Assessment 101: Other Resources

"The Middle States Commission on Higher Education assures students and the public of the educational quality of higher education. The Commission’s accreditation process ensures institutional accountability, self-appraisal, improvement, and innovation through peer review and the rigorous application of standards within the context of institutional mission." 2015 Standards [PDF]

This repository contains the CCAC self study, action letters, evaluation team reports, and monitoring reports from 2017-19.

"The mission of NILOA is to discover and disseminate ways that academic programs and institutions can productively use assessment data internally to inform and strengthen undergraduate education, and externally to communicate with policy makers, families and other stakeholders."

"A primary goal of the Institute is to draw upon current and future research initiatives to help faculty, administrators, and governing board members effectively link information about student experiences to efforts to improve academic programs and support services."

"AALHE is a professional association for assessment practitioners at colleges, universities, and higher education support organizations. It provides resources and a forum to support assessment practitioners’ professional development and the research, documentation, open discussion of issues, strategies, policies, and processes associated with the use of assessment to improve student learning and institutional effectiveness in fostering student success."

"AAC&U develops and advances assessment practices that deepen, integrate, and demonstrate student learning, through advocacy of learning-centered assessment policies, support for campus work to develop meaningful assessment approaches, and experimentation with common e-portfolio frameworks."

"The Center for Engaged Learning brings together international leaders in higher education to develop and to synthesize rigorous research on central questions about student learning."

"The purpose of this paper is to help realign the assessment conversation by arguing for institutional culture change that puts higher learning first and simultaneously embraces systemic assessment as a prerequisite of and central condition for a culture in which learning is the priority."

From the Lumina Foundation, this provides "a learning-centered framework for what college graduates should know and be able to do to earn the associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree."

AALHE's blog on topics of assessment. Relevant articles include a three part series: Part I: Is it time for a new name for assessment?, Part II: Are you assessing or evaluating?, & Part III: Science, design, and interpretation of learning and teaching.

The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment policy statement outlines the warrant for multiple, systematic approaches to obtain evidence of authentic student achievement.

Author Brad Garner discusses the assessment of student learning as a guide to verifying the effectiveness of teaching and learning practices. A list of sample assessment strategies is included to encourage alternate ways of thinking about student learning.