Web Resources for Assessment

California State University, Sacramento

• Assessment Home – Academic Program Assessment
• Academic Program Portfolios – Examples of Learning Objectives by Academic Program

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

• Music Department – Mission, Goals and Outcomes

Iowa State University

• Department of Chemistry
• Department of History
• Human Development & Family Studies
• College of Engineering
• Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Department of Political Science

UC Berkeley

•  Undergraduate Student Learning Goals - Campuswide initiative

UC Irvine

• Student Learning Outcomes by Academic Program - Coordinated by the Office of Assessment and Research Studies

University of Hawaii, Manoa

• Indicators of Educational Effectiveness – Sample of a completed inventory

Utah State University

• Department of English
• Department of Environment and Society
• Department of Journalism and Communication
• Department of Music

Arizona State University

• Office of University Evaluation – Program Objectives

UC Berkeley

• Undergraduate Student Learning Initiative (USLI) - Campuswide initiative to support departments in establishing educational goals and evaluation procedures

UC Irvine

• Student Learning Objectives and Assessment Resources - Collection of selected guides and resources

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• Assessment Handbooks – How to develop program and course-based assessments and writing assessment pilot

Arizona State University

• Office of University Evaluation - Assessment – A overview of assessment

California State University, Sacramento

• Assessment Home – Overview of assessment efforts

Dartmouth University

• Office of Institutional Research – Assessment Resources

Indiana University, Kokomo

• Center for Teaching, Learning and Assessment – "9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning"

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

• Office of Undergraduate Studies - University-wide Assessment – Overview of outcomes and assessments

University of Texas, Austin

• Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment - Assessment and Evaluation – A collection of assessment and evaluation tools and resources
• Instructional Assessment Resources – A collection of assessment resources

California State University, Office of the Chancellor

• Institute for Teaching and Learning - Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment – Links to resources, articles and campus data

University of Iowa

• Outcomes Assessment – An extensive list of assessment tools and web resources

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• Office of Institutional Research and Assessment – An Extensive list of internet resources for higher education outcomes assessment

University of Texas, Austin

• Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE): Benchmarking & Benchmarks – A Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) Initiative

UC Berkeley, The Center for Studies in Higher Education

• Student Experience in the Research University Project, 4th SERU Research Symposium (May 14-15 2010) - Learning Outcomes, Student Success, and Assessing Affordability

Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

• Educational Seminars – Links to upcoming workshops, including discipline based approaches

Achieving the Dream

• Community Colleges Count – A national non-profit dedicated to making the student success agenda a priority at community colleges
• Field Guide for Improving Student Success

American Association of Colleges and Universities (ACC&U)

• Resources for Assessment – Links to resources and articles on assessment
• VALUE: Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education – A research initiative on assessment

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

• AACC Policy Brief - March 2010 – Moving Success From the Shadows: Data Systems That Link Education and Workforce Outcomes

American Council on Education (ACE)

• Assessing International Learning Outcomes – Web-based guide

Council for Aid to Education

• Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA): Returning to Learning – Web-based guide

Education Sector

• Research, Reports & Resources for Assessment – An independent think tank that challenges conventional thinking in education policy.

Institute for Higher Education

• Learning Accountability from Bologna: A Higher Education Policy Primer – Summary Article on higher education - Clifford Adelman (July 2008)
• The Bologna Club: What U.S. Higher Education Can Learn from a Decade of European Reconstruction – Full Article on higher education - Clifford Adelman (May 2008)

Inside Higher Ed

• Accountability System Launched – An article on accountability - Scott Jaschik (November 2007)
• In Focus: The Spellings Commission

Lumina Foundation

• The Degree Qualifications Profile - Student Profile in beta testing (January 28, 2011)

National Bureau of Economic Research

• Increasing Time to Baccalaureate Degree in the United States

National Institute for Learning Outcome Assessment (NILOA)

• Making Learning Outcomes Useable and Transparent

Southern Regional Education Board

• Promoting a Culture of Student Success

Teagle Foundation

• Outcomes and Assessment – Articles, resources and web links