic plans (the most recent one is a Word document; the others are html pages).
  - Results from student surveys, NSSE and MAPP/Proficiency Profile (pdf files; some are restricted to UNI faculty & staff).
  - About UNI's liberal arts core (general education; outcomes, assessment methods, & reports are restricted to UNI faculty & staff).
Guidelines & tips for assessment planning, with links to other assessment resources. (Organizing the plan is a pdf file.)
College & departments' student outcomes assessment (SOA) plans (Word documents & pdf files)
Information for students about assessment.
Accreditation and assessment: Documents from or related to HLC expectations about assessment (html pages, pdffiles).
Books in the assessment office library (tables of contents are pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources. Additional resources include
- A list of assessment conferences.
- Information about assessment mini-grants.
- Library resources (pdf files).
- Information from on-campus workshops (pdf and audio files).

University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma: Office of Academic Assessment

Overview of assessment at OU.
Tips & guidelines for OU's assessment process.
Tips, guidelines, & links to resources for assessment, classroom assessment techniques, & rubrics.
About on-campus assessment workshops and events.
Information about academic program review (mostly pdf files).

University of Oregon

Academic Affairs

Overview of assessment.
Individual academic programs' assessment processes & results (html pages, pdf files).
Material from on-campus workshops.
Information about periodic program review.

Student Affairs Assessment & Research

Overview of student affairs assessment.
Assessment protocol and (Word document) planning guide.
Resources include:
- Guidelines for writing learning outcomes and using StudentVoice (SV is now CampusLabs Baseline).
- The assessment library has links to other resources.
- Materials from iASK on-campus workshops (pdf & Powerpoint files).
Assessment research projects.
Materials from assessment-related presentations.
About the assessment fellows program (Word documents).

University of Phoenix

Learning goals (general education).
The Scorecard section of UP's Academic Annual Report has results from surveys and standardized tests (pdf file).
- The home pages for pre-2011 reports have summaries of survey & test results as well as links to the full (pdf file) reports.

University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)

Council of Deans' guidelines for assessment at Pitt (pdf file).
Assessment requirements, responsibilities, & timetable.
FAQ.
Steps in the assessment process, with links to examples from other institutions and to Pitt's assessment glossary.
- Overall (general education) learning outcomes.
Tips for developing & implementing assessment plans.
Resources include:
- Checklist, evaluation rubric, & tips for assessment plans (pdf files).
- Examples from Pitt programs (pdf files).
- Pitt presentations on assessment (pdf & Powerpoint files).
- Links to other assessment resources.
Materials from the annual assessment conference (html pages, pdf files).
See ASSESS thread January 2015 New Case Study from Ithaka S+R-Making Assessment Work: Lessons from the University of Pittsburgh,initiated by Kimberly Lutz.
- Note: this is a report from a consulting firm, based partly on interviews with some University of Pittsburgh people, but it's not from or "authorized" by University of Pittsburgh. The information it describes, in glowing terms, as though they are something new and special are basic steps all the assessment experts have been promoting for decades. Nothing new or outstanding here.

University of Queensland (Australia)

University of Queensland: Teaching & Educational Development Institute (Australia)

About developing & implementing assessment processes for courses & programs.
- Topics include:
  - Implications of assessment policies.
  - Planning assessment processes.
  - Making judgements about students, courses, & programs.
  - Evaluating the effectiveness of assessment processes.
- Each page includes links to additional resources (html pages, pdf files).
- Assessment resources also include briefs, summaries of articles etc. on assessment topics (pdf files).

University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island: Office of Student Learning, Outcomes Assessment, and Accreditation

Quick reference links to some of the pages mentioned below.
Assessment cohort cycle & timelines (pdf file).
Outcomes Assessment
- University-wide (general education) outcomes and (pdf file) article about state policies on assessment.
- Academic programs' learning outcomes. (Information for most undergraduate programs was available when last checked; graduate programs' information was still to come.)
- Planning & reporting forms, evaluation rubrics, and guidelines for academic programs' assessment activities (mostly Word documents; guidelines are pdf files).
  - Examples, tools, and workshop materials for developing graduate program assessment processes (mostly pdf files).
  - Assessment mini-grant awards.
- General education learning outcomes (see the outcomes rubric) and assessment reports (pdf files).
- Student affairs learning outcomes and assessment processes (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).
- Information about & from the learning outcomes oversight committee (mostly pdf files).
Planning and reporting forms & guidelines for undergraduate & graduate programs (see above).
Evidence of student learning:
- Assessment showcase presentations (pdf files).
- About URI's participation in the Wabash Study.
- The Office of Institutional Research has NSSE and alumni survey results (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

University of San Francisco (California)

University of San Francisco: Office of Institutional Assessment (California)

USF assessment resources

Guidelines for assessment projects (html pages, Powerpoint presentation also available as video shorts).
Timeline & tracking matrix for assessment surveys (pdf files).
Assessment results (pdf files)
Institutional learning goals & outcomes, and survey reports including NSSE results.
Assessment plans & reports from individual academic, co-curricular, and student services units.
Note: The links on the active surveys page did not work when last checked.
Materials from on-campus workshops.
Links to other assessment resources.

University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan: Office of Institutional Planning and Assessment

Assessment
- What is assessment?
  - Framework: Policy, context, and assessments conducted (pdf files).
  - Assessment activities at U of S
    - Results from some surveys & focus groups (pdf files, Word documents).
    - Policies & guidelines for periodic program review were not available when last checked.
- About assessment surveys at U of S.
- Achievement record
  - Teaching, learning and the student experience
  - IR data on enrollment & completion.
- Overviews of unit review processes. Review reports are restricted to U of S faculty & staff.
- U of S rankings (pdf files).
Integrated plans: Strategic planning process & plans (pdf files).

University of South Alabama

University of South Alabama: Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment

Assessment
- Calendar: Deadlines and review schedule & process.
- Training/tips (pdf files)
  - Guidelines tips, & examples.
  - Administrators' review process.
  - Evaluation rubrics for assessment plans & reports.
  - Information about on-campus workshops.
  - Note: Survey procedures & tips were not available when last checked.
- Individual academic & administrative/support units' assessment plans (pdf files).
- Research reports (pdf files).
  - Results from NSSE and from surveys of graduating students & alumni.
  - Institutional research reports: retention, non-returners survey, etc.
- Information from & about the assessment advisory committee (pdf files).
- TracDat guide & examples (pdf files). TracDat access is restricted to USA faculty & staff.
Related links / institutional research and related sites (under Policy and Planning) includes a link to this site.

University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina: Institutional Assessment & Compliance

The assessment toolbox includes:
- An overview of assessment at USC.
- A glossary.
- Instructions & examples for assessment plans & reports (html pages, pdf files). The assessment plan composer is restricted to USC faculty & staff but the instructions are available to the public.
- A rubric used to evaluate assessment plans & reports (pdf file).
General education goals.
Sample learning outcomes: Examples of outcomes from individual academic programs.
Guidelines for writing outcomes-based course syllabi.
Assessment warehouse: View results by survey, by general education goal, etc. Includes NSSE results.
Information about USC's Quality Enhancement Plan (pdf files).
Assessment & accountability reports to the SC Commission on Higher Education (pdf & Excel files).

University of South Carolina Aiken

University of South Carolina Aiken: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Assessment & planning
- Assessment policy
  - Policy statement, and (pdf file) assessment cycle for academic units.
  - South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (html pages and pdf files).

General education outcomes (pdf file).
Guidelines for assessing graduate programs.
Guidelines for academic and non-academic units' periodic program review (reviews are restricted to USCA faculty & staff).
Information about standardized surveys & tests used at USCA.
Information from the assessment committee (minutes are pdf files).
Instructions & guidelines for LimeSurvey. Access to LimeSurvey and TracDat is restricted to USCA faculty & staff.

Institutional research
- Results from surveys, including NSSE (pdf files).
- Presentations about higher education and assessment (pdf files).
- IR resources are restricted to USCA faculty & staff.

University of South Carolina Upstate

University of South Carolina Upstate: Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning

Assessment and compliance
- General education
  - Policies and procedures includes competencies (general education outcomes) and assessment policies (pdf file).
  - Form for reporting competencies associated with a general education course (Word document).
  - Assessment reports for each competency (pdf files).
- Program assessment
  - Assessment policies and procedures (pdf file).
  - The report archive has individual academic programs' assessment reports and the assessment committee's feedback (pdf files).
- Administrative area assessment
  - Overview of the process.
  - Policies & procedures (pdf file).
  - Assessment reports (pdf files).
  - The online form for feedback & comments was not available when last checked. (If the form is available, please do not submit comments.)
The institutional research page includes USC Upstate's College Portrait.

University of South Florida

University of South Florida: Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment

Assessment reporting calendar.
Academic assessment
- Undergraduate programs' academic learning compacts include learning outcomes & assessment methods.
  - Program audit reports were not available when last checked.
  - Guidelines & tips (pdf files, html pages).
  - Assessment plan template and code key (Word documents).
  - Best practice examples from USF programs (pdf files).
  - Review rubric for assessment plans & reports (pdf file).
  - AAC U Value rubrics.
- General education
  - The assessment report (pdf file) and matrix have USF's general education learning outcomes.
  - Assessment rubrics and instructions (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).
  - Overview of USF's quality enhancement plan (pdf file).
- Guidelines, templates & examples for assessing certificate programs (pdf files, Word documents).
- Graduate program assessment guidelines, template, and examples (pdf & Excel files, Word documents)
Assessment guidelines & examples for administrative & support units and centers & institutes (pdf files, Word documents).
The assessment data management system is restricted to USF faculty & staff.

University of Southern California

Center for Excellence in Teaching

University of Southern Indiana

University of Southern Indiana: Office of Planning, Research, and Assessment

Information about assessment day at USI.
USI's College Portrait (pdf file).
Results from surveys of students, including NSSE results (pdf files).
Links to other IR resources.

University of Southern Maine

University of Southern Maine: Office of Academic Assessment

Assessment
- Overview of assessment.
- Reports & studies: Results from surveys & focus groups (pdf files).
- Assessment tools includes a form for department heads' inventory of their programs' assessment processes (pdf file).
- Resources include:
Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
Campus-wide survey cycle (pdf file).
Campus-wide assessment plan (pdf files).
- Reporting form for academic departments' assessment plans.
- Individual departments' assessment plans.
- Annual summary of department assessment status.

University of Southern Mississippi

University of Southern Mississippi: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Assessment
- Assessment showcase (pdf files)
  - The showcase booklets include assessment policies, guidelines, and university & individual academic programs' learning outcomes.
  - Assessment reports from programs whose processes were commended as demonstrating the spirit of SACS Standard 3.3.1.
- Administrative unit assessment guidelines, reporting template, & review rubric (Word documents, pdf file)
- Presentation "Assessing Assessment" (pdf files).
General education assessment information is restricted to USM faculty & staff.
Information about & from the assessment committee.
- USM assessment policy (pdf file).
- Minutes and other pdf files.
Calendars, guidelines & templates for periodic program review (pdf files, Word documents).
Instructions for Turnitin and the WEAVEonline assessment management system (pdf files, html pages). WEAVE & Turnitin access is restricted to USM faculty & staff.
Annotated links to other assessment resources.

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

University of Tennessee-Knoxville: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

What is assessment? overview.
- For more details, see Assessment @ UT.
Projects: About surveys & standardized instruments administered by OIRA.
- Results are available for the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) and the MFT. See assessment reports.
- Project tracker is a survey schedule.
UT's College Portrait.
Access to Compliance Assist is restricted to UT faculty & staff.
Information about academic program review.

University of Texas at Arlington

University of Texas at Arlington: Office of Institutional Research Planning and Effectiveness

UEP (unit effectiveness process) information
- Assessment calendars, handbook, and quick guide handbook supplement (pdf files).
- Assessment responsibilities (pdf file).
- Evaluation rubric for assessment plans & reports (pdf file).
- Resources
  - Glossary, guidelines, and hints for assessment activities (pdf files).
  - Advantages & disadvantages of various assessment methods (pdf file).
  - Reporting checklists for academic & administrative programs (Word documents).
  - Resources for signature assignments (pdf file).
  - Links to other assessment resources (pdf file).
OATS (online assessment tracking system) information
- UTA is no longer using the OATS system.
UTA core objectives (general education outcomes) & (pdf files) associated rubrics.
Information about UEP training sessions.
Results from student surveys (pdf files).

University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin: Office of Institutional Accreditation and Program Assessment

General resources (pdf files):
- About assessment.
- FAQ, glossary, & assessment model (pdf files).
- Handbook (pdf file).
- Instructional assessment resources (IAR): Guidelines, links to other resources, etc.
- Guidelines for using curriculum maps and assessment results (pdf files).
For academic and administrative assessment (pdf files):
- Overview of assessment.
- Guidelines for writing academic program learning outcomes and administrative program objectives.
General education assessment
- General education outcomes: UTA basic education requirements and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) core learning objectives.
  - Alignment of BERs and core objectives.
- Assessment plan (pdf file).
- About the general education liaisons council (GELC).
- Glossary, and links to related websites.
Materials from on-campus workshops (pdf files).
Online newsletter (pdf files).
Guides for using TracDat (pdf files; TracDat access is restricted to UT faculty & staff).

University of Texas at Tyler

University of Texas at Tyler: Office of Assessment & Institutional Effectiveness

Calendar and timeline (pdf file), and upcoming on-campus events.
Forms for assessment committee review of academic and administrative & support unit assessment reports (pdf files).
Information about & results from surveys used at UT-Tyler, including NSSE (pdf & Excel files).
Information for students about the CLA+ and Proficiency Profile.
Tips & guidelines for using Qualtrics survey software. Access to Qualtrics and TracDat is restricted to UT-Tyler faculty, staff, & students.
Information about & from the assessment committee (recent minutes are pdf files, earlier ones are Word documents).
Information about peer review (periodic program review) of academic & administrative programs (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.
Faculty and staff thoughts (FAST). Please do not enter anything into this online feedback form.

University of Texas Medical Branch

University of Texas Medical Branch: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Academic program evaluation quality indicators (pdf file).
Individual academic programs' learning outcomes.
Academic programs' assessment documents include assessment and program & external review reports (pdf files).
Use of assessment findings (evidence of improvement) includes (pdf files):
- The assessment reports mentioned above, with notes on impact.
- OIE annual overviews.
Evidence of student learning has information on certification/licensing results and a report (pdf file) from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) on employment rates for medical, nursing, & allied health degree recipients.
Resources include
- Assessment planning & reporting process, steps, & timeline (pdf files).
- Information about using WEAVEonline(pdf files).
- Links to other assessment & accreditation resources (pdf files, html pages).

University of Toledo (Ohio)

University of Toledo Office of Assessment, Accreditation, and Program Review (Ohio)

Assessment
- Workshop presentations on general education assessment (pdf files).
- Tools for college assessment liaisons
- Information about & from assessment committees (mostly pdf files).
Information about periodic academic program review (pdf files, Word documents).
The Office of Institutional Research has CLA results and information about surveys of students, faculty, & staff. Some survey sections include results. (Results are pdf files.)

University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Institutional Assessment and Studies

About assessment at UVA.
Assessment process: Guidelines for developing & implementing outcomes assessment processes.
Resources
- Assessment plans from (some) individual academic programs (pdf files), a reporting template (Word document), & links to examples from elsewhere.
- Guidelines for and examples of:
  - Program-level learning outcomes, with examples from UVA programs.
  - Rubrics, including links to examples from elsewhere (pdf files).
- Online newsletters (pdf files).
- Information about & from on-campus training work sessions (mostly pdf files).
- Information about mini-grants (html pages, pdf files).
Tools: Guidelines for rubrics, surveys, portfolios, curriculum maps, focus groups, & structured interviews. (Most of the resource links on these pages are to pdf files).
Guidelines for reporting, as part of periodic academic program review, and using WEAVEonline. (Access to WEAVEonline is restricted to UVA faculty & staff.)
Data
- General education competencies and assessment results (assessment plans & reports are pdf files).
- Information about surveys of UVA students and guidelines for survey administration. Survey results are restricted to UVA faculty & staff.
FAQs for UVA's assessment & assessment-reporting processes.

University of Washington

University of Washington: Office of Educational Assessment

Summary reports on assessment in the major (pdf files).
Reports from surveys of students & alumni, including NSSE results (pdf files).
Information about university-wide assessment studies (pdf files).
Links to other assessment resources.

University of West Florida

University of West Florida: Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

Select Assessment in the left-hand menu, then follow the links in the pop-up menu.
- Reports and documentation
- Undergraduate programs' academic learning compacts and graduate programs' assessment plans, and associated policies & guidelines (pdf files). All the ALC's & assessment plans have program outcomes; when last checked, some included information about assessment processes. (They're also available from the "box" menu in the center of the home page.)
- Academic foundations/general studies (general education; pdf files). Documents includes an assessment plan.
- Best practices in assessment
- Guidelines for developing curriculum maps and (some) undergraduate & graduate programs' maps (pdf files).
Assessment of student learning (in the "box" menu): Materials from on-campus workshops (pdf & Powerpoint files) and links to other assessment resources.
- Calendar of (on-campus) events. (None were assessment-related, when last checked.)

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

About: A brief FAQ.
Liberal education (general education) learning outcomes & (pdf & Excel files) associated rubrics.
Program learning outcomes (pdf files).
On-campus assessment events (pdf file).
Resources:
- Reporting templates for assessment plans & results (Word documents).
- Strategies, tips & guidelines (Word documents, except for the toolkit documents which are pdf files).
- Readings: Books in the UWEC library, and (pdf files) links to other resources.
Information from the annual assessment conference.
Guides for the Taskstream information-management tool (pdf files; Taskstream access is resricted to UWEC faculty & staff).
Still to come: What UW-Eau Claire assessment leaders are doing, and In the spotlight assessment news.

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay: Testing Services and Assessment

Assessment in the major: Assessment methods used by academic programs, and status of program's assessment plans.
General education assessment:
- General education learning outcomes.
- About UW-Green Bay's use of the College BASE. (Recent results are pdf files; older ones are Word documents.)
- Guidelines, rubric examples, and an online form to submit information about embedded assessment in general education courses (please do not enter data in the form).
- Notes and resources on critical thinking.
Results from surveys of student perspectives on UW-Green Bay (pdf files) and links to the online surveys (please do not enter data in these forms).
NSSE results (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).

University of Wisconsin-Madison

University and college assessment plans and reports (plans and recent reports are pdf files; some older reports are html pages).
Assessment Council annual reports and information from assessment workshops (pdf files).
Assessment manual.
Information about assessment mini-grants (the RFP is a pdf file).
Assessment resources
- Sample assessment plan (pdf file).
- UW-Madison survey examples (pdf files).
- Student survey reports and information about academic program review were not available when last checked.
- Academic planning & analysis reports include UW-Madison's College Portrait (this office's name & address have changed; their new site is here).
- The Wisconsin Experience general education site was not available when last checked.
  - UW's general education assessment plan and reports (pdf files).
- Information about UW's participation in AAC&U's LEAP essential learning outcomes project.
- Assessment presentations by UW faculty & staff (pdf files).
- Links to other institutions' assessment sites.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Overview of UWM student learning assessment initiatives.
Access to WEAVEonline and ActivityInsight are restricted to UWM faculty & staff.
Powerpoint presentation about using rubrics.
The Office of Assessment and Institutional Research's assessment page includes:
- Results from NSSE and UWM's survey of graduating seniors (pdf & Excel files).
- General education requirements and assessment processes (mostly pdf files; also see the Academic Program and Curriculum Committee's documents on general education [pdf files]).
- Information about and from campus committees involved in assessment (agendas & minutes are pdf files).
- VSA: UMW's College Portrait.

University of Wisconsin-Platteville

University of Wisconsin-Platteville: Assessment Oversight Committee

Overview of UWP Assessment (Powerpoint presentation).
University assessment plans (pdf files).
Assessment plans for academic majors, general education, Student Affairs units, and other administrative and service units (pdf files).
Overview (pdf file) and Powerpoint presentation on UWP NSSE results.
Reports from special assessment projects funded by the committee (pdf files).
Schedule & reporting questions for committee review of assessment activities (pdf files).
Committee agendas & minutes (pdf files).

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Overview of assessment.
Department and program assessment: Guidelines, tips, & examples for developing & implementing assessment processes.
General education assessment: AAC&U's essential learning outcomes (pdf file) and AAC&U & locally-developed rubrics (Word documents).
- Information from UW-Whitewater's involvement in AAC&U's LEAP initiative (pdf & Excel files, Word documents, htmlpages, video files).
Information about & from the assessment committee.
- Assessment processes at UW-Whitewater, and flowchart (Word documents).
- Annual report of assessment results (Word document).
Information about periodic program audit & review (Word documents, pdf & Excel files).
Materials from UW-Whitewater's assessment day (pdf files).

University of Wyoming

Annual Reports Section 10: Assessment (Word documents)
- Reporting instructions, templates, and assessment coordinators' evaluation rubrics.
- Examples & feedback from the previous year's reports.
- Tips on types of assessment.
Learning outcomes from individual academic programs (html pages, pdf files; some include assessment methods)..
Information about assessment academy mini-grants.
NSSE & CLA results (pdf & Excel files) & information about a pilot study of critical thinking assessment.
UW's VSA College Portrait.
Information about on- & off-campus assessment events.
Resources include
- Materials from on-campus workshops (Word documents, pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.

Utah State University

Office of Analysis, Assessment, and Accreditation: Reports from surveys of students, alumni, and faculty, including NSSE/FSSE results (pdf files).
Assessment information on some academic college & department websites may include assessment plans, learning outcomes, curriculum maps, assessment methods, results, and impacts. What's available varies from department to department. (Click a college to see its departments.)

Valdosta State University (Georgia)

University Assessment Committee
- Reporting templates for academic and administrative/support units (Word documents).
- Information for periodic program review, core (general education) assessment, & program assessment (mostly Word documents).
  - Reporting templates, schedules, program review guide & orientation.
- Assessment committee minutes (pdf files).
- Institutional effectiveness prnciples (pdf file).
  - IE reports from academic and administrative/support units are restricted to VSU faculty & staff.
Student Affairs Assessment Committee
- Overview and history of student affairs assessment at VSU.
- Committee documentation includes workshop handouts and reporting forms & instructions (pdf files).
- Individual departments' assessment plans include processes & results (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.

Valencia College (Florida)

Valencia College: Institutional Assessment Office (Florida)

Learning outcomes assessment:
- Overview of assessment at VC, and process flowchart and next steps (pdf files).
- Learning outcomes for general education and some individual academic programs (html pages, pdf files).
- Individual programs' assessment plans (pdf files).
- Resources for some general education outcomes (pdf files).
- Examples of programs' assessment plans, rubrics, alignment workbooks (curriculum maps), and reports (pdf & Excel files).
Information about & from the learning assessment committee. Minutes are pdf files; documents include a glossary (Word document) & a video presentation about rubrics..
CCSSE results and information about & results from other surveys (pdf files), and information about Qualtrics (Qualtrics access is restricted to VC faculty & staff).
VC's student assessment of instruction (pdf files, except for the FAQ for students).
Focus group reports (pdf files).
Information about on-campus workshops.
Information about & from the Florida College System's state assessment meeting (pdf files).

Vanderbilt University (Tennessee)

Guiding principles and assessment best practice guidelines.
About assessment:
- FAQ-style overview of assessment, with references & readings.
- Tips & guidelines for:
  - Designing an assessment plan, with (Word documents) examples & templates.
  - Choosing assessment methods.
  - Analyzing & reporting results.
About the assessment council.

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University: Office of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness

VCU "best practice" assessment plan examples (pdf files).
Quality review process for assessment plans & reports.
Access to WEAVEonline is restricted to VCU faculty & staff.
Results from NSSE & other student surveys (pdf files; older results from some surveys were avaiable when last checked, others were still to come).
Still to come: Assessment policy & philosophy and links to other resources.

Virginia Highlands Community College

Virginia Highlands Community College: Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning

Overview of assessment & IE at VHCC.
Outcomes assessment planning: Processes, tips, & guidelines for degree and general education programs and for administrative & support units.
Access to WEAVEonline is restricted to VHCC faculty & staff.
The institutional effectiveness handbook (pdf file) includes:
Assessment processes for degree and general education programs and for administrative & support units.
General education goals & learning outcomes.
The institutional research page has (pdf) copies of graduating-student and alumni surveys.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Office of Assessment & Evaluation

CLE assessment (Curriculum for Liberal Education, general education)
- CLE-area goals (learning outcomes) & courses.
- Overview of the assessment process, and results from some student surveys.
Academic quality and improvement (periodic program review)
- Overview of the process; details were still to come when last checked.
Administrative quality & improvement
- Overview of the process.
- Responsibilities, timeline, and workshop materials (pdf files).
Surveys & results: Survey instruments (pdf files) & reports (pdf & Excel files, Word documents), including NSSE results.
Materials from on-campus assessment workshops (Powerpoint & video files).
Access to WEAVEonline is restricted to Virginia Tech faculty & staff.
Information about assessment grants.
Student confidentiality guidelines.
Links to other assessment resources.
- The toolbox includes bibliographies (Word documents) & presentations (pdf files) for some assessment methods.

Walden University (Minnesota)

Overview of assessment at Walden.
University and individual academic programs' learning outcomes.
Results from surveys of students, alumni, & employers.
Assessment results (html pages, pdf files) from the:
- College of Management & Technology.
- Riley College of Education and Leadership.
About Walden's participation in HLC's Academy for Assessment of Student Learning.

Walsh College (Michigan)

Walsh College (Michigan)

Washington State University

Office of Assessment of Teaching and Learning
- Overview of assessment at WSU.
- FAQs about annual assessment reports. Other FAQs are still to come.
- Guuidelines for developing student learning outcomes (pdf file).
- Resources and support includes:
  - Reporting template, addenda, and goals (pdf files).
  - Glossary and assessment best practice guidelines.
  - Highlights: How WSU programs have used assessment & assessment results.
  - Materials from on-campus workshops (pdf files).
  - The assessment toolkits are restricted to WSU faculty & staff.
- The archives include summary reports on assessment at WSU (pdf files).
- Information about WSU assessment working groups.
Information about WSU's critical thinking project. (The project is no longer active; the CT rubric is restricted to WSU faculty & staff.)
Graduate School assessment:
- WSU assessment policy (pdf file).
- Glossary.
- Sample learning outcomes for doctoral programs.
- Overview of program review process and due dates for program review and assessment reports.
- Highlights from recent assessment reviews.
- The assessment SharePoint site is restricted to WSU faculty & staff.
- Links to other assessment resources.

Washtenaw Community College (Michigan)

Washtenaw Community College: Office of Curriculum & Assessment (Michigan)

About assessment, and overview of course, program, & general education assessment at WCC.
FAQs.
Guidelines for developing assessment plans, using rubrics & other assessment methods, and using & reporting assessment results (note: the reporting forms mentioned in this section are available from Due Dates, Forms, & Processes in the left-hand menu; they are Word documents).
Course & program data include general education assessment plans & reports and academmic programs' course-level assessment reports (pdf files).
Assessment committee agendas & minutes (Word documents).

Weber State University (Utah)

Overview of assessment at WSU.
Assessment in:
- Academic Affairs:
  - Report format & (Word document) template.
  - Rubric to assess your report (html & Word versions).
  - Outcomes, assessment plans, & assessment results from individual degree programs & support centers.
- General education (Assessing the WSU mission)
- About periodic program review for academic affairs units (Word documents, pdf files).
- Student Affairs
- Some administrative units.
Information about assessment mini-grants.

West Liberty University (West Virginia)

West Liberty University: Institutional Research and Assessment (West Virginia)

Assessment-related information from faculty committees includes West Liberty's general studies student development goals (general education outcomes) and a rubric to evaluate programs' assessment activities (pdf files).
Assessment
- Information about West Liberty's participation in HLC's Assessment Academy. The report is a pdf file.
- Rubrics for some general studies outcomes (pdf files).
Information about periodic academic program review (pdf files, Word documents).

West Virginia University

Graduate program assessment
- Overview of graduate program assessment at WVU.
- Information about periodic program review (html pages, pdf files, Word documents).
Student Life assessment
- Guiding principles, good practices, & ethical guidelines
- Information about Student Affairs' assessment council.
- Assessment plan: Material from on-campus presentations (Powerpoint files).

Western Carolina University (North Carolina)

Western Carolina University: Office of Institutional Planning and Effectiveness (North Carolina)

Overview.
Outcomes assessment
- Planning & reporting templates (Word documents).
- Information about assessment mini-grants (the application is a Word document).
- Information about assessment committees.
- The assessment toolkit was not available when last checked.
Information about periodic external unit review (program review) for academic & administrative units.

Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University: Office of Assessment and Undergraduate Studies

Institutional assessment (pdf files).
- NSSE/FSSE and CLA results.
- WMU's VSA page, and associated task force reports.
Information from & about the assessment steering committee and the assessment in action committee (pdf files, html pages).
- Assessment Matters newsletter (pdf files).
General education assessment (mostly pdf files).
- General education policy and assessment committee reports & (Excel file) review schedule.
- General education learning outcomes and assessment rubrics.
Information about assessment mini-grants & awards, and grant presentations (pdf files).
College and university-wide annual reports (pdf files).
Resources include
- Information about on- and off-campus assessment workshops & conferences.
- Assessment handbook (pdf file).
- Information about TracDat and iWebfolio (html pages & pdf files; access to the tools themselves is restricted to WMU faculty & staff).
- Links to other assessment resources.

Western Nevada College

Western Nevada College: Office of Institutional Research

Overview of assessment at WNC and (pdf file) institutional assessment plan.
Academic and administrative program assessment
- Guidelines (pdf file) and reporting templates (Word document, Excel file).
- Individual programs' plans & reports (pdf files).
Information about academic- and administrative-unit program review, and program review summaries for some units (pdf files).
Rubrics for some general education outcomes (pdf files).
Results from student surveys, including CCSSE (pdf files).
Information about & from an on-campus workshop (pdf files).

Western New England University (Massachusetts)

Resources:
- General education competencies (outcomes) and (pdf files) associated rubrics.
- The program review guidelines include instructions for general education and program specific assessment (pdf file).
  - The Word document for the general education component of program review is a table of the general education competencies.
Links to other accreditation and assessment resources.

Western University of Health Sciences (California)

Western University of Health Sciences: Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (California)

Overview of assessment.
Assessment plan and summary of pilot phase.
Institutional (general education) learning outcomes.
Assessment materials
- Schedule (pdf file).
- Reporting template (Word document) and assessment report evaluation template (Word document) & rubric (pdf file).
- Presentation from an assessment kick-off meeting (Powerpoint file).
Assessment tools (pdf files)
- Sample rubrics for the institutional learning outcomes.
- WASC's rubric for evaluating assessment plans.
- Information about Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive levels.
Glossary.
Additional resources: Tips & guidelines for developing & implementing assessment processes (mostly pdf files).

Western Washington University

Overview of assessment at WWU.
Departmental instructions:
- FAQ.
- Reporting template and annual reports guide & example (Word documents).
- Guide to designing an assessment plan (Word document).
- Powerpoint presentation on writing department mission statements and learning outcomes.
- General education (GUR: General University Requirements)
  - See general education in the left hand menu for the GUR competencies.
  - Reporting template (Word document).
  - Model report and rubrics (pdf files).
Academic programs' student learning outcomes (pdf files).
Resources include:
- Program and course assessment handbooks (pdf files).
- Links to other assessment resources.
References: An assessment bibliography.
Data
- Results from a longitudinal study of WWU undergraduates' activities and experiences and other reports from the survey research office (pdf files).
- The institutional research office has a link to WWU's VSA College Portrait.

Westminster College (Missouri)

WC's assessment policies. The FAQ includes an overview of WC's approaches to assessment and (pdf file) institutions used for comparison.
Assessment plan: About assessment at WC.
Assessment surveys & data: Information about surveys & standardized tests used at WC, including NSSE and CLA. Some pages include results or links to (pdf files) reports.
Links to other resources.

Westmont College (CA)

Westmont College: Student Achievement

Institutional Portfolio
- Accreditation, Faculty and Academic dept. demographics
- Foundational Documents
- Institutional Data
- Student Achievement
- Student Demographics
- Surveys
Educational Effectiveness
- Westmont Assessment Organizational Chart
- Westmont Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) and General Education Learning Outcomes (GELOs)
- Westmont College Multi-Year Assessment Plan
- ILO Assessment Schedule
- Program Review at Westmont College: Mission-Driven, Meaningful, & Manageable
- Westmont College Guidelines for Syllabi
- EE Mission
- Accreditation
- Assessment Plan
- Closing the Loop: Brown Bag Conversations
- Program Review
- GE
- Student Achievement
- Assessment Toolkit
- Assessment Clinic
- EE Resources
- Westmont Best Practices
Retention and Graduation Rates
Institutional Learning Outcomes
General Education Learning Outcomes
Academic Majors-Program Learning Outcomes

2016-2017: Diversity and Global Awareness

Dr. Dinora Cardoso (Modern Languages), Lead Assessment Specialist for Diversity and Global Awareness
Jason Cha (Student Life), Associate Lead Assessment Specialist

2015-2016: Quantitative Literacy

This year, we are assessing the Quantitative Literacy Institutional Learning Outcome concurrent with the General Education Learning Outcome. The outcome reads:

Graduates of Westmont will apply relevant scientific, mathematical and logical methods to analyze and solve problems effectively and be able to utilize the results appropriately when making decisions.

Wichita State University (Kansas)

Overview and principles of assessment.
University assessment reports for the Kansas Board of Regents: The student learning performance matrix indicates how KBOR general education dimensions are assessed; the associated dashboard and the KBOR performance agreements reports include relevant data from the CLA, NSSE, and WSU communications rubrics (pdf files).
- Additional survey results are available from the Institutional Research / University Assessment Data site (pdf & Excel files).
College assessment plans & reports: From individual academic programs (pdf files).
Information from on-campus assessment symposia (pdf files).
Results from WSU's exit survey (pdf file).
Information from & about the university assessment committee (minutes are pdf files).
Information about assessment funding (mini-grants; the request form is a pdf file).
Information about periodic program review (pdf files).
Links to other resources.

William Paterson University (New Jersey)

William Paterson University: Office of Institutional Research & Assessment (New Jersey)

The university assessment plan (pdf file) includes:
- The overall university plan and implementation steps.
- General education learning outcomes and assessment plan.
- College-level learning outcomes and assessment plans; some include individual departments' information.
- Overviews of assessment in administrative & support areas.
Assessment Resources: Bibliography of books, articles, & presentations available in the IRA office.
Information about periodic program review (pdf files).
Higher Education Internet Resources: Links to other resources, including assessment resources.

Wilmington University (Delaware)

Wilmington University: Office of Institutional Research (Delaware)

Philosophy and principles of assessment at Wilmington.
Academic and student assessment cycles.
Academic affairs assessment (pdf files, except for the competencies page).
- University assessment plan.
- General education and program level competencies (learning outcomes)
- Assessment plans from individual colleges and academic support units. Some include curriculum maps.
- Assessment results & impacts (use of results) in individual academic units.
- Overview of the annual assessment summit.

Winona State University (Minnesota)

Winona State University: Office of Institutional Planning, Assessment & Research (Minnesota)

About assessment and assessment day at WSU.
- Analyses & reports has assessment day reports of assessment impacts in various service areas.
Accountability dashboard from the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities system (mostly institutional research data.).
Analyses of WSU assessment data and information about the assessment council were not available when last checked.
WSU's College Portrait.
Information about IPAR's survey support services.
The report index is restricted to WSU faculty & staff.

Winthrop University: Office of Assessment (South Carolina)

Overview and principles of assessment.
Resources include:
- The institutional assessment plan and guide (pdf file) and links to other assessment resources.
- NSSE and (pdf file) Proficiency Profile results. (NSSE results are also available from the quick links menu.)
- Winthrop's VSA College Portrait. (Also available from the quick links menu.)
- Links to other assessment resources.
Information about & from the assessment committee.
- University-level competencies (general education outcomes).
- Committee reports are pdf files.
- The assessment reporting system (OARS) is restricted to Winthrop faculty & staff.
Accountability reports to the South Carolina Budget & Control Board (pdf files).

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Massachusetts)

Assessing the university: WPI goals, strategic plan, general education outcomes, and accreditation reports. (Accreditation reports are pdf files).
Assessing undergraduate learning (html pages, pdf files)
- History of assessment at WPI.
- WPI's procedures for assessing undergraduate learning, with examples of assessment reports.
- Information about surveys used at WPI, including NSSE, with brief comments on results.
Assessing academic programs
- Individual programs' outcomes statements.
- Examples of departmental assessment processes and reports (pdf files).
Plan for assessing institutional learning outcomes (general education; pdf file).
Results from survey of alumni (pdf file).

Wright State University (Ohio)

Overview of assessment at WSU.
Individual academic & support units' assessment plans & reports (Word documents, pdf files).

Yavapai College (Arizona)

Yavapai College: Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee (Arizona)

Overview of assessment.
Faculty and administration info
- More on Yavapai's SLOA process (html pages, pdf files).
- Faculty members' & deans' SLOA responsibilities.
- Glossary and other resources (pdf files).
Program assessment
- Details of the program assessment process. (The links to additional details, reports, etc. were not available when last checked.)
Course-level assessment plans & reports. (The links to individual course details were not available when last checked.)
About Yavapai's assessment days & faculty showcase presentations (pdf & video files).
- The assessment handbook from the 2011-12 Assessment Friday includes a glossary and an FAQ (pdf file).
Information about & from the SLOA committee (minutes are pdf files).
Training & tutorials include reporting forms, examples, checklists, & training exercises (pdf & video files, html pages).
- The online reporting forms on these pages were not available when last checked. If they do become available, please do not enter anything into the forms!

York University (Canada)

Teaching Commons @ York

The Teaching Commons offers a series of workshops that look at effective strategies for assessment and feedback. Through these sessions, you will be introduced to a range of topics including the purposes of assessment, how to align assessment and learning activities with learning outcomes, how to develop a rubric, and how assessment can encourage engagement and how to minimize academic integrity breaches.

Assessment
Activities, Assessment, & Evaluation
Introduction to Learning, Teaching, & Assessment
Workshops, Courses, and Events

Zayed University (United Arab Emirates)

Learning outcomes
- University (general education) outcomes and associated matrices (rubrics, pdf files).
- Matrices for major disciplines' learning outcomes (pdf files).
- About indicators & criteria for outcome-related competencies.
- University perspective on characteristics of good learning outcomes (pdf file).
Learning assessment
- Overview of the university's approach and process.
- Plans and reports
  - Planning & reporting cycle.
  - College-level assessment plans for assessment of undergraduate and graduate programs, and some units' assessment reports (pdf files).
  - Templates for assessment plans & reports (Word documents).
- Assessment tools and resources
  - Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
  - Assessment calendar and steps (pdf files).
  - Guidelines & tips for the TracDat assessment management system and for the university's own Strategic Planning Online (SPOL) system (pdf files; TracDat & SPOL access is restricted to Zayed University faculty & staff).
  - Access to the iWebfolio portfolio management system is restricted to Zayed University faculty & staff. The university's own ePortfolio system was not available when last checked.
  - Links to other assessment resources.
- Information about & from the university's assessment committees.
  - Material from on-campus assessment retreats & workshops (pdf files).
  - Information about the annual learning assessment award (pdf file).
Information about periodic academic program review (pdf files).
Information about the national degree qualifications framework (overview and pdf files).
The accreditation site includes links to the university's self-study process & report (pdf files).

State Boards & Commissions

Some state higher education board/commission websites include assessment policies or information. Information about how the state's colleges and universities implement the policies is on individual institutions' assessment sites; use your brower's Find (Ctrl-F) function to locate entries that include the state's name.

Colorado Department of Higher Education

Under Educators& Administrators, select Performance Contracts Compliance. In the individual contracts (large pdf files) for Colorado publiccolleges, universities, or systems such as the Colorado StateUniversity System, see the sections on assessment under Goal #2 (Improving Student Success). These currently focus on retention & persistence rates.

Idaho State Board of Education

Under Policies, select Section III (Postsecondary Affairs) and scroll down to X. Outcomes Assessment (pdf file).

Illinois Board of Higher Education

Under Reports & Studies, select Accountability & Productivity, and then the Statewide Performance Reports.
- In the 2006 Report's Compendium of Effective Institutional Practices (pdf file), see Policy Area 5: High Quality (pp 129ff) for policy and institutional summaries on institutional-effectiveness & outcomes assessment.
- Individual institutions' reports (pdf files) include more details on Policy Area 5. They are available via the drop-down menus on the performance report's page.

Massachussetts Department of Higher Education

The Vision Project includes student learning outcomes assessment. In What is the Vision Project?, see Metrics; in Key initiatives, see Student Learning Outcomes Assessment.
The Performance Measurement System's student success indicators include persistence & completion rates and some professional licensure rates.
- Reports are available for individual state colleges and community colleges. Select Performance Measurement Report, then, in the Policy and Report Library, select Reports and scroll down to Performance Measurement (pdf files).

Missouri Department of Higher Education

Overview of assessment efforts encouraged by MDHE and the state's Coordinating Board for Higher Education (CBHE).
Guiding principles and assessment handbook from the Missouri Assessment Consortium, a discussion forum.
- The MAC site includes links to participating institutions' sites, some of which describe the institution's outcomes assessment processes.
Under Initiatives, select the Committee on Curriculum and Assessment
- History, reports, & minutes (pdf files).
- Information about & from one of the Committee's predecessors, the Learning Assessment in Missouri Postsecondary Education(LAMP) project.
  - Overview of the LAMP project.
  - Primer, status report, newsletters (pdf files).
Results from MDHE's MAIS survey of institutions' assessment instruments & practices (Word document, Excel file).
The annual Statistical Summary of Missouri Higher Education (under Research & Data) includes some assessment-related information (pdf &Excel files).

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

Select the Policy and Procedures Manual from the right-hand menu. In Chapter 3: Academic Affairs (pdf file), section 3.19 has the Board's policies on assessment.
Under Studies, Reports and Data / Archived Studies and Reports, the Annual Student Assessment Report summarized individual institutions' assessment processes and results (pdf files).

Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education

In the Board drop-down menu, select Board Regulations, then Policy Manual. In section A 2.0: Quality in Higher Education: Program and Institutional Review Processes (pdf file), see E. Outcome Measures.

State Boards & Commissions

Some state higher education board/commission websites include assessment policies or information. Information about how the state's colleges & universities implement the policies is on individual institutions assessment sites.

Complete to Compete: From Information to Action: Revamping Higher Education Accountability Systems (the brochure is a pdf file)

From the National Governors' Association (2010-11 Chair's Initiative).

Colorado Department of Higher Education

Under Educators& Administrators, select Performance Contracts Compliance. In the individual contracts (large pdf files) for Colorado public colleges, universities, or systems such as the Colorado StateUniversity System, see the sections on assessment under Goal #2 (Improving Student Success). These currently focus on retention & persistence rates.

Idaho State Board of Education

Under Policies, selectSection III (Postsecondary Affairs) and scroll down to X. Outcomes Assessment (pdf file).

Illinois Board of Higher Education

UnderReports & Studies, select Accountability & Productivity, and then the Statewide Performance Reports.
- In the 2006 Report's Compendium of Effective Institutional Practices (pdf file), see Policy Area 5: High Quality (pp 129ff) for policy and institutional summaries on institutional-effectiveness & outcomes assessment.
- Individual institutions' reports (pdf files) include more details on Policy Area 5. They are available via the drop-down menus on the performance report's page.

Massachussetts Department of Higher Education

The Vision Project includes student learning outcomes assessment. In What is the Vision Project?, see Metrics; in Key initiatives, see Student Learning Outcomes Assessment.
The Performance Measurement System's student success indicators include persistence & completion rates and some professional licensure rates.
- Reports are available for individual state colleges and community colleges. SelectPerformance Measurement Report, then, in the Policy and Report Library, select Reports and scroll down to Performance Measurement (pdf files).

Missouri Department of Higher Education

Overview of assessment efforts encouraged by MDHE and the state's Coordinating Board for Higher Education (CBHE).
Guiding principles and assessment handbook from the Missouri Assessment Consortium, a discussion forum.
- The MAC site includes links to participating institutions' sites, some of which describe the institution's outcomes assessment processes.
Under Initiatives, select the Committee on Curriculum and Assessment
- History, reports, & minutes (pdf files).
- Information about & from one of the Committee's predecessors, the Learning Assessment in Missouri Postsecondary Education (LAMP) project.
  - Overview of the LAMP project.
  - Primer, status report, newsletters (pdf files).
Results from MDHE's MAIS survey of institutions' assessment instruments & practices (Word document, Excel file).
The annual Statistical Summary of Missouri Higher Education (under Research & Data) includes some assessment-related information (pdf & Excel files).

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

Select the Policy and Procedures Manual from the right-hand menu. In Chapter 3: Academic Affairs (pdf file), section 3.19 has the Board's policies on assessment.
Under Studies, Reports and Data / Archived Studies and Reports, the Annual Student Assessment Report summarized individual institutions' assessment processes and results (pdf files).

Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education

In the Board drop-down menu, select Board Regulations, thenPolicy Manual. In section A 2.0: Quality in Higher Education: Program and Institutional Review Processes (pdf file), see E. Outcome Measures.

South Carolina Commission on Higher Education

On the Institutional Effectiveness page, see A Closer Look at Public Higher Education in South Carolina. These summaries of institutions' (older) institutional effectiveness reports are large pdf documents.
- The page also has instructions for the IE reports.

Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Under Related Topics in the left-hand menu, selectPerformance Funding, then the performance
funding tab. These pages include general information about THEC's performance funding program including requirements for and institutional summaries of general education assessment (mostly pdf files; the financial estimate forms are Excel files). See especially the Outcomes Based Funding Formula documents (pdf & Excel files).

Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges: Assessment, Teaching and Learning

Assessment guidelines and glossary.
Annual assessment reports from individual colleges (pdf files).
ATL Digest online newsletters: Some issues include descriptions of & links to assessment-related events & resources (pdf files).
Information about ATL events and (pdf files) information from previous retreats & workshops.
Links to other assessment resources.

Accrediting Bodies

Accredited Institutions and Programs

From US DOE Office of Postsecondary Education
Searcheable database of educational institutions and programs accredited by recognized accrediting agencies and state approval agencies.
FAQs about accreditation and about the database.
The page with more information about accreditation includes lists of recognized accrediting agencies.

Accrediting Bodies

Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs

From US DOE Office of Postsecondary Education
Searcheable database of educational institutions and programs accredited by recognized accrediting agencies and state approval agencies.
FAQs about accreditation and about the database.
The page with more information about accreditation includes lists of recognized accrediting agencies.
Current Practice of Recognized Accreditors Student Achievement Standards, June 2016

Locating accrediting bodies

Current Practice of Recognized Accreditors Student Achievement Standards, June 2016 (Google Doc)
U.S. regional, national, and specialized/professional accrediting bodies.
Addresses, telephone numbers/email, Web links.
Maintained by CHEA.

Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)

About CHEA and accreditation.
Database of institutions accredited by recognized U.S. and international accrediting bodies.
Directories:
Addresses, Web links, and phone/email for:
- U.S. regional, national, and specialized/professional accrediting bodies.
- International.accreditation and quality assurance bodies, and Ministries of Education.
Research & publications on accreditation.
Statement of Mutual Responsibilities for Student Learning Outcomes: The roles of accreditors, institutions, and programs (pdf file).
New Leadership Alliance publications Committing to Quality: Guidelines for Assessment and Accountability and Assuring Quality: An Institutional Self-Assessment Tool for Excellent Practice in Student Learning Outcomes Assessment (pdf files).
Current Practice of Recognized Accreditors Student Achievement Standards, June 2016 (Google Doc)

Department of Education (DOE)

Current Practice of Recognized Accreditors Student Achievement Standards, June 2016 (Google Doc)
Accreditation: Universities and Higher Education
- Is my school accredited?
- Information on Accredited Institutions
- Accreditor Recognition Criteria and Process
- Information on Recognized Accreditors
- Recommendations on Improving Accreditation
- Letters to Accreditors
- FSA Data Center
- What's New
Department of Education (DOE) "dashboards" for comparing the regional and national (i.e, discipline-specific) accreditors.
Prepared for June 2016 NACIQI meeting
Copy of report obtained by Inside Higher Ed:
- https://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/files/Inst%20Peformance%20Reports.pdf
From 6-21-16 Inside Higher Ed an article describing/critiquing the "dashboards":
- https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/06/21/education-department-release-data-reports-accreditors-based-measures-student

U.S. Regional Accrediting Associations

Current Practice of Recognized Accreditors Student Achievement Standards, June 2016 (Google Doc)

Regional Accreditation and Student Learning: Principles for Good Practices (pdf file)

From the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC).
Posted by SACS.

Regional Accreditation and Learning Outcomes: Mapping the Territory

This 2010 NILOA Occasional Paper summarized the similarities and differences in regional accreditors' approaches to assessing learning outcomes (pdf file).

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools: Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

Publications
- Standards for Accreditation and Requirements of Affiliation
  - Accreditation standards (Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education , a pdf file). Each standard includes descriptions of evidence for compliance. See Standards 7 (institutional assessment) and 14 (assessment of student learning) as well as comments in others such as Standard 12 (general education).
  - Revised standards, approved Fall 2014 (pdf file,): See Standard V (educational effectiveness assessment) and Criterion 7 in Standard III (student learning opportunities).
- Guidelines for Institutional Improvement includes a number of documents about assessment (pdf files).
Events & conferences.
September 2016 Update on Process Changes

New England Association of Schools and Colleges: Commission on Institutions of Higher Education
(NEASC-CIHE)

In the Standards for Accreditation, see Standards 4.48-4.55.

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools: Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

Information about HLC's Pathways for Reaffirmation of Accreditation.
- See related resources for overviews and additional information about each pathway. The pathway booklets are pdf files.
- For more information about the AQIP pathway (Academic Quality Improvement Program), selectAQIP from the dropdown menu foraccreditation processes.
Criteria for Accreditation are available from the dropdown menu for accreditation processes.
Select criteria, eligibility & candidacy, then criteria for accreditation.
- In Criterion 4 (teaching & learning: evaluation & improvement), see especially Core Component 4.B. Core components in some other Criteria also refer to assessment and the use of assessment/evaluation information.
- In the statement ofAssumed Practices (in the right-hand menu More about the criteria), see section C.6.
The Academy for Assessment of Student Learning provides institutions with opportunities for training and guided assessment experience. In the dropdown menu for about the commission,
selectprograms & services for information about the Academy.
Levels of Implementation worksheets and matrices for evaluating an institution's assessment practices, and a whitepaper on using the worksheets (pdf files).
- These worksheets are not specific to HLC accreditation and can be useful to any institution.
- They are guides for self-examination, not accreditation checklists. (They're no longer part of the Criteria for Accreditation because too many institutions treated them as checklists.)

Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges: Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)

Overview of and guidelines for the accreditation process, and an FAQ about accreditation.
Select Standards and Policies, then Accreditation Standards. See Standard 4 (effectiveness and
improvement).

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools: Commission on Colleges: (SACS/COC)

Select Accrediting Standards, then Principles of Accreditation,2012 Edition (pdf file). Standards and requirements related to student learning outcomes assessment include Core Requirement 2.5 (institutional effectiveness), Standards 3.3.1 (institutional effectiveness) & 3.5.1 (college-level competencies), and Federal Requirement 4.1 (about evaluating student achievement).
In Institutional Resources, the Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation (pdf file) has comments, notes, and guidance about the standards and requirements.
A few entries in the lists of Quality Enhancement Plans on the Institutional Resources page include links to institutions' websites with details of the plans, how they assess QEP outcomes, etc. (scroll down to Quality Enhancement Plans for these pdf files).
Links to other accreditation sites.

Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

The Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (ACSCU)
- From the menu at the bottom of the page, select the Handbook of Accreditation (2013 edition, view online or download as pdf file). The Core Commitment to Student Learning and Success emphasizes student learning outcomes assessment. Standards emphasizing student learning outcomes assessment include #s 1 (defining institutional purposes and ensuring educational objectives, see especially section 1.2), 2 (achieving educational objectives through core functions, especially sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7, & 2.11), and 4 (creating an organization committed to quality assurance, institutional learning, and improvement, especially sections 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, & 4.5).
- From the drop-down menu at the top of the page, select Documents.
  - Rubrics to evaluate the effectiveness of assessment processes: See the Assessment rubrics (pdf file) and the Educational Effectiveness Framework (Word document).
- Assessment Leadership Academy: See Events in the dropdown menu for an overview of the Academy
  - The November-December 2013 issue of Assessment Update (v25, no6) has articles about the Academy's development and impact.
The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)
- Select Eligibility Requirements & Standards, thenAccreditation Standards (pdf file).
  Standards with components related to student learning outcomes assessment include I.B (Assuring Academic Quality and Institutional Effectiveness), II.A (Instructional Programs), II.B (Library and Learning Support Services, especially see section 3), and II.C (Student Support Services, especially see section 2).
- Select Publications & Policies.
  - In the Guide to evaluating institutions, see especially the sections on Themes, Characteristics of Evidence, and on the various Standards (pdf file).
- In Other Resources, see the bibliographies on student learning and outcomes assessment (pdf files).

Non-U.S. Quality Assurance/Academic Audit Processes

AHELO:
Feasability Study for the International Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes

From OECD (which includes the U.S.).
An ongoing study, not yet an active assessment/quality-assurance process.

European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)

Association of European higher-education quality-assurance agencies, analogous to the U.S.'s CHEA.

European Quality Register for Higher Education (EQAR)

Browsable/searcheable register of European higher-education quality assurance agencies that comply with the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG background and [pdf file] full text are available under criteria for inclusion on this page).

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)

Australia's regulatory & quality agency for higher education
- Select Regulatory approach, then Standards framework. At the Higher Education Standards Panel page, select Higher Education Standards Framework. In the menu tabs, select text. See especially Section 5 (assessment is effective and expected student learning outcomes are achieved).
- For providers has information about TEQSA processes.

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (United
Kingdom)

About us overviews QAA activities.
Assuring standards and quality has information about the UK's quality code for higher education and about subject-area benchmarks (see subject guidance).
Institution reports on individual universities & colleges.
- How we review summarizes the various types of review used.

Specialized/Professional Accrediting Associations

Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)

About CHEA and accreditation.
Database of institutions accredited by recognized U.S. and international accrediting bodies.
Directories:
Addresses, web links, and phone/email for:
- U.S. regional, national, and specialized/professional accrediting bodies.
- International.accreditation and quality assurance bodies, and Ministries of Education.
Research & publications on accreditation.
Accreditation and the Provision of Additional Information to the Public about Institution and Program Performance.The roles of accreditors, institutions, and programs ( pdf file).
New Leadership Alliance publications Committing to Quality: Guidelines for Assessment and Accountability and Assuring Quality: An Institutional Self-Assessment Tool for Excellent Practice in Student Learning Outcomes Assessment (pdf files).

Non-U.S. Quality Assurance/Academic Audit Processes

Non-U.S. Quality Assurance/Academic Audit Processes

AHELO:
Feasability Study for the International Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes

From OECD (which includes the U.S.).
An ongoing study, not yet an active assessment/quality-assurance process.

European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)

Association of European higher-education quality-assurance agencies, analogous to the U.S.'s CHEA.

European Quality Register for Higher Education (EQAR)

Browsable/searcheable register of European higher-education quality assurance agencies that comply with the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG background and [pdf file] full text are available under criteria for inclusion on this page).

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)

Australia's regulatory & quality agency for higher education
- Select Regulatory approach, then Standards framework. At the Higher Education Standards Panel page, select Higher Education Standards Framework. In the menu tabs, select text. See especially Section 5 (assessment is effective and expected student learning outcomes are achieved).
- For providers has information about TEQSA processes.

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (United Kingdom)

About us overviews QAA activities.
Assuring standards and quality has information about the UK's quality code for higher education and about subject-area benchmarks (see subject guidance).
Institution reports on individual universities & colleges.
- How we review summarizes the various types of review used.

Specialized/Professional Accrediting Associations

Specialized/Professional Accrediting Associations

See CHEA's and ASPA's lists of specialized and professional accrediting associations. Some associations' Web pages have details on criteria for assessment.

ABET
- ABET is the accrediting board for engineering, computer science, technology, and applied science programs.
- Information about ABET, accreditation, etc.
- Select Accreditation, then Accreditation criteria & supporting documents. For each type of program (Applied Science, Computing, Engineering, or Engineering Technology), see the Criteria for Accrediting [these] Programs (read online or download as pdf files).
- Select Accreditation: Step by step, then Before the accreditation process: Assessment planning for guidelines, tips, suggestions, & resources.
- In Publications, select Special Reports, then Engineering Change, ABET's study of how EC2000 standards and assessment requirements affect Engineering programs and students (the executive summary is available as a pdf file).
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
- In Publications:
  - In theAccreditation Manual (17th edition, pdf file), see Section I (Program effectiveness) in Chapter V (Evaluation standards applicable to all educational programs).
  - The reporting examples in theProgram Effectiveness PlanOutline suggest assessment methods and processes (pdf file).
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
- Under Requirements, select Accreditation requirements for CME providers, then Accreditation criteria. Criterion 11 addresses outcomes assessment. The examples of compliance and noncompliance for this criterion has additional guidance.
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
- Under Program and Institutional Guidelines/Institutional Accreditation, select Institutional review, then Common program requirements (pdf file). Section IV.A.5 describes the ACGME competencies and Section V.A.1 describes formative evaluation of residents. The Program director guide to the common program requirements has additional guidance (pdf files; this was not available when last checked).
- Common program requirements approved but not in effect describes upcoming changes in ACGME processes (pdf files).
- Information on the development of a single accreditation system for medical & osteopathic graduate programs (pdf files).
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE)
- In the 2011 Standards and Interpretive Guide (pdf file), see Sections A.4.2 (re reporting outcomes) and B. (program content requirements). The standards indicate that the content requirements are expected learning outcomes, and require outcomes assessment.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
- Select Standards. See Standards No. 3 & 15 in the most recent Standards and Guidelines (a pdf file).
- Proposed new standards: In the draft Standards 2016, see Sections I (educational outcomes) and III (assessment of standards and key elements).
Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
- Select Standards of Accreditation.
  - In the Standards (pdf file), see Section C: Evaluation. The Accreditation manuals have additional guidance (pdf files).
American Academy for Liberal Education (AALE)
- Higher Education has standards and criteria (pdf files) for:
  - U.S. colleges, universities, and liberal arts institutions: Select the domestic accreditation process, then domestic standards, then standards and criteria for institutional accreditation (pdf file). See Standard A. Liberal Learning Assessment and Appendices I & II.
    - The standards for accreditation of individual programs were not available when last checked.
  - Colleges & programs outside of the U.S.: Select the international accreditation process, then international standards, then standards and criteria for program accreditation. (This pdf file was not available when last checked. When it was last available, the relevant sections were: Education Standards: Liberal Learning Assessment and Appendices I & II.)
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)
- In the Accreditation documents, see Standard 2.2: Assessment Procedures in the Accreditation Standards for Undergraduate Programs (pdf file).
American Psychological Association: Education Directorate (APA)
- Select Accreditation. Under Criteria and procedures, select the Guidelines & Principles (pdf file). In the Accreditation Domains and Standards for doctoral programs, see Domain F: Program Self-Assessment and Quality Enhancement.
- Select Precollege and Undergraduate, then Undergraduate psychology. The Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major has learning goals & outcomes. The Assessment Cyber Guide for Learning Goals and Outcomes has assessment tips & strategies. (The Guidelines and the Cyber Guide are pdf files.)
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- Select Accreditation, then see the list of Accreditation Standards. (View standards online or download as pdf files.)
  - In the 2013 standards for Business programs, see Learning and Teaching Standards, Standard 8 (Curricula Management and Assurance of Learning).
  - In the 2013 standards for Accounting programs, see Learning and Teaching Standards, Standard A5 (Accounting Curricula Management and Assurance of Learning).
  - In the 2003 standards for Business and for Accounting programs, see the Assurance of Learning Standards.
- See Events / Upcoming conferences for information about AACSB's assessment conference.
- The American Accounting Association (AAA) assessment website also has guidelines and resources for developing assessment programs.
Accreditation Council for Collegiate Business Schools & Programs (ACBSP)
- Select Accreditation.
  - In the Accounting Accreditation Files, select Accounting Accreditation Standards & Criteria (pdf file). See Standard 4 (Measurement and analysis of student learning and performance).
  - In the Associate Degree Files, select Standards and Criteria for Associate Degree (pdf file). See Standard 4 (Measurement, analysis and knowledge management) and Table 2 (Student Learning Results).
- Accreditation / Outcomes Assessment has links to other assessment resources.
Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI)
- Select Forms (pdf files).
  - In the Accreditation Criteria Manual, see Criteria 2.10 (for associate degree programs), 3.3 (for baccalaureate programs), and 4.10 (for graduate programs).
  - In the Evidence Guide, sections 4.0 through 7.0 have information relevant to outcomes assessment.
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
- Select For Program Directors, then Standards and Guidelines. The page has links to standards and guidelines for programs in the various professions (pdf files). Most include a section on Student and Graduate Evaluation/Assessment.
Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)
- Select Professional, then Professional Documents.
  - In the Standards for Accreditation of Professional Programs (pdffile), see Standards 4-13 (Outcomes).
  - Also see the list of Competencies (pdf file).
- In the Post-Professional (graduate program) standards (pdf file), see the list of competencies and Standards 8-19 (Outcomes).
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)
- SelectAccreditation Handbook, then the Evaluative Criteria (pdf files).
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
- Select Standards, Procedures, & Resources, then either Baccalaureate & Graduate Nursing Programs or Nurse Residency Programs. In theAccreditation Standards for the selected programs (pdf files), see Standards III (Program Quality: Curriculum and Teaching-Learning Practices), and IV (Program Effectiveness: Assessment and Achievement of Program Outcomes).
Computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB)
- Accreditation activities previously conducted by the Computer Science Accreditation Commission (CSAC) are now conducted by the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET. In ABET's accreditation criteria, select the criteria from the Computing Accreditation Commission.
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
- NCATE and TEAC have merged to become CAEP.
- In the Accreditation Standards (pdf file), see especially the Rationale for Standard 1 (Content and pedagogical knowledge) and Appendix D (Typical and suggested measures).
Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)
- In the Standards for Accreditation, see Standard 5.0 (Assessment).
- In Accreditation Resources, select Read More, then see the annotated links in Assessment Resources (under Program Development).
Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE)
- Select Publications. Search the Standards and the Accreditation Manual (pdf files) for "self-assessment," "student assessment," and "outcomes."
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
- Select For Programs, then Resources for Programs.
  - In the2009 Standards, seeSection I: Evaluation (AA) and the lists of knowledge & skills (outcomes) to be demonstrated by students in each program.
  - The Guiding Statement for Student Learning Outcomes has interpretations, tips & suggestions (pdf file).
Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
- Under Quick Links, select the Criteria for schools and for individual programs (pdf files). In the each set of criteria, see Criterion 2.7 (Assessment Procedures).
- Under Accreditation, select Baccalaureate Level. In the Accreditation Criteria (pdf file, 2013), see Criterion 5 (Program Effectiveness) including the required documentation.
Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE)
- Select Resources. In the CORE Undergraduate Standards (pdf file), seeSection II.C for a list of knowledge areas and outcomes for each knowledge domain. In the CORE Graduate Standards (pdf file), see Section I.C.
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
- Select Accreditation. In the 2008 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (pdf file), see Educational Policy 4.0-Assessment.
Distance Education and Training Council (DETC)
- Select Becoming Accredited, then the Accreditation Handbook. In Appendix A.1 Accreditation Standards (pdf file), see Standard V.A. (Achievement of Student Learning Outcomes and Benefits) & V.B. (Student Satisfaction). Appendix B.1 Guide to Self-Evaluation Report has details.
Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT)
- In the Standards, see Standards D2: Public Information on Program Outcomes and E: Assessment (pdf file).
  - On the Program Resources dropdown menu, Compliance Assistance includes an FAQ for Standard D2 (pdf file).
Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)
- Select Standards and Publications, then Functions and Structure of a Medical School (pdf files). In the 2014-2015 edition, see Standards ED-1, ED-26 through ED-28, ED-30 & 31, and ED-46 & 47 underEducational Program for the M.D. Degree. In the 2015-2016 edition, see especially Standards 6.1, 8.2, & 9.4-9.8.
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
- Look under Accreditation in the left-hand menu. Select a program type (CG, etc.). For programs submitting self-studies before August 2014, see the Standard on Outcomes Measures in the 2009 Guide to Accreditation (pdf file; the Standard number depends on the program type but is near the end of the list, usually one of Standards 14-16). For programs submitting self-studies after that, see Standard II: Assessment and Continuous Quality Improvement in the 2012 Standards.
- Guide to Accreditation and Approval (pdf file).
National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
- Select Accreditation, then either the 2009 Conditions or the 2014 Conditions (the 2014 Conditions were in draft form when last checked). In the Conditions for Accreditation (pdf files), see Part Two, Section 1 (Student Performance — Educational Realms & Student Performance Criteria).
National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)
- Select Publications and then Assessment and Policy Studies for the pdf files Assessment on Our Own Terms and Assessment of Undergraduate/Graduate programs in Art & Design.
National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD)
- Select Publications and then Assessment and Policy Studies for the pdf files Assessment on Our Own Terms and Assessment of Undergraduate Programs in Dance.
National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
- Select Publications and then Assessment and Policy Studies for the pdf files Assessment on Our Own Terms, Assessment of Undergraduate/Graduate programs in Music, and Outcomes Assessment and Arts Programs in Higher Education. National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)
National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
- Go to Publications and then Assessment and Policy Studies for the pdf files Assessment on Our Own Terms and Assessment of Undergraduate/Graduate programs in Theatre.
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
- NCATE and TEAC have merged to become the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).
National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC)
- Select the Accreditation Manual. In the 2008 & the 2013 Standards and Criteria, see Standard 6: Outcomes for each program type (pdffiles).
National Recreation and Park Association: Council on Accreditation (NRPA)
- In the COAPRT menu, select Standards. In the COAPRT Standards 2013 (pdf file), core learning outcomes are in Section 7.0 (Learning Outcomes). The FAQ has more information about outcomes & assessment.
Society of American Foresters (SAF)
- In the 2012 and 2014 editions of the Accreditation Handbook (pdf files), see Program
  Planning & Outcomes Assessment in Standard III.
Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC)
- NCATE and TEAC have merged to become the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).

U.S. Regional Accrediting Associations

U.S. Regional Accrediting Associations

Regional Accreditation and Student Learning: Principles for Good Practices (pdf file)

From the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC).
Posted by SACS.

Regional Accreditation and Learning Outcomes: Mapping the Territory

This 2010 NILOA Occasional Paper summarized the similarities and differences in regional accreditors' approaches to assessing learning outcomes (pdf file).

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools: Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

Publications
- Standards for Accreditation and Requirements of Affiliation
  - Accreditation standards (Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education , a pdf file). Each standard includes descriptions of evidence for compliance. See Standards 7 (institutional assessment) and 14 (assessment of student learning) as well as comments in others such as Standard 12 (general education).
  - Revised standards, approved Fall 2014 (pdf file,): See Standard V (educational effectiveness assessment) and Criterion 7 in Standard III (student learning opportunities).
- Guidelines for Institutional Improvement includes a number of documents about assessment (pdf files).
Events & conferences.

New England Association of Schools and Colleges: Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (NEASC-CIHE)

In the Standards for Accreditation, see Standards 4.48-4.55.

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools: Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

Information about HLC's Pathways for Reaffirmation of Accreditation.
- See related resources for overviews and additional information about each pathway. The pathway booklets are pdf files.
- For more information about the AQIP pathway (Academic Quality Improvement Program), select AQIP from the dropdown menu for accreditation processes.
Criteria for Accreditation are available from the dropdown menu for accreditation processes. Select criteria, eligibility & candidacy, then criteria for accreditation.
- In Criterion 4 (teaching & learning: evaluation & improvement), see especially Core Component 4.B. Core components in some other Criteria also refer to assessment and the use of assessment/evaluation information.
- In the statement of Assumed Practices (in the right-hand menu More about the criteria), see section C.6.
The Academy for Assessment of Student Learning provides institutions with opportunities for training and guided assessment experience. In the dropdown menu for about the commission, select programs & services for information about the Academy.
Levels of Implementation worksheets and matrices for evaluating an institution's assessment practices, and a whitepaper on using the worksheets (pdf files).
- These worksheets are not specific to HLC accreditation and can be useful to any institution.
- They are guides for self-examination, not accreditation checklists. (They're no longer part of the Criteria for Accreditation because too many institutions treated them as checklists.)

Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges: Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)

Overview of and guidelines for the accreditation process, and an FAQ about accreditation.
Select Standards and Policies, the Accreditation standards.See Standard 4 (effectiveness and improvement).

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools: Commission on Colleges: (SACS/COC)

Select Accrediting Standards, then Principles of Accreditation, 2012 Edition (pdf file). Standards and requirements related to student learning outcomes assessment include Core Requirement 2.5 (institutional effectiveness), Standards 3.3.1 (institutional effectiveness) & 3.5.1 (college-level competencies), and Federal Requirement 4.1 (about evaluating student achievement).
In Policies & Publications / Handbooks, the Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation (pdf file) has comments, notes, and guidance about the standards and requirements.
A few entries in the lists of Quality Enhancement Plans on the Institutional Resources page include links to institutions' websites with details of the plans, how they assess QEP outcomes, etc. (scroll down to Quality Enhancement Plans for these pdf files).
Links to other accreditation sites.

Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

The Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (ACSCU)
- From the menu at the bottom of the page, select the Handbook of Accreditation (2013 edition, view online or download as pdf file). The Core Commitment to Student Learning and Success emphasizes student learning outcomes assessment. Standards emphasizing student learning outcomes assessment include #s 1 (defining institutional purposes and ensuring educational objectives, see especially section 1.2), 2 (achieving educational objectives through core functions, especially sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7, & 2.11), and 4 (creating an organization committed to quality assurance, institutional learning, and improvement, especially sections 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, & 4.5).
- From the dropdown menu at the top of the page, select Documents.
  - Discussions of the nature, types, and uses of evidence in the 2002Evidence Guide have much that's relevant to assessing student learning outcomes (pdf file).
  - Rubrics to evaluate the effectiveness of assessment processes: See the Assessment rubrics (pdf file) and theEducational Effectiveness Framework (Word document).
- Assessment Leadership Academy: See Events in the dropdown menu for an overview of the Academy
  - The November-December 2013 issue of Assessment Update (v25, no6) has articles about the Academy's development and impact.
The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)
- Select Eligibility Requirements & Standards, then Accreditation Standards (pdf file).
  Standards with components related to student learning outcomes assessment include I.B (improving institutional effectiveness), II.A (student learning programs and services), II.B (student support services, especially section 4), and II.C (library and learning support
  services, especially section 2).
- Select Publications & Policies.
  - In the Guide to evaluating institutions, see especially the sections on Themes, Characteristics of Evidence, and on the various Standards (pdf file).
  - In the Rubric for evaluating institutional effectiveness, see Part III: Student Learning Outcomes (pdf file).
- In Other Resources, see the bibliographies on student learning and outcomes assessment (pdf files).

Student Assessment of Courses and Faculty

In the ASSESS Discussion-List Archive

In the ASSESS Discussion-List Archive, see the

May 2009 thread on Using Written Comments from Students About a Faculty Member, initiated by Susan King.
December 2009 threads Student Evaluation of Courses: A Controversial Policy, initiated by Jonathan Keiser, and Timing of Student Evaluation of Faculty, initiated by Michelle Miller.
January 2010 threads Incentives and Motivators to Complete Class Evaluations and Class Evaluation Incentive Strategies – Your Responses, initiated by Jean Gomes. The responses post includes a Word document of on- and off-list responses to the question.
January 2010 thread Student Evaluations of Faculty in Online Courses, initiated by Arnold Gelfman.
October 2011 thread Evaluation of Faculty Teaching, initiated by Jeremy Penn. The thread deals mainly with non-student methods such as peer review.
December 2011 thread Student Evaluations, initiated by Susan Warner.
January 2012 threads An Outside Putting in His 2 Cents, initiated by Lenny Shedletsky, and Re: [ASSESS:] Putting in His 2 Cents/Student Evaluations.
August 2012 thread Using IDEA for Tenure and Promotion, initiated by Susan Warner.
November 2012 thread Course Evaluations and Extreme Scores, initiated by Dan McCollum.
July 2013 thread Course evaluation Inter-rater Reliability, initiated by David Eubanks.
September 2013 thread Course Evaluation Data, initiated by Adrienne McCormick.
November 2013 thread Reliability of Course Evaluations, initiated by Karman Wheeler.
March 2015 thread Handling Scathing Student Evaluations of Teachers initiated by Michael Davison

Student Assessment of Courses and Faculty

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Not exactly outcomes assessment, but often part of assessing program effectiveness — and some faculty members' primary association to the term "student assessment."

Individual institutions' assessment systems – Several of these institutions use The IDEA Center's SRI or the University of Washington's IASystem, both paper-based and online evaluation.

Auburn University's use of the University of Washington's IAS.
Bluefield State College's information for students about its online student evaluation of faculty.
Boise State University's information for faculty about the online CoursEval system. Access to CoursEval is restricted to BSU students, faculty & staff.
Brigham Young University's Online Student Ratings.
- Additional information and resources for faculty include a copy of the form & a FAQ. The guidelines for interpreting the report are aWord document.
- Reports and system management are restricted to BYU faculty & staff.
California Lutheran University's online CoursEval system (htmlpages,pdf&Powerpointfiles, Word documents). Access to CoursEval itself is restricted to CLU students, faculty, & staff.

Cameron University, using the IDEA Center's SRI. Course evaluation surveys in the lefthand menu takes you to the IDEA Center's home page.
Information for students about California Baptist University's online course evaluations.
California State University, San Marcos. FAQ, sample evaluation forms for various types of courses (pdf files), and (Word documents) instructions and an overview of evaluation reports.
Columbia College Chicago's Student Course Evaluation questions, information about the online Assessment Manager system, an FAQ for faculty, research (pdf files) about student evaluations in general and on CCC's own data, and information for faculty about adding items to their evaluations & viewing result (results & adding items are restricted to CCC faculty & staff).
Course evaluations from Duke University's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences (pdf & Powerpoint files, html pages).
East Carolina University's Survey of Student Opinion of Instruction (SSOI) includes versions for various course formats. The instructions, sample forms, and report examples are pdf files.

Florida Atlantic University's Student Perception of Teaching (SPOT, online as of Sprking 2014). Aggregate results campus-wide or by college or department, for each SPOT question, and individual results by faculty name or course number.
Florida State University System Student Assessment of Instruction (SAI).
Florida International University's information about theSAI. Policies, and guide to interpreting results. Results for the 8 questions used by the statewide university system are available by instructor, course, and department. Other results are available to FIU faculty and administrators.
Georgia Institute of Technology's online Course Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS) and Teaching Assistant Opinion Survey (TAOS). Information about the surveys, survey items, and (pdf files) campus- & college-level normative (summary) CIOS data. GT students, faculty and staff can view more detailed results online.
Grinnell College's End-of-Course Ratings. Information about GC rating forms and process. pdf files of campus-wide results and research on GC's ratings.
Hong Kong University's Centralised Online System for Student Evaluation of Teaching (COSSET). See the report from their pilot year.
Houghton College, using the IDEA Center's SRI. The page includes links to a number of IDEA documents about the SRI, Houghton's own added questions, and college-level summary results
(mostly pdf files).
Jacksonville State University, IDEA reports Fall 2012 through Fall 2015.
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health: Brief information about the online evaluation process. Results for individual courses & instructors are restricted to BSPH faculty & staff.
Thecourse database has information about courses, not their evaluation results.
Course Ratings at Kansas State University: Information about the Individual Development and Educational Assessment (IDEA) and TEVAL student rating systems. TEVAL has an online version. The IDEA Center's SRI is available for use at other institutions in both paper and online versions.
Macalester College, using the IDEA Center's SRI. Resources and sample forms & reports arepdf files.
North Carolina State University's ClassEval online course evaluation system. The site includes information for students and background and procedural details for faculty. Reports are restricted to NC State faculty & staff.
Oregon State University's Electronic Student Evaluation of Teaching (eSET) online course evaluation system. Calendar, university-wide questions, and information for students, faculty, & staff including descriptions of reports (the reports themselves are not available from this site).
Penn State University's Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness (SRTE) is available as pencil-&-paper forms or online. SRTE results & reports are restricted to Penn State faculty & staff.
Information for students and faculty about Purdue University's online Course Evaluation. Access to CoursEval surveys is restricted to Purdue students, faculty, & staff.
Most forms of St. Petersburg College's Student Survey of Instruction (SSI) are administered online (html & pdf files, Word documents).
The results database is restricted to SPC faculty & staff.
Southeastern Louisiana University's Student Opinion of Teaching (SOT). In this pdf file, note
- the guidelines for analyzing narrative comments and for department heads' use of narrative comments, and
- the form faculty can use to report factors that might influence their SOT results in a particular class.
St. John's University's online Student Course Evaluations (SCE). Scroll down to the list of surveys and select Student Course Evaluation for an FAQ for students, a brief overview for faculty, and (pdf files) university & college-level summaries.
SUNY Fredonia's online course evaluation. Resources include an example of the instrument and tips for faculty. Access to Digital Measures and to the online instrument itself are restricted to Fredonia faculty, staff, or students.)
Syracuse University's information for faculty about using student ratings of teaching effectiveness and about Syracuse's online and paper student-ratings processes.
Tennessee Tech University's requirements and information on using the IDEA Center's SRI., and (pdf file) campus-wide and department summaries.
About Texas A&M's online Personalized Instructor/Course Appraisal (PICA). Guest login lets you see examples of the online form (the alias and password are both guest).
Towson University's Course Evaluation Online System (TCEO) with information for faculty & students (pdf files).
University of Arizona's Teacher-Course Evaluation (TCE). Paper and online versions are available. Ratings for individual courses and instructors are available to UA students, faculty, and staff.
University of California San Diego's CAPE online evaluation system is managed by a student organization. Results are available for individual courses & instructors.
University of California – Santa Barbara's Evaluation System for Courses and Instruction (ESCI).
University of Colorado-Boulder's Faculty Course Questionnaire (FCQ). Includes results by section and instructor.
University of Denver's online Course Evaluation. Summer 2016 begin using SmartEvals.
University of Hawai'i's eCAFE online course evaluation system. FAQs for students, faculty, & staff. Published results for some faculty members are available.
University of Massachusetts Amherst's Student Response to Instruction (SRTI), with instructions and interpretive guides (mostlypdf files).
University of Maryland's online Course Evaluations. History of the project, FAQ, and fast facts about the process for students and for faculty.
University of Missouri's Course Evaluation has forms for various course structures.Guides arepdf files.
Information about the University of Nevada, Reno's ongoing pilot of an online course evaluation.
University of New Hampshire's Student Evaluation of Teaching. Policies & instructions (pdf files; results are restricted to UNH faculty & staff). In the campus-wide summaries, scroll over the question numbers to see the question text.
University of North Dakota's University Student Assessment of Teaching (USAT). Form, instructions, campus summaries, and sample course reports (pdf files).
University of North Florida's Instructional Satisfaction Questionnaire (ISQ). The ISQ form and instructions are pdf files. Campus summaries and some individual course/instructor results are available online (see public ISQs); other results are restricted to UNF faculty & staff.
University of Saskatchewan's Students' Evaluation of Educational Quality (SEEQ). Sample instruments, and FAQ & resources for using the SEEQ (pdf files).
University of Southern Indiana's Course Evaluations.Course evaluation methods describes paper and online versions.
University of Southern Maine's online Electronic Course Evaluation (ECE) instrument & procedures (pdf files).
University of Texas at Arlington's online Student Feedback Survey (SFS) instrument, and a special version for laboratory courses (pdf files). Information for students, faculty, & staff. Includes results by instruction & section.
University of Texas at Austin's Course Instructor Survey (CIS). Information for faculty and for students. Results are available to UT students, faculty, and staff.
University of Washington's Instructional Assessment System (IASystem) [link: http://iasystem.org/] provides both online and paper-based evaluations and is used by institutions across the United States.
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's Course Comments Questionnaire (CCQ), with university-wide results. (The cover sheet is a Word document.)
Villanova University's Course and Teacher Survey (CATS; mostly pdf files). Reports are restricted to VU faculty & staff.
Washington State University's guides for using their online survey system for course evaluations, and an overview of a planned test with Explorance's Blue Evaluation system. Access to the Skylight survey system is restricted to WSU students, faculty, & staff.
Western Carolina University's online CoursEval system (Word documents, pdf files). The CoursEval system itself is restricted to WCU students, faculty & staff.
Western Michigan University's online Instructor and Course Evaluation System (ICES). Procedure, core questions, FAQs, research on response rates (mostly pdf files).
West Liberty University's information for faculty includes course evaluation policy, the evaluation form, and sample reports (pdf files).
Whitman College's Online Course Evaluations. Access to the system is restricted to Whitman students, faculty, & staff.
United States Military Academy (West Point): Online course-end feedback system. Overview, USMA (all-courses) items, question-bank for course & department items. Also see USMA's system for interim course feedback.

In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the

May 2009 thread on using Written comments from students
about a faculty member, initiated by Susan King.
December 2009 threads Student Evaluation of Courses: A controversial policy, initiated by Jonathan Keiser, and Timing of Student Evaluation of Faculty, initiated by Michelle Miller.
January 2010 threads Incentives and Motivators to Complete Class Evaluations and Class Evaluation Incentive Strategies – Your Responses, initiated by Jean Gomes. The responses post includes a Word document of on- and off-list responses to the question.
January 2010 thread Student Evaluations of Faculty in Online Courses, initiated by Arnold Gelfman.
October 2011 thread Evaluation of Faculty Teaching, initiated by Jeremy Penn. The thread deals mainly with non-student methods such as peer review.
December 2011 thread student evaluations, initiated by Susan Warner.
January 2012 threads an outside putting in his 2 cents, initiated by Lenny Shedletsky, andRe:
[ASSESS:] putting in his 2 cents/student evaluations.
August 2012 thread Using IDEA for tenure and promotion, initiated by Susan Warner.
November 2012 thread Course Evaluations and Extreme Scores, initiated by Dan McCollum.
July 2013 thread Course evaluation inter-rater reliability, initiated by David Eubanks.
September 2013 thread course evaluation data, initiated by Adrienne McCormick.
November 2013 thread Reliability of Course Evaluations, initiated by Karman Wheeler.
March 2015 thread Handling Scathing Student Evaluations of Teachers initiated by Michael Davison
November 2015 thread Student Evaluation of Instruction, initiated by Diane Taylor.
November 2015 thread 'Required' Course Evaluations, initiated by Susan King.

Summaries of research on student assessment of courses and faculty

Papers from the IDEA Center (pdf files).
- #22: Student Ratings of Teaching: Recommendations for Use
- #50: Student Ratings of Teaching: A Summary of Research and Literature
Wode & Keiser's review of literature about online evaluations includes a summary of general findings about student evaluations.
Resources & articles from the Teaching Support Centre at Western University (Ontario).
- Use this link for the AERA symposiumValid Faculty Evaluation Data: Are there Any? (pdf file).
- Abstracts of the articles from the International Journal of Educational Research and the International Journal for Academic Development are available online. Pdf files of the full articles are available for purchase.
Student Ratings: Myths vs Research Evidence: Vanderbilt University, Center for Teaching.
Student Ratings Offer Useful Input to Teacher Evaluations: Michael Scriven, Center for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation. Summary of supports for and threats to student evaluations' validity.
The 2005 report of the University of Colorado-Boulder Chancellor's Advisory Council on the FCQ includes extensive discussion of the research literature and its implications for the FCQ process.
What Do They Know Anyway? Richard Felder, North Carolina State University.
Russell Hunt's list of Resources on Student Evaluations of Teaching includes web links as well as references to hardcopy articles. (This is a 2002 report; some links are out of date.)

Students Consulting on Teaching (SCOT)

From Brigham Young University's Center for Teaching
& Learning.

Student Evaluations

Chronicle of Higher Education articles
- Student Evaluations: Feared, Loathed, and Not Going Anywhere. May 20, 2015, edition.
- Flawed Evaluations. June 10, 2015, edition.

Summaries of Research on Student Assessment of Courses and Faculty

Papers from the IDEA Center (pdf files).
- #22: Student Ratings of Teaching: Recommendations for Use
- #50: Student Ratings of Teaching: A Summary of Research and Literature
Wode & Keiser's review of literature about online evaluations includes a summary of general findings about student evaluations.
Resources & articles from the Teaching Support Centre at Western University (Ontario).
- Use this link for the AERA symposium Valid Faculty Evaluation Data: Are there Any? (pdf file).
- Abstracts of the articles from the International Journal of Educational Research and the International Journal for Academic Developmentare available online. Pdf files of the full articles are available for purchase.
Student Ratings: Myths vs Research Evidence: Vanderbilt University, Center for Teaching.
Student Ratings Offer Useful Input to Teacher Evaluations: Michael Scriven, Center for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation. Summary of supports for and threats to student evaluations' validity.
What Do They Know Anyway? Richard Felder, North Carolina State University.
Russell Hunt's list of Resources on Student Evaluations of Teaching includes web links as well as references to hardcopy articles. (This is a 2002 report; some links are out of date.)

Using the Web for Student Evaluation of Courses and Faculty

Many of the individual institutions' assessment systems listed above use online evaluations or have both paper and online versions. Go to the top of this section and use your browser'sFind (Ctrl-F) function to locate entries whose descriptions include the word "online."
Comparing paper and online evaluation systems:
- Online course evaluations: Sources consulted. From Monica Stitt-Bergh at the University of Hawaii.
- An initial bibliography on online course evaluations (pdf file). Compiled and annotated by Scott Krajewski at Augsburg College. (Thanks to Monica Stitt-Bergh for bringing this to my attention.)
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
  - November 2002 thread Online Evaluations initiated by Pat Mizak.
  - September 2009 thread Transitioning from Paper-Based to Online End-of-Course Evaluation initiated by Ying Xiong.
  - July 2010 thread Oddity with Online Evaluations initiated by David Eubanks.
  - April 2012 thread Addressing Faculty Concerns About Online Course Evaluations initiated by Mindy McWilliams.
  - January 2014 thread Electronic Course Evals, initiated by Joan Hawthorne.
Commercial and freeware systems for web-based course evaluation:
- In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
  - September 2007 thread Re: Online Course Evaluation initiated by Shannan McNair.
  - September 2009 thread Course Evaluation Software initiated by Kevork Horissian.
  - July 2012 thread Recommendations for On-Line Course Evaluation System, initiated by Annalisa Gramlich.
- Commercial resources for online student evaluation of teaching.
  - EvalTools, EvaluationKIT, SmartEvals, and Surveymaker offer web-based course evaluation as well as tools for general online surveying.
  - Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG), a customizable web survey for learning-focused end-of-term or during-the-course feedback.
- TooFAST, the current version of the Free Assessment Summary Tool from Bruce Ravelli at Mt. Royal College.
  - Web survey for student feedback, for classroom assessment during the course of a term.
  - An important caveat: TooFAST is fully anonymous, with no way to tell who has submitted an evaluation, or how often. Therefore it is not intended for end-of-term course evaluations whose data become part of the salary, promotion, and tenure process.
Additional articles and reports:
- University of Delaware: Notes on a project to develop online course evaluations.
  - Project notes.
  - Mockup, test, and actual online forms, restricted to UD faculty and staff.
  - Links to other examples of or information about online course evaluation. (Some links are no longer active.)