Office of Assessment and Planning

Resources

• Mission Statement
• Strategic Plan

Professional Organizations

Useful College Web Sites:

• Ball State University - An extensive website with a very useful assessment workbook
• James Madison University - The Center for Assessment and Research Studies
• North Carolina State - An excellent source for all things assessment
• University of Connecticut - A comprehensive assessment site
• University of South Carolina - Offers many useful assessment tools
• University of Virginia - Contains a very informative assessment guide
• University of Washington - Useful discussion on how to develop program learning goals
• Ericae.net - Eric Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation

Organizations

• American Association for Higher Education and Accreditation
  Formerly AAHE, it is the oldest association in the United States dedicated to the advancement of higher education.
• Assessment Network of New York (ANNY) - Network of higher education professionals founded in 2010 founded to advance assessment.
• Association for Institutional Research
  Organization dedicated to the profession of institutional research. AIR also publishes assessment materials and has an assessment track at their annual forum.
• Association of American Colleges and Universities
  AACU is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education.  Their website contains an entire section on assessment.
• Council for Higher Education Accreditation
  CHEA is the largest higher education membership organization the United States. CHEA is the primary national voice for voluntary accreditation and quality assurance to the U.S. Congress and U.S. Department of Education.
  • Award for Institutional Progress in Student Learning Outcomes - 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007
• Education Sector
  Education Sector is an independent think tank whose mission is to promote changes in policy and practice that lead to improved student opportunities and outcomes.
• Lumina Foundation for Education - the nation’s largest foundation dedicated exclusively to increasing students’ access to and success in postsecondary education
• Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  A regional accreditor in the Mid-Atlantic region.  The Middle States web site has numerous publications available for free download.  A particularly useful publication is Student Learning Assessment: Options and Resources (2nd Edition, 2007)
• National Institute of Learning Outcomes Assessment
  Founded in 2008, NILOA assists institutions and others in discovering and adopting promising practices in the assessment of college student learning outcomes.
• New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability - a coalition of associations, organizations, and individuals formed in 2009 to promote collective efforts to gather, report on, and use evidence of student learning in American undergraduate education.

Tests

• Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) – a standardized testing program used by colleges and universities throughout the nation.  It is often used to help assess general education competencies.
• Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) – a computer administered, standardized test of analytic reasoning, critical thinking, problem solving, and written communication skills.  It has been endorsed by several higher education organizations and is used by numerous institutions nationwide.
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE) – a standardized test measuring verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and critical thinking and analytical writing skills.  GRE subject tests in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Literature in English, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology are designed to measure undergraduate achievement in these subject areas.
• ETS Major Field Tests - comprehensive undergraduate and MBA outcomes assessments offered by the Educational Testing Service designed to measure the critical knowledge and understanding obtained by students in a major field of study.  Students in undergraduate and MBA programs may take the Major Field Tests. The Major Field Tests cover the following fields of study: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Economics, History, Literature in English, Mathematics, Music, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
• ETS Proficiency Profile – formerly the Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress (MAPP), the Proficiency Profile is a comprehensive test most often used to gauge general education competencies.
  

Curriculum Mapping

• Curriculum Mapping in Higher Education: A Vehicle for Collaboration [PDF]
• SUNY Assessment Initiative: Best Practices for Mapping Program Objectives to Curricular Activities [PPT]
• Developing Curriculum Maps

Miscellaneous

• A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education (Spellings Commission report) [PDF]
• Lumina Foundation for Education: The Degree Qualifications Profile
• National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NCES)-  Sourcebooks on Assessment
  • Volume 1: Definitions and Assessment Methods for Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Writing [PDF]
  • Volume 2: Definitions and Assessment Methods for Communication, Leadership, Information Literacy, Quantitative Reasoning, and Quantitative Skills [PDF]
• National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
  • Occasional Paper 1: Assessment Accountability and Improvement: Revising the Tension
  • Occasional Paper 2: Three Promising Alternatives for Assessing College Students' Knowledge and And Skills
  • More Than You Think, Less Than We Need:  Learning Outcomes Assessment in American Higher Education – A study on the status of assessment at higher education institutions.
  • Occassional Paper 7: The Role of Student Affairs in Student Learning Assessment

Last modified: Mar 27, 2012