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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.

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.
• Also see What is "Good" Assessment? A Synthesis of Principles of Good Practice.

• From the New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability and endorsed by a number of national higher education organizations (pdf file).

• 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 (see the notes in the list below). 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 conference (see Annual Conferences and Resource Room / Conference Resources).

• 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.
• Discussion forums (under Community) for AEA members.
• EVALTALK online discussion list (under Community).

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.

• 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, North Carolina State University (scroll down to the list of links), 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 Unit Assessment Handbook (University of Central Florida, pdf file).
• Assessment Guide for Administrative and Academic Support Units (The American University in Cairo, pdf file).
• Administrative and Educational Support Units Assessment Handbook (Southwestern University, Word document).
• Handbook for Program Assessment in Administrative/Educational Support Units (Western Carolina University, pdf file).
• FAQ about assessment for non-academic & support staff (Arkansas Tech University).
• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the
• July 2008 thread Learning Outcomes Assessment in Student Services, initiated by Rose Myers.
• August 2011 thread SLOs for non-academic departments, initiated by Carol Lerch, and the related 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.
• 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 Assessment 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.

• 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.
• September 2011 thread Faculty Evaluation of Annual Assessment Reports, initiated by Donna Vinton.
• Periodic assessment reports (often received and responded to by an assessment committee).
• 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.
• The July 2009 thread What's in your annual assessment reports?, initiated by Pat Williams.
• The March 2010 thread Posting assessment docs, initiated by Jayne Swanson.
• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the 
• October 2010 thread rubrics to evaluate quality of assessment, initiated by Keston Fulcher.
• January 2012 thread Dean's Role in Reviewing Assess Reports, initiated by Kathleen Morley.

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
  • Butler University (pdf file)
  • California State University,  Los Angeles (pdf file, scroll down for RFP details)
  • 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)
  • Central Michigan University (Word document)
  • Cleveland State University (Word documents).
  • Duquesne University (html pages, Word & Excel files)
  • Emporia State University (Word documents, pdf file)
  • Ferris State University
  • 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)
  • Marietta College (pdf file), with a list of grant-funded projects
  • Meredith College (the mini-grant links did not work when last checked)
  • Mesa Community College
  • Miami University (see small assessment projects)
  • Northern Arizona University (Word document)
  • Oakland University (Word document) 
  • Oklahoma State University (html pages, Word document, pdf file)
  • Pennsylvania State University (mostly html pages, some pdf files)
  • St. Cloud State University (html pages, Word documents)
  • St. Olaf College (html page, Word document; the reports are restricted to St. Olaf faculty & staff)
  • San Jose State University (see pdf files LPP grant packet and internal grants information)
  • Shepherd University (html page and Word document)
  • Texas Tech University (Word documents)
  • Truman State University (project reports are pdf files)
  • University of California-Irvine (pdf files)
  • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
  • University of Dayton (Word documents)
  • University of Nebraska at Kearney's funding for assessment-related research & travel (pdf files).
  • University of Northern Iowa
  • University of Rhode Island
  • University of Virginia (pdf file)
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (the call for proposals is a pdf file)
  • Virginia Tech
  • Waubonsee Community College
  • Weber State University
  • Western Michigan University (pdf files)

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,  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.
• 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. (Select View Journal on Wiley Online Library.  Articles may be available online through your college/university library.)
  • Web Corner columns are available online (1997-2002, updated in 2004).
• 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
• From the Virginia Assessment Group (pdf files).

• 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.
• The Lighter Side of Assessment, from Southeastern Illinois College.

• 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 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.
• Still to come: User-contributed assessment-practice examples.
• Bibliography and links to other resources. Includes resources not usually found in U.S.-based lists.

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 metarubrics for a variety of general education skills & dispositions, based on reviews of  rubrics from many campuses.
• Bowling Green State University.
• Brenau University (most are Word documents).
• California State University, Fresno, with suggestions for developing and using rubrics (pdf files).
• Northern Arizona University. Scroll down to Sample rubrics for the liberal studies skills.
• Palomar College. Select benchmarks.
• State University of New York rubrics & examples (anchor responses) for campus-based general education assessment (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).
• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (Word documents). Note: See UW-Eau Claire's site for a more recent set of general education outcomes.
• Washington State University rubric for critical thinking.
• 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.
  • Assessment and Rubric Information: Examples of evaluation scales/rubrics for various student and faculty activities.
  • 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.
• Waubonsee Community College's guide to developing rubrics (pdf file).
• Issues in creating effective rubrics
• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, the March 2010 thread Centering and Rasch analysis, initiated by David Eubanks, deals with several issues about using rubrics & analyzing rating-scale results.
• Popham (1997), What's wrong -- and what's right -- with rubrics? (pdf file).
• 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 (draft, pdf file).

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 assessment in higher education. Back issues are available online.

Association of American Colleges & Universities

• AAC&U's assessment initiatives: multi-institution research on assessment approaches and impacts.
• AAC&U's assessment-related publications, meetings, and institutes.
• Links to other assessment resources.

Automated essay grading

• 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.

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.

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:
  • Middle Tennessee State University, with suggestions for using the techniques to assess the impact of classroom technology
  • Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas
  • Waubonsee Community College (pdf file)
• 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.
• Technology Applied to Classroom Assessment, from the National Teaching and Learning Forum.
  • Links to online resources about classroom assessment and technology-enhanced classroom assessment.

• Data from institutions that stress online programs, including engagement (NSSE) and alumni satisfaction results. Program-level information includes learning outcomes and assessment methods.
• From the Transparency By  Design initiative.

• 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. Scroll down to the Evidence of Learning and Catalyst for Change reports (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.
• In the Version 2 Draft Standard, see the PS (postsecondary) Data Standard.

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 and (pdf) publications.
• 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. A November 2008 report from USA Today has college-by-college benchmark results.

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
  • Illinois State University
  • Rochester Institute of Technology (scroll down to Assessment Conferences)
  • University of Nebraska at Kearney

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
• Christina Leimer
• College Matters: Marylin Newell
• Marilee Bresciani
• EduMetry
• Faculty Development Associates: Richard Lyons & Associates
• FASI-Online: See Services.
• Hawkins Strategies Group
• HigherEdAssessment.com: Ephraim Schechter
• Insight Assessment: Peter & Noreen Facione & Associates
• JA Somerville
• The Kelley Assessment and Planning Services (KAPS): Larry Kelley
• The Learning Organization focuses on outcomes-based teaching & learning (Ruth Stiehl & Les Lewchuck)
• Linda Suskie
• Mary Bold & Lillian Chenowith
• The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)
• PAC Productions: Patty Castelli
• Peggy Maki Associates
• REAP Change Consultants: Stephen Maack & Associates
• Steven Crow (S. D. Crow & Co., LLC)
• Solutions Oriented Consulting: Maggie Culp
• STEPS for Assessment
• Steve Ehrmann
• Take the Credit, LLC: Richard Laramy and Associates, see Accreditation Philosophy
• Teresa Flateby
• Underwood Consulting: David G. & Susan J. Underwood
  
• Virginia S. Lee & Associates
• The Voorhees Group: Richard Voorhees & Associates
• Wabash Teagle Assessment Scholars

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 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.

EDUCAUSE Transformative Assessment Project

• From EDUCAUSE's National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII). Note: The project is no longer active.
• Definitions and primary research questions.
• Links to related resources and readings.

• 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.
• 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.

• Projects from the Lumina Foundation
• The Degree 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.
• Tuning USA
• Pilot project to define learning outcomes for specific disciplines.
• Based on the Bologna Process methodology (see Non-US projects, below).
• 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 Handbook home page includes a report on the Process' first decade (1999-2010; a large pdf file).
• 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. See especially Sections II (Practice) and III (Confidentiality).
• Ethical Standards of the AERA (American Educational Research Association; this document was not available when last checked).
• 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.
• 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 Council of Graduate Schools' project on preparing future faculty to assess student learning.
• Overview of the project. (The project monograph is available for purchase.)
• Links to other assessment resources.
• 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 What Should Count?
• 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

• Assessment & Curriculum Glossary, from Madison Area Technical College (pdf file)
• 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 Terminology, from Northeastern Illinois University's Student Affairs Assessment Committee (pdf file)
• Assessment Terminology, from Coconino Community College
• Assessment Terms, from Northern Illinois University
• 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
• CRESST Assessment Glossary, from UCLA's National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing
• 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 Columbus State Community College
• Glossary, from Miami University
• Glossary, from Montgomery College
• Glossary, from The American University in Cairo
• 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 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, 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 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)
• SLO Terminology Glossary, from the California Community Colleges Academic Senate (pdf file)
• Strategic Outcomes Assessment Review and Report: Key Terms, from Tidewater Community College
• 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 (scroll down to item #9), Emory University (scroll down to "Why can't we use grades?"), Minnesota State University, Mankato, Niagara University (see the last item), Pennsylvania State University, Stanford University, SUNY-Geneseo (item #7), the University of Alaska Southeast, the University of Idaho (pdf file; scroll down to "Why aren't grades enough?") and the University of Texas System.
  • 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",
  • 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?", and
  • the University of Massachussetts-Amherst's assessment handbook (find the section on "Assessment and grading" in this pdf document).
  • 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.
  • The April 2010 thread Use of grades as indirect measures, initiated by Kathleen Morley.

• Some of the individual institutions' assessment-related pages (below) include include assessment plans and processes for graduate programs.
• Assessment and Review of Graduate Programs: A policy statement. From the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). (Not available online. To order the policy statement, select CGS Publications, then Online Bookstore.)
• 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.
• 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.
• Larick & Carter, 2006 CGS Annual Meeting (pdf file).

• 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 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 (select the specializations from the menu).

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see the June 2008 thread IR and Assessment Office Organizational Structure Question, initiated by Kevork Horissian.
• 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? In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, see: 
• The March 2009 thread Two queries re: assessment coordinators, initiated by Christopher Fauske.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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).

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.
• Standards for Success (a large pdf file)
• An AAU/Pew project to
•  identify knowledge/skills for success in entry-level college/university courses and
• map correspondence between those standards and state high school assessments.
• The project is no longer active. This report describes the project and 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.

• From the American Council on Education.
• Links to & brief descriptions of major projects.
• Some of the projects are mentioned elsewhere in this list (Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment). E.g.: OECD's AHELO project, the New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability, Tuning USA, and the Voluntary System of Accountability.

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 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) compares U.S. 4th & 8th graders with students from other countries.
  

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 example of the report that is prepared for each institution.
  • A list of participating institutions and information about enrolling in the project.

• NILOA focuses on identifying & promoting effective assessment practices.
• NILOA Resources include:
• Information about and 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 regularly-changing featured website available from the home page illustrates good "transparency" practice.
• Assessment Resources include:
• A bibliography (see Papers, articles, & presentations).
• Links to other assessment sites and to information about:
• Nationally standardized assessment instruments.
• Portfolio assessment.
• Assessment conferences & workshops.
• Regional & specialized accreditation.
• Assessment awards from national associations.
• Related projects & organizations.

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 Study of Living-Learning Programs

• Information about this project on the effectiveness of living-learning programs, and results from completed studies.

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.
• 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)
• 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.
• 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.
• Assessment Matters, from the University of Nevada-Reno Office of University Assessment.
• 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.
• Authentic Assessment, from Andrew McCann at Subjective Metrics.
• 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 Johnson C. Smith University. David's Assessment Blogs page pulls together posts from several of the blogs in this list.
• Higher Ed Assessment, from Mary Bold.
• Program Assessment of Student Learning, from Gloria Rogers at ABET.
• Linda Suskie's website includes a blog.
• StudentVoice's user community has several blogs about assessment.
• Discussion lists
• Subscribing to email discussion lists
  • Send an email message to the listserver for the list to which you want to subscribe. The message should say
        subscribe list-name your-first-name your-last-name
        (e.g.: subscribe assess John Smith)
    and have nothing in the Subject: line and no "signature" at the bottom.
  • After you've subscribed, send the one-word message
        help
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• ASSESS
  • Topic: assessment in higher education.
  • Listserver: listserv@lsv.uky.edu (University of Kentucky).
  • The searchable archive also has online forms that you can use to join and post to the list.
• EVALTALK
  • Topic: Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products, and organizations to improve their effectiveness. Many threads relevant to outcomes assessment.
  • From the American Evaluation Association.
  • Lots of traffic. To avoid clogging your inbox, have your email program automatically put Evaltalk messages into a separate folder/mailbox.
  • The searcheable archive (hosted at the University of Alabama) has an online form you can use to join and post to the list.
• 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.
• 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. The DDP is restricted to Alverno students, faculty, & staff.
• Günter Krumme in the University of Washington Geography Department has posted information about learning portfolios at UW, in the department, and at other institutions.
• 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, requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or better).
• Truman State University portfolio project: FAQ, portfolio prompts, and portfolio guidelines for students and faculty.
• University of Denver Portfolio Community. Guest registration allows browsing.
• 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
  • 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 Learning Achievement 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.
• Content-analysis.de's annotated links to qualitative analysis software packages and other information about content-analysis methods.

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 January 2012 thread Learning Outcomes Dashboards initiated by David Strohmetz.

Service-learning and assessment

• Assessment links from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse.

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 for the past few years 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.
  
  • ActiveCampaign's survey software.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Vovici survey tools.
• 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 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.

SHEEO: State Higher Education Executive Officers

• National Commission on Accountability in 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.
• Network News newsletter:
  • Focus on Educational Accountability (April 2005). Recommendations include coordinated emphasis on learning outcomes and assessment. (pdf file)
  • Focus on Assessment of Student Learning (January 2002). State and national perspectives on assessment. Links to web resources. (pdf file)
  • Focus on Teacher Preparation (May 1999). Includes information on existing or proposed accreditation approaches, links to Web resources. (pdf file)
  • Focus on Performance Management (February 1998). State performance indicators and performance-based funding initiatives. (Not online but available from SHEEO.)

• CHEA report: State Uses of Accreditation: Results of a Fifty-State Inventory (pdf file).
• Measuring Up "report card"
• From the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. Scoring categories include preparation for and participation in higher education, 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.
• 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.
• NILOA report: Connecting State Policies on Assessment with Institutional Assessment Activity.

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 (pf & 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.
• New Mexico Higher Education Assessment Association
  • Information about NMHEAA and statewide assessment conferences.
• North Carolina Community College Learning Outcomes Assessment Group
• NCCCLOAG blog.
• Official stuff: By-laws (Word document), meeting minutes (pdf files).
• Material from NCCCLOAG assessment institutes.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Virginia Assessment Group
  • About VAG.
  • Conferences, workshops, and session handouts (pdf, Powerpoint, and Word files).
  • Online journal Research & Practice in Assessment (pdf files).
  • Assessment-related employment notices from Virginia colleges & universities.
  • Links to other assessment resources. The list on the left has materials from VAG conferences & workshops (pdf, Powerpoint, and Word files).

StudentTracker, from the National Student Clearinghouse

• Tracks students' enrollment across institutions, regardless of state and college/university-system boundaries.
• Approximately 3,000 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 research using NCS data as a proxy for a "national enrollment database."
• Only participating institutions have access to the Clearinghouse's services. The fee for Student Tracker depends on your institution's enrollment.

• 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.
• 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.
• aPlus+, from Cobek, for organizing & summarizing assignment details & grades.
• 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. (This was formerly StudentVoice.)
• ComplianceAssist! 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.
• 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 at Johnson C. Smith University.
• 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.
• STEPS for Assessment: System to collect data and organize & report outcomes, rubrics, results, etc.
• TaskStream's Accountability Management System (AMS) to organize, review, & summarize assessment information, and Learning Achievement Tools (LAT) 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. Note: this site disables your browser's (B)ack button.
• 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.

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.

VaNTH ERC Assessment & Evaluation Projects

• VaNTH ERC: an engineering research center in bioengineering and learning sciences, from Vanderbilt University, Northwestern University, the University of Texas at Austin and the Health Science and Technology Program of Harvard and MIT.
• The Research / Thrusts in assessment & evaluation, learning technology, and learning science have information about projects that link assessment with knowledge about how people learn.

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

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.

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 Program Assessment Handbook (Appalachian State University, pdf file).
• Administrative Unit Assessment Handbook (University of Central Florida, pdf file).
• Administrative and Educational Support Units Assessment Handbook (Southwestern University, Word document).
• As Easy as Apple Pie: A Baker's Guide to Assessment Plan Development (Georgia Institute of Technology)
• Assessing Student Learning in Higher Education (Bakersfield College)
• 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 (College of Charleston, pdf file)
• Assessment Guidebook for Departments (Bridgewater State College)
• Assessment Guidelines (Tiffin University, pdf file)
• Assessment Handbook (Cochise College; pdf file).
• Assessment Handbook (Division of Student Services, Metropolitan State College of Denver; pdf file)
• Assessment Handbook (Indiana University Southeast; pdf files)
• Assessment Handbook (Lac Courte Orielles Ojibwe Community College, pdf file)
• Assessment Handbook (Morningside College; pdf files)
• Assessment Handbook (New Mexico Highlands University, pdf file)
• Assessment Handbook (Occidental College, pdf file)
• Assessment Handbook (Paradise Valley Community College; scroll down to menu of handbook chapters [pdf files])
• Assessment Handbook (Skidmore College)
• 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 Manual (Northern Illinois University)
• Assessment planning for academic programs: A practical workbook and Assessment reporting for academic programs: A practical workbook (Arizona State University, pdf files)
• 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 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 for Faculty (Community College of Allegheny County, pdf file)
• Assessment Tools (Stanford University, pdf files)
• 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 Univ.)
• 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)
• Course- and program-level Assessment Guides (Rochester Institute of Technology, pdf files)
• Course and Program Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Handbook (Santa Rosa Junior College, pdf file)
• 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.
• The FAQ from the University of Texas System includes many common questions about jargon, how assessing a program is different from other assessment that faculty do, etc.
• 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 Outcomes Assessment (San Jose State University, pdf file)
• Guide to Student Outcomes Assessment (California State University, Fresno)
• Handbook (St. Cloud State University)
• Handbook for Program Outcomes Assessment (Oklahoma City Community College, pdf file)
• Handbooks for course-level and program-level assessment (Texas  Tech University, pdf files)
• 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)
• Managing a Program of Outcomes Assessment. A workshop presented by Fred Volkwein at the 1998 Association for Institutional Research annual forum.
• Missouri Assessment Consortium Handbook
• 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 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).
• The Path to Achievement and Excellence in Assessing Student Learning: Sharing Our Best Practices, (Northern Arizona University, pdf file)
• 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; if you use the Firefox browser you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or higher to load this file properly). The Quick Guide to Reporting (pdf file) supplements the handbook.
• WEAVE Quality Enhancement Guide (Virginia Commonwealth University; pdf file)
• Workbooks for course-level, program-level, and basic-skills assessment (Cabrillo College, pdf files).

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: In the Document Library, select Browse by Category. Then select Educational Effectiveness Review and check "Rubric" in the Type list. See the Program learning outcomes rubric, the General education assessment rubric, the Capstone rubric, the Portfolio rubric, and the Program review rubric (pdf files).
• The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)'s rubric to evaluate the effectiveness of assessment processes. Select Publications & Policies, then All Commission Publications and Policies. In the rubric, see Part III: Student Learning Outcomes (pdf file).

• 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.

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), North Carolina State University: Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs, St. Cloud State University, Skidmore College, Stephen F. Austin State University, and the University at Albany. (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 standards and quality, then subject benchmark statements).

Nationally-standardized assessments of undergraduate majors

• Area Concentration Achievement Tests (ACAT).
• Major Field Tests (MFT) from ETS.

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

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
  • A Framework for ICT Literacy, from ETS' International ICT Literacy Panel.
  • Bay Area Community Colleges information competency assessment instrument.
  • 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.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 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
• Alabama State University: College of Business Administration
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. This CIP project overview (pdf file) has more details.

 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). 
• Quantitative reasoning and scientific reasoning tests from Madison Assessment.
• Rubrics for scientific reasoning &/or scientific literacy
• In the ASSESS discussion-list archive, select July 2009 and scroll down to the 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).
  • SAUM 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.
• 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.
• Middle Tennessee State University's suggestions for using classroom assessment techniques to examine the impact of classroom technology.

• 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 (pdf files) 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 Academic Planning and Evaluation
• Calendar and feedback report: Annual assessment timeline and evaluation rubric (Word documents).
• Calendar of on-campus workshops (Word document).
• Manual and guide for using WEAVEonline to report assessment plans & results (pdf files; WEAVEonline access is restricted to ASU faculty & staff).
•  College of Business Administration Student Outcome Assessment Program (SOAP): About COBA's outcomes assessment process.

• 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. The DDP is restricted to Alverno students, faculty, & staff.
• Ability-based curriculum and core abiities (general education outcomes).

American Public University System

• Note: When last checked, this site's second-level pages loaded very slowly.
• 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.
• Institutional assessment
• AU assessment plan (pdf file).
• Institutional research data & links.
• Information about surveys used at AU, including 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, an assessment reporting template (Word document), and (pdf files) template instructions and a rubric for evaluating assessment plans.
• Resources
• Guidelines and reporting instructions (see above).
• 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: Other assessment plans & reports, and descriptions of assessment-related activities.

Andrews University: Office of Institutional Assessment (Michigan)

• About Andrews' senior survey and exit tests. (The report is a 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 from surveys of students (pdf files) 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).
• Assessment committee minutes (pdf files).
• Individual academic programs' assessment plans & reports (pdf files).
• ACC best practices examples (pdf file).
• The Institutional Research site includes results from student surveys (pdf files).

Arizona State University: Office of University Evaluation and Educational Effectiveness

• Assessment
• Timeline & instructions for assessment results.
• Assessment handbooks (assessment planning workbook and assessment reporting workbook, pdf files).
• Examples of assessment plans from ASU academic programs (Word documents).
• 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 (pdf & Excel files, Word documents) and some units' program review reports (pdf files).
• 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 2001 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)

• 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.

• Open book reports include results from NSSE and from surveys of students & alumni.
• Fuller reports, linked at the bottom of each page, are pdf files.
• Results from institutional research assessment studies are restricted to Augustana faculty & staff.

• Note: All of these are pdf files unless indicated otherwise.
• Assessment handbook and glossary (terms).
• The college-wide effectiveness reports include some learning outcomes, assessment methods, & results.
• 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.

Ball State University: Office of Academic Assessment and Institutional Research (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.
• Information about BSU's writing proficiency exam.
• Statistics: Institutional research reports. Note: Department reports are restricted to BSU faculty & staff.
• Links to other resources.

• Institutional: Core competencies (general education outcomes) and (pdf file) pilot report on assessment plan.
• Divisions: Student learning outcomes, assessment plans, and some (pdf files) program review reports for academic programs. Assessment plans & reports for student services & administrative units were not available when last checked.
• Training: A conference presentation on administrative unit outcomes assessment (pdf file). Information about on-campus assessment training opportunities and resources was not available when last checked.
• Links to other resources include:
• BCC annual assessment report (Word document) and conference presentations (Powerpoint & video files, Word documents).
• Other assessment resources.

• 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 07-09 comparison is a pdf file).
• Links to information about Kansas' state-wide general education (core competency) assessment process and to resources about classroom assessment techniques.

• 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 (Word document) 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.

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).

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 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 (pdf files).
• Links to other resources.

Borough of Manhattan Community College: Institutional Research and Assessment

• BMCC assessment plan (pdf file).
  
• Resources include links to articles, "crib sheets," and IEA assessment-reporting forms for academic and support units (pdf files unless otherwise noted).
• Results from student surveys (pdf files) and information about CCSSE.
• General education assessment
• General education assessment plan (pdf file) and Powerpoint presentation.
• Brochure for students about general education learning outcomes (pdf file).
• Links to related articles (pdf files).
• The general education resource center was not available when last checked.

• 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 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 (Word documents).
• 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).
• Assessment newsletter (pdf files).
• Resources include:
• Schedule of on-campus assessment workshops (Word document).
• Guidelines for creating & using curriculum maps (pdf file, Word document).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Division assessment documents are restricted to BCC faculty & staff.
• General education assessment includes
• History of general education planning & assessment at BCC.
• 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.
• The goals and educational outcomes (institution-wide [general education] and program-specific learning outcomes) were not available when last checked.
• Templates for academic and administrative department assessment plans (pdf files)
• Sample departmental assessment plan, and several departments' plans (pdf files).
• Assessment Updates: Guides to assessment methods -- developing an assessment plan, using embedded assessment, etc. (pdf and Powerpoint documents)
• Links to assessment resources, including selected departmental assessment plans from other institutions.

Buena Vista University (Iowa)

• BVU's assessment plan.
• 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)

• Assessment plan and history of assessment at BSC (pdf file).
• Assessment reports, including NSSE results (pdf files unless otherwise noted).
• Academic Affairs assessment, including:
• BSC principles of assessment.
• Intellectual foundations (general education) outcomes and overview of assessment process.
• Overview of assessment process for academic majors.
• Assessment Matters online newsletter (pdf file), including:
• Report summaries.
• Intellectual foundations (general education) outcomes assessed during the current year.
• Assessment-related articles.
• Link to assessment resources (this site).
• Guidelines for periodic academic program review (pdf file).

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 (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.
• Resources/Data includes
• Assessment cycle, guidelines for developing student learning outcomes, and reporting templates for course- and program-level assessment (pdf file, Word documents).
• The program level resources page includes BC's general education outcomes (pdf file).
• The curriculum committee website include information about periodic program review (Word document).
• Assessment glossary.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Online newsletter (pdf files).

• 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 are pdf files & Word documents; reporting forms are Word documents).
• Workbooks (handbooks) for course- and program-level assessment (pdf files).
• Information about & from the assessment committee, including (pdf files) reports.
• 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 & Excel files, Word documents, 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: 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.
• Recent stories of successful learning are pdf files. Annual reports & older stories are restricted to CPP faculty & staff.

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 Francisco State, San Jose State, San Marcos, Sonoma State, and Stanislaus.

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

• Assessment reports, including NSSE & CLA results (Excel & 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.
• Links to other assessment resources.

California State University, Dominguez Hills

• Reports & summaries include:
• Reporting templates (Word documents).
• 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).
• Links to assessment resources.

California State University, East Bay

• Assessment responsibilities at CSUEB (pdf file).
• General education and individual academic programs' learning outcomes and assessment methods (Word documents).
• General education and some majors' assessment reports (pdf files, Word documents).
• Chapters 2 & 3 in CSUEB's WASC educational effectiveness review overview the university's assessment activities (pdf files).

California State University, Fresno: Institutional Research, Assessment & Planning

• Student outcomes assessment projects (SOAPS) policy, overview, and examples. Individual programs' SOAPS are Word documents and 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.
• 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: 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).
• 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 and plan (pdf files).
• 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.
• Program review report (pdf file).
• Report on general education assessment (Word document, Excel file).
• Reports from older general education assessment projects (some html files, some pdf files).
• 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 and general education (GE; pdf file) outcomes.
• 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).
• 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).
• 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

• 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.)
• Information about academic program review: 
• Guidelines & examples (pdf files, Word documents).
• Timeline & course*outcomes matrix template (Excel files).
• Departments' review status (Excel files) and program portfolios.
• Resources include:
• Material from on-campus workshop (Powerpoint and audiovisual files).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Minutes and reports from CSUSM's assessment committee (Word documents).
• Results from surveys of students & alumni, including NSSE data (pdf & Excel files, Word documents).

California State University, Stanislaus: Office of Assessment and Quality Assurance

• Overview and principles of assessment at CSUS.
• University-wide assessment methods: Information about national & local surveys and exams (pdf files).
• Additional details, and information about periodic program review for academic and support units, and about surveys used by some individual academic programs, is available from CSUS's Institutional ePortfolio. Most documents are pdf files.
• Information about and summaries of results from assessment of administrative & support units (pdf files, Word documents).
• Assessment resources:
• pdf documents with:
• An assessment workbook (handbook).
• An annotated bibliography of assessment materials in the university library.
• An assessment glossary.
• Links to other assessment resources (this page).
• Information about assessment grants (pdf files).
• Related links include
• Assessment of student learning, with:
• Program-level assessment reports (Word documents).
• Assessment principles.
• Links to many of the documents mentioned above.
• General education outcomes, assessment processes, and reports (pdf file).
• The Office of Institutional Research site, with CSUS's College Portrait (pdf file).

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

• Overview of CU institutional effectiveness and program assessment processes.
• Assessment calendar and information about mini-grants (pdf files).
• General education outcomes & assessment process.
• NSSE results (pdf file).
• Oklahoma State Regents (OSRHE) annual assessment reports include summaries of  institutions' processes & results (pdf files).
• Access to WEAVEonline is restricted to CU faculty & staff.

• Results from surveys of students & alumni (pdf files).
• Program Review & Renewal
• Guidelines for defining learning outcomes and developing & implementing outcomes assessment processes.
• 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.)
• Still to come: 
• Institutional (general education) student learning outcomes (SLOs).
• SLOs & assessments from individual academic programs and some administrative & support units. (The Sharepoint website is restricted to Cañada faculty & staff.)
• Worksheets & reporting forms (most are Word documents).
• Information about & from the assessment committee (Word documents).
• Updates
• Still to come: FAQ.
• Online newsletter (Word documents, pdf files).
• Information about & from a campus session on assessment processes & results (pdf file, 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 the TracDat assessment management system (TracDat access is restricted to Cañada faculty & staff).
• Links to other assessment resources (pdf, Powerpoint, and audio-visual [swf] files, Word documents, links).

Capital Community College (Connecticut)

• CCC policy & general procedures for assessment.
• Templates for reporting course and program goals, outcomes, & assessment methods (pdf files).
• General education goals, assessment methods, and results (some html pages, some pdf files).
• Overviews, guidelines, & suggestions (some html pages, some pdf files, some Powerpoint files).
• The  institutional assessment portfolio is restricted to CCC faculty & staff.
• Assessment committee members and minutes (the minutes are Word documents; only older ones are available) .

• History of assessment at CMU.
• Whys & hows
• Tips & guidelines for program & classroom assessment.
• Glossary.
• Reporting template & example (pdf file).
• Information from & about CMU's assessment task force (ATF, pdf files).
• The Middle States self-study report is restricted to CMU faculty & staff.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Examples of assessment tools from CMU programs.
• 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.
• CPCC's accountability reports to the North Carolina Community College System include student survey and progress data (Word documents & Powerpoint presentations.)

• Program information: Status of individual academic programs' assessment plans (Excel files).
• Documents/forms include:
• University assessment policy (pdf file) and assessment overview.
• Assessment reporting process & form (Word document).
• Rubric for evaluating assessment plans (pdf file).
• Shared vocabulary: brief glossary of assessment terms (pdf file).
• Information about academic program review (Word documents and pdf files).
• Application for assessment mini-grants (pdf file).
• Resources include:
• Toolkit: Guidelines and tips for developing and implementing assessment plans (Word documents & pdf files).
• Assessment resources available in CMU's library
• Links to assessment resources.
• Help: Materials from on-campus workshops (most are pdf files).
• About WEAVEonline at CMU. (WEAVE access is restricted to CMU faculty & staff.)
• Information from and about assessment committees at CMU (agendas & minutes are pdf files).

• 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: Tips for SLO assessment & reporting.
• 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.
• A matrix mapping program SLOs to Chaffey's core competencies (general education outcomes).

Chandler-Gilbert Community College (Arizona)

• History of assessment at CGCC (Word document).
• Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee (SLOAC) minutes are restricted to CGCC faculty & staff.
• General education student learning outcomes and information (Word documents) about funding for summer assessment projects..
• CGCC outcomes assessment
• Assessment plans & reports, including One Good Question instructions & reports (pdf & Powerpoint files, Word documents).
• Instructional goals (Word documents).
• Assessment newsletters (Word documents).
• Examples of assessment rubrics and assignments (pdf files).
• Summary reports for the Maricopa County CC District (MCCCD) and HLC (pdf files).

• Primary functions
• Overview of and (pdf file) timeline for annual academic assessment report.
• Information about periodic academic program review (pdf files).
• Overview of assessment of CNU's liberal learning (general education) curriculum (pdf file).
• Still to come: Assessment reports.
• Overview of SACS accreditation.
• Information about & from CNU's implementation of the IDEA system for student evaluation of faculty & courses (Word documents, pdf files).
• Information for faculty
• Student assessment plan: Overview of CNU's assessment activities (pdf file).
• About WEAVEonline.
• About & from CNU's implementation of the IDEA system for student evaluation of faculty & courses (Word documents, pdf files).
• About assessment liaisons & the assessment committee.
• Information for administrative & support units
• Assessment schedule and rubric: Overview and (pdf file) rubric used to evaluate assessment plans.
• About WEAVEonline.
• About assessment liaisons.
• Information for students
• Overview of outcomes assessment at CNU.
• Still to come: Summary results.
• About CNU's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP).
• Links to other assessment resources includes a roadmap (table) of CNU's assessment activities & timeline (pdf file).

• Assessment process and plan
• Overview of assessment at CSCC, and (pdf file) annual summary 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).
• Assessment 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 (Note: These pages were not available when last checked.)
• 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 and schedule for the Annual Assessment Record reporting process. 
• 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 & MAPP, and a (pdf file) summary of Clemson's recent 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.
• 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.

• 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 agenda and minutes are restricted to Cochise faculty & staff.
• Assessment plans and reports from individual academic programs (pdf files).
• Annual Excellence in Assessment awards.
• General education outcomes and assessment plan.
• Results from student surveys (pdf files; some are restricted to Cochise faculty & staff). CCSSE results were not available when last checked.
• 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 presentation 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) 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).
• Template and evaluation rubric for assessment plans & reports (also available as Word documents).
• Individual academic and administrative/support units' assessment plans & reports (pdf files).
• Information about & results from surveys of students & alumni (html pages, pdf files).
• Information from & about the assessment committee (minutes are pdf files).
• The ComplianceAssist assessment management tool is restricted to COC faculty & staff.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Philosophy of assessment at CSM.
• Assessment plan (Word document).
• Student learning outcomes
• General education outcomes.
• Course-level outcomes from some CSM degree programs (pdf files) and outcomes for some certificate programs.
• Resources include:
• Reporting matrices (pdf files).
• Guidelines, handouts, and handbooks (pdf files; some were not available when last checked).
• Links to other assessment resources.

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

• Process of institutional effectiveness (PIE): Description, examples, and tips.
• The PIES database includes outcomes and assessment methods for academic programs and administrative/support units.
• Process & schedules for periodic program reviews (pdf files).
• General education requirements, learning expectations (outcomes), and information about W&M's course-portfolio review process.
• Links to other assessment resources.

College of Wooster (Ohio)

• The main page is structured as a blog and includes some assessment results. So does the online newsletter (pdf files).
• Some academic programs' web pages have learning outcomes and assessment plans & results (pdf files; you may need to click through to the department's website).
• Pages of links to other assessment resources. These include some Wooster departments' learning goals.

• 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.

Columbus State Community College (Ohio)

• Assessment toolbox
• CSCC assessment plan and handbook (pdf files).
• Toolbox
• FAQ and other resources.
• Glossary.
• Forms for reporting and reviewing assessment plans (pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• General education and degree program learning outcomes.
• Rubrics for general education outcomes.
• Roles of various assessment committees. Committee minutes are mostly Word documents.
• Professional development includes links to other assessment resources. Some of the presentations from on-campus workshops were not available when last checked.

• 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 file).
• 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) information
• The pdf file Assessing General Education includes goals for the general education program. The program-level assessment page (see below) has CCBC's core competencies (general education outcomes).
• Checklist and rubric for assessment projects, and some project reports (pdf files).
• MAPP 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 Learning Outcomes Assessment 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 (agendas & minutes are restricted to Concordia faculty & staff).
• pdf files with 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.
• Review form (rubric) for assessment plans (Word document).
• 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.
• 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 & html files, 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).

Delaware Valley College (Pennsylvania)

• Overview and history of assessment at DelVal, and the college assessment plan. The compendium of best works is a brief overview of assessment activities.
• Institutional (general education) outcomes.
• Tips for developing assessment plans.
• Still to come (links were not active when last checked):
• Help for developing assessment plans.
• The individual academic departments' assessment profiles were not active when last checked.
• Assessment books and articles available in the DelVal library, and links to other assessment resources.
• Previous survey results from the Office of Institutional Research include NSSE & FSSE (pdf & Excel files).

• Assessment plan (pdf files).
• Tips for developing & implementing assessment (pdf files).
• General education
• Themes are general education learning outcomes.
• Some academic programs' learning outcomes (pdf files).
• Information about the assessment committee.

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 (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).
• 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).
• Links to other assessment resources.
• 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 DACC assessment teas (Powerpoint files).

• University assessment process (pdf file).
• Dimensions of a DU Education (pdf file): General education goals & outcomes. Also see the core curriculum assessment plan (pdf file).
• Forms for assessment plans and annual reports (Word documents). The examples (models) are restricted to DU faculty & staff.
• The outcomes assessment committee's (ALOA) page includes
• Assessment guidelines. 
• Information about assessment mini-grants.
• Bibliography and links to other assessment resources.
• Roadmap to DU assessment resources (Word document).
• Information about academic program review.
• Information about DU's alumni surveys (pdf file; the survey archive is restricted to DU faculty & staff).

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

• Assessment reporting schedule, forms, & instructions for academic and administrative & support units (pdf files, Word documents).
• Resources and peer institutions: Links to other assessment resources. Resources also include books available in ECU's library.
• Information about academic & non-academic program review processes (the links take you to Office of Academic Programs pages; on their menus, select program reviews).
• Information about and results from surveys of students, including NSSE (pdf files).
• Information about TracDat and iWebfolio. Access is restricted to ECU faculty & staff.

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; Word documents).
• 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 (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, pdf files).
• 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

• Assessment of student learning
• Guidelines and templates for departments' assessment plans and reports (pdf files).
• The guidelines and rubrics for general education assessment (pdf files) were not available when last checked.
• Information about assessment components of  EKU's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) on undergraduates' critical & creative thinking (pdf files).
• University assessment: Information about EKU's use of NSSE results. The results themselves were not available when last checked.
• Information from the University Assessment Committee (pdf files).
• Information about using TracDat to organize assessment information (pdf files). TracDat access is restricted to EKU faculty & staff.
• Information about assessment mini-grants and EKU "best-practice" examples (pdf files).
• Resources include:presentations on developing an assessment plan (pdf files), an online newsletter (pdf files), and links to other assessment resources.

Eastern New Mexico University

• Information for students, parents, and community
• The strategic plans include information about assessment at ENMU.
• Assessment methods, results, and rubrics for general education core competencies (pdf files).
• The DataWave online assessment newsletter includes assessment results (pdf files).
• Results from student surveys and standardized assessments, including NSSE and MAPP reports (pdf files).
• Information for faculty and staff is restricted to ENMU employees.

Eastern Oregon University

• University assessment plan (Word document).
• Individual programs' assessment plans & results (pdf files, click a program's assessment cycle & plan).
• General education outcomes, assessment plans, & reports (Word documents).
• Learning outcomes for individual academic programs (ULO) and curriculum maps of program*university outcomes (PLO & GLO). Templates are Word documents; reports are pdf files.

• 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.
• Timeline for developing the assessment process (pdf file).
• Working definitions (glossary of assessment terms)
• Core competencies (general education outcomes) and (Word document) assessment plan. Course-level core competency maps are Excel files.
• Program-level outcomes (pdf file).
• Guidelines (Word document) and deadlines (pdf file) for assessment plans.
• Reporting forms and worksheets for learning outcomes & assessment plans, with examples (Word documents).
• Assessment committee agendas & minutes (pdf files, Word documents).
• Resources include
• ECC outcomes assessment handbooks (Word documents).
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overview of institution-wide assessment activities. The examples are results from surveys of students & alumni (pdf file). Reports & surveys include NSSE results.
• Overview of department-level assessment.

• Overview of assessment at Emory.
• The context of assessment: FAQ about assessment.
• Assessment tools: Links to assessment resources elsewhere (pdf files).
• Assessment timelines and (Word documents) reporting templates for academic and administrative units.
• Information from & about Emory's assessment committees. (Mostly html pages, some  pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources and to material from on-campus workshops (html pages, pdf files, Word documents).
• Survey reports were not available when last checked.

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 html pages; newer ones are Word documents). Selected handouts are pdf files.
• Information about assessment mini-grants (Word documents) and assessment forum poster sessions (pdf files).
• 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)

• Overview of assessment at EMCC.
• 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 the EZ online process for reporting assessment activities. The EZ process itself is restricted to EMCC faculty & staff.
• Information about biannual assessment awareness weeks and Assessment Happens newsletters (Powerpoint, pdf & video files).
• Resources: College-wide annual reports (pdf files, Word documents) and information about current assessment activities at EMCC.

• About PLOAAC.
• University-wide (general education) outcomes (assessment goals) and information about how program (etc.) outcomes are estblished and related.
• 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.
• The assessment calendar by type includes links to:
• Advice & examples for academic program assessment directors (html pages, pdf files, Word document).
• Reports on academic program review, general education assessments, and NSSE results (pdf files). 
• General education assessment, including Academic Profile 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).
• 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).
• Sharing our learning and 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).
• Assessment tools include:
• Templates, examples, and documentation for reporting assessment plans and results (Word documents & Powerpoint presentations) and status reports on assessment reporting (Excel files).
• 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.
• 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

• Academic Learning Compacts have academic programs' 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.
• Information about & from periodic academic program review (Word & rtf documents). The  reporting matrix is a pdf file.
• Results from surveys of students & alumni, including NSSE results (html pages, pdf & Powerpoint files).

• Diagram (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). The links in the right-hand menu did not work when last checked.
• 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, and reports (pdf files) from various FGCU surveys.
• External assessments: Reports from institution-wide surveys, including NSSE results (pdf files, Powerpoint presentations).
• Resources:
• Timelines (pdf files) and Powerpoint presentations on FGCU's assessment process.
• Annual strategic planning reports (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).
• Archived goals and assessment processes for individual academic, administrative, and support units.
• Information about using WEAVEonline. WEAVE access is restricted to Florida Tech faculty & staff.
• Resources related to SACS accreditation.

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

Gateway Community College: Office of Planning, Research & Effectiveness (Arizona)

• Institutional effectiveness plan (pdf file, see pp. 12-14 for an overview of assessment at GCC).
• Student academic achievement assessment plan for assessing general education outcomes (pdf file).

George Mason University: Office of Institutional Assessment (Virginia)

• Assessing general education outcomes. 
• Outcomes & assessment methods for individual general education areas (also available via the competencies link at the bottom of the page). 
• The link Assessing student learning outcomes in general education did not work when last checked. Use the general education link at the bottom of the page instead.
• The Spring assessment updates includes information about current & future assessment-reporting (pdf file).
• Information about periodic academic program review (pdf & Excel files). APR survey results are restricted to GMU faculty & staff.
• Links to online surveys (current online surveys are restricted to GMU students, faculty, & staff; pdf copies of the current & previous surveys are not restricted) and reports (pdf files) from some surveys, including NSSE results. 
• The data resources page includes brief descriptions of the surveys, tips on using the data for assessment and program review, and links to the reports.
• Information about on-campus workshops.
• Information about WEAVEonline. Access to WEAVEonline is restricted to GMU faculty & staff.
• Resources include 
• (Archived) academic units learning goals & assessment methods and a guide to creating learning goals (outcomes). 
• Links to other resources.
• The university life (student affairs) assessment site was not available when last checked.

• Schedule for assessment activities & reports.
• Login to online assessment reporting system (restricted to GCSU faculty & staff).
• About GCSU's annual assessment day.
• Links to other assessment resources and (Powerpoint & pdf files) materials from on-campus workshops.
• Office of Institutional Effectiveness
• Note: Some pages say that the files listed are password protected but they were not, when last checked.
• About assessment.
• Assessment reporting schedule and assessment planning record (APR) reporting templates (Word documents).
• Assessment reports from some academic programs (Word documents).
• Instructions, example, and reporting template for core (general education) assessment (Word documents).
• Schedules, instructions, and reporting templates for periodic program review (Word documents).
• Information from a faculty development workshop (FDW) about assessment.
• Links to other assessment resources.

Georgia Institute of Technology: Office of Assessment

• FAQ.
• Access to online assessment reporting (OATS) and data-retrieval (ADORS) systems (restricted to Georgia Tech faculty & staff).
• Georgia Tech's strategic plan.
• Documents (almost all are pdf files; the graduate alumni survey documents available from the left-hand menu are Word documents)
• Guidelines for and examples of academic programs' assessment plans and OATS reports.
• Reports on assessment of general education goals.
• Examples of and reports from surveys of enrolled students, faculty, baccalaureate and graduate alumni, and recruiters & employers, including NSSE and CSEQ profiles.
• Workshops and presentations about assessment.

Georgia Perimeter College: Center for Teaching and Learning

• GPC assessment plan.
• General education outcomes, curriculum maps, and student survey.
• Summary of academic disciplines' assessment methods, and assessment plan reports with outcomes, assessment methods, results, and actions taken.
• Guidelines and summaries for academic program reviews.
• Campus-wide performance indicators (Institutional Factors of Success).

Georgia State University: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

• University assessment & planning: Overviews of assessment in academic & administrative units. 
• Office of Institutional Research
• Assessment and planning: Overview of assessment in academic & administrative units.
• Information about periodic program review. 
• Academic programs. (html pages & pdf files. Reports from current & completed reviews are restricted to GSU faculty & staff.)
• Administrative & support programs (mostly Word documents).
• Reports from surveys of students & alumni, including NSSE and CSXQ (College Students Experiences Questionnaire) results (pdf files).
• Access to WEAVEonline is restricted to GSU faculty & staff.
• Older assessment sites. (Some of this information may eventually be incorporated into OIE's and OIR's pages.)
• For academic departments, from the Center for Teaching & Learning
• Background information about outcomes assessment and relevant university policy.
• Tools for developing outcomes, including rubrics for evaluating assessment plans.
• Templates for assessment plans and reports.
• FAQ about assessment at GSU.
• Examples of outcomes for general education and academic majors.
• Assessment plans for general education and academic majors (pdf files).
• Access to WEAVEonline (restricted).
• Links to other resources.
• For administrative and support units
  • Assessment plan and reports (some html files, some Word documents, some rtf files).
  • Access to WEAVEonline (restricted).

Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania)

• Outcomes assessment plan and assessment-related organization chart (pdf files).
• General education goals and information about GC's general education program, and detailed curricular and co-curricular learning outcomes (pdf files) for each goal.
• Responsibilities, plans, accomplishments of COLA (Committee on Learning Assessment) and CLAG (Co-curricular Learning Assessment Group). Committee reports are restricted to GC faculty & staff.
• Information for faculty and co-curricular programs:
  • Links to other assessment resources.
  • The information for department chairs on the faculty page and the reporting templates, learning goals, and department summaries on the co-curricular programs page are restricted to GC faculty & staff.
• Survey reports are restricted to GC faculty & staff.

• Overview of assessment at GCC.
• Program assessment
• FAQ and potential assessment methods.
• Online form for assessment reports. (Not password-protected; please do not enter information on these forms.)
• Information about periodic academic program review.
• Course level assessment
• FAQ and resources for assessment planning/
• Reporting forms (Word documents) and instructions.
• CWAAC (College-wide Academic Achievement Committee. Get to this page via links on the program assessment or course level assessment pages.)
• Committee minutes (Word documents).
• Dashboard report of trends in general education results over time.
• Annual and special-project reports (pdf files).
• College Research Services (available from the CWAAC-page menu) has other forms and reports (pdf files, Word documents).

• This page and the (pdf file) process document indicate some of GBC's assessment activities & results.

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

Hamline University: Office of Learning Outcomes Assessment (Minnesota)

• Framework & resources
• Overview of Hamline's framework (general process) for assessment. (The framework document itself is restricted to Hamline faculty & staff.)
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Assessment glossary & primer: Tips & guidelines for developing & implementing outcomes assessment plans.
• Outcomes & reports
• University-wide (general education) outcomes.
• Individual programs' outcomes
• By department. 
• Mapped to the university-wide outcomes.
• Editing access is restricted to Hamline faculty & staff.
• Template, examples, and directions for program assessment reports (pdf files).
• Committees & offices leading & supporting assessment at Hamline.

Hartwick College (New York)

• About assessment at Hartwick. (The background documents are pdf files).
• FAQ.
• Glossary, with links to some additional resources. (The Hartwick College resources are pdf files).
• Steps in the assessment process includes a link to (pdf file) Hartwick's college-wide assessment plan.
• The online newsletter includes some assessment reports (pdf files).
• Reports on Hartwick assessment research (restricted to Hartwick faculty & staff).
• Materials from on-campus workshops is restricted to Hartwick faculty & staff.
• Information about Hartwick's assessment committees.
• Pages with links to other resources include: 
• Assessment tools. 
• Critical assessment resources. 
• Discipline-specific assessment resources (when last checked, this was a pdf draft that will eventually become an html page).
• Exemplar programs and projects.

Heartland Community College (Illinois)

• Overview of course-based assessment at HCC (includes a description of the college's general education learning outcomes).
• Assessment Basics is an assessment FAQ page.
• The Assessment Committee's procedures for reviewing course-level assessment plans.
• Assessment Quarterly online newsletter (pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overviews of:
• Assessment (from HLC).
• Assessment & program review at Hendrix.
• Individual academic departments' assessment plans & reports (pdf files).
• Annual assessment reporting form (Word document).

• HC assessment plan (html page, pdf file).
• Success skills: General education goals & outcomes.
• Resources (pdf files)
• Glossary.
• Rubrics associated with general education outcomes.
• Assessment measures used at Hocking.
• Program portfolios describe changes in response to assessment results (pdf files; very few were available when last checked).
• The institutional research site includes CCSSE results (pdf file).
• The online tools site includes information about Hocking's e-portfolio system. (Portfolio access is restricted to Hocking students, faculty, & staff.)

• About OIAE and HU's assessment committees.
• Reports from surveys and special projects (pdf file).
• Online newsletters (pdf files): OIAE newsletter & reports, and Opinions Matter (survey results).
• OIAE presentations (Powerpoint files).

Idaho State University: Office of Institutional Research

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

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

Illinois State University: University Assessment Office

• Most links in the assessment plan tutorial are to pdf files. The assessment plan worksheet is a Word document.
• Program assessment: Individual academic programs' student learning objectives and (in many cases) assessment methods (pdf files).
• General education 
• FAQ about general education assessment at ISU.
• General education goals and (pdf file) outcomes. 
• Assessment process and (pdf files) rubrics for the primary goals.
• Policies and (pdf file) assessment manual.
• Information for assessment reviewers (pdf file).
• Activities & services includes information about student surveys at ISU, including NSSE results. Reports are pdf files.
• List of upcoming national & regional assessment-related conferences & workshops.

Indiana State University

• About assessment at ISU
• Conceptual framework (pdf file).
• Information from & about the assessment council and leadership team (Note: minutes were not available when last checked).
• News includes information about on-campus workshops and assessment grant awards.
• Information about and (Word document) an application for assessment mini-grants.
• ISU's College Portrait.
• Access to TaskStream is restricted to ISU faculty & staff.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Student Affairs Office of Research & Effectiveness
  • About student affairs assessment at ISU.
  • Assessment plan (pdf file).
  • Current assessment projects and (pdf files) summary reports of division- and unit-level assessment activities.
  • Online form for student reports of learning outcomes associated with Student Affairs activities.
  • Links to other assessment resources.

Indiana University Kokomo: Center for Teaching, Learning and Assessment

• University assessment policy and (pdf files) assessment council minutes.
• Assessment terms.
• Assessment results from some academic and administrative units and some campus-wide assessment reports including NSSE results. (The unit and campus-wide plans and full reports are pdf files & Word documents.)
• Activities: Campus-level reports (pdf files) and assessment calendar.
• Links to other assessment resources.

Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

• The Senate documents include IPFW's university-wide assessment plan (pdf file).
• Academic program assessment plans (pdf files).
• Goals/objectives (learning outcomes) for academic programs including general education and for student services programs (pdf files, html pages).
• Institutional studies: Results from surveys of students and faculty, including NSSE results (pdf files).
• Academic program assessment handbook (pdf files).
• Information about assessment grants and awards (pdf files). News lists award recipients.
• Infrom from & about the Assessment Council (pdf files).
• Links to other assessment resources, including other assessment websites by academic discipline.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

• Office of the Vice Chancellor for Planning & Improvement 
  • Note: many of the links on these pages are to pdf files which can be downloaded but which do not automatically open the Adobe reader in your browser.
  • The display at the top of the page is based on NILOA's Transparency Framework.
  • Student learning outcomes
  • Principles of learning: University-wide (general education) outcomes for undergraduate and graduate/professional programs.
  • Student learning outcomes from some individual undergraduate and graduate/professional programs.
  • Assessment plans
  • IUPUI's overall plan for assessment.
  • In the self-study for IUPUI's 2012 HLC reaffirmation, see especially the 10-year report for Criterion 3 (pdf file).
  • Current assessment activities: Annual assessment reports for the campus and individual schools (pdf files).
  • Evidence of student learning (pdf files).
  • PUL matrix: Guidelines & example for program-level undergraduate general education (Principles of Undergraduate Learning) curriculum matrix.
  • Student & faculty ratings of students' achievement of PUL outcomes.
  • Overview of the process for helping students achieve PUL outcomes.
  • Use of student learning evidence: Annual institution-wide assessment report (pdf file) and link to IUPUI's annual performance report (institutional portfolio).
  • Links to assessment resources at IUPUI.
  • PRAC (Program Review and Assessment Committee)
    • Annual summaries of committee activities.
    • Assessment reports from IUPUI schools.
  • IUPUI Program Review guidelines, self-study questions, and examples of self-study reports.
  • Assessment grant guidelines and reports.
  • Results from surveys of students, staff, & faculty, including NSSE results (html pages, pdf files).
• Purdue School of Engineering and Technology: Office of Research
  • The assessment process. Q&A format information about assessment, assessment's role in ABET accreditation, and E&T's experience developing an assessment process.
  • Student learning: Relationships between IUPUI's Principles of Undergraduate Learning (general education outcomes) and ABET's required program outcomes.
  • Tutorial on developing rubrics.
  • Annual assessment reports for E&T and individual departments (on the PRAC page, see above).
  • Scholarship of assessment: Papers and presentations about assessment by E&T faculty (mostly pdf files).

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

Iowa State University

• Overview of assessment, and guidelines for assessment at ISU.
• Individual colleges' assessment reports have brief overviews of learning outcomes, assessment methods, and results.
• The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching has links to assessment resources.

Isothermal Community College (North Carolina)

• Note: Most of these are pdf files. Some are also available as Word documents.
• College-wide assessment plan and progress report, including general education outcomes and assessment methods.
• General education outcomes (the associated rubrics were not available when last checked).
• Models (guidelines) for assessment in academic and support areas.
• Guidelines for classroom assessment techniques.
• Reports from surveys of faculty about assessment activities.
• Minutes of campus assessment meetings.

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

• Data in the university assessment system are restricted to JSU faculty & staff.
• Information about surveys and other assessment instruments used at JSU.
• Some survey data are restricted to JSU faculty & staff. Quick Facts reports, including NSSE results (pdf files), are available to the public.

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

• Overview of JMU's assessment process.
• Brief descriptions of assessment of academic majors, general education, and Student Affairs activities, and of JMU's program assessment support service. The general education section links to information about the general-ed program and learning goals and to some general-ed cluster assessment reports (pdf and Powerpoint files).
• Information about JMU's graduate programs and research in asessment.
• Links to JMU assessment resources including
  • a searcheable dictionary of assessment terms,
  • assessment and test-development tips, techniques, examples, 
  • instructional presentations about assessment, including podcasts and videos, and
  • information about assessment instruments developed at JMU, including general-education tests and a survey of student motivation for & effort in taking assessment tests.

John Carroll University (Ohio)

• Office of Planning and Assessment
• Overview of assessment at JCU.
• Reporting
• Template for department assessment reports (Word document).
• Still to come: departmental reports.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Student Affairs Assessment
• Division- and department-level learning goals & outcomes.
• Information about surveys used at JCU. 
• JCU's NSSE results.
• The What We Know newsletter is restricted to JCU faculty & staff.
• Resources include:
• Templates for reporting assessment plans (pdf file).
• Information from on-campus workshops and divisional assessment data are restricted to JCU faculty & staff.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overview of assessment at JWU.
• Academic improvement plans and assessment progress report.
• Glossary.
• University (general education) outcomes.
• Annotated links to other assessment resources.

Kansas State University: Office of Assessment

• Student learning (SLO)
• Overview of assessment at K-State (pdf file).
• General education outcomes for undergraduate & graduate students and information (html pages, video presentation) for students on K-State's general education program.
• Guidelines for writing student learning outcomes and material (pdf files) from on-campus workshops & off-campus presentations.
• Cover sheet for SLO reports (pdf file).
• K-State's undergraduate general education (UGE) course survey and information (mostly pdf files) from the general education task force.
• Guidelines for developing assessment plans.
• SLOs and assessment plans from individual degree programs, and examples of annual progress reports (pdf files & html pages).
• Reporting and feedback
• Policy memos (pdf files)
• Reporting templates & examples, and a rubric used to review assessment reports (Word documents).
• Information about periodic program review of graduate programs (pdf files, Word documents).
• Information about and results from surveys of students and alumni, including NSSE results (reports are pdf files).
• Information about K-State assessment committees (groups).
• K-State's involvement in regional & national assessment initiatives, including its College Portrait (pdf files & html pages).
• Reports from accreditation self-studies & NCA visits.
• Resources include:
  • On-campus workshops and assessment-related events.
  • Assessment Update online newsletter (pdf files).
  • Links to other assessment resources

• Student learning outcomes
• Assessment progress report, in KCC's midterm report to ACCJC (pdf file, scroll down to Section 2: Progress on student learning outcomes assessment). 
• Program level SLOs (zip files with Word documents of curriculum maps showing KCC general education outcomes associated with some programs' course outcomes).
• Program alignment grids (pdf files of curriculum maps showing KCC general education outcomes associated with  some programs' course outcomes).
• Information about & from periodic academic program reviews (pdf files).
• The assessment site has learning goals & assessment tools for student services & counseling programs (pdf files).
• The institutional research / research reports page has CCSSE results (pdf files).

• Action plan (strategic plan) for KU's assessment process (Word document).
• Program assessment
• Guidelines and directions for planning & implementing outcomes assessment in academic programs (Word documents, pdf files).
• Guidelines (Word document) & schedule (pdf file) for periodic academic program review.
• Templates and directions for academic programs' assessment plans (Word documents).
• Academic assessment: Assessment plans (pdf files) and curriculum maps (Excel files) from some individual academic programs.
• School of general studies (general education) strategic plan for assessment (Word documents).
• Rubrics for general education and Student Affairs outcomes (pdf files, Word documents).
• Institutional assessment: Assessment guidelines for non-academic units (Word document) and some units' assessment plans (pdf files).
• Assessment toolkit
• Toolkit: Overview of current & planned institution-wide surveys & standardized assessments at KU (Word document).
• Research agenda: Current survey timeline and plans (pdf file).
• Data and reports: Results from some student surveys (Word documents).
• Information about KU's Middle States (MSCHE) accreditation process (Word documents, pdf & Excel files).

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

• Overview of program assessment at Keene.
• Forms & guidelines for department/program assessment (pdf files, Word documents).
• ISP (integrative studies program, general education) assessment process, including rubrics for ISP outcomes (pdf files).
• Individual academic programs' learning outcomes are in their catalog listings.
• The online assessment report form is restricted to Keene faculty & staff.
• The Academic Affairs Assessment Steering Committee (AAASC) page includes information about assessment mini-grants (pdf file).
• Links to other assessment resources.

Kennesaw State University: Center for Institutional Effectiveness (Georgia)

• Guidelines and feedback rubric (pdf & Excel files, Word documents) for AOL (assurance of learning) reporting. 
• Archival materials include an overview and background of the AOL process (pdf files) and previous years' guidelines & reporting instructions (pdf files, Word documents).
• Individual degree programs' AOL reports and the AOL Council's review comments (pdf files).
• Reports on assessment of global learning (general education outcome related to learning about global issues; pdf & Excel files).

• Outcomes assessment at Kenyon
• Assessment policy for academic departments & programs
• General education learning outcomes and assessment policy.
• Department/program mission statements & assessment plans are restricted to on-campus computers.
• Departmental forms include department/program and general education assessment reporting templates (Word documents) and a writing assessment rubric (pdf file).
• Scroll down to the department and program forms section.
• Note: The section header says that these documents are only available on campus but when last checked they were publicly available.
• Assessment workbook: This handbook, part of Kenyon's recent NCA reaccreditation information, includes:
• Introductions to outcomes assessment.
• Tips & guidelines for designing & implementing effective assessment.
• Examples of surveys, rubrics, & other assessment instruments used at Kenyon (mostly pdf files).
• Academic departments' assessment plans are restricted to on-campus computers.
• Note: The pdf version of the workbook does not include the examples or departments' plans.

Kettering University (Michigan)

• Video presention from Kettering's assessment council.
• Undergraduate degrees assessments
• Learning outcomes and assessment methods for individual programs (some html pages, some pdf files; some programs' information is not available yet).

King's College (Pennsylvania)

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

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

• Assessment (pdf files)
• KCC assessment plan.
• College-level mission, goals & objectives (MGOs) and report on assessment of MGOs.
• Outcomes for academic & student support services and relevant survey results.
• Learning outcomes for individual courses.
• Institutional Research: KCC results on CCSSE and CUNY-system surveys (pdf files).
• Links to other resources.

Kirkwood Community College (Iowa)

• Committee report on ways to improve KCC's curriculum review processes includes suggestions for a coordinated assessment plan (pdf file).
• The Learning Outcomes component of KCC's Vanguard Project site includes a status report on assessment activities/accomplishments at KCC.
• The CASTLE program (Continuous Learning in a Teaching Learning Environment) supports classroom assessment at KCC. The site includes:
• An overview of the CASTLE project.
• Case study reports (pdf files).
• Links to related resources.

• Overview of assessment at Kuyper.

• About
• History of assessment at LaGuardia, and graphic of the general feedback loop (assessment) process.
• Core competencies (general education outcomes) and (pdf files) rubrics.
• Faculty
• Periodic program review (PPR) timeline and (pdf file) guidelines. (The PPR sample report was not available when last checked.)
• Competency grids (course*outcomes matrices for the core competencies) for individual degree programs (pdf files).

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Community College (Wisconsin)

• Overview of assessment progress at LCOOCC.
• Assessment handbook (pdf file).
• Overview of process for course-level assessment, and form (Word document) for reporting course syllabi.
• Assessment reporting forms and instructions (Word documents).
• General education outcomes and (Word documents) assessment rubrics & results.
• Learning outcomes for programs in various academic areas (only the Business Program outcomes were available when last checked).
• Assessment presentations at LCOOCC faculty meetings (Powerpoint files, Prezi presentation).

• The schedule of planned assessments summarizes Lander's assessment processes (pdf file).
• Institutional effectiveness: 
• Assessment reports from individual academic & administrative/support units and for each general education outcome (pdf files).
• Strategic goals reporting calendar and "report cards" (pdf files).
• Accountability and institutional effectiveness reports to the SC Commission on Higher Education (pdf files).
• Results from the Proficiency Profile assessment of some general education outcomes (pdf files).
• Results from NSSE and other surveys (pdf files).

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

• Planning Process: 
• Lane's assessment plan.
• Guidelines, tips for developing assessment plans (pdf files, Word documents).
• Plans and Reports: 
• Assessment plans and "closing the loop" summaries include program outcomes, assessment methods, and assessment results (pdf files, Word documents). What's reported varies from program to program.
• Assessment project reports and resources include general education assessment (html pages, pdf files).
• Student Success includes some student-survey results (pdf files).
• Reports from the assessment team (pdf files).
• Learning about assessment
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Material from on-campus workshops & seminars (mostly pdf files).
• The faculty development modules are pdf files.
• Reports from NWCCU accreditation self-studies & visits (pdf files unless otherwise indicated).
  
• Related links
• Links to other resources.
• Periodic program review plans & reports (pdf files).
• Institutional effectiveness: survey and related project reports (pdf files).