Assessment Planning
Program Assessment Start-Up Kit (PDF Version)
Getting Started
Resources
Learning about Learning Outcomes: A Liberal Arts- by Professor Andrew A. Fort, Assesses Assessing in the Liberal Arts. Association of American Colleges & Universities.
Association of American Colleges & Universities STEM Assessment
Step 1: Assessment Plans
Learning Documents
The Useful, Sensible, No-Frills Departmental Assessment Plan Barbara E. Walvoord, University of Notre Dame
Applying and Leading Assessment in Student Affairs Module 2: Assessment Planning. Assessment Plan Checklist Northern Colorado
Resources
A Brief Outline of the Assessment Planning Process Source: Cal Poly Academic Programs and Planning
Designing Assessment an Assessment Plan: Iowa State University Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
What is Good Assessment?: Linda Suskie. A Common Sense Approach to Assessment in Higher Education Blog
Step 2: Program Objectives/Goals
Learning Documents
Resources
How To Write Goals: University of Connecticut
Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes: DePaul University Teaching Commons
Step 3: Student Learning Outcomes & Curriculum Maps
Learning Documents
General Education Requirements Committee Link, Student Learning Outcomes for Objectives 1- 9
Idaho State Board of Education General Education: Goals and Rubrics (Located in the right box under the title "Related")
Resources
Student Learning Outcomes: Good Practices: Washington State University Center for Teaching and Learning
Action Verbs for Learning Outcomes: Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University
NILOA Institutional Example of Student Learning Outcomes: Los Positas College
Creating Learning Outcomes: Boston University Office of the Provost (Explains how maps, objectives, and student learning outcomes fit together
Idaho State University Curriculum Map Template
Curriculum Map Example: San Diago State University Business
Curriculum Map Examples by Department: University of Illinois Springfield Committee on Assessment of Student Learning
Step 4: Creating Signature Assignments & Activities
Learning Documents
Resources
Creating Assignments: Eberly Center, Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University
General Assignment Design Good Practices: Washington State University
Step 5: Writing and Using Rubrics
Learning Documents
Resources
Creating and Using Rubrics: Carnegie Mellon University, Eberly Center, Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation
Writing Effective Rubrics: T. Brophy, University of Florida
Value Rubrics: American Association of Colleges & Universities
Rubrics: Berkley Center for Teaching and Learning
Designing Grading Rubrics: Brown University: The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
Rubric Template: University of Delaware Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning.
Step 6: Collecting Assessment Data
Learning Documents
Resources
Direct vs. Indirect Assessment Methods: Skidmore College
Direct versus Indirect Assessmetion of Student Learning: DePaul Teaching Commons
Step 7: Organizing and Analyzing the Data
Learning Documents
Resources
Organizing Assessment Data for Analysis: Washington State University Office of Assessment, Teaching, and Learning
Analyzing Quantitative (Numeric) Assessment Data: Washington State University Office of Assessment, Teaching, and Learning
Analyzing Qualitative (Textual) Assessment Data: Washington State University Office of Assessment, Teaching, and Learning
Data Visualization: Larkin, M. J., & Larkin, G. R. (NILOA)
Step 8: Sharing and Using Results
Resources
Closing the Loop: California State University, Fullerton
Closing the Loop Strategies and Program Examples: University of Michigan Dearborn
A Teaching Intervention that Increases Underserved College Students’ Success by Mary-Ann Winkelmes, Matthew Bernacki, Jeffrey Butler, Michelle Zochowski, Jennifer Golanics and Kathryn Harriss Weavil, American Association of Colleges and Universities, in Peer Review Winter/Spring 2016, Vol. 18, No. 1/2
Equity: NWCCU Resource Library
Equity in Assessment: National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
Occasional Paper 29 Equity and Assessment: Moving Towards Culturally Responsive Assessment 1/2017: National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
Inclusive Assessment: Equal or Equitable?: Tufts University
Office of Assessment Contact Info
Dr. Ann Hackert, Director of Assessment