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Student assessment of courses & faculty

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General Resources--Discussion Lists, Forums, Archives of Articles, Lists of Links, etc.

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 DePaul University.
• 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.
• Assessment 2020: Seven Propositions for Assessment Reform in Higher Education (pdf file)
• From the Australian Learning & Teaching Council (which was a project of the Australian Government's Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research, and Tertiary Education, whose functions have been moved to the Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations).
• 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.

• 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. (See both the Resource Room and About Us / Other Associations.)
• Opportunities for interaction about assessment issues, in topic-specific blogs and communities of practice and via access to the ASSESS discussion list. (Blogs and COPs are restricted to AALHE members.)
• Information about & from AALHE's annual conferences.

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

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 elibrary includes a daily blog and (pdf and Powerpoint files) materials from AEA conference presentations.
• Discussion forums for AEA members.

American Society for Quality: Education Division

• A division of ASQ, the national organization for the application of quality control in business and industry.
• K-12 as well as higher education.
• Some articles in the Division's online journal Quality Approaches in Higher Education deal with assessing student learning outcomes. Some issues of its Higher Education Brief focus on assessment & accountability; recent issues are available to the public.

• Many of the individual institutions' assessment-related pages (below) include include assessment plans and guidelines for assessing administrative & support units. Also 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 (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).
• Assessment Guide for Administrative and Academic Support Units (The American University in Cairo, pdf file).
• Assessment Manual for Administrative and Academic Support Services (Malone University, pdf file).
• Handbook for Program Assessment in Administrative/Educational Support Units (Western Carolina University, pdf file).
• 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).
• Outcomes Assessment Guide for Geniuses is a lighthearted (but serious) look at assessment processes and issues for administrative & support units (Georgia State University, pdf file).
  
• 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 threads CAS: 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.
• 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 Evaluating the career services function for standards & assessment/evaluation resources.
• NILOA Occasional Paper: The Role of Student Affairs in Student Learning Assessment.

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

• 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.
• Pp. 11-14 in Delaware Technical & Community College's committee report on e-learning has suggestions for evaluating the online education process (pdf file).
• NILOA Occasional Paper: Assessing Learning in Online Education: The Role of Technology in Improving Student Outcomes.
• SmarterMeasure's assessment of readiness for online learning.

• 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.
• 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 thread Rubric for evaluating the quality of assessment plans, initiated by Shawna Lafreniere.
• 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 thread What's in your annual assessment reports?, initiated by Pat Williams.
• March 2010 thread Posting assessment docs, initiated by Jayne Swanson.

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 the Guidelines for proposals)
  • Arkansas Tech University (pdf files)
  • Butler University (Word documents)
  • California State University, San Bernardino
  • California State University, San Marcos (Word document)
  • California State University, Stanislaus: Instructions and form for requesting grants (pdf files)
  • Cameron University (pdf file)
  • Cleveland State University (Word documents).
  • Colorado School of Mines (Word documents, in the Resources list).
  • Emporia State University (pdf files)
  • 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] and each year's proposals & reports [pdf files])
  • Indiana University Southeast
  • Keene State College (pdf file)
  • Las Positas College (pdf files)
  • Loyola Marymount University (the RFP is a pdf file)
  • Meredith College (please do not enter anything in these online forms)
  • Mesa Community College (pdf files, Word documents; the grant reports are pdf files)
  • Miami University of Ohio (see small assessment projects; reports are pdf files)
  • Oakland University (Word document) 
  • Oklahoma State University (html pages, Word document, pdf file)
  • Pennsylvania State University (mostly html pages, some pdf files)
  • PikesPeak Community College (pdf file, Scroll down to Funding Requests, pp 17-19)
  • St. Cloud State University (Word documents, html pages, pdf files)
  • St. Olaf College (html page, pdf file; grant project evaluation guidelines are html pages & Word documents)
  • Seton Hall University (the grant application is a Word document).
  • Shepherd University (html page and Word document)
  • Texas Tech University (Word documents)
  • The State University of New York at Potsdam (pdf files)
  • SUNY College at Oneanta (Word document)
  • University of California-Irvine (pdf files)
  • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
  • University of Dayton (Word document)
  • University of Iowa
  • University of Michigan (scroll down to Funding for assessment of learning; downloadable forms are Word documents).
  • University of Minnesota Duluth (the proposal form is a Word document).
  • University of Nebraska at Kearney's funding for assessment-related research & travel (pdf files).
  • University of Northern Colorado (pdf file).
  • University of Northern Iowa
  • University of Rhode Island
  • University of Virginia (program announcements are pdf files)
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (the call for proposals is a pdf file)
  • Virginia Tech
  • Weber State University
  • Western Michigan University (pdf files)
  • Wichita State University

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. 

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 thread  IRB 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 Consderation 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.
• The Institutional Review Blog has ongoing news & commentary about IRB issues.
• Related policy issues
• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the December 2010 thread Policy Language: Collecting Student Work for Program Assessment initiated by Melanie Booth.

• 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. (AU 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 as pdf files.
• Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation
  • On-line journal, since 1989.
  • Search by title, author, descriptor, keyword.
• Quality Approaches in Higher Education
• Some articles in this new 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.
• Articles can be downloaded as pdf files.
• The Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness
• From NEEAN.
• Abstracts available online to the general public; full articles can be downloaded by subscribers, via institutional libraries' JSTOR or MUSE memberships, or for a fee.

• 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.
• Evaluation Humor, from the TLT Group site.

• 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.

• 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

• 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 a 2004 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.

Assessment Rubrics

• Winona State University's and Stephen F. Austin 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) metarubrics 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 a pdf file.
• Bowling Green State University.
• California State University, Fresno, with suggestions for developing and using rubrics (pdf files).
• College of Charleston's links to general education rubrics.
• North Central College.
• Palomar College. Select benchmarks.
• State University of New York rubrics for campus-based general education assessment (pdf files; scroll down to strengthening 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).
• 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.
• 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.
• EduMetry's services include rubric-based scoring and analysis of student work products as well as consultation on designing learning outcomes and associated rubrics.
• Opened Practices' browsable database includes rubric resources contributed by member institutions. Select rubric as the resource type, and click Apply

• Not limited to higher education.
• Professional development includes a framework for Standards for Assessment (pdf file).

• For professionals leading/staffing higher education offices that integrate functions such as strategic planning, institutional research, and assessment to support an institution's evidence-based planning and improvement.

Association for Institutional Research

• Internet Resources for Institutional Research is an extensive, well-organized list of links on a wide range of topics including assessment.
• Measuring Quality In Higher Education: An Inventory of Instruments, Tools and Resources describes and compares nationally standardized assessment instruments.
• "Best practices" series on assessment in the disciplines. Current volumes deal with assessment of writing and assessment in business, chemistry, engineering, and mathematics programs.
• The Electronic AIR email newsletter sometimes includes items related to outcomes assessment. Back issues are available online.
• Some articles in AIR's Professional File are related to outcomes assessment (pdf files). In the archives, search for articles whose titles include the word "assessment."

Association of American Colleges & Universities

• 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.
• AAC&U's assessment-related publications, meetings, and institutes.
• Links to other assessment resources.

Automated essay scoring

• Criterion, from ETS. (Also see other ETS information about automated scoring.)
• Intelligent Essay Assessor (pdf file), from Pearson Knowledge Technologies.
• IntelliMetric, from Vantage Laboratories.
• SAGrader, from Idea Works.
• Research comparing several automated essay scoring platforms (pdf file) and an InsideHigherEd article about a critique of the research.

Baldridge National Quality Program: Education Criteria

• See the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Quality Program site for more information about the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Awards.

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.
  • Beyond Bloom: A new version of the Cognitive Taxonomy, from Leslie Owen Wilson at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, presents the revised version developed by Anderson et al 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 thread Validity Studies of Bloom's Taxonomies, initiated by Gavin Henning, and Gavin's Summary: Validity Studies of Bloom's Taxonomy.

Centro Nacional de Evaluación para la Educación Superior (México)

• 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.
  

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
• Oakland Community College
• Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas
• United States Military Academy (West Point) Center for Faculty Excellence
• Vanderbilt University's Center for Teaching
• Course-based Review and Assessment (University of Massachusetts Amherst, pdf file).
• 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 an end-of-term course evaluation whose data become part of the salary, promotion, and tenure process.
• 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.

• Standardized assessment of general education skills & abilities.
• Reports emphasize institutional value-added.
• From the Council for Aid to Education (CAE).
• The Council of Independent Colleges CLA Consortium has reported its members' experience with the CLA. Under Research - Data, select the Catalyst for Change report (pdf files).
• Information from and about a multi-institution CLA-based longitudinal study of undergraduate learning are available from the Social Science Research Council. The project overview has brief descriptions of methods & findings; details are in the SSRC policy reports (pdf files, under reports & resources). The study was the basis for Richard Arum & Josipa Roska's book Academically Adrift.

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).

• Proposed data definitions for (voluntary) intersystem sharing.
• A project of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). See About CEDS.
• Select Elements, then Version 3 (Draft). Set the domain filter to postsecondary and the change status filter to all.

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.
• Survey 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: Lists of national, regional, and international assessment conferences, institutes, and workshops

• Lists maintained by:
  • Note: Conference planners can add new entries to these lists:
  • NOMESys (National Outcomes Measurement Systems). 
  • 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.

Consultants

• These individuals and groups offer consulting, workshops, etc. to help colleges & universities plan and implement outcomes assessment. Some also offer other services related to assessment. Many of them consult in other higher-education areas as well.
• This is just a list. It's not exhaustive and it doesn't imply a recommendation or evaluation.


• Academic Impressions: Look at event titles & descriptions for conferences & webinars that deal with assessment.
• Alverno College Institute for Educational Outreach
• Brad Rose Consulting
• Christina Leimer
• College Matters: Marylin Newell
• Education Development Growth Enterprises: Charles Pastors
• EduMetry
• FASI-Online: See Services.
• Fuller Educational Consulting
• Hawkins Strategies Group
• HigherEdAssessment.com: Ephraim Schechter
• Insight Assessment: Peter & Noreen Facione & Associates
• JA Somerville
• Kelley Assessment and Planning Services (KAPS): Larry Kelley
• The Learning Organization focuses on outcomes-based teaching & learning (Ruth Stiehl & Les Lewchuck)
• Linda Suskie
• Marilee Bresciani
• Mary Bold & Lillian Chenowith
• PAC Productions: Patty Castelli
• REAP Change Consultants: Stephen Maack & Associates
• Steven Crow (S. D. Crow & Co., LLC)
• Solutions Oriented Consulting: Maggie Culp
• Steve Ehrmann
• Teagle Assessment Scholars (Wabash College Center of Inquiry)
• Teresa Flateby
• Underwood Consulting: David G. & Susan J. Underwood
• Virginia S. Lee & Associates
• The Voorhees Group: Richard Voorhees & Associates
• Wendy Troxel

• Reviews of methods and findings on input-adjusted measurement of college/university effectiveness. Papers and briefs are pdf 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

• 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).

• Overview of the Comprehensive Assessment Project.

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.

The Education Commission of the States (ECS) page has abstracts of publications and information about ECS projects in higher education and K-12 assessment, accountability, workplace preparation, and other topics.

Educational Testing Service (ETS)

• Test Link lets you search ETS's Test Collection for information about thousands of test and research instruments.

• 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
• Searcheable 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 33 participating states.
• 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.
• National Student Clearinghouse
• Uses participating institutions' enrollment data. Services include enrollment verification, Federal enrollment reports, and Student Tracker to follow students' enrollment across institutions, regardless of state and college/university-system boundaries.
• Approximately 3,300 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, see About the Clearinghouse). 
• The 4th Signature Report (November 2012) includes "nontraditional" persistence/completion rates (part-time enrollment and enrollment at multiple institutions). This InsideHigherEd article has an overview. A state-by-state supplement was added in February 2013; the Chronicle of Higher Education's interactive map summarizes its data. (The online Chronicle article is restricted to subscribers; most college/university libraries subscribe.)
• United States Education Dashboard
• From the U.S. Department of Education.
• Includes state-by-state data on higher-education enrollment & completion.
• VSA College Portraits include the institution's enrollment and completion data.
• The Economic Benefit of Postsecondary Degrees (pdf files).
• From the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO).
• (First-year) Earnings
• Economic Success Metrics, from CollegeMeasures.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, Tennessee, and Virginia are available. CollegeMeasures is working on similar projects with other states.
• Summaries of the Arkansas and Tennessee results are on the ESM site. AIR has summary and analysis reports of the Virginia 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).
• Context for Success papers discuss statistical & methodological issues in using these as measures of institution quality or effectiveness.

• Projects from the Lumina Foundation
• The Degree Qualifications Profile
• Draft proposal to define primary general education knowledge & skills at associate, bachelors', and masters' levels. 
• The page has:
• A summary and (pdf file) the detailed proposal.
• Q&A (FAQ format) and graphic descriptions of the profile.
• Also see NILOA's DQP Corner and Occasional Paper The Lumina Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP): Implications for Assessment.
• 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.
• 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 Gernam).
• Reports from the Institute for Higher Education Policy include:
• Policy brief: Learning Accountability from Bologna: A higher education policy primer (pdf file).
• Full report: The Bologna Club: What U.S. higher education can learn from a decade of European reconstruction (pdf file).
• The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).
• The European Qualifications Framework, from the European Commission (EU).

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. Pdf file, 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.
• Leadership Statement of Nine Principles on Equity and Educational Testing and Assessment, from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.
• 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 Consderation 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)

• 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 Help for:
  • General search tips.
  • Information about facilitating searches with ERIC's Thesaurus.
  • FAQs about the ERIC program.
• Includes material that was added while the database was closed during 2004.

• 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 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.
  
• 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 threads Balancing assessment and Balancing 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 Paper Opening doors to faculty involvement in assessment.
• Faculty unions' statements on outcomes assessment
• NILOA Occasional Paper What faculty unions say about student learning outcomes assessment.
• A structured dialogue with representatives from AAUP, AFT, & NEA.
• What Should Count?
• From AFT Higher Education. 
• For AFT's perspective on accountability, see About student success and accountability
• Accountability clearinghouse
• Overviews of, links to, and (news) posts about state, national, and international accountability initiatives.
• Examples of college/university accountability/assessment programs.
• Links to other resources.
• Also see the AFT Higher Education report Student Success in Higher Education (pdf file).
• Frequently-encountered objections to outcomes assessment
• Frequently made objections to assessment and how to respond, from the TLT Group. Some are presented as objections to assessing the impact of technology-enhanced teaching. but they're all widely applicable.
• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the discussion Logical 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.
• "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.

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 Definitions, from California State University, Long Beach
• Assessment Glossary, from Ferris State University
• Assessment Glossary, from Tarleton State University
• Assessment Glossary from the University of South Carolina
• Assessment Glossary from the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
• Assessment Glossary from West Virginia University
• Assessment Glossary of Terms, from Palo Alto College
• Assessment of Student Learning Glossary, from Community College of Allegheny County
  
• Assessment Terminology, from Coconino Community College
• Assessment Terminology, from Delta College (pdf file)
  
• Assessment Terminology for Gallaudet University: A Glossary of Useful Terms (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
• Definitions/Glossary, from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa
• Dictionary of Student Outcome Assessment. Searcheable. From James Madison University
• Glossary, from the Assessment Resource Centre
• Glossary, from California Lutheran University
• 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 Terminology, from Coastal Carolina University (includes a list of references & links to other resources)
• 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 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 Division of Student Affairs at the University of Georgia
• Glossary of Assessment Terms, from the University of Nebraska at Kearney
• Glossary of Assessment and Evaluation Terms, from Nevada State College
• Glossary of Terms, from Carnegie Mellon University
• Glossary of Terms, from the University of Pittsburgh
• Glossary of Terms and Concepts, from Humboldt State University
  
• Glossary of Useful Terms, from the Massachussets Dept. of Education's System for Adult Basic Education (SABES)
• Institutional Effectiveness Glossary (University of Texas at Austin, pdf file)
• Local Lexicon of Assessment Terms, from California State University, Fresno
• Learning Outcomes Assessment Glossary, from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• Selected Assessment Terms and Definitions, from California State University, Northridge (Word document)
• SLOA (student  learning outcomes assessment) Glossary, from South Texas College (pdf file)
• Strategic Outcomes Assessment Review and Report: Key Terms, from Tidewater Community College
• Useful Assessment Terms, from California State University-San Marcos
  
• Working Definitions, from El Camino College

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), Emory University (scroll down to "Why can't we use grades?"), Indiana State University, Montgomery College, Madison Area Technical College, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Niagara University (see the last item), Northern Arizona University (see the 2nd item), Pennsylvania State University, Stanford University, SUNY-Geneseo (item #7), Truckee Meadows Community College (search with the keyword "assessment," then click to expand the item about grades), the University of Alaska Southeast, the University of Denver, 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 Texas at Tyler (pdf file), and the University of Virginia.
  • Carnegie Mellon University's Whys and Hows topic "Grading vs. Assessment of Learning Outcomes: What’s the difference?",
  • Kenyon College's assessment workbook topic "Why do assessment at all? Grading and assessment",
  • Long Beach City College's white paper "Assessment of student learning outcomes vs. grades" (pdf file),
  • New Mexico State University's assessment handbook (pdf file; scroll down to "Why can't we just use grades?"),
  • Old Dominion University's Assessment Topic "Why not grades?", 
  • Why Don't Grades Count As Assessment? from The New School (scroll down to Why Don't...), and
  • the University of Massachussetts-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.

• Some of the individual institutions' assessment-related pages (below) include 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.
• 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.
• Conference presentations on graduate-program assessment
• J. J. Hoey, 2011 AALHE Assessment Conference (these are pdf files). The Appendices include examples, a bibliography, and links to graduate-program assessment sites.

• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the September 2008 thread Doctoral programs emphasizing assessment in high ed, initiated by Pat Williams.
• Boston College, Lynch School of Education doctoral program in educational research, measurement, and evaluation.
• James Madison University masters' and doctoral programs in assessment & measurement and online certificate program in assessment.
• San Diego State University certificate program in institutional research, planning, and assessment.
• University of Illinois at Chicago: Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics and Assessment face-to-face and online graduate degree & certificate programs.
• University of Connecticut, Neag School of Education graduate programs in measurement, evaluation, and assessment.
• University of Maryland, Department of Measurement, Statistics & Evaluation graduate degree & certificate programs.
• Walden University Ph.D. in Education, specializations in Assessment, Evaluation, & Accountability and Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment (scroll down to the menu of specializations).

• For assessment resources, select Higher Education Assessment.

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

• 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 thread Resources on Impact of Assessment on Learning and Teaching, initiated by Sean McKitrick of Binghampton University.
• August 2007 threads Outcomes to the Assessment Process? initiated by Ken Weiner at Montgomery College, and Assessment 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.

• Assessment costs & budgets: 
• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the:
• October 2009 thread Budgets, 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.
• 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.
• NILOA Occasional Paper Valuing assessment: Cost-benefit considerations.
• 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 thread Advice on new assessment position, initiated by Nathan Garrett.
• See the ASSESS discussion-list threads on assessment committees.
• 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 thread program 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.
• The February 2012 thread Assessment Office and Center for Teaching/Learning,  initiated by Susan Gracia.
• The 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.
• How large should an assessment office be? In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see: 
• The November 2006 thread Information about assessment office personnel compared to university size, initiated by Ray Van Dyke.
• The 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 thread Fwd: RE: Salary survey, directors of assessment. Start with Stephen Maack's January 25th post.
• The 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.
• The 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 thread IR and Assessment Office Organizational Structure Question, initiated by Kevork Horissian.
• The March 2009 thread Two queries re: assessment coordinators, initiated by Christopher Fauske.
• The February 2012 thread Position Titles, initiated by Shawna Lafreniere.
• The 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.
• Supporting faculty involvement in assessment
• Departmental assessment directors & liaisons
• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the 
• February 2010 thread faculty 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.
• 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 thread Information about Assessment Awards, initiated by Jennifer Sweet.
• Surveys of institutions' assessment practices
• Best Practices in Student & Faculty Assessment
• From Primary Research Group
• Table of contents, survey, & participating institutions available for download (pdf file); full report available for purchase.
• NILOA surveys
• More than you think, less than we need: Learning outcomes assessment in American higher education. Survey of chief academic officers.
• Down and In: Assessment Practices at the Program Level. Survey of program heads.
• NILOA Occasional Paper: Learning Outcomes Assessment in Community Colleges.
• NILOA case-study report Using Assessment Results: Promising Practices of Institutions That Do It Well.
• Surveys of institutions' support for outcomes assessment
• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the February 2008 thread Culture of assessment survey results. The initial post by Abdou Ndoye includes a pdf file of results. 
• The call for survey responses was in the January 2008 thread Culture of assessment survey.
• Institutional support for enhancing student assessment
• 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).

International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA)

• Not limited to higher education.

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

• 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.
• 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.
• Note: Both books can be read online.

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

• Information about the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). These are assessments of students in grades 4, 8, and 12, not of 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, and knowledge of math & science.
• 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) page 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.

The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) page at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies has mostly K-12 material, including papers, technical reports, and links to related sites.

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.
  • An description of the reports prepared for participating institutions.
  • A list of participating institutions and information about enrolling in the project.

• NILOA focuses on identifying & promoting effective assessment practices.
• NILOA Resources include:
• 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.
• Information about the Degree Qualifications Profile.
• The searcheable Resource Library includes links & bibliographies on a variety of assessment topics.

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 for various general-education areas.

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)

• 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.
• Bibliography compiled by Bob Smallwood at the University of Alabama. (Select a benchmark category, and then a NSSE item in that category, for a list (pdf file) of published articles about research using that item.)
• 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."

• 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) and the Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research (SIHER). 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 the Measure 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:
• UniLOA (general education).
• Profile of Today's College Student (Profile). Demographics, campus involvement, technology use, values & beliefs, and personal development.

• Includes representatives from higher-education organizations and experienced assessment researchers.
• The Alliance's initiatives include:
• Guidelines for assessment & accountability.
• Developing an Institutional Certification Program for colleges' & universities' assessment/accountability processes.
• The Presidents' Alliance: Institution CEOs' public commitment to outcomes assessment on their campuses.
• Networking and agenda-setting.

Online discussion

• Blogs about assessment
• This is just a list. It's not exhaustive and it doesn't imply a recommendation or evaluation..
• Topic-specific blogs for AALHE members.
• The Assessment Forum from Ann Boudinot-Amin at the American University in Cairo.
• Assess This!, from Pat Williams at the University of Houston-Downtown.
• Assessing Student Learning @ Fresno State includes general comments and specific information about assessment at CSU-Fresno.
• The College of Wooster's Educational Assessment page is structured as a blog about both Wooster-specific and more general assessment topics.
• 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.
• PrattleNog, from Melanie Booth.
• Program Assessment of Student Learning, from Gloria Rogers at ABET.
• Linda Suskie's website includes a blog.
• Discussion lists
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• 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 searcheable 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 searcheable archive of invited essays from area experts.
  • Links to other resources and a searcheable database of information about first-year assessment instruments.
• ASSESS-W
  • Topic: assessing writing.
  • Listserver: listserv@listserv.louisville.edu (University of Louisville).
• Other lists of assessment-related discussion lists
  • The Higher Education Resource Hub's'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.

Opened Practices' browsable database includes assessment, portfolio, and rubric resources and practices contributed by member institutions. Select resource type or practice type, and click Apply. 

Portfolio Assessment

• 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.)
• 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 as pdf files.
• Opened Practices' browsable database includes portfolio practices contributed by member institutions. Select the appropriate practice type, and click Apply.
• 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 instructions to students & descriptors (rubrics) 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
  • See A Survey of the Electronic Portfolio Market Sector by Trent Batson of AAEEBL.
  • Blackboard's Learn Platform includes portfolio management tools (although the site didn't have details about these tools, when last checked).
  • Chalk & Wire's e-Portfolio.
  • Digication's Assessment Management System includes portfolio tools.
  • ePortfolio, from Epsilen.
  • iWebfolio, from Nuventive.
  • The PASS-PORT assessment-management system includes a portfolio tool.
  • RXOutcome assessment eportfolio, 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. See Products.
  • Also 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.

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

• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the: 
• September 2007 thread Qualitative Data Analysis Question, initiated by Mitzi Lewis. In October 2007, scroll down to the thread Qualitative 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.
• Content-analysis.de's annotated links to qualitative analysis software packages and other information about content-analysis methods.
• See Crafton Hill College's overview of Sampling for the Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes (pdf file).

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 Packges 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 an 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.
• 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 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 data (see the current Core Indicators and the dashboard expansion overview of plans for additional data displays).
• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the January 2012 thread Learning Outcomes Dashboards initiated by David Strohmetz.
• See Crafton Hill College's overview of Sampling for the Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes (pdf file).
• 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.

Service-learning and assessment

• Assessment links from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. (This is a 2008 list. Some links may be out of date.)

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 s but many of its entries are still useful.You can download an earlier 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.)
• These software and survey-hosting services were not in the Register when last checked. (Some of these are from ASSESS posts by Renee Corbin at Western Carolina University and Lib Pruden at Union Institute.) This is just a list. It's not exhaustive, it doesn't include items in ASC's Register or ACPA's list, and it doesn't imply a recommendation or evaluation.
  
  • Adaptex Assessment System, from James Madison University.
  • AskAnywhere, from Senecio.
  • Asset (Academic Survey System and Evaluation Tool), from the Mathematics and Computer Science Department at Seton Hall University.
  • Blue/Surveys, from Explorance.
  • Checkbox from Prezza Technologies has software for your own campus' servers as well as a hosted version.
  • CoursEval, from ConnectEdu, is designed for course, faculty, and peer evaluations but can also be used for other small surveys.
  • EvalTools from Makteam Software. The examples are for engineering programs doing outcomes assessment for ABET accreditation, but EvalTools surveys can be used for any academic program.
  • EvaluationKIT.
  • LimeSurvey open-source survey application.
  • Qualtrics. See the survey research suite for details.
  • PollCat. Free survey-creation, hosting, and summary reports for small surveys. There are fees for larger surveys, custom surveys, and detailed data.
  • SelectSurvey.
  • SmartEvals.
  • SurveyConnect.
  • SurveyDIG, from Runner Technologies.
  • SurveyMaker, from Griffith University.
  • SurveySuite, from the University of Virginia.
  • SurveyTracker Plus Email/Web from Scantron handles online surveys as well as scannable forms.
  • TestPilot, from ClearLearning.
  • TK20's CampusTools HigherEd and CampusWide have survey tools as part of a system to gather and organize assessment information.
  • Business-oriented survey tools.such as those from Vovici or Mindshare Technologies may also be appropriate for educational institutions.
• Also see Yahoo's current links on the topic. Some of these are survey software, some are survey-hosting services.
• 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, and Survey 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.
• 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 ereader 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, and Achieving 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

• 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.

• CHEA report: State Uses of Accreditation: Results of a Fifty-State Inventory (pdf file).
• Leaders & Laggards "report card" 
• From the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
• Based on state-level data & reporting requirements; see Methodology & Findings (under The Report).
• Transparency & Accountability (under The Report) describes the transparency, accountability, & outcomes assessment data used in the ratings.
• Measuring Up "report card"
• From the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. Scoring categories include preparation for and participation in higher education, afforadbility, 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: States' higher education accountability systems
• From Education Sector. 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.

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).
• 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
• About the network
• Materials from ANNY activities & events (pdf & Powerpoint files).
• Resources include an online newsletter (pdf files).
• 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 about Dialogues 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).

• A review of methods, findings, and best practices.
• From the Association of College and Research Libraries.

 Tools to Help Organize Assessment Information

• ASSESS discussion-list threads on users' experience with assessment management software (see the list archive)
• February 2006 thread Assessment tracking systems, initiated by David Kale.
• August 2006 thread Assessment reporting software, initiated by Margie Hobbs. Margie's summary in the associated thread Assessment management software includes a Word document with information from a number of vendors (thanks, Margie).
• July 2008 thread Assessment management systems, initiated by Janine Vienna. Steve RiCharde's July 11 posts include a draft chapter on things to consider when selecting assessment management software (Word document) and a partial list of vendors (Excel file) -- thanks, Steve.
• February 2012 thread Assessment data management system, initiated by Teresa Rothrock.
• August 2012 thread Question about Assessment Software, initiated by Lisa Woodward.
• October 2012 thread Assessment Systems, initiated by Michelle Todd, and the associated thread Re: Assessment Systems (Attachment) with an Excel file of information on various vendors' systems, from Susan DeMatteo (thanks, Susan).
• April 2013 thread Seeking Assessment Management System (AMS) Feedback, initiated by Susan DeMatteo.
• April 2013 thread Curriculum Outcomes Mapping Software, initiated by Larry Peterson.
• April 2013 thread LiveText, initiated by Kim Black, and the associated threads Kim Black - Adopting LiveText initiated by Steven McDonald and LiveText (for Kim Black) initiated by Denise Moseley.
• AEFIS (Academic Evaluation, Feedback and Intervention System) assessment management software. Developed at Drexel University for ABET self-studies, but flexible enough for other course-based assessment processes.
• AMEE (Assessment Made Easy Everyday), from Midwest Social Science Research Associates (MSSRA).
• aPlus+, from Cobek, for organizing & summarizing assignment details & grades.
• Better Assessment organizes & manages faculty assessments of students' written material.
• Blackboard's Learn Platform includes tools for for assessment processes, information, and reports. Integrated with tools for course information, surveys, document and portfolio management, and user-community interaction.
• CampusLabs
• Baseline management system for survey & rubric-based assessments.
• Select Products, then Baseline.
• This was formerly StudentVoice.
• Compliance Assist manages assessment data as well as other information for accreditation, planning, and program review reports.
• Digication's Assessment Management System for collecting and managing assessment information includes portfolio, rubric, and reporting tools.
• eLumen Achievement database for assessment processes, rubrics, results, and reports.
• FASI-Online assessment documentation system.
• iSocrates system for rubric-based grading and student feedback on individual assignments. For program or cross-program assessment, data can be exported to spreadsheets or class management systems for aggregation. Registered users can share rubrics they've generated for specific tasks or assignments.
• LiveText Accreditation Management System for collecting data and organizing outcomes, rubrics, results, etc.
• LiveText has recently partnered with ExamSoft.
• Maple T.A. from Maplesoft, for creating, presenting, grading, & organizing results from mathematics/science assignments & exams, can also be used for non-math/science courses.
• Mentor, from Axiom Education.
• OATS (Online Assessment Tracking System) from Georgia Institute of Technology's Office of Assessment. OATS is available for download by other institutions.
• openIGOR: A free Linux-based open-source program to manage information about program outcomes and assessment-related documents. From David Eubanks, now at Eckerd College.
• PASS-PORT, from Innovative Learning Assessment Technologies. Includes versions specialized for business program, nursing program, and teacher-education program accreditation management.
• rGrade, from Educational Informatics.
• RXoutcome, for pharmacy programs, also includes portfolio tools.
• Strategic Planning Online, from Think Education Solutions, includes an assessment-management component.
• TaskStream's tools to organize, review, & summarize assessment information, and for assignment & e-portfolio assessment.
• ThinkTank, from GroupSystems, facilitates collaboration and can record and store information from assessment group meetings.
• TK20's CampusTools HigherEd and CampusWide include tools for electronic portfolios and online surveys.
• TracDat tracks assessment processes & information and produces reports. From Nuventive.
• Waypoint Outcomes keeps track of assignment-level outcomes within and across courses. From Subjective Metrics.
• WEAVEonline tracks assessment processes & information and produces reports.
• WIDS (Worldwide Instructional Design System) curriculum-design software includes tools to monitor outcomes and associated rubrics and results. Select Products, then Software Solution.
• The Programs module of Xitracs' accreditation compliance tool includes assessment management.

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.

• Project to develop VSA-like definitions and reporting templates for community colleges.
• About VFA, the outcomes report (pdf file), and the timeline describe the project's status.
• The measures snapshot and metrics manual describe the VFA measures (pdf files).
• A joint project of AACC, ACCT, and the College Board.

• 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

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

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Assessment "handbooks"

How to develop and implement a campus or departmental assessment process

• Academic Assessment Handbook (University of Alaska Anchorage, Word document).
• Academic Assessment Handbook (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, pdf file)
• Assessment of Academic Programs (San Diego State University, pdf file)
• Academic Program Assessment Handbook (Appalachian State University, pdf file).
• Academic Program Assessment Planning Guide (Rochester Institute of Technology, pdf file)
• Administrative Unit Assessment Handbook (University of Central Florida, pdf file).
• Administrative and Educational Support Units Assessment Handbook (Southwestern University, Word document).
• As Easy as Apple Pie: A Baker's Guide to Assessment Plan Development (Georgia Institute of Technology)
• Assessing the Effectiveness of Instructional Units (Austin Community College, pdf file)
• Assessment 101 (Swarthmore College, pdf file)
• 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 CyberGuide for Learning Goals & Outcomes (American Psychological Association, pdf file)
• Assessment for Student Learning Handbook (Columbus State Community College, pdf file)
• Assessment guides for Academic Units and Administrative and Academic Support Units (The American University in Cairo, pdf files)
• Assessment Guide (University of Central Arkansas)
• Assessment Guidebook for Departments (Bridgewater State College)
• Assessment Guidelines (Tiffin University, pdf file)
• Assessment Handbook (Cochise College; pdf file)
• Assessment Handbook (College of the Redwoods, pdf file; when last checked this file required Internet Explorer and would not open in other browsers)
• Assessment Handbook (Gallaudet University, pdf file).
• Assessment Handbook (Indiana University Southeast; pdf files)
• Assessment Handbook (Lac Courte Orielles Ojibwa Community College, pdf file)
• Assessment Handbook (New Mexico Highlands University, pdf file)
• Assessment Handbook (Paradise Valley Community College, click for chapters [pdf files])
• Assessment Handbook (Skidmore College)
• 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 (Western Michigan University, pdf file)
• Assessment Manual (Del Mar College, pdf file)
• Assessment Manual (Northern Illinois University)
• Assessment Manual (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Division of Educational, Student Services, & Student Life; pdf file)
• Assessment planning for academic programs: A practical workbook and Assessment reporting for academic programs: A practical workbook (Arizona State University, pdf files)
• Assessment Plannning Workbook (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Word document).
• Assessment Primer (University of Connecticut)
• Assessment Primer: Building Communities (Doña Ana Community College, pdf file; when last checked this file required Internet Explorer and would not open in other browsers)
• Assessment and Quality Enhancement for Institutional Effectiveness (Alamance Community College, pdf file)
• Assessment Quickies (California State University-Long Beach): These podcasts are an introductory handbook. iTunes must be on your computer in order to hear the podcasts or read the transcripts; the page has a link to download it.
• Assessment Revisited: A Guide to De-Cluttering the Assessment Process (New Mexico State University, pdf file)
• 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)
• Assessment Workbook (CSU Stanislaus, pdf file)
• A Field-Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG) for Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology Faculty
• Busy Chairperson's Guide to Assessment (Southeast Missouri State University)
• Comprehensive Assessment Plan: Assessment as Scholarship and Learning (Casper 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.
• 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.
• 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 Student Outcomes Assessment (California State University, Fresno)
• 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)
• Handbook for Institutional Effectiveness (University of Texas at Austin, pdf file)
• Handbooks for Program Assessment in Academic Units and Administrative/Educational Support Units (Western Carolina University, pdf files)
• How-to... (University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Chapters include links to UHM and other assessment resources [html pages, pdf files, Word documents]).
• Introduction to Assessment (Anoka-Ramsey Community College)
• Institutional Effectiveness Practitioner's Manual (Texas A&M International University, pdf file)
• Learning Outcomes Assessment Planning Guide (California Polytechnic State University)
• Learning outcomes and administrative assessment handbooks (Marymount University, pdf files)
• Managing a Program of Outcomes Assessment. A workshop presented by Fred Volkwein at the 1998 Association for Institutional Research annual forum.
• Manuals for academic programs and administrative/support units (Malone University, pdf files).
• Missouri Assessment Consortium Handbook
• Office of Assessment and Evaluation Handbook (University of Louisiana at Monroe, pdf file)
• Outcomes Assessment Workbook (Palm Beach State College, pdf file)
• Program Assessment Handbook (University of Central Florida, pdf file)
• SAAC Made Easy (Student Academic Achievement Committee guidebook for course-level assessment, Estrella Mountain Community College; pdf file)
• SLO and Assessment Manual, section 1, section 2, section 3 (Laney College, pdf files, adapted from Cabrillo College's workbooks)
• Student Learning Assessment: Options and Resources (Gettysburg College, pdf file)
  
• Student Learning Handbook (Southwestern Illinois College, pdf file)
• Student Learning Outcomes Assessment (Reedley College, Word document)
• Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Handbook with a "Cliff Notes" quick overview (Montgomery College, pdf files)
• Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Manual (University of Delaware)
• Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Notebook (Merritt College, pdf file)
• Student Learning Outcomes: A Guide for Faculty (Fresno City College, about writing learning outcomes; 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 Massachussetts at Amherst handbooks.)
• UW-Madison Assessment Manual (Univ. of Wisconson-Madison)
• Unit Effectiveness Process Assessment Handbook (University of Texas at Arlington, pdf file). The Quick Guide to Reporting (pdf file) supplements the handbook.
• Workbooks for course-level, program-level, and basic-skills assessment (Cabrillo College, pdf files).
• Writing & Assessing Degree Program-level Learning Outcomes (Texas Tech University, pdf file)

Evaluating your institution's assessment practices

• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the January 2011 threads on culture of asmt survey? (the original thread initiated by Joan Hawthorne and two follow-up threads).
• A Culture of Evidence: An Evidence-Centered Approach to Accountability for Student Learning Outcomes (ETS, pdf file). Institutional strategies for using assessment effectively.
• Assessing your program-level assessment plan (IDEA paper #45, Susan Hatfield; pdf file).
• Guide to Effective Program Outcomes Assessment (Washington State University, pdf file).
• NCA-HLC's 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. (Note: They're no longer part of HLC's Handbook of Accreditation because too many institutions treated them as checklists.)
• Self-assessment: Quality assurance of program-level assessment of student learning, a rubric & checklist from ABET (pdf file).
• The TLT Group's notes on policies & practices that support an institution's culture of evidence.
• WASC 
• The Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (ACSCU)'s rubrics to evaluate the effectiveness of assessment processes. Select Documents. In the Document Library list, see the Assessment rubrics (pdf file) and the Educational Effectiveness Framework (Word document).
• The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)'s rubric to evaluate the effectiveness of assessment processes. Select Publications & Policies and scroll down to the rubric (pdf file). See Part III: Student Learning Outcomes.

• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
• August and September 2008 threads Seeking advice... (August) and Seeking your advice (September), initiated by Jonathan Keiser.
• March 2011 thread Must-knows for a new assessment coordinator, initiated by David Eubanks.
• March 2011 thread The different roles played for assessment officers while working with faculty members, initiated by Fang Du.
• Also see the ASSESS threads on qualifications an assessment director should have, in this list's section on staffing assessment.

Many of the individual institutions' assessment-related pages (below) have good "how to do it" tips.

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Assessment of Specific Skills or Content

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 Bucknell University, College of Wooster, Florida Atlantic University, Georgia Southern University, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA), St. Cloud State University, Skidmore College, 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).

Nationally-standardized assessments of undergraduate majors

• 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 thread Finding 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.
  
• 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.
• Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT), from Tennessee Tech's Center for Assessment and Improvement of Learning.
• An annotated list of critical thinking tests from CriticalThinking.net.
• 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 wordwrapped 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.
• 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 thread CAAP, 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.
• Diversity & Democracy online journal, special issue on assessing diversity and diversity-related learning outcomes.
• The Five Colleges of Ohio Creative and Critical Thinking Project.
• Guidelines and methods for assessing oral communication, from the National Communication Association.
• Information literacy
  • 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).
  • 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 #14: An Essential Partner: The Librarian's Role in Student Learning Assessment.
  • 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.
  • In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the April 2012 thread Library Program SLOs, initiated by Norma Moran.
• 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.
• Standards for the English Language Arts, from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the International Reading Association (IRA).
• UniLOA (the University Learning Outcomes Assessment), a standardized instrument for critical thinking, communication, and personal-development skills.

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

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

• 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.)

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.
• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the July 2011 thread Assessment 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 a pdf file.)

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

 Economics

• Assessing a Proficiency Based Economics Program (pdf file). This AEA presentation includes results from a national survey of economics programs' assessment activities and needs.

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.
• Engineering Education: Assessment Methodologies and Curricula Innovation
  • Multi-campus project focusing on ABET 2000 assessment criteria.
  • Attributes include descriptions and rubrics for implementing specific outcomes associated with the ABET 2000 criteria.
  • Links to associated research projects and other assessment resources.
  • Papers & presentations by research team members.
• 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.
• Individual engineering schools' assessment sites
  • North Carolina State University: College of Engineering (The Program Assessment Tool is restricted to NCSU faculty & staff)
  • Ohio State University: College of Engineering
  • Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI
  • University of Michigan College of Engineering

Health Sciences

• EBI's surveys for assessing nursing programs.

• 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. At AHA's home page, select Publications, then Publications Catalog, then search for Assessment 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).

Information Literacy: see general education, above.

Languages

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
  • Under Professional Development, select Certified Proficiency Testing Programs for information about ACTFL's programs for testing language competencies.
  • Under Publications, see the Proficiency Guidelines and the executive summary of the Standards for Foreign Language Learning for details of 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.

• Literary study, measurement, and the sublime: Disciplinary assessment. Pdf files of individual articles (chapters) and of the entire book.

Mathematics: see STEM disciplines, below.

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 portal (CIP) 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.

• 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 CyberGuide 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 thread Assessing 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.
• 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 thread Rubrics for scientific reasoning/literacy, initiated by Kathryne Drezek.
• Scientific Abilities Project
  • From Rutgers University's Physics and Astronomy Education Research group.
  • Assessment tasks, rubrics for assessing scientific abilities, and presentations on assessment of scientific abilities
    (pdf files).
• Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics (SAUM)
  • Guidelines for assessment of student learning, from the Mathematical Association of America's Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, Subcommittee on Assessment.
  • Articles and case studies (pdf files).
  • The Bibliography has links to web resources and a bibliography of print resources. There's also a page of general Assessment links and one of links for Getting started in assessment.
  • FAQ about assessment.
  • A project of the Mathematical Association of America.

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

• Assessing the impact of technology-rich spaces on student learning. From NC State University.
  • FAQ about technology-assisted teaching & learning.
  • Searcheable annotated bibliography of relevant research literature.
  • Annotated links to other resources on assessing the impact of technology on student learning.
  • The best-practice examples were not available when last checked.

• 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.

• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the February 2011 thread Examples of Art Assessment, initiated by Larry King.

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.
• Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIACC)
• From OECD (the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development).
• An ongoing development project, not yet an active assessment process.

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Individual Institutions' Assessment-Related Pages

Alabama State University: Office of Planning and Evaluation

• Calendar and feedback report: Annual assessment timeline and evaluation rubric (Word documents).
• Manual for using WEAVEonline to report assessment plans & results (pdf files; WEAVEonline access is restricted to ASU faculty & staff).

• Overview and (pdf file) timeline for outcomes assessment.
• Institutional effectiveness manual (handbook, pdf file).
• Instructions for using WEAVEonline (pdf file; WEAVE access is restricted to ACC faculty & staff).
• NILOA occasional paper on outcomes assessment in community colleges (pdf file).
• Links to other assessment resources (this page).
• Information about periodic program review (pdf files).

• Responsibilities of Albion's assessment committee. (Committee details are restricted to Albion faculty & staff.)
• Information about assessment mini-grants.

Alpena Community College: Student Outcomes & Assessment Committee (Michigan)

• ACC assessment plan (pdf file), including core (general education) competencies and an overview of college-wide, department, and course assessment processes.
• Department assessment plans and guidelines for course-level assessment (pdf files).
• Assessment committee minutes (pdf files).

Alverno College: Educational Research and Evaluation (Wisconsin)

• Learning outcomes studies
• Overview of assessment at Alverno.
• Information about Alverno's research, publications and workshops on assessment.
  
• FAQ.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Student assessment as learning at Alverno:
  • Assessment Essentials: definitions, principles, difference between student-assessment-as-learning and institution/program assessment.
  • Self-assessment, including diagnostic digital portfolio and comments from students, external assessors, and faculty
  • Related publications and workshops.
• About Alverno's
• Diagnostic Digital Portfolio. FAQ and history. The DDP itself  is restricted to Alverno students, faculty, & staff.
• Ability-based curriculum and core abiities (general education outcomes).

American Public University System

• Overview of assessment at APUS.
• Initiatives: About APUS' involvement in Transparency by Design and HLC's Assessment Academy.
• Resources:
  • Information about curricular maps (Word document) and rubrics for assessing writing
  • A glossary of assessment terms.
  • Links to other assessment resources (this page).
• Summary reports from standardized exams.
• Information for students about APUS' outcomes assessment process.

• 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.

• 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: Office of Institutional Assessment (Michigan)

• About Andrews' senior survey and exit tests. (The report is a pdf file.)
• Assessment highlights include NSSE results (pdf file).
• Learning outcomes for some individual academic programs.
• Resources include
• Andrews' assessment philosophy, policies, and general process (pdf files).
• Guidelines for assessment processes (pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Access to WEAVEonline (restricted to Andrews faculty & staff).

• Overview of assessment at ARCC, including general education goal areas (learning outcomes) and (see more about assessment) annual reports (pdf files) of assessment results.
• Assessment resources for faculty include
• The Introduction to assessment handbook (or follow the links in the left-hand menu).
• ARCC plan for developing assessment processes (pdf file).
• Glossary (pdf file).
• Individual degree/certificate programs' guidesheets include learning outcomes (pdf files).
• Using eLumen assessment-management software. (Access to eLumen is limited to ARCC faculty & staff.)
• Assessment resources for students include a brief overview of ARCC's assessment process and links to the program guidesheets.
• Some of these pages include links to other assessment resources.

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

• Overview of assessment at ASU.
• About assessment FAQ.
• Assessment handbook (pdf file).
• Potential assessment data: Results (pdf files) from surveys of students, including NSSE, and information about standardized instruments used at ASU.
• Access to TracDat is restricted to ASU faculty & staff.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overview of assessment at ACC.
• Assessment of student learning at the program level
• Guidelines, worksheets, & reporting templates (pdf & Excel files, Word document).
• Assessment committee minutes (pdf files).
• Individual academic programs' assessment plans & reports (pdf files).
• ACC best practices examples (pdf file).
• Assessment of process for administrative & educational support units
• Assessment plans from individual AES units (pdf files).
• The Institutional Research site includes results from student surveys (pdf files).

Arizona State University: University Office of Evaluation and Educational Effectiveness

• Assessment
• The assessment handbook and instructions for & access to the STEPS assessment-management tool are restricted to ASU faculty & staff.
• Examples of assessment plans from ASU academic programs (Word documents).
• Guidelines for writing program outcomes, with examples for various disciplines.
• Suggestions for program assessment measures.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Surveys
  • Information about surveys of students and alumni. Results (in the graduating senior and graduate/law student report cards) are restricted to ASU faculty & staff.
• Information for students about the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) and ETS's Proficiency Profile.

Arizona Western College: Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Program

• General education assessment policy and outcomes, and reports (pdf files, Word documents) on assessment of gen-ed outcomes.
• Examples of general education rubrics and academic programs' learning outcomes. Examples of program rubrics are Word documents.
• Guidelines for program assessment plans & reports.
• Information about periodic program review (Word document).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Assessment committee members and (Word documents, rtf files) minutes.

Arkansas Tech University: Institutional Research and Assessment

• FAQs about assessment, for faculty & department heads and for non-academic & support staff.
• Results from some assessment projects (pdf, Powerpoint, & Excel files; internal links in the annual reports are restricted to ATU faculty & staff).
• Powerpoint presentations from on-campus workshops.
• Guidelines & application forms for assessment mini-grants (pdf files, Word documents).
• Guidelines & instructions for the TracDat assessment-management system. (pdf files; TracDat access is restricted  to ATU faculty & staff.)
• Assessment and general education committee minutes (pdf files).
• Assessment-related reports from the NCA accreditation process (pdf files).
• Links to other resources.

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

• Assessment reports from individual academic programs (pdf files; the online process for submitting assessment reports is restricted to Auburn faculty & staff).
• Survey results include NSSE reports (html pages, pdf files).
• Resources include assessment council minutes (pdf files) and links to other assessment resources (this page).

Augsburg College (Minnesota)

• In the dropdown menu for assessment of student learning:
• Templates and guidelines includes the college's assessment plan and information about Augsburg's AQIP project (pdf files).
• Reports include summaries of faculty, staff, and student surveys and project updates and NCA/HLC feedback on the Action Project (pdf files).
• Sample plans and Department and program plans are restricted to Augsburg College faculty and staff.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Assessment of student learning
• College-wide (general education) learning outcomes (Word documents).
• Results from surveys of students and faculty (pdf files).
• Information about & from Augustana's participation in the Wabash study and a Teagle Foundation senior capstone study (pdf files; Augustana's Wabash study results are restricted to College faculty & staff).

• Note: All of these are pdf files unless indicated otherwise.
• Assessment handbook and glossary (terms).
• The general education course effectiveness report compares student performance in core courses with performance in subsequent related courses.
• The data table and the assessment documentation database are restricted to ACC faculty & staff.
• Information about periodic academic program review (Word documents).
• Information about assessment in administrative & educational support units.
• Results from surveys of students, faculty, & staff, including CCSSE results.
• Information about & from the institutional effectiveness and program review committees.

Bakersfield College (California)

• BC's philosophy of assessment.
• Assessment results: Individual academic programs' outcomes, assessment methods, and (some) results (Excel files).
• The assessment blog includes committee minutes and material from on-campus workshops & assessment events.

Ball State University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness (Indiana)

• Results from surveys of students and alumni (pdf documents).
• Resources (pdf files)
  • Assessment workbook: Handbook for departments designing and using assessment plans.
  • Lending library: Tables of contents of books about assessment.
  • Material from assessment workshops.

• Except as noted, all documents are pdf files. Most describe the various parts of BCCC's assessment process.
• Overview of assessment at Barton.
• Roles & responsibilities for assessment.
• Assessment committee agendas & minutes.
• Reports on course assessment activities. When last checked, the 08-09 CAT Summary could be read with Internet Explorer but not with Firefox.
• Guidelines and an FAQ for classroom assessment (CAT), an online reporting form for CAT results, and guidelines for an assessment project for multi-section courses (CAP).
• Degree level assessment includes general education outcomes and related senior-survey results (the 06-07 comparison is an Excel file; the others are pdf files).
• Links to information about Kansas' state-wide general education (core competency) assessment process and to resources about classroom assessment techniques.

• Overview of assessment and guidelines for creating an assessment plan.
• School- & program-level learning goals from the Zicklin School of Business and the Weissman School of Arts & Sciences (pdf files, Word document).
• The core curriculum map has competencies (outcomes) associated with each goal (pdf file).
• Guidelines for writing learning goals, with links to other (pdf file, html page, Word document) resources.
• Assessment projects.
• Status of college-wide and program-level assessment (pdf file).
• Communication assignment inventories (pdf files).
• Information about NSSE surveys.
• Assessment plans, progress reports, & rubrics from the Schools of Business and Arts & Sciences (pdf files, Word documents).
• Student learning goals for administrative & academic support services (pdf file).
• Assessment framework for administrative units.
• Assessment process & guidelines.
• Guidelines for developing outcomes, goals, & objectives.
• Resources include:
• Material (pdf files) from an on-campus workshop.
• Links to accrediting-agency and CUNY information (html pages, pdf files).

• Overview of assessment at Benedictine.
• Links to information about assessment methods and an overview (pdf file) of types of evidence for student learning.
• University (general education) common learning objectives (pdf file).
• Reporting format (matrix) for academic programs' assessment plans (pdf file).
• Outcomes include NSSE results (pdf file).
• Information about Benedictine's AQIP program (mostly pdf files).

• Results from surveys of students, faculty, & staff (pdf files). Scroll down to:
• CCSSE results.
• Assessment results, for:
• Surveys of graduating students and students completing various BSCC programs.
• Evaluations of athletic and library services.

Binghamton University (New York)

• Major assessment
• Assessment policy (Word document).
• Guidelines for and examples of assessment plans & reports (Word documents & pdf files).
• Gen ed assessment
  • General education outcomes from BU and the SUNY system (pdf files).
  • University policy on and guidelines for preparing gen ed course portfolios. The guidelines also describe how faculty teams use portfolios to evaluate general education outcomes (pdf files).
  • Reports from general-ed assessments (pdf files).
• Information about and from on-campus training opportunities.
• Links to assessment resources
  • Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
  • University-level assessment plans and reports (pdf and Word files).
  • Powerpoint presentations on assessment.
  • Links to other resources.
• BU's College Portrait.

Bismarck State College (North Dakota)

• Academic assessment
• FAQ.
• General education outcomes and (pdf files) associated rubrics & timelines.
• Reporting template for program assessment plans (Word document). TracDat access is restricted to BSC faculty & staff.
• Annual progress reports (pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Reporting template (Word document) and process (pdf file) for periodic department/program review.
• Information about BSC's AQIP project (pdf & Powerpoint files).

• Introduction to assessment and overview of periodic program review at BCTC.
• Technical program assessment (pdf files)
• Individual technical programs' learning outcomes & assessment plans.
• See the faculty resources link in the main page's left-hand menu for a list of standardized end-of-program assessments used by some individual programs.
• Status reports on development of assessment processes.
• Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
• Still to come:
• General education assessment.
• Resources: FAQ, rubric for evaluating program assessment processes, & links to other resources.

Boise State University (Idaho)

• Program assessment
• Alignment and tools: BSU's assessment framework (pdf file) and links to tips & guidelines about rubrics (html pages, pdf files) and curriculum maps (Excel, pdf, & Powerpoint files, Word document).
• Individual degree programs' learning outcomes & assessment plans (pdf files)
• Information about periodic review (program review).
• Institutional Analysis, Assessment and Reporting
• Research publications include NSSE results (pdf files).
• Department-level results from BSU's surveys of graduating seniors & alumni, and copies of the surveys (pdf files).
• Links to other resources.

Borough of Manhattan Community College: Institutional Research and Assessment

• Assessment
• College-wide assessment: Resources for course-level, department-level, & support services assessment include:
• Presentations on assessment from BMCC's Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (CETLS, pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• General education assessment
• General education assessment plan and Powerpoint presentation (pdf files).
• Brochure for students about general education learning outcomes (pdf file).
• Links to related articles (pdf files).
• The general education resource center has a general overview of the assessment process.
• Results from student surveys (pdf files).

• Project reports, studies, and instruments include outcomes, assesment methods, and survey results for a variety of general education goals (some html pages, some pdf files).

Bowling Green State University (Ohio)

• Assessment Central
• University (general education) and department/program student learning outcomes.
• Rubrics for general education outcomes, links to other rubrics, and student self-assessment form.
• Reports
  • Exemplary assessment reports: examples of findings and actions taken as a result (2008 and later reports are pdf files; earlier ones are html pages).
  • Reports from individual departments and programs.
  • Guidelines for department/program reports.
  • Still to come: Assessment of Assessment: overviews and suggestions.
• Link to BGSU ePortfolio site.
• Bibliography and links to other assessment resources.
• Office of Institutional Research survey reports include NSSE results (pdf files).
• Division of Student Affairs
• Learning outcomes.
• Guidelines & templates for annual reports (Word documents).
• Annual departmental reports include assessment methods & results (pdf files).

• Overview of assessment activities at Brandeis.
• University-wide (general education) and (pdf files) academic programs' learning goals.
• Resources
• Internal resources include:
• Guidelines and support (a planning checklist) for creating learning goals in academic majors, and examples from some programs (pdf files, Word documents).
• Example of general education learning goals.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Reflective guides for students as they progress through their undergraduate careers (pdf files).
• Information about the assessment advisory committee and subcommittees.
• Information about Brandeis' participation in the Wabash national study of liberal arts education (some of these pages link to pdf documents).

Brenau University: Office of Academic Assessment (Georgia)

• Guide to assessment at Brenau.
• Rubrics Cube online system for assessment plans & results.
• Instructions (FAQ).
• The online system itself is restricted to BU faculty & staff.
• Reporting templates for curriculum matrices and general-education-related assessment reports are restricted to Brenau faculty & staff.
• Academic, administrative, and service departments' annual assessment plans and reports are restricted to Brenau faculty & staff.
• Information about assessment day/week activities are restricted to Brenau faculty & staff.
• Results from surveys, standardized tests, and OAA projects are restricted to Brenau faculty & staff.
• Most information about liberal education (general education) assessment is restricted to Brenau faculty & staff. The questionnaire that faculty members use to report liberal education assessment was not restricted when last checked; it includes a list of Brenau's liberal education outcomes. (Please do not enter anything in these forms.)
• Links to other assessment resources.

Bridgewater State College (Massachussetts)

• Assessment guidebook, with:
  • Overview of assessment at BSC.
  • Guidelines for developing a departmental assessment plan.
  • Learning outcomes from some BSC academic programs
  • Examples of rubrics, assessment methods, & instruments in use at BSC and elsewhere. Includes links to off-campus assessment resources.
  • Glossary of asessment terms.

• 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.

• Assessment plans (pdf files) and calendar.
• Reporting forms for program- and course-level assessment plans & results (Word documents, pdf files).
• Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
• Resources include:
• Schedule of on-campus assessment workshops (Word document).
• Guidelines for creating & using curriculum maps (pdf files, Word documents).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Assessment results & evidence documents are restricted to BCC faculty & staff.
• General education assessment includes
• History of general education planning & assessment at BCC.
• Policy and Middle States documents (Word documents, pdf files).
• Assessment plan & plan summary (Word documents).
• Core competency nventory (curriculum map, an Excel file) for BCC general education outcomes.
• The program dashboards show enrollment & graduation data (pdf files).
• Instructions & guidelines for periodic program review (Word documents).

Bucknell University: Office of Planning and Institutional Research (Pennsylvania)

• University assessment plan (pdf file) and overview of assessment at Bucknell.
• Goals and educational outcomes: institution-wide (general education) and program-specific learning outcomes.
• Templates for academic and administrative department assessment plans (pdf files)
• Sample departmental assessment plan, and several academic departments' plans (pdf files).
• Assessment Updates: Guides to assessment methods -- developing an assessment plan, using embedded assessment, etc. (pdf & Powerpoint files)
• Links to assessment resources, including selected departmental assessment plans from other institutions.

Buena Vista University (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, assessment plan, and (Word documents) rubrics & program map.
• Assessment reports and the Focus online reporting and ePortfolio system are restricted to BVU faculty & staff.

Buffalo State College: Office of Academic Information and Assessment (New York)

• AAHE and Buffalo State principles of assessment.
• Intellectual foundations (general education) outcomes (pdf file). The is restricted to BSC faculty & staff.
• Overview of assessment in major programs.
• The guidelines for periodic evaluation of academic units include assessment requirements. (pdf files)
• Reporting template for academic units' assessment reports (Word document).
• The assessment plan and reports, the program review schedule, and the Intellectual Foundations assessment cycle are restricted to BSC faculty & staff.

Butler University: Office of Institutional Research & Assessment (Indiana)

• Academic assessment
• Protocol: Overview of annual assessment report and periodic academic program review, with links to program review guidelines and university-wide (general education) learning outcomes (pdf files) .
• General education (university learning) outcomes (pdf file).
• Program review overview and (pdf file) guidelines.
• Assessment reports from individual academic programs (pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Assessment reporting template for individual academic programs (Word documents\).
• Administrative assessment reporting form (Word document or Excel file), guidelines, and reports (pdf files) from individual administrative & support units.
• Information about assessment mini-grants (pdf file).
• Survey reports, including NSSE results (pdf files) and links to current online surveys.
• Common data set (pdf files) and academic-department statistical overviews (IR data, Excel files).

• Overview of assessment at BC.
• Program & course-level assessment reporting templates (Word documents).
• The toolkit has material from on-campus workshops (pdf & image files, Word documents).
• Glossary.
• Online newsletter (pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overview and history of assessment at Cabrillo.
• Core competencies (general education outcomes).
• Assessment terms & methods.
• Assessment processes & examples for courses, programs, student services, & administrative services (examples & planning grids are pdf files & Word documents).
• Workbooks (handbooks) for course- and program-level assessment (pdf files).
• Information about & from the assessment committee, including (pdf files) reports.
• Directions for Cabrillo's tracking tool (pdf file; access to the tool itself is restricted to Cabrillo faculty & staff).
• Links to other resources.

• Assessment system 
• Overview of assessment at CLU.
• Information about periodic academic program review, including overview, schedule, handbook, and reporting template (pdf files).
• Information about & from CLU assessment symposia (pdf & Powerpoint files).
• Learning outcomes
• Institutional (general education) learning outcomes (pdf file).
• Learning outcomes from most academic programs (pdf files).
• Sources of evidence for achievement of learning outcomes:
• Rubrics & assessment results for communication, critical thinking, & information literacy outcomes (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).
• Student satisfaction, NSSE, & FSSE results (pdf files, html pages).
• Guidelines on writing learning outcomes and incorporating them in course syllabi (Word documents; also see the curriculum maps).
• Curriculum maps from some academic programs (html pages, Powerpoint files, Word documents).
• The data warehouse is restricted to CLU faculty & staff.
• Resources include:
• Material from on-campus workshops about assessment and program review (pdf & Powerpoint files).
• Assessment tools including a glossary, a template for reporting assessment results (Word document), guidelines for and examples of assessment rubrics (Word documents), and links to other resources.
• Information about surveys at CLU.

California Polytechnic State University

• Assessment planning guide and glossary.
• University learning objectives (general education outcomes).
• Guidelines & FAQ for senior projects.
• Inventory of assessment activities, by academic program (pdf files).
• Other Resources: guidelines and rubrics (pdf files).
• Links to college-level assessment councils, CSU system-level assessment information, and to other assessment resources.

California Polytechnic State University, Pomona

• Guidelines & policies for program review and outcomes assessment (pdf files, Word documents).
• University (general education) learning outcomes (Word document, Excel file).
• Individual academic departments' learning outcomes, assessment plans, & curriculum maps (html pages, pdf & Excel files).
• Assessment tools
• Guidelines for an assessment plan (pdf file) and curriculum map (Word document).
• Examples of individual programs' assessment methods and tools (pdf files).
• Information about assessment-related on- & off-campus events.
• Links to other assessment resources and information about local assessment training events (Powerpoint & pdf files, Word documents).
• General education assessment
• General education assessment policy (pdf file, Word documents) and guide for course-based general education assessment proposals (pdf file).
• Learning outcomes for individual general education areas, and assessment plans for some areas (pdf files).
• Links to Powerpoint presentations on general education assessment and to rubrics (pdf files, Word documents) for some general-education outcomes.
• Institutional assessment: The university's College Portrait, and reports from surveys of students and alumni, including NSSE and CLA results (pdf and Excel files).
• Student Affairs assessment:
• Guides to writing learning outcomes (html pages, pdf files).
• Infomation about using StudentVoice for assessment projects.
• The stories of successful learning and the 2008-2009 annual report were not available when last checked. The 2009-2010 annual report is a pdf file.

California State University System: Accountability Process

• 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, Cal Poly-Pomona, CSU-Bakersfield, Chico, Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Sacramento, San Bernardino,San Diego State, San Francisco State, San Jose State, San Marcos, and Stanislaus.

California State University, Bakersfield: Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment

• Assessment reports, including NSSE & CLA results (pdf files).
• Program assessment (pdf files)
• Principles of assessment.
• University (general education) learning outcomes.
• CSU strategic plan and CSUB accountability measures (pdf files).

California State University, Chico

• CSUC assessment philosophy.
• Guidelines for developing and implementing outcomes assessment plans.
• Assessment glossary.
• FAQ about assessment at CSUC.
• Tool Box and Resources: More guidelines and examples for developing assessment processes (Word documents; pdf, Excel, and Powerpoint files).
• Sample learning outcomes and asssessment activities from individual academic units (Word documents and Excel-file course*outcomes alignment matrices).
• Individual academic departments' program portfolios, with learning outcomes and (pdf files) assessment plan and curriculum matrix.
• Office of Institutional Research
• Information about periodic academic program review (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).
• Reports (html pages & pdf files) from NSSE, CLA, and graduating student surveys.
• CSUC's VSA College Portrait.
• Links to other assessment resources.

California State University, Dominguez Hills

• Reports & summaries include:
• Reporting templates (Word documents).
• Information about using Blackboard for assessment reports (Word document; Blackboard access is restricted to CSUDH faculty & staff).
• Older program effectiveness and outcomes reports (Word documents; recent reports are restricted to CSUDH faculty & staff).
• Archives include results from surveys of academic program heads about program assessment at CSUDH (Word documents).
• Information about the assessment committee (html page, Word document).
• Links to assessment resources.

California State University, East Bay

• Program portfolios, including learning outcomes and assessment plans, were available for a few academic programs when last checked.
• Still to come: portfolios for co-curricular programs.
• Guidelines for periodic program review (html pages, pdf & Excel files).

California State University, Fresno: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

• Student outcomes assessment projects (SOAPs) policy, overview, examples, and individual programs' SOAPS (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) and rubrics for general education outcomes, and recommendations for using rubrics (pdf files).
• 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).

 California State University, Long Beach: Program Review and Assessment

• CSULB institutional learning objectives (general education outcomes).
• Individual academic programs' learning outcomes.
• Information from & about the program assessment review council (html pages, Word documents).
• The assessment podcasts are an introductory handbook. iTunes must be on your computer in order to hear the podcasts or read the transcripts; the page has a link to download it.
• Resources include
• An assessment report template (Word document) and model (pdf file).
• A glossary.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Student Services assessment
• Assessment of student learning outcomes
• Overview of Student Services assessment at CSULB.
• Featured student learning outcomes & assessments from individual Student Services units.
• Links to examples from other institutions.
• Assessment plans & reports from individual Student Services departments.
• Results from surveys and standardized assessments including NSSE, CLA, and CSULB's student satisfaction survey.
• Information about & from CSULB's graduation writing assessment.
• CSULB's VSA College Portrait (pdf file).
• Presentations about assessment at CSULB (Powerpoint files).
• Links to other assessment resources.

California State University, Los Angeles

• University assessment policy, plan, and annual report (pdf files, Word document).
• Institutional learning outcomes (general education).
• Individual college & programs' learning outcomes.
• Institutional measures 
• Results from student surveys and standardized exams, including CLA and NSSE results (pdf & Powerpoint files).
• Other assessment-related reports (pdf files).
• Resources & tools: Rubrics for general education outcomes, templates & examples for developing and reporting assessment plans (pdf & rtf files). The faculty development and assessment page has links to other assessment resources.
• The glossary includes links to a more extensive (pdf file) glossary and to other assessment resources (this page).
• General education
• Learning goals and outcomes.
• GE assessment 
• Assessment plan.
• Curriculum & goals maps (pdf files).
• General education committee assessment program review (pdf file).
• Reports include
• Assessment of Block B (science-related) outcomes (pdf file). 
• Assessment of an introduction to higher education course (Word document, Excel file).
• Older assessment results (pdf files) include CSULA's general education assessment policy.
• Information about periodic academic program review.
• The Institutional Research page includes a link to CSULA's College Portrait.
• Educational effectiveness council meeting minutes & reports (pdf files).

California State University, Northridge: Office of Academic Assessment and Program Review

• Fundamental learning competencies (Word document) and general education outcomes (GE; pdf file).
• Student learning outcomes for individual academic programs and articles (pdf files, Word documents) on disciplinary perspectives on assessment.
• Glossary (Word document).
• Program assessment guides, tips, & reporting templates (Word documents).
• Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
• Information about the assessment committee (html page, Word document).
• Information about periodic program review (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).

California State University, Sacramento: Office of Academic Program Assessment

• University assessment: 
• Overview of academic-program assessment and assessment cycle, and university assessment statement (pdf file) and policy.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Note: Some links in this page go to pages listed below; others were not available when last checked.
• Learning outcomes
• Baccalaureate learning goals, graduate program learning outcomes (pdf files).
• General education learning outcomes (draft; this mht file opens in Internet Explorer but not in other browsers) and AAC&U's LEAP outcomes (pdf file).
• Institutional assessment portfolio: Individual academic departments' assessment plans & reports, assessment irector's analysis of reports, & department (IR data) fact books (pdf files, Word documents).
• Assessment tools
• CSUS assessment policy & plan (html page, pdf file).
• Assessment guidelines, reporting format, & evaluation rubric (Word documents, html page).
• Assessment strategies: Links to other assessment resources.
• Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
• Office of Institutional Research
• Sacramento State's College Portrait (pdf file).
• Reports on special academic programs.
• Surveys used at Sacramento State. Reports has results from surveys of students and faculty, including NSSE results (pdf files).
• Information about assessment of Student Affairs and other non-academic programs.

California State University: San Bernardino

• Introduction to assessment: brief YouTube videos on aspects of outcomes assessment.
• Links to online articles on improving assessment processes (pdf files).
• Information about online assessment workshops (when last checked, these had descriptions but not links).
• Information about the TaskStream assessment management tool  (pdf & Powerpoint files).
• Formats, guidelines, & review criteria for assessment plans and annual reports.
• Archived assessment pages include:
• Assessment policies, history, definitions, and guidelines.
• Criteria for evaluating departmental assessment plans and status reports.
• Departmental assessment plans, methods, progress, and effects (some pdf files, some html pages).
• Departmental status reports (pdf files).
• General education goals and objectives, and information about assessment of general education at CSUSB.
• Information about assessment funding (mini-grants).
• Links to other assessment resources

California State University, San Marcos

• Annual assessment: Reporting templates for assessment plans and reports (Word documents).
• Learning outcomes for individual programs and links to related material from the resources page (see below).
• Departments' program portfolios include learning outcomes, assessment plans, and reports. (Plans & reports are pdf files, listed under program review.)
• Information about academic program review: 
• Guidelines & examples (pdf files, Word documents).
• Course*outcomes matrix template (Excel files).
• WASC rubrics for evaluating learning outcomes & assessment (pdf files)/.
• Resources include:
• Material from an on-campus workshop (Powerpoint and audiovisual files).
• Glossary.
• Guidelines for designing & implementing outcomes assessment.
• General education goals and (draft) assessment process.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Minutes and reports from CSUSM's assessment committee (Word documents).
• The Office of Institutional Planning & Analysis has results from surveys of students & alumni, including NSSE data (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).

California State University, Stanislaus: Office of Assessment

• Overview and principles of assessment at CSUS.
• Assessment resources: Guidelines for designing & implementing an assessment plan, with (html pages, pdf files, Word documents) examples, templates, and links to related resources.
• Annual report template (Word document).
• General education assessment (pdf files unless otherwise indicated)
• Overview and history.
• Learning goals and (draft) outcomes.
• Program review reports.
• University-wide assessment methods: Results from NSSE, CLA, and other standardized assessments and ocally-developed surveys.
• Assessment of graduate programs (pdf files unless otherwise indicated)
• Chronology, history, & related documents.
• Overall assessment plan & reports. The individual programs' assessment plans & reports were not available when last checked.
• Annual reporting template and sample curriculum map and thesis rubrics.
• Information about on-campus assessment mentors (Word documents).
• Materials from annual assessment spotlight symposia (pdf & Powerpoint files).
• Information about periodic program review for academic & support units (pdf & Powerpoint files, Word documents).
• The Office of Institutional Research page has CSUS's College Portrait.

• Overview of assessment.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overview of CU institutional effectiveness and program assessment processes.
• Assessment
• Program & unit assessment overview & guidelines.
• Individual academic programs' learning outcomes.
• Some programs' assessment data (pdf files).
• Information about assessment funds (mini-grants, pdf file).
• Access to WEAVEonline is restricted to CU faculty & staff.
• General education outcomes & assessment process.
• NSSE results (pdf file).
• Oklahoma State Regents (OSRHE) annual assessment reports include summaries of  institutions' processes & results (pdf files).

• Results from surveys of students & alumni (pdf files).
• Guidelines for: 
• Defining learning outcomes and 
• Developing & implementing outcomes assessment processes.
• The Guiding Principles docment is a pdf file.
• These are general guidelines, applicable to assessing academic programs, individual courses, and individual students.

• 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
• Directions (guidelines & FAQ) for reporting course-level assessment results (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, the Sharepoint website, and program review documentation are restricted to Cañada faculty & staff.
• Worksheets & reporting forms (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).
• Resources include
• Information about using TracDat (pdf & Powerpoint files).
• Handbook on writing learning outcomes (pdf file).
• Links to other assessment resources (pdf, Powerpoint, and audio-visual [swf] files, Word documents, links).

Capital Community College (Connecticut)

• Assessment process (The linked pages are mostly pdf files.)
• Guidelines & clarifications.
• Template for reporting learning goals & objectives.
• Assessment policy and five year plan (pdf files).
• Information about & examples of assemment in:
• Academic programs, including the program goals template (pdf file) and information about periodic program review.
• General education, including learning goals & objectives (outcomes). Rubrics are pdf files; reports are html pages & Word documents).
• Developmental education, including learning goals & objectives (outcomes). Methods & findings are html pages, pdf files, & Word documents.
• Instructional innovations. Methods & findings are html pages and pdf & Excel files.
• Student engagement (CCSSE) results were not available when last checked. The related faculty survey results (CCFSSE) are Excel files.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• 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
• FAQ.
• Assessment roles & process.
• The examples are restricted to Carleton faculty & staff.
• Information about Carleton assessment initiatives (html pages, pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Survey research and outcomes: Results from surveys of students & alumni, including NSSE (mostly pdf files).

• History of assessment at CMU.
• Information from & about CMU's assessment task force (pdf files; the Middle States self-study report is restricted to CMU faculty & staff.(
• Basics: FAQ about assessment, and a glossary.
• Guidelines & tools for assessing departments & programs, classroom learning & performance, prior learning, and teaching effectiveness.
• Examples & tools from CMU programs.
• Whys & hows of assessment
• Tips & guidelines for program & classroom assessment.
• Glossary.
• Reporting template & example (pdf file).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Assessment plan (multi-year timeline for campus-specific & nationally-standardized surveys, pdf file).

• From the menu of tabs at the bottom of the page:
• Assessment criteria: Hints & tips about assessment (mostly pdf files; also see assessment help, below).
• General information
• Assessment manual and links to other resources (pdf files).
• Material from an on-campus presentation (pdf & Powerpoint files).
• Data reports
• Assessment in action newsletter (pdf files).
• Assessment reports (pdf files).
• Results from surveys & standardized assessments (mostly pdf files; CCSSE results include Powerpoint & video files and a Word document).
• Information about & from the assessment committee (minutes are pdf files).
• Program assessment reporting templates (Word documents) and review criteria (pdf file).
• Program assessment information (individual programs' assessment plans & results, pdf files).
• Assessment help: Tips & guidelines (pdf files).

• Guidelines and tips for developing assessment processes (html pages, Word documents, Powerpoint files).
• CPCC core competencies (general education outcomes).
• Reporting form for course-based assessment of core competencies (pdf file).
• Assessment tips & resources for each of CPCC's core competencies (html pages, pdf & video files).
• Rubrics for general education and major-displine outcomes (most are Word documents; some pdf files). Includes course*outcomes alignment worksheets (Word documents).
• General education initiatives from some student support services (pdf files).
• Learning in action focuses on CPCC activities that support students' learning & experience.
• Materials from on- & off-campus presentations (html pages; pdf, Powerpoint, & video files).
• Materials from small-group faculty dialogues (Word documents, pdf files).
• Unit & employee awards.

• Welcome: Brief overview of assessment at Chaffey.
• SLO (student learning outcomes) 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 & support units' assessment report.
• Rubric 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 (general education outcomes; Word document).
• Planning resources include (pdf files):
• Chaffey's assessment plan.
• A handbook for assessment in academic & administrative/support units.
• 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.

• Learning outcomes for: 
• General education.
• Individual degree programs.
• Information about periodic program review.
• Learning outcomes assessment
• Brief overview of assessment at Chapman
• Templates for annual assessment report and course*general-ed outcomes curriculum map (Word documents).
• Assessment committee rubric for evaluating annual assessment reports (pdf file).
• Student life.
• The institutional data mart has enrollment, etc. information.

• Primary functions
• Overview of and (Word document) timeline for annual assessments.
• Information about periodic academic program review (pdf files).
• Overview of SACS accreditation.
• Information for faculty
• The liaisons and chairs section includes roadmap (table) of CNU's assessment activities & timeline (pdf file).
• About WEAVEonline.
• About assessment liaisons & the assessment committee. The evaluation committee page includes an Excel form for rating assessment reports.
• Information about CNU's implementation of the IDEA system for student evaluation of faculty & courses.
• Information for students about outcomes assessment at CNU.
• About CNU's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP).
• Links to other assessment resources includes information (mostly Word documents) about classroom assessment techniques.

• Assessment process and plan
• Overview of assessment at CSCC, and (pdf file) annual assessment report.
• Reporting form for academic programs, and instructions (pdf files).
• Common learning outcomes (CORE)
• Core (general education) outcomes and (pdf files) rubrics & examples.
• Examples of assessment methods and results.
• Individual degree programs' learning outcomes, assessment reports (pdf files), and summaries of methods & results.
• Brief descriptions of some institution-wide (non-academic) programs. Some include assessment methods & results.
  

• The general education annual reporting form (pdf file). Resources include:
• General education outcomes (pdf file).
• Reporting forms (Word documents, Excel file), rubrics for general education outcomes (Word documents), and a tool (template) for reporting course-level results (Excel file).
• Descriptions of the institutional assessment (general education) plan (Word documents) and assessment timelines (pdf files).
• Annual assessment reports (Word documents).
• Assessment and program review procedures for department majors (pdf files, Word documents). The annual reports are restricted to Clarke faculty & staff.
• Student Life assessment reports were not available when last checked. Resources include a rubric (which also indicates the Student Life learning outcomes), a reporting template, and an assessment timeline (Word documents).
• Institutional research includes results from graduating-student surveys (pdf files) and information about other surveys used at Clarke.
• Information about & from Clarke's assessment committee (Word documents).

Clemson University: Office for Institutional Assessment (South Carolina)

• Assessment practices & resources
• Assessment cycle timeline & assessment rubric (pdf files) and some metrics (data image files). The institutional assessment dashboard is restricted to Clemson faculty & staff.
• Reference materials include guidelines for developing and reporting an assessment plan, instructions for using WEAVEOnline, and an overview of Clemson's process for reviewing assessment plans & reports (pdf files). 
• Overview of the Annual Assessment Record reporting process. Access to WEAVEonline and the assessment rubric are restricted to Clemson faculty & staff.
• Guidelines for assessment of centers and institutes (pdf files).
• Information about and from the university assessment committee. Reports & minutes are pdf files.
• Clemson's College Portrait (pdf file).
• Access to and instructions for WEAVEOnline. (Access is restricted to Clemson faculty & staff.)
• Information about NSSE & Proficiency Profile, and summaries (pdf files) of NSSE results. 
• Assessment presentations by OIA staff (pdf & Powerpoint files).
• State reporting: Accountability and institutional effectiveness reports to state agencies (pdf files).

Cleveland State University: Office of Student Learning Assessment (Ohio)

• Overview and FAQ for assessment at CSU, and university policies and procedures for assessment.
• Assessment Council minutes and on-campus events (Word documents).
• Assessment report guidelines, calendar, and review procedure (Word documents, Excel files). Individual units' SLA reports are restricted to CSU faculty & staff.
• The 2008 departmental student outcomes inquiry includes:
• An overview of student surveys used by individual academic, administrative, & support units (Word document).
• Individual units' assessment reports (pdf files).
• General education assessment procedures and reports (pdf files, Word documents).
• Material from on-campus workshops (video presentations).
• Resources
  • Report guidelines & formats.
  • Examples of individual units' assessment reports (pdf files).
  • Links to other assessment resources.
• Information about assessment mini-grants and grant-funded projects (Word documents).

• Overview of assessment & institutional effectiveness at CCU.
• The assessment system (pdf file) has a number of sections that deal with outcomes assessment in academic, administrative, & support units.
• Institutional assessment
• Inventory and timeline for assessments for student learning at CCU (pdf file).
• The university assessment system report has information about institutional effectiveness (IR data), general education assessment, and assessment of administrative & support units (pdf file).
• Assessment reports and university assessment plans were not available when last checked.
• The glossary includes a list of references and resource links.
• Information about & from CCU's assessment committees (minutes are pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources, and a list of assessment material available in the CCU library.
• Survey results on the institutional research site are restricted to CCU faculty & staff.

• Resources
• Video overview of assessment at Cochise.
• Assessment handbook (pdf file).
• Assessment checklist and calendar. (Note: The version of the checklist on the forms page is a Word document, although the page says it's a pdf file. The forms themselves are restricted to Cochise faculty & staff.)
• FAQ.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Information from & about the assessment committee. The agendas and minutes are restricted to Cochise faculty & staff.
• Assessment plans and reports from some individual academic programs (pdf files).
• Annual Excellence in Assessment awards.
• The general education project has information about the college's participation in HLC's Assessment academy. The progress reports are restricted to Cochise faculty & staff.
• Results from student surveys including CCSSE results (pdf files; some are restricted to Cochise faculty & staff).
• Information about assessment of student services (pdf files).

• About assessment
• Overview, principles of good practice, and (pdf file) HLC tips & guidelines.
• Glossary.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Program assessment
• Learning outcomes for individual degree & certificate programs.
• The monitoring report to HLC (pdf file) describes CCC's general education and program assessment processes.
• The quality enhancements documents (pdf files) include descriptions of assessment activities and results.
• Powerpoint presentations to the CCC governing board.
• General education assessment
• General education learning outcomes.
• Assessment techniques and results (pdf file).
• Presentation at & feedback from a faculty retreat (Powerpoint & pdf files).
• Assessment tools
• Progress report templates (Word documents), instructions (pdf file), and overview presentation (Powerpoint file).
• Graduating student survey (pdf & Word versions; the online version requires a CCC password) and results (pdf files).
• Information about, and links to resources on classroom evaluation techniques (CATS), rubrics, and mid-course evaluations.

• Assessment guide (handbook, pdf file), tutorials (Powerpoint files), and links to other resources.
• Template and evaluation rubric for assessment plans & reports (also available as Word documents).
• Information about the ComplianceAssist assessment management tool (access to the tool itself is restricted to COC faculty & staff).
• Individual academic and administrative/support units' assessment plans (pdf files).
• Rubric for evaluating units' assessment plans & reports.
• Information about & results from surveys of students & alumni, including NSSE results (html pages, pdf files).
• Information from & about the assessment committees (minutes are pdf files).
• Information about COC's participating in the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education.
• COC's VSA College Portrait.

• Step-by-step guide.
• Planning & mapping: Assessment plans include course-level learning outcomes; degree/certificate maps relate them to program-level outcomes (Excel files). Or view learning outcomes by course or program.
• Reports by course, degree/certificate program (including general education), and student service area (Student Affairs and academic support units). These are pdf files.
• Training video on how to submit a report.
• The assessment forum is restricted to CR faculty & staff.
• Information about & from the (academic) assessment committee and the student development assessment group (most documents, agendas, & meeting notes are pdf files).
• Resources include:
• (Academic) assessment FAQ (pdf file).
• Assessment handbook (pdf file).
• General education learning outcomes (pdf file).
• Materials from assessment training, on-campus meetings, & ACCJC (Powerpoint, video, & pdf files).
• Annotated list of articles (pdf file).
• Information about assessment & program review (pdf file; the program review committee page has more details [pdf files, Word documents]).
• Assessment plans & reports from student development units (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• The institutional research site includes reports from surveys of enrolled & graduating students (pdf files).

• Philosophy of assessment at CSM.
• Assessment plan (Word document).
• Student learning outcomes
• General education outcomes.
• Program-level outcomes from certificate programs and (some) degree programs, and course-level outcomes from degree programs.
• Information about & from the assessment committee. (Agendas & minutes are pdf files.)
• Resources include:
• Reporting matrices (pdf files).
• Guidelines, handouts, and handbooks (pdf files).
• Information from on-campus workshops (pdf & Powerpoint files, Word documents).
• Links to other resources.

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

• Process of institutional effectiveness (PIE): Description, examples, and tips.
• The PIES database is restricted to W&M faculty & staff..
• Process & schedules for periodic program reviews (pdf files).
• General education requirements, learning expectations (outcomes), and information about W&M's course-portfolio review process.
• Student surveys for each requirement (please do not enter any information in these online forms).
• Information about Digital Measures data management system (access to Digital Measures is restricted to W&M faculty & staff).
• Links to other assessment resources.

College of Wooster (Ohio)

• The main page is structured as a blog and includes some assessment results. So do the online newsletter and assessment briefs (pdf files).
• Tools & resources:
• Wooster programs' assessment surveys & rubrics (pdf files).
• Links to Wooster resources include assessment guidelines, planning templates, & other documents (most are pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources.

• FAQ.
• Profile of the graduate (general education learning goals; pdf file).
• Core (general education) curriculum
• Bulletin description of Mines' core curriculum (pdf file).
• ABET criteria mapped to Mines' general education learning goals and core courses (Word documents).
• Methods used to assess the core as a whole (Word document) and individual core courses (Excel file).
• Article on engineering education from the National Academy of Engineering (pdf files).
• Guidelines for creating & implementing assessment plans (html pages, pdf files, Word documents).
• Resources
• Glossary (Word document).
• Information about assessment  mini-grants (Word documents).
• Assessment newsletters (pdf files, Word documents).
• Links to other assessment resources.

• 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.

• Assessment timeline.
• Institutional-level assessment
• Overview.
• Calendar.
• Annual reports (pdf files).
• Program-level assessment
• Overview.
• General education assessment: Matrix of goals & competencies (outcomes) and (pdf files) MAPP/Proficiency Profile assessment reports.
• 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.

• Assessment of student learning
• Assessment at Columbia
• Reporting template and status table for program-level assessment. 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 periodic program review and student course evaluations.
• Reports from assessment projects (pdf files).

Columbus State Community College (Ohio)

• CSCC assessment policy , procedure, and handbook (pdf files).
• FAQ and other resources.
• General education outcomes & (Word documents) associated rubrics.
• Individual degree programs' assessment reports (pdf files).
• Resources
• CCSSE results (pdffiles).
• 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.
• Roles of various assessment committees. Committee minutes are mostly Word documents.

• 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 include 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.

• CCAC's assessment plan (draft, 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 (mostly pdf files).
• a worksheet for including assessment experiences in faculty members' teaching portfolios (Word document).
• a newsletter 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 (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).

• Information about & from the committee (html pages, Word documents).
• Program assessment reporting form (Word document).
• Results from the graduating-students exit survey (pdf file).
• Information about CCRI's participation in the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education (html pages, pdf file).
• Resources include:
• On-campus Powerpoint presentations about assessment.
• Links to other assessment resources.

Concordia College: Office of Assessment (Minnesota)

• About assessment at Concordia.
• Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
• Information about the assessment committee.
• pdf files with links to other assessment resources.

• Overview of assessment.
• 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.

• 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.
• 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).

• 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 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.

Dakota State University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment

• Academic assessment program
• Brief history of assessment at DSU.
• General education: 
• Plans for assessing system-wide and DSU-specific general education outcomes, and assessment results & impacts (Word documents).
• System-wide and DSU policies governing general education assessment.
• Major assessment
• Plans for assessing undergraduate & graduate programs' outcomes, and assessment results & impacts (Word documents).
• Policies governing discipline-specific assessment in undergraduate and graduate programs.
• Information about periodic program reviews (Word documents).
• Resources include:
• Link to a glossary.
• Guidelines and review form (rubric) for academic programs' assessment plans (Word documents).
• See institutional research, below.
• Information about and from DSU's Academic Quality Improvement Project (AQIP) includes assessment results and impacts (pdf & Powerpoint files, Word documents).
• Institutional research 
• Results from surveys of students, alumni, and faculty, including NSSE data (pdf and Excel files).
• Other institutional research data. Access to the dashboard is restricted to DSU faculty & staff.
• Institutional effectiveness: College and unit-level strategic planning (pdf files, Word documents).

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

• Assessment & effectiveness / Institutional 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. Also see comprehensive program review.
• Overview of assessment and institutional effectiveness processes. The institutional effectiveness plan also overviews DSC's assessment processes.
• Assessment methods used by DSC academic programs, including general education learning outcomes & assessment methods.
• Also see college-level competencies, course learning outcomes, and program outcomes, and some of the documents under planning and evaluation of educational programs.
• Assessment reports from individual academic and administrative & support units include program outcomes; some include assessment results.
• CAAP (general-education assessment) and NSSE results. Institutional data (on the main page) also has FSSE results.
• General education outcomes, assessment plan, and assessment methods. The assessment report was not available when last checked.
• Results from surveys of students, alumni, employers, faculty, staff (pdf files).
• Links to other resources.

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).

• College assessment
• Overview of DTCC's assessment process, and Middle States' assessment-related standards.
• Institutional effectiveness: Structure, timelines, & progress for implementing assessment at DTCC (Word documents).
• Reporting forms for college-wide and campus-wide assessment of learning and educaitonal-support outcomes (Word documents).
• Resources (pdf files, html pages, Word documents) include
• General education outcomes (core competencies) and assessment process.
• Overview of e-learning (distance education) at DTCC, learning outcomes, and recommendations for assessment.
• Assessment tips.
• Annual assessment & planning calendar.
• College (strategic) planning documents (pdf files, Word documents).

• Assessment manual (handbook, pdf file).
• 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.
• CCSSE results (pdf files).
• Information about periodic program review (pdf files).

• 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: Office for Teaching, Learning & Assessment (Illinois)

• Overview of assessment at DePaul.
• Overviews of department/program and school/college assessment processes.
• Learning goals and outcomes 
• University-wide (general education) goals. 
• Individual academic programs' learning outcomes (Word documents, pdf files).
• Tips & resources for curriculum mapping.
• Links to resources for classroom assessment and rubrics.
• Templates for assessment reports (mostly Word documents). Reports from individual units are restricted to DePaul faculty & staff.
• Links to other assessment resources.

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 assessment resources.

• Overview for faculty about SLOs (student learning outcomes) assessment at DVC.
• FAQ about DVC's assessment & reporting process.
• WEBSLOS
• Timelines for DVC assessment activities (pdf file).
• 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-level SLOs and assessment results (please do not enter anything into this form!)
• 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.

• The university assessment plan (pdf file) includes a history of assessment at DU, lists of assessment measures used, rubrics used to evaluate assessment plans and reports, a glossary, and reporting and assessment-committee evaluation forms.
• Academic programs' assessment plans and activities (html pages, pdf files).
• The committee's rubric for evaluation of assessment reports, and feedback to individual academic programs.
• Assessment data includes results from surveys of students, alumni, and faculty, including NSSE and FSSE data (some HTML pages, some Excel files). SIR II (student evaluation of instruction & faculty) departmental summaries are pdf files.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Faculty Development & Research Services: Office of Assessment 
• Information about periodic academic program review.
• Resources to improve student learning include a (WinZipped) Word document on program assessment and a Powerpoint presentation on rubrics.

• 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).
• 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 documents, pdf files).
• Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
• Presentations on program assessment from (some) DACC assessment teas (Powerpoint files).
• Information about the assessment committee.

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

• For educational (academic) units
• Assessment questions: Definitions & tips for the types of assessment-related information stored in the TracDat assessment-management system (pdf file).
• Overview: Instructions & guidelines for assessment reports (Word documents).
• Reporting forms (Excel files).
• Outcomes & reporting templates for special projects
• Leadership (Word documents).
• Global awareness outcomes (Education for a new century; not available when last checked).
• For administrative & support services units: Assessment questions, overview, and forms (see above).
• For research & public service units
• Lists of research and public service units (pdf files).
• Reporting template and assessment questions (Excel files).
• Reporting form (Word document).
• TracDat and iWebfolio: TracDat glossary and interpretation (Word documents) and using iWebfolio portfolios (pdf file). Access to the tools themselves is restricted to ECU faculty & staff.
• About ECU's assessment-related committees.
• Information about & from student surveys, including results from NSSE & FSSE and from the University of North Carolina system (GA) surveys (pdf files).
• Materials from ECU's assessment day presentations (mostly Powerpoint files).
• About periodic academic program review (pdf files).

• 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).
• Results from surveys of graduating students & alumni (pdf files).
• ECU's College Portrait.

• Plans include EGSC's academic assessment plans (pdf files).
• 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: 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 and graduate-program assessment policy (pdf files).
• 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, with
  • individual departments' assessment plans and reports, and summary form for submitting plans/reports (pdf files, Word documents).
  • department's surveys, rubrics, and other assessment instruments (pdf files, Word documents).
  • Primary Trait Analysis rubric for evaluating department's progress developing and using outcomes assessment (Word document).
  • 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: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

• Note: Documents are pdf files unless otherwise indicated.
• Assessment of student learning
• Guidelines and templates for departments' assessment plans and reports.
• Guidelines and rubrics for general education assessment (mostly Word documents).
• Information about assessment components of  EKU's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) on undergraduates' critical & creative thinking.
• Degree program assessment
• Guidelines for program assessment.
• Information about using TracDat to organize assessment information. TracDat access is restricted to EKU faculty & staff.
• University level assessment: NSSE 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. TracDat access is restricted to EKU faculty & staff.
• Overview of periodic academic program review.
• Assurance of Learning Day resources include:presentations on developing an assessment plan (pdf files).
• University assessment plan and snapshot overview (pdf files).
• 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 New Mexico University

• Information for students, parents, and community (pdf files)
• The strategic plans include information about assessment at ENMU.
• Assessment methods, results, and rubrics for general education core competencies.
• The DataWave online assessment newsletter includes assessment results.
• Results from student surveys and standardized assessments, including NSSE and MAPP reports.
• Information for faculty and staff 
• Reporting instructions & templates, and assessment committee review rubric (mostly Word documents).
• Links to other resources.
• The handbook, annual assessment report, and assessment plan listings are restricted to ENMU employees.

Eastern Oregon University

• University assessment plan (Word document).
• 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 (Word documents). Guidelines for general education curriculum (GEC) analysis & data use (pdf file).
• Degree program assessment reporting template (Word document).
• Curriculum maps include program and general education learning outcomes (pdf files).
• TracDat user guide. TracDat access is restricted to EOU faculty & staff.

• ECC's intsitutional assessment plan (pdf file).
• Learning objectives & outcomes
• Scroll down in the individual course proposals; most include learning objectives (pdf files).
• Outcomes for individual degree & certificate programs.
• College-wide abilities (general education outcomes).
• The institutional performance reports include some information about college-level assessment and some results (pdf files; see especially Core Theme 1: Foster Student Learning).
• 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.

• History of assessment at ECC, including Powerpoint files from on-campus workshops. (Also some pdf files & Word documents).
• FAQ and assessment principles.
• Core competencies (general education outcomes) and (pdf files) assessment reports. Course-level core competency alignment maps are pdf files.
• Assessment committee agendas & minutes (recent ones are pdf files, older ones are Word documents).
• Newsletter and progress reports on assessment at ECC (pdf files).
• Resources include
• ECC outcomes assessment handbooks (Word document).
• Timeline for developing the assessment process (pdf file).
• Working definitions (glossary of assessment terms).
• A training video.
• Guidelines for evaluating your own assessment plan (Word document).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• CurricuNET is primarily for course proposals and review; its assessment-related links did not work when last checked.

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

• 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.
• Assessment process and results (pdf files).

• 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.
• Reporting guide and evaluation rubric for administrative & support units (pdf files).
• 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.

Emporia State University: Assessment and Teaching Enhancement Center (Kansas)

• Program assessment of student learning (PASL) reporting plan/template and example (Word documents).
• Policy on general education competency exams and information about the CAAP.
• Information from the assessment committee (older minutes & agendas are Word documents; newer ones are pdf files). Selected handouts are pdf files.
• Information about assessment mini-grants (Word documents) and assessment forum poster sessions (pdf files; the most recent call for posters is a Word document).
• Links to other assessment resources.

Erie Community College (New York)

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

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

• Student academic achievement plan: Overview of assessment at EMCC (Word document).
• General education abilities (outcomes; pdf files unless indicated otherwise)
• Matrix of outcomes* Bloom's developmental levels, and (Word document) interpretation guide.
• Curriculum map (outcomes*courses).
• Assessment cycle (timeline).
• Details about each outcome. Some include rubrics; some include results summaries.
• Information about and from EMCC's comprehensive assessment tracking system (CATS; Word documents & Excel files).
• Assessment Happens newsletters and information about & from annual assessment awareness weeks (pdf, Powerpoint, & video files).
• Resources
• College-wide annual reports (pdf files, Word documents). 
• Assessment committee (SAAC) minutes (Word documents).
• Information about current assessment activities at EMCC.

• 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.

Ferris State University (Michigan)

• Assessment plan.
• Current & previous plans (pdf files).
• Definitions, tips, & an overview of FSU assessment activities.
• General education assessment, including Academic Profile/Proficiency Profile and 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; the general education learning outcomes committees pages include FSU's general education outcomes).
• Best practices from FSU courses and programs (pdf files).
• Ferris presents: Material from on-campus workshops and faculty reports from assessment conferences (pdf and Powerpoint files).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Student Affairs' assessment plan and (pdf files) summary reports, newsletter, and survey data.

• Overview of assessment at FAMU.
• FAQ.
• 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 communications:
• Reports on assessment activities & status (institutional and ALC reports are Word documents & Excel files; annual reports are restricted to FAMU faculty & staff).
• Newsletter (pdf files, Word documents).
• Policies & procedures for assessment activities (Word documents).
• Minutes from institution-wide and general-education assessment committees (Word documents; the policies and guidelines are a pdf file).
• Assessment instruments results 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.
• Instruments includes access (for FAMU students) to online surveys, Word documents with other surveys, and (pdf files) NSSE results.
• Rubrics and focus group guidelines for general education outcomes (pdf files).
• 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: Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Analysis

• 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. Also see the guidelines for compliance with SACS requirements and the assessment reporting schedule.
• General education outcomes.
• Links to resources about rubrics.
• Results from surveys of students & alumni, including NSSE results (html pages, pdf & Powerpoint files).

• 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).
• Information about surveys in use at FGCU and tips for designing and using surveys.
• External assessments: Reports from institution-wide surveys, including NSSE results (pdf, Excel & Powerpoint files).
• Resources:
• Academic units' learning outcomes (pdf file).
• Reporting timeline (pdf file) and ALC questionnaire (template; an Excel file).
• Templates (pdf files) and presentations (Powerpoint files) for assessment plans & reports.
• Administrative & support units' annual reports and proposed assessments (pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources.

Florida Institute of Technology: Office of Institutional Compliance

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

• 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.)

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

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.
• Rubric for evaluating assessment plans (pdf file).
• Assessment cycle calendar (pdf file).
• Reporting forms (Word documents). Access to WEAVEonline is restricted to Gallaudet faculty & staff.
• Syllabus template (Word documents) and examples (Word document, pdf file).
• 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 document, 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).