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Assessment Resources
Nine Principles of Assessment—developed by a task force from the American Association for Higher Education
www.cord.edu/dept/assessment/nineprin.pdf
Assessment Guidebooks from other universities:
Bridgewater State College—Assessment Guidebook for Departments
http://bridgew.edu/AssessmentGuidebook/
“Once faculty articulate the mission of the program, they need to focus on specific learning outcomes for students in the major. How are learning outcomes different from program goals? The distinction is not always sharply defined, but generally the focus of learning outcomes is on what students will learn rather than on what will be taught. Thus, goals tend to focus on delivery (i.e. teaching), outcomes on effect (i.e. learning)”.
 Includes chapters on writing program mission statements, learning outcomes, advantages and disadvantages of various assessment tools, rubrics. Lots of examples included.
University of Central Florida Assessment Office:
http://oeas.ucf.edu/doc/adm_assess_handbook.pdf
Southeast Missouri State University: Busy Chairperson's Guide to Assessment
http://www2.semo.edu/provost/assmt/guide.htm#5
Ball State University—Designing a Department Assessment Plan Assessment Workbook
http://www.bsu.edu/web/assessment/
Assessment%20WB/contents.htm
San Diego State University—Best Practices on writing mission statements, learning goals and objectives, writing assessable goals and objectives
http://dus.sdsu.edu/assessment/
Skidmore College—
http://hudson2.skidmore.edu/administration/
assessment/handbook.htm
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. http://www.asanet.org/galleries/APAP/Assessment%20Final%20Copy%202005.pdf
Description and Evaluation of various assessment methodologies:
http://www.apa.org/ed/eval_strategies.html
http://provost.wisc.edu/assessment/manual/manual2.html
http://bridgew.edu/AssessmentGuidebook/chapter5.cfm
More Links to Assessment Resources
NC State University: http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/assmt/resource.htm
Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment—Huge list of about 850 links, including over 300 college and university assessment sites including:
- General Resources--Discussion Lists, Forums, Archives of Articles, Lists of Links, etc.
- Assessment "handbooks"
- Assessment of Specific Skills or Content
- Individual Institutions' Assessment-Related Pages
- Accrediting Bodies
- U.S. Regional Accrediting Associations
- Non-U.S. Quality Assurance/Academic Audit Agencies
- Specialized/Professional Accrediting Associations
- Student assessment of courses and faculty
University of Wisconsin-Madison – Assessment Resources
http://www.provost.wisc.edu/assessment/Assessment_Resources.html
American Psychological Association—The Assessment CyberGuide for Learning Goals and Outcomes in the Undergraduate Psychology Major
http://www.apa.org/ed/guide_outline.html
Virginia Assessment Group—Conferences and Workshops—Lots of info, lots of rubrics!
http://www.virginiaassessment.org/Spring05Workshop.php
Idea Center – Kansas State University-- (see also the Idea Papers)
http://www.idea.k-state.edu/resources/index.html
The IDEA Center is a not for profit organization whose mission is to serve colleges and universities committed to improving learning, teaching, and leadership performance.
Rubrics
http://bridgew.edu/AssessmentGuidebook/rubrics.cfm#writing
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
http://assessment.tamu.edu/conference/handouts_2008/DooleyWickersham_ProjectRubric.pdf
http://assessment.tamu.edu/conference/handouts_2008/Dooley_Wickersham_discussion_rubric.pdf
http://www.ccaurora.edu/assessment/rubrics.shtml
http://www.winona.edu/air/rubrics.htm
Creating Rubrics and Prompts
Assessment Plans at Other Colleges and Universities by Department or Interdisciplinary Program
UT Pan Am (includes some non-academic plans):
http://sacs.utpa.edu/sacs/comprehensiveStandards/comp3.3.
1Resources/comp3.3.1R28_IEPlan.html
University of Central Florida (includes some non-academic plans):
http://www.assessment.ucf.edu/assessment_archive/visitor/y67.asp?group=visitor
Annual Assessment Conference—Texas A&M University, February 17-19, 2008—Conference Handouts, links:
http://assessment.tamu.edu/conference/handouts.html
ETS Releases Third White Paper on Creating a Culture of Evidence
In 2006, the nation turned its attention to accountability in higher education. As a leader in educational research and measurement, ETS added to the dialogue by examining the general topic of student learning outcomes. This examination resulted in a series of 3 Culture of Evidence reports in which ETS researchers identified the key issues of accountability and surveyed current practices in assessing student learning. The reports are available on line at www.ets.org/cultureofevidence.
A Culture of Evidence: An Evidence-Centered Approach to Accountability for Student Learning Outcomes.
http://www.ets.org/Media/Education_Topics/pdf/COEIII_report.pdf
ETS researchers developed a framework to improve, revise and introduce comprehensive systems for the collection and dissemination of information on student learning outcomes. This report presents a practical approach to help the educational community meet the call for accountability while respecting the diverse attributes of students, faculty and the institutions themselves. (Catherine M. Millett, David G. Payne, Carol A. Dwyer, Leslie M. Stickler and Jon J. Alexiou, 2008.)
A Culture of Evidence: Critical Features of Assessments for Postsecondary Student Learning.
http://www.ets.org/Media/Resources_For/Higher_Education/pdf/4418_COEII.pdf
To provide higher education stakeholders with a greater understanding of current assessment tools, ETS researchers take a detailed look at available measurements in this “30,000 foot” overview. (Carol A. Dwyer, Catherine M. Millett and David G. Payne, 2007.)
A Culture of Evidence: Postsecondary Assessment and Learning Outcomes
www.etsliteracy.org/Media/Resources_For/Policy_Makers/pdf/cultureofevidence.pdf
To address the dearth of empirical data on student learning in higher education, ETS researchers provide an overview of the assessment landscape to outline accountability models and metrics used in higher education. (Carol A. Dwyer, Catherine M. Millett and David G. Payne, 2006.)
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