AAHE Assessment Forum, a program of the American Association for Higher Education

• About the forum's programs
• About the next AAHE Conference on Assessment and Quality
• Get information about AAHE assessment-related publications, etc. See especially
• Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning and
• Learning Through Assessment: A Resource Guide for Higher Education.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Information about, e.g.,
  • definitions of assessment,
  • assessment of campus climate,
  • assessment of general education.
• Links to other online assessment resources.
• The Flashlight Project of the TLT Group, AAHE's Teaching, Learning, and Technology Affiliate, focuses on assessing how computers and other information technology are used in teaching.
• AAHE's home page.
  

• Quarterly journal on assessment issues in higher education.
• Especially, but not exclusively, issues related to nontraditional students/education.
• Published by The Phoenix Institute / InterEd, a for-profit assessment organization. Forum articles are usually of general interest, not InterEd sales pitches.
• On-line archive includes all articles 1993 and after, and some from earlier years.

• Quarterly journal on assessment issues/methods.
• Contents alerting service.
• Contents of issues since March 1996.
• Subscription information; obtaining a sample copy.

• updated regularly.
• has links to both higher-ed and K-12 resources.
• links to various assessment-related email lists, including ASSESS-L.
• lets you search for linked pages that contain a specific word or phrase.
• If your Web browser doesn't handle frames, use this address instead.
  

• From the Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction (Maricopa Community Colleges, Arizona)
• Topically-organized links to resources for outcomes assessment, assessment of learning, evaluation, and institutional effectiveness.
• Searchable list of resources available at Center for Learning & Instruction.
• Links to assessment/institutional effectiveness plans at Maricopa Community Colleges and elsewhere.

• Examples of campus-based programs to support faculty and departmental assessment projects.
  • Appalachian State University
  • California State University System
  • California State University-San Bernardino
  • California State University-Stanislaus
  • Concordia College
  • Illinois State University
  • Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
  • Kirkwood Community College
  • North Carolina State University
  • Northern Virginia Community College
  • Oklahoma State University
  • Seaver College, Pepperdine University
  • Saint Cloud State University
  • San Francisco State University
  • Shepherd College
  • University of Arkansas- Little Rock About a third of the curriculum grants involve assessment projects.
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Montana
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Information about assessment instruments related to student affairs issues.
• Maintained by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA)'s Commission IX.
• Subject, title, and author indexes to
  • Career-related instruments
  • Environmental assessment tools
  • Higher education evaluation tools
  • Learning styles assessments
  • Miscellaneous assessment instruments
  • Outcomes assessments
  • User friendly personality instruments
  • Retention measures
  • Student development instruments
  • Values measures

• Examples of rubrics for general education outcomes, from Bowling Green State University. Also has links to other information about assessment rubrics.
• Washington State University rubric for critical thinking.
• Sites designed for K-12 education, but useful as models and adaptable for higher education performance assessments.
  • Assessment and Rubric Information: Examples of evaluation scales/rubrics for various student and faculty activities.
  • Rubric generators create rubrics for various topics.

• Association for Institutional Research
  • Internet Resources for Institutional Research is an extensive, well-organized list of links on a wide range of topics including assessment. The map of links is a topical menu.
  • The Structures of Data project lets you search for (and rate, and submit) examples of interesting and/or useful ways to display data. A great resource if you're designing an institutional research or assessment Web page!
  • Measuring Quality: Choosing Among Surveys and Other Assessments of College Quality describes and compares nationally standardized assessment instruments.
  • The Electronic AIR email newsletter sometimes includes items related to assessment in higher education. Back issues are available online.

• Executive summary (*.pdf document) and ordering information for full report.
• The related materials include executive summaries from related benchmarking studies.
• From the American Productivity and Quality Center.

• See the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Quality Program site for more information about the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Awards.

• Bloom's 1956 taxonomy of cognitive and affective behaviors, often used or referred to in defining outcomes for assignments, courses, and curricula. This site has
  • definitions & examples of Bloom's cognitive categories, and
  • links to other Web resources on Bloom's taxonomy.

• Classroom Assessment Techniques (Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville)
  • Examples of classroom assessment techniques.
  • Hints, tips, points to consider.
• Classroom Assessment: A manual for faculty developers. Outlines and material for workshops on classroom assessment techniques, from the National Council for Staff, Program and Organizational development. (.pdf file.)
• Alternative Assessment In Science
  • Links to definitions, examples, tips, etc. for classroom performance assessment methods.
  • Context is K-12 science-classes, but ideas and many methods are applicable to college classroom assessment and other content areas.
• The classroom assessment packet from Pennsylvania State University, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CELT) includes several short papers with
  • overviews of techniques,
  • examples,
  • discussions of fitting classroom assessment into your teaching.
• Course-based Review and Assessment (University of Massachusetts Amherst, *.pdf document).
• FAST (Free Assessment Summary Tool), from Bruce Ravelli, Mt. Royal College.
  • Web survey for student feedback, for classroom assessment during the course of a term.
  • Fully anonymous, no way to tell who has submitted an evaluation, or how often. Not intended as an end-of-term course evaluation whose data become part of the salary, promotion, and tenure process.

• Searchable database of college catalogs in .pdf format.

• Project to develop a nationally-normed survey of students' exposure to good practices in undergraduate education.
• Information about the project and the survey.
• *.pdf demonstration versions of the survey. Results will be posted later.
• CCSSE is designed for two-year institutions. The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is a similar project for four-year institutions.

• Lake Land College (scroll down the Staff Development page)
• Illinois State University
• North Carolina State University: Undergraduate Academic Program Review

• From the AAHE Assessment Forum's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.
• Compiled by St. Cloud State University.

• Project ADEPT (Assessment of Distance Education Pedagogy and Technology)
  • Surveys/instruments being developed & tested.
  • Links to other resources on assessing distance education.

• The test locator at the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Education lets you search ETS's Test File for information about thousands of test and research instruments.

• Mid-Atlantic area network focusing on assessing nontraditional students' prior learning.
• Newsletter, membership information.

• Full-text assessment library.
• On-line journal.
• The Test Locator lets you search for information about thousands of test and research instruments.
• ERIC is the Educational Resources Information Center, a service of the US DoE National Library of Education. From the ERIC home page you can get to other ERIC clearinghouses and resources.
• If your Web browser doesn't handle frames, use this address instead.

• Ethical Standards of AERA (American Educational Research Association).
• Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education, from the Joint Committee on Testing Practices.
• Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement, from the National Council on Measurement in Education.
• Leadership Statement of Nine Principles on Equity and Educational Testing and Assessment, from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.
• Position statement on writing assessment, from the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

• Assessment Terminology: A Glossary of Useful Terms.
• CRESST Assessment Glossary, from UCLA's National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

• Forums: Examples of forum topics, on-line subscription form.
• Send a research question to post messages to forums you've joined.

• A project of the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA.
• Information from and about national student surveys.
  • CIRP Freshman Survey: profile of entering freshman class.
  • CSS College Student Survey: follow up of CIRP cohorts.

• Research report from the National Center for Post-secondary Improvement (Project 5.2). Includes a
  • literature review,
  • results from national survey of colleges and universities, and
  • a description of ongoing site-visit research.

• Review of the literature on assessing learning, from the National Research Council's Committee on the Foundations of Assessment.
• Not limited to college/university assessment.
• How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School is a related review of cognitive science and the biology of learning, from the NRC's Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning and the
  Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice.

• Information about the multi-institution project to define and document student learning outcomes.
• Links to participating institutions' project websites and to other resources.

• An annotated list of assessment resources, from Cabrillo College.
• Includes examples of assessment tools and approaches by discipline.

• web site includes summaries of NCTLA research projects.
• is part of Penn State's Center for the Study of Higher Education.
• CSHE also sponsors the NCTLA Assessment Institutes.

• A project of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
• Some NPEC projects focus on assessment policy, methods, coordination, and/or data use.
• *.pdf files of papers from some NPEC projects on assessment are available.
  • Assessment and Policy: Selected institutions utilizing assessment results.
  • Enhancing the quality and use of student outcomes data.
  • Student outcomes information for policy-making.
  • Interactive and *.pdf versions of Definitions and assessment methods for critical thinking, problem solving, and writing.
• Answers (Accessing National Surveys With Electronic Research Sources)
  • Online tools for information about national datasets of institutional data (IPEDS, etc.). What surveys are there? What do they ask? How are standard variables defined? Etc.
  • Annotated bibliographies on developing surveys and on using national datasets.

• Project to develop a nationally-normed survey of students' exposure to good practices in undergraduate education.
• Information about the project and the survey.
• Web and *.pdf demonstration versions of the survey.
• Register your institution online for the next administration.
• Some institutions' assessment sites include NSSE reports.
  • Eastern New Mexico University
  • Florida Atlantic University
  • George Mason University
  • Longwood College
  • North Carolina State University
  • Northern Arizona University
  • Truman State University (see Chapter XXIV)
  • Salisbury University
  • University of Colorado at Boulder
  • University of Texas-Pan American
  • University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
• NSSE is designed for four-year institutions. The Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) is a similar project for two-year institutions.

• Measuring Quality: Choosing Among Surveys and Other Assessments of College Quality. (*.pdf file)
  • Describes and compares nationally standardized assessment instruments.
  • Searchable updated version of the report's tables.
• Sourcebook of Assessment Information
  • Interactive version of Definitions and Assessment Methods for Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Writing.
  • Definitions, information about tests and other instruments.
  • Text version (*.pdf file).

• Subscribing to email discussion lists
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      subscribe list-name your-first-name your-last-name
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  • After you've subscribed, send the one-word message help to get a list of commands you can use to suspend mail while you're on vacation, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
• ASSESS
  • Topic: assessment in higher education.
  • Listserver: listserv@lsv.uky.edu (University of Kentucky-Lexington).
  • The searchable archive also has an online form you can use to join the list.
• FYA-List
  • Topic: evaluating students' experiences and success in the first year of college.
  • Listserver: listserv@vm.sc.edu (University of South Carolina).
  • FYA-List's Web site includes
    • Information about joining, participating in, and leaving the list.
    • Invited remarks from area experts.
    • Also see Brevard College's Guidelines for evaluating the first year experience.
• ASSESS-W
  • Topic: assessing writing.
  • Listserver: listserv@listserv.louisville.edu (University of Louisville).
• PORTFOLIO-L
  • Topic: portfolio assessment.
  • Listserver: listserv@henson.cc.kzoo.edu (Kalamazoo College).
• AAHE's page of online assessment resources has information about other related discussion lists.

• Properties of Student Academic Portfolios. Uses and types of student portfolios, with links to examples at various institutions. From Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
• The Portfolio Clearinghouse. A searchable database of information about college/universities' portfolio projects, maintained by AAHE.
• Electronic portfolios: including links to portfolio websites featured in each chapter of AAHE's recent book.
• Report on computer- based portfolio assessment project at Palomar College.
• Portfolio 2.0 on-line system at University of Minnesota, Morris
• The University of Wisconsin-Superior's web-based student portfolio process.
• Commercial products to manage on-line portfolios
  • iWebfolio, from Nuventive. Select iWebfolio from the Products menu.
  • True Outcomes. What began as an assessment-management tool, EnableOA, has become this set of portfolio and survey tools.

• On-line journal from ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Education.
• Search by title, author, descriptor, keyword.
• Since November 1999.

• Resource page hosted by Communications For a Sustainable Future (CSF).
• Searchable discussion group archive has threads on assessment.

• Association for Survey Computing: Register of Software for Statistical and Social Survey Analysis: Well-annotated, easy to use listings from a regularly-updated database. Not limited to products for
• Web-based surveying. Start with the list of features, then go to "Data Capture: Web Interviewing."
• Yahoo's current links on the topic. Some of these are survey software, some are survey-hosting services.
• Online articles about Web-based surveying
  • Web-based Data Collection and Assessment in Student Affairs: pros and cons.
  • Conducting Web-Based Surveys: methods, pros & cons, overview of research.

• Network News newsletter:
  • Focus on Teacher Preparation (May 1999). Includes information on existing or proposed accreditation approaches, links to Web resources.
  • Focus on Performance Measures (February 1998). State performance indicators and performance-based funding initiatives.
  • Focus on Assessment of Student Learning (January 2002). State and national perspectives on assessment. Links to web resources.

• From North Carolina State University's College of Engineering ABET 2000 site.
• The details are for the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology's (ABET) outcomes assessment criteria, but the annotations, comments, and notes on data for program outcomes assessment
  have useful ideas for designing outcomes goals and assessments in any field.

• Institutional Effectiveness Associates offer guidebooks, workshops, and organizing worksheets.
• TracDat database for assessment processes, information, and reports. Select Products for information about TracDat.
• Some institutions have developed Web-based systems to gather information about their colleges' and department's assessment processes.
  • George Mason University
  • Montana State University-Bozeman
  • St. Louis Community College
  • Northern Michigan University
  • University of Montana

• TRIpartate Assessment Delivery System: A joint project of the University of Liverpool, the University of Derby, and the Open University.
• TRIADS Engine: authorware for developing online assessments.
• Sample learning outcomes (for earth science programs).
• TRIADS activities and implementations.

• Project funded by Pew Charitable Trusts, cosponsored by AAHE.
  • 6 urban comprehensive universities.
  • Specifying and communicating institutional characteristics and effectiveness, including undergraduate learning outcomes.
• Overview, project plans, institution profiles and snapshots, preliminary portfolios.
• Statistical portrait project (PUMA: Portrait of Universities with Metropolitan Alliances).
• Also see assessment pages from participating institutions:
  • California State: Sacramento
  • IUPUI
  • University of Massachusetts Boston

• VaNTH ERC: an engineering research center in bioengineering and learning sciences, from Vanderbilt University, Northwestern University, the University of Texas at Austin and the Health Science and
  technology Program of Harvard and MIT.
• The Thrusts and Domains page has information about projects in assessment/evaluation and learning science that link assessment with knowledge about how people learn.

• Mission, assessment coordinators, events.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• From TLT Group's Flashlight project, so it focuses on assessment about technology -- but the general points apply to any assessment project.

How to develop a campus or departmental assessment process

• Assessment Manual (Texas A&M Univ.)
• Assessment Handbook (Concordia College)
• Assessment Workbook (Ball State University)
• A Field- Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG) for Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology Faculty.
• Busy Chairperson's Guide to Assessment (Southeast Missouri State Univ.)
• Course-based Review and Assessment (University of Massachusetts Amherst, *.pdf document).
• FAQ (frequently-asked questions) from the University of Texas System includes many common questions about jargon, how assessing a program is different from other assessment that faculty do, etc.
• Guidelines for Assessment (California State Univ., Chico)
• Managing a Program of Outcomes Assessment. A workshop presented by Fred Volkwein at the 1998 Association for Institutional Research annual forum.
• Levels of Implementation. From North Central Association: Higher Learning Commission: a matrix to evaluate how assessment is being implemented at your institution.
• Program-based Review and Assessment (University of Massachusetts Amherst, *.pdf document).
• Program Guide for Outcomes Assessment (Geneva College, *.pdf document).
• Student Learning Outcomes: A Faculty Resource Guide on Development and Assessment (University of Washington)
• Ten Step Plan: Developing an Assessment Plan for Your Program. From NCTLA; posted by St. Cloud State University
• Some general things to think about when planning an assessment program (Raymond Walters College)
• Suggestions for getting started, from Student Outcomes Assessment: Opportunities and Strategies (Norene C. & Peter A. Facione). Posted by Insight Assessment (previously California Academic Press), which publishes instruments for and offers consulting on critical thinking assessment.
• UW-Madison Assessment Manual (Univ. of Wisconson-Madison)
• WEAVE Quality Enhancement Guide (Virginia Commonwealth University; *.pdf document)
• What is Assessment? and Getting Started With Assessment (University of Montana). The slides from the Assessment Workshops have useful overviews. (The pages for workshop classes 3 & 4 are optimized for Internet Explorer and do not display well in Netscape.)
• Writing assessable program goals (St. Cloud State University)

See the examples by specific disciplines in Cabrillo College's list of assessment resources.

The American Accounting Association: Outcome Assessment Committee Report (1992-93)

• Policy, objectives, etc. for outcomes assessment in accounting programs.

• Resources/services to health professions educators.
• Located at Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M System, Dallas

• Article from American Council of Research Libraries 1997 conference.
• Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, from the Association of College & Research Libraries.

• Focus is K-12 but some information, methods, references/links appropriate for college-level courses.
• From The Math Forum at Drexel University.

• Foundation Coalition: Assessment and evaluation
  • A program of the Foundation Coalition
  • Assessment instruments (overviews and wordprocessor files)
  • Summary reports from coalition institutions (*.pdf reports)
  • Links to assessment resources
  • ABET 2000 accreditation criteria
• Gateway: Assessment
  • A program of the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition
  • Papers and presentations on developing assessment programs (wordprocessor files)
  • Surveys and other tools used by coalition institutions (wordprocessor files)
• SUCCEED: Outcomes Assessment Planning Guide
  • A program of the Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED)
  • Examples and planning documents from coalition institutions
  • Surveys, capstone experience, and portfolio methods used by coalition institutions
  • Resources, relevant white papers, etc.
• Synthesis Assessment Program
  • A program of the Synthesis Engineering Education Coalition
  • Program plan and timeline
  • "Map" of assessment tools for specific skills and abilities, with examples of relevant classroom assignments
  • Documents used in portfolio assessment projects (see Recent/Archived Documents: AC)
  • Links to some Internet assessment resources
  • If your Web browser doesn't handle frames, use these addresses for an introduction to the coalition's assessment program and a menu that leads to the other sections listed above

• First Year College Composition Outcomes Statement, from the Council of Writing Program Administrators.
• Writing Assessment: A Position Statement from the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

• Links to ABET 2000 accreditation criteria and information.
• Departmental mission statements.
• Guidelines for developing program educational objectives (ABET 2000 Criterion 2) and program outcomes and assessment (Criterion 3
  -- see especially the
  • program-outcomes template and
  • notes on how to gather outcomes assessment data.
• Specific departmental examples and information on the other ABET 2000 criteria will be added as the process develops.

Alabama State Univ., College of Business Administration

• Description of instruments used in COBA's Student Outcome Assessment Program (SOAP), including
  • Georgia College Exit Exams in Business (GCEEB),
  • ETS Comprehensive Business Examination,
  • Baccalaureate Writing Competency Test (BWCT), with link to BWCT questions for various specialty areas.

• Brief descriptions of Alverno's ability-based curriculum and student assessment as learning approach.

• Assessment plan and methods.
• Guidelines and help for faculty.
• Template for reporting assessment plans and results.
• Assessment plans from various degree programs.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Guidelines for academic and administrative departments.
• Checklists, timetables, etc. for assessment processes and reports.
• Campus resources for assessment data.

• Information about assessment and Assessment Focus Days at ASU.
• Reports from surveys of freshmen, sophomores, graduating seniors, alumni, and interviewers at campus career center.
• Assessment-related books and journals available from the Office of Institutional Research & Planning.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Campus assessment plan, including goals, general approaches to assessment, and outline of proposed institutional portfolio.
• Calendar of campus-wide surveys.
• Bibliography.
• Links to other resources.

• Associate degree graduating class profile (1994) including ACT College Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) data.

• These are *.pdf documents.
• Effectiveness Assessment (under Institutional Effectiveness) includes
  • ACC's assessment policies and methods, and
  • an assessment database, available to ACC faculty and staff.
• The ACC Effectiveness Review includes results from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)

• Survey research: Results from surveys of students and alumni.
• Assessment workbook: handbook for departments designing and using assessment plans.

• Guidelines and tips for assessing student outcomes.
• Minutes of outcomes assessment committee.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overview of assessment methods and results in Outcomes Assessment section of 1999 Middle States accreditation self study.

• VCCA Journal article about the outcomes assessment process at BRCC.

• Outcomes assessment plans and goals.
• FAQ (frequently asked questions) about institutional assessment.
• Reports from surveys and records analyses, plus downloadable copies of reports in text or wordprocessor format.
• Assessment News newsletter.
• Links to other assessment sites and information.

• Assessment history and policy.
• Assessment Strides newsletter.
• Assessment reporting guidelines (still to come).
• Departmental assessment plans and reports (still to come).
• Links to other assessment sites and information.

• Assessment Central: Student Achievement Assessment Committee site, with
  • a statement of student learning outcomes that includes examples from individual departments,
  • some Best of 98 examples of findings and actions taken as a result,
  • examples of rubrics for general education outcomes,
  • resources available in the BGSU libraries, and
  • links to other assessment resources.
• Campus Monitor article about Bowling Green's outcomes assessment process.
• Description of portfolio assessment in the General Studies Writing Program.

• Assessment at Brenau:
  • Overview of assessment at Brenau.
  • Policies and procedures.
  • Guidelines for assessment plans and annual reports, including annual report forms.
  • Assessment of writing & speaking skills: description of 1999-2000 pilot study, with instructions and reporting forms.
  • Departments' assessment plans and reports (these pages are restricted to Brenau faculty & staff).

• Overview of assessment at Bucknell
• Templates for departmental assessment plans (*.pdf documents)
• Sample departmental assessment plan, with example (more to come)
• Assessment Updates: Guides to assessment methods -- developing an assessment plan, using embedded assessment, etc. (*.pdf and Powerpoint documents)
• Links to assessment resources, including selected departmental assessment plans from other institutions.

• Policy memo from the provost.
• Information about assessment mini-grants.
• Links to other assessment resources, and recommended hardcopy resources.

• University policy and guidelines, and academic program review (APR) 5-year schedule.
• Examples of departmental assessment plans (still to come)
• Campus resources: contact information for faculty in various areas with experience in outcomes assessment.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overview of student learning outcomes assessment in the CSU system.
• Examples of general education and major-program assessment processes at CSU campuses.
• Examples of campus assessment policies and reporting forms.
• CSU Assessing Student Learning newsletter. (These are *.pdf files.)
• Links to:
  • Assessment-related pages from CSU campuses. For notes on pages about assessment of student learning, see CSU Cal Polytechnic, Cal Polytechnic-Pomona, Chico, Fresno, Long Beach, Monterey Bay, Northridge, Sacramento, San Bernadino, San Jose, Sonoma, and Stanislaus.
  • Other assessment resources.

• 1993 University Assessment Committee draft of policy and guidelines.
• General information about outcomes assessment.
• Critical thinking assessment project, Department of Philosophy.

• Policies and timeline for departmental outcomes assessments.
• Status of individual department plans, with links to some units' mission, goals, and objectives draft statements.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Assessment News: Overview of assessment at CSULB.
• Academic Affairs assessment plan.
• Request for faculty proposals to develop and/or pilot test ways of assessing student learning outcomes, including samples, suggestions, and project requirements. Example of a funded proposal in science education.
• Report on Fall 97 general education assessment survey.
• Link to CSU system planning document, and campus comments on assessment issues.
• Chapter on assessment from CSULB report to accrediting agency.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• General education goals, with specific knowledge/skill objectives.
• Does not give details of assessment methods for most goal clusters, but does indicate how to get more information.

• Assessment policy and development activities.
• Library and Internet resources.

• Institutional planning and performance indicators.
• Institutional portfolio, part of the Urban Universities Portfolio Project.
• Academic program review data and program portfolios.
• Surveys used at CSUS.
• Using Data to Improve Quality, Council for University Planning report on
  • surveys in use at CSUS,
  • results on key performance indicators from surveys and other sources, and
  • faculty & staff views of institutional culture.

• Assessment policies, history, definitions, and guidelines.
• Examples of student learning goals and assessment methods.
• Examples of departmental assessment plans.
• Information about assessment mini-grants.
• Links to other resources.

• Assessment principles and policies, membership and charge of the campus Assessment Activities Subcommittee (AAS).
• Assessment grant proposals (see News).
• Calendar of on- and off-campus events.
• Departmental assessment plans, being added gradually.
• Web forms to request consultation, to describe course or department assessment activities, and for discussion/feedback.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overview: aspects and evidences of assessment at Carthage.
• Assessment reports for departments, programs, general education.
• Information from meetings and other communications about assessment.
• Job placement histories, available to on-campus users.

• Results from surveys of freshmen, graduating seniors, alumni, and faculty.

• Assessment mission and goals.
• Assessment plan instructions for academic and administrative departments, and forms for reporting plans and results (MS Word documents).
• Alumni survey results (listed under Resources / Links).
• Assessment bibliography.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Brief description of CSU assessment process.
• Drafts of surveys for entering and exiting students.

• Overview, principles, tips, etc.
• Resources for classroom assessment, including ability to submit assessment plan/report via email.
• Information on assessment in the discipline, assessment in general education.
• Campus assessment reports.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overview of assessment program.
• Results from pilot assessments of general education.
• Papers and reports related to assessment.
• Guidelines & schedule for discipline assessments.

• Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Goals for undergraduates, with associated objectives and related course outcomes.
  • Assessment processes and measures (*.pdf documents).
  • Recent assessment results.
• Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
  • Goals for undergraduates, with associated objectives, and assessment methods.
  • Surveys for enrolled students and alumni.

• Assessment handbook includes
  • steps and guidelines for developing a department, and
  • examples of assessment methods, findings, and resulting changes.
• FYI campus assessment newsletter (not available from off-campus sites).
• Information about
  • alumni survey (not available from off-campus sites) and
  • assessment grants.
• Books, etc., and survey-development software available on campus.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Information about student surveys, with some results summaries
  • CIRP (first-year students)
  • Risk behavior and current issues surveys (and results)
  • CSEQ student-experiences survey
  • Senior exit surveys
  • Focus groups and other evaluation projects

• Office for Teaching, Learning, & Assessment
  • Faculty advisory board, and information about the Office for Teaching, Learning, & Assessment
  • Reports on assessment, including assessment plan and consultants' reports.
  • Links to other assessment resources.

• Institutional effectiveness mission statement.
• Academic- and support-unit assessment plans.
• General education plans and assessment instruments.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Assessment plan and measures used.

• Current assessment activities.
• Results from student and alumni surveys.
• Assessment information for individual majors.
  • When last checked, the 5 Year Review links led to a note saying that hardcopy reports are available n campus. Not clear whether copies are available for off-campus requests.
  • Alumni employment and further education, from sources other than alumni surveys.
• Internet and library assessment resources.
• 5-year (program) review guidelines (under Background -- see Section II. Assessment of student outcomes).

• Overviews of assessment activities, ENMU's culture of assessment, and academic (faculty) and service-unit assessment roles, plans and approaches.
• Student involvement, with information about students' roles and responsibilities, including required assessment day activities,
• See faculty roles for information about ENMU's experience with classroom-based assessment and an on-line version of the Teaching Goals Inventory (TGI), a self-assessment of instructional goals for faculty members.
• Data sources include ENMU data from the NSSE survey and the Academic Profile, and from student satisfaction surveys. Also The DATAWave, a campus newsletter about ARO assessment activities and results.

• Information about Tennessee's performance funding standards and the university's performance funding plan and results.
• Results from nationally-standardized surveys of students and alumni and exams in general education and various disciplines.
• Information for students about required nationally-standardized exams.

• ESU's assessment policy.
• Overviews of assessment at ESU.
  • Report of 1998 assessment task force.
  • Status of assessment at ESU.
  • Overviews include
    • history,
    • assessment methods,
    • some assessment results, and
    • changes as a result of assessment.
• Policy on general education competency exams.
• Assessing on-line courses and programs: instruments and progress reports.
• Pop-up on-line "quizlet" about ESU assessment policy.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Campus News article about FSU's outcomes assessment process.
• Description of general education assessment, including surveys and specially-constructed tests and test questions.

• Results from surveys of currently-enrolled students, graduating seniors, and alumni.
• Results from the National Survey of Student Engagement.
• Assessment resources, including
  • the institutional assessment plan,
  • a Central Assessment Information System with detailed data available to FAU faculty and staff,
  • information from campus Institutional Effectiveness Committees (IECs) including "best practices" examples of assessment plans, and
  • links to other assessment resources.

• Program Guidebook on assessment for faculty and administrators (*.pdf document).
• Assessment policies and college-wide intended outcomes.
• Timeline for developing/implementing assessment (see Assessment Grid).
• Information about Assessment Day.
• Freshman class data from the CIRP survey, with some comparisons to other institutions in the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities.

• Policy and mission for institutional assessment and academic program review.
• On-line assessment plans forms for departments to report program goals, assessment methods, results, and effects.
• PDF files of student survey forms and assessment-plan forms, with links to on-line versions.
• FAQ (frequently-asked questions) about surveys, assessment process, etc.
• Downloadable and on-line versions of exit surveys for graduating students.
• Reports of survey results, including GMU's report from the National Survey of Student Engagement.
• Links to other resources, on- and off-campus.

• Brief statements of outcomes projects at GHC, with email addresses for obtaining more information.
• Links to other resources.

• Assessment Coordinating Council charge and membership.
• AE (Assessment Effects) newsletter (*.pdf documents) with information about ISU assessment projects & processes.
• Resources and Featured Projects includes
  • Reports of assessment projects (some full-text, some abstracts).
  • Links to other resources.
• Small grant program for assessment-related projects.

• This strategic planning document has appendices on
  • assessment of student learning, in the chapter by the Task Force for Accountability and Assessment.
  • persistence and graduation, in the chapter by the Task Force on Student Persistence and Attainment.
• The Bureau of Evaluative Studies and Testing (BEST) consults with faculty and departments about student outcomes assessment and survey development.

• Assessment Advisory Committee 1998 interim report.

• Information Management and Institutional Research: Assessment reports from surveys and other sources.
• Office of the Vice Chancellor for Planning & Improvement, reports from the Program Review and Assessment Committee.
  • Annual summary of committee activities (.pdl documents, 1999-2000 summary not available when last checked.)
  • Assessment reports from IUPUI schools (1999-2000 reports not available when last checked).
  • Assessment grant guidelines and reports.
• Examples of and initiatives in assessing student learning, from IUPUI's institutional portfolio, part of the Urban Universities Portfolio Project.

• Policies and procedures for student outcomes assessment.
• Inside Iowa State article about ISU's outcomes assessment process.

• The office's role in assessment.
• Student and alumni surveys used at JSU.

• Assessment instruments and guides.
• Guidelines and schedules for surveys and assessment reports.
• FAQ (frequently asked questions) about assessment at JMU.
• Information about Psy.D. program in Asessment & Measurement.
• Links to other assessment and higher-education resources.

• Description of assessment process.
• Survey and other assessment results. (See both OIR Studies and specific links on Assessment page.)

• System for Assessing Academic Achievement: the college's assessment plans and current activities.
• Suggested tools (rubrics) for grading students' papers and presentations.

• Assessment plan.
• North Central Association documents about assessment.
• Faculty responses from survey about possible assessment services and training.
• Still to come: OAA data reports, NCA accreditation reports.

• Comprehensive assessment program: Overview of Kings' College approach to integrating assessment into the curriculum.

• The Learning Outcomes component of KCC's summer 2001 Vanguard Project site has
  • a report on pilot studies defining learning outcomes and assessments for writing and oral communication skills.
  • KCC's assessment plan with:
    • downloadable forms for reporting outcomes and assessment results for courses, instructors, and departments, and
    • an RFP (request for proposals) for assessment mini-grants. The RFP includes guidelines for and classification of assessment projects.
    • a project proposal form.
  • guidelines from the curriculum & instruction committee with forms to describe outcomes assessment processes in courses proposed for permanent status.

• Assessment plan.
• Measures used.
• Some survey reports, others to come.
• FAQ (frequently asked questions) about assessment at KCC.
• 1998 NCA Self Study -- see Part IV. Criterion Three for information about and from KCC's assessment process. Also see the NCA Team Report.
• Links to other assessment sites

• Assessment policy, goals, & timelines.
• Methods & plans for assessment of general education.
• Outcomes assessment reports for the college and for general education. Reports from individual programs are available to LLC faculty and staff.
• Workshops and focus groups for staff development, and information about regional and national conferences and workshops.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Part of LCC's faculty/administration Strategic Learning Initiative, coordinated by the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, & Planning.
• The project charter shows the college's plan to develop an assessment process.

• Reports on assessment of
  • general education,
  • major programs,
  • perceptions of campus and campus climate,
  • student performance in writing and mathematics,
  • etc.
• Presentations based on survey and other assessment findings, including Longwood's National Survey of Student Engagement results.

• Policies and oversight.
• Surveys used in the assessment process.
• Assessment questions to be answered by academic programs and student services programs.
• Examples of how assessment results are used by programs.
• Assessment and program review annual reports.
• Assessment Outcomes newsletter.

• Assessment team charge, meeting minutes, brief reports.
• Outcomes assessment resource team report with outcomes goals for general education and each degree program (.pdf document).
• Assessment portfolio pilot project:
• Information for students, including learning outcomes for each major.

• Guidelines for academic and administrative assessment and institutional effectiveness planning.
• Assessment plans and inventory of assessment methods used by academic departments. (Access restricted to Meredith faculty & staff.)
• Examples of assessment tools used by academic departments, and success stories about how departments have used assessment information.
• Recommended reading and links to other assessment resources.

• Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about assessment at MCC.
• Information about MCC's Assessment Week and information for students about assessment (*.pdf documents).
• Tips for faculty administering assessments (*.pdf document).
• To come: 2001 assessment report.

• Assessment: A Resource Guide
  • definitions and assessment plan.
  • Examples of assessment measures, and prompts for student self-reflection.
  • Campus resources for help with various aspects of assessment.
  • Bibliography.
• Academic Outcomes Assessment Committee
  • Steps in development of outcomes assessment process.
  • Brief annual reports of committee activities.

• Brief description of university assessment plan.
• Examples of program changes as a result of assessment.

• Background of outcomes assessment at MSU.
• Principles, standards, and useful techniques.
• Assessment plans for undergraduate majors, and Web forms for submitting assessment plans and summaries.
• Description of general education at MSU, and online survey of core course faculty.
• Information about capstone courses.
• Resources for MSU-Bozeman faculty and administrators.
• Surveys and related data, including
  • retention and graduation rates.
  • Senior & alumni survey results.

• Assessment philosophy, methods, and implementation timeline.
• Task force charge, members, and minutes.
• Results from alumni survey.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Outcomes assessment plan, structure, and process.
• Activities through 1997.
• Committee charges and memberships.

• University assessment policy and methods (*.pdf documents).
• Survey instruments: first year students, graduating students, alumni, study abroad students (*.pdf documents).
• Outcomes goals for majors and for general education (*.pdf documents).
• Assessment bibliography and links to assessment resources.

• University Planning & Analysis: Assessing Programs
  • Overview of outcomes assessment at NC State.
  • Survey research program:
    • Overview, and reports from surveys of freshmen, sophomores, transfer students, graduating seniors, alumni, and graduates' employers.
    • Impact of Assessment: Information from deans, directors, department heads about how student/alumni survey data are used.
  • Results from the National Survey of Student Engagement.
  • Presentations/papers on assessment, and reports on special assessment projects.
  • Links to other assessment resources (i.e., this page).
• Undergraduate Academic Program Review (UAPR)
  • About the assessment-based UAPR process.
  • Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about assessment and UAPR, and useful links to related on-campus offices and projects.
  • Guidelines for program review portfolios.
  • Resources include a toolkit of links to information about assessment, and information about mini-grants to support UAPR.
• NC State College of Engineering ABET 2000 site.

• General statements of assessment principles and procedures.
• Assessment techniques, emphasizing ways to use already- existing aspects of courses and curricula.
• Guidelines for reporting assessment activity.
• Assessment committee members and minutes.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overviews and procedures for assessing degree programs, general education (liberal studies), and online (distributed-learning) courses.
• Course-based assessment strategies.
• Reports on progress in outcomes assessment.
• Results from surveys of students and alumni, and from the NSSE.
• Links to other resources.

• Institutional assessment plan, including general plans for assessment of undergraduate and graduate programs, general education, and support programs.
• Individual academic departments' assessment plans.
• Format for departments' assessment status report.
• Results from survey of baccalaureate alumni.

• University assessment plan.
• Examples of departmental assessment plans.
• Online form for submitting departmental assessment report.
• Other documents on assessment:
  • Results from survey on liberal studies at NMU.
  • Assessment methods used in capstone courses.
  • Briefing overview and critical review of assessment options.
  • Links to other assessment resources.

• State guidelines.
• General education goals and objectives, and goals for core computer competencies.
• Assessment strategies for academic units.
• 2000 NVCC assessment report.
• Process, guidelines, and schedule for program & discipline review. Progress report on reviews completed.
• Assessment committee structure.
• Information about assessment mini-grants.
• Downloadable WordPerfect 5.1 files of
  • assessment and evaluation reports and updates.
  • department and program assessment plans.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Assessment information for students, including campus policy and a table of the local and national surveys used.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Still to come: Information and analysis: results of assessment projects.

• Outcomes assessment page has
  • student surveys used, and
  • results from senior examinations and some student surveys.

• Policy statement about assessment.
• On- and off-campus examples of classroom assessment techniques.
• Links to assessment resources.

• Select assessment for:
  • Plan for assessment of student outcomes.
  • Powerpoint presentation on assessment process.
  • Results from student and alumni surveys.
• College factbook.
• Note: some reports are available only from within the college.
• If your browser doesn't handle frames, start here.

• Plan for outcomes-based assessment of the college's undergraduate programs.

• Assessment plan and logistics.
• Results from surveys of students and alumni (some reports are restricted to OU users).
• Chronological lists of assessment reviews with reports from individual schools and departments. A separate list of recent reviews is available by department.
• Links to other resources.

• What is assessment -- introduction and definitions.
• Information about assessment at OSU, including program outcomes assessment plans and annual reports.
• Assessment FAQ (frequently asked questions).
• Results from student and alumni surveys.
• Information about special projects requests (mini-grants).

• Mission and history of the assessment program.
• Assessment cycle and plans summarize methods used overall and by individual departments. (*.pdf documents)
• Downloadable MS Word forms for academic- and support-unit assessment plans and results.
• FAQ (frequently-asked questions) page for ODU students.
• Access to survey instruments for ODU students.
• Reports on survey results, impact of assessment. (*.pdf documents)
• Links to other assessment resources

• Overview and history of the project, and
  • Principles of assessment,
  • Assessment of Learning Project (ALP) including survey of faculty assessment activities,
  • Departmental project team report on assessments used by Palomar faculty, and
  • Report on computer-based portfolio project.
• Faculty participation link: Get involved invitation.
• Bibliography and links to other resources.
• If your browser doesn't handle frames, start here.

• Academic Assessment page:
  • Overall, academic program, and general education assessment plans.
  • Academic program assessment plans (*.pdf files).
  • Resources for faculty: methods, NCA guidelines, library holdings, etc.

• Information for faculty about
  • classroom assessment,
  • teaching portfolios, and
  • student evaluation of courses/faculty, in general and particular to Penn State's Students' Evaluation of Educational Quality (SEEQ).

• Assessment office mission and overview of activities.
• Survey and workshop reports (for on-campus use, password protected).
• Online survey forms: the Technology Rich Classroom survey is not password protected.
• Digital Portfolio Assessment Project (DPAP). Portfolios are password protected. The mission page has additional description.
• Irvine Project on assessment of cultural awareness on campus.
• Information about assessment grants at Pepperdine's Seaver College.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Student Academic Achievement
  • Assessment newsletter, with campus and department updates.
  • Academic program evaluation.
  • Links to assessment resources.
  • Upcoming pages on helpful hints, general education and department assessment plans, and Web form for submitting department plans.
  • Institutional effectiveness overview.

• Assessment plan and policies.
• Data and approaches used in assessment at Polytechnic.
• Click the big blue dot to get back to the index (menu) page.

• Overviews of assessment at PGCC and the college's general education "institutional portfolio".
• How/when departments will develop assessment plans.
• Template for department reports of general education assessment.
• Links to assessment resources.

• Goals and plans for academic and non-academic assessment.
• Descriptions, timelines, etc. for assessments in progress.
• Assessment records: assessment criteria, results, and how the data have been used.
• Data recording/reporting forms adapted from Institutional Effectiveness Associates' books and workshops. (Posted by permission, in Microsoft Word 6 format.)
• Description and examples of primary trait assessments.
• Practical principles that may help other colleges and universities.
• Upcoming assessment & training events.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overview & policies for institutional effectiveness and academic and administrative assessment.
• Institution and curriculum goals.
• Descriptions of and guidelines for academic and administrative assessment plans.
• Self-study plan.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Offices and groups supporting assessment at Rose-Hulman, and the services they provide.
• Stepping Ahead: An Assessment Plan Development Guide.
• RosE-Portfolio student portfolio project and demonstration.
• Outcomes assessment goals for student learning.
• Papers and presentations on assessment. (Some are restricted to Rose-Hulman faculty & staff.)
• Links to resources for assessment, especially for engineering schools.

• College outcomes assessment plan.
• Assessment plans for individual academic departments.

• Information about surveys of students and faculty.
• The Undergraduate Experience summarizes results from surveys of continuing and graduating students and of students who withdrew from the university (*.pdf file).

• Outcomes assessment report, with
  • summarized results from student and alumni surveys, including the National Survey of Student Engagement,
  • a pilot study of an estimated-gains course assessment, and
  • information about program review and faculty development activities.
• Outcomes assessment primer & resources being developed by the SSU School of Business, with
  • criteria for assessment plans, and
  • definitions and bibliography,
  • conference presentations on assessment.

• About the committee, including services & support for departments and faculty.
• About assessment.
• Resources, including links to other web sites.
• Downloadable examples of department assessment plans and surveys.
• Using assessment information in periodic departmental reviews.

• University assessment documents, policies, and events.
• Results from surveys of students and faculty/administrators/staff.
• Perspectives on Assessment electronic newsletter.
• Information about assessment mini-grants.
• Institutional data portfolio: searchable database of institutional research data.
• Hardcopy assessment resources, and links to other Internet assessment resources.
• College of Business Outcomes Assessment Committee
  • Projects, progress, and plans.
  • Links to other resources.

• Assessment goals and infrastructure at SJSU and in the California State University system.
• General education (GE) assessment
  • Overview
  • Results from pilot survey of faculty.
  • Downloadable forms for collecting & reporting assessment data.
• Assessment tools: developing and using scoring rubrics.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• SJC assessment plan and history.
• Suggestions about assessment methods.
• To come: assessment resources and detailed assessment plans and reports.
  • Note: the Resources page may produce a Java error in versions of Netscape earlier than 6.0.

• Guidelines for assessment plans and writing assessable program goals.
• Information about campus mini-grants for assessment projects.
• Bibliography and books, articles, etc. available in the Assessment Office library.

• Assessment Notes online newsletter.
• Annual assessment report.
• Reports on assessment of the assessment process.
• Best practices examples of course and curriculum changes based on assessment results.
• Faculty guide: rationale and process for assessment.
• Web forms for reporting assessment plans and results.
• The good, the bad, and the ugly: presentation on overcoming obstacles to assessment.

• Assessment plan.
• University-wide student learning outcomes.
• Library materials and links to other assessment resources.

• Part of the League for Innovation in the Community College's 21st Century Learning Outcomes Project.
• Details of Schoolcraft's participation: project plans, meeting notes, etc.
• Documents & reports
  • Most of these are *,pdf documents or downloadable Powerpoint (*.pps) files. \
  • Background of the project.
  • Results from surveys and focus groups.
  • Rubrics for various assessment methods.
  • Newsletters and articles about the project.
• Schoolcraft's e-Portfolio pilot project.
• Links to other resources.

• Quality Assessment Publications has
  • quality assessment reports, by subject area and institution, and
  • other quality assessment publications, including information about SHEFC's assessment program.

Seton Hall University: Outcomes Assessment Team (New Jersey)

• Overview of assessment process.
• Assessment methods in use by academic departments.
• Annotated list of assessment-related books.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Assessment at Shepherd College:
  • Assessment philosophy.
  • General studies goals and outcomes associated with each academic program.
  • Downloadable forms to submit program assessment plans (Institutional Effectiveness Associates forms) and results.
  • Application for assessment mini-grant.
  • Information about the Assessment taskforce, and checklists for taskforce review of program assessment plans.
  • News, timetables, etc.
  • Links to other assessment resources.

• Select Special Studies for abstracts of reports on surveys and other IR analyses.
• Pull-down menu leads to enrollment, retention, and Common Data Set data.
• If your browser doesn't handle frames, use these links instead.
  • Main menu
  • Pull-down list

• Assessment at Slippery Rock: principles, history, university-wide outcomes goals, Q&A.
• An approach to program/department assessment.
• Student Affairs assessment model and methods.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Assessment plans.
• Table of data sources for various institutional reports.
• Self-Assessment Summaries include retention/graduation rates and alumni survey results.
• Tables & displays of, e.g., enrollments, degrees awarded, retention/graduation rates.

• A Closer Look at Public Higher Education in South Carolina: Summaries of institutions' institutional effectiveness reports. (These are large *.pdf documents. Downloadable Word versions are also available.)
• Instructions for institutions' IE reports, and which institutions report which IE-report components.
• Links to assessment resources.
• Also available: State agency annual accountability reports to the South Carolina General Assembly for FY 1995-96 & 1996-97. These are links to the individual agency reports, including all state institutions of higher education.

• Institutional effectiveness
  • policies & guidelines, and
  • information about Student Evaluation of Teaching (SOT) process.
• Links to other IR and assessment resources.

• University assessment plan.
• Assessment report guidelines; annual report format and templates.
• Assessment committee evaluation rubric and review of department assessment reports.
• Busy Chairperson's Guide to Assessment -- useful FAQ (frequently asked questions) about assessment.

• Why "do" assessment?
• University assessment plan.
• Description of the required senior assignment
• Information about funding for senior assignment projects and PILAF (Program-Initiated Learning Assessment Fund) projects.
• Descriptions of new-student and mid-point assessments, and senior exit interviews (select Mid-Point Assessment).
• Assessments in non-instructional areas.
• Information about classroom assessment techniques and portfolio assessment.
• Results of short-term, focused assessments (select Timely Assessment Results).
• BEESWAX project in writing assessment.
• Information about periodic program review.
• Assessing distance education.
• Assessment bibliography.
• Links to other assessment sites.

• Flowchart: Assessing SMSU Outcomes.
• Information about surveys used in SMSU assessment.
• Assessment databases and how data are used to mesaure progress toward institutional goals.
• Online registration for SMSU's general education exit exam.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overview of assessment at SWT.
• Assessment measures used university-wide and by individual colleges/departments.
• Examples of assessment forms in use by programs & departments.
• Reports of assessment projects.
• Assessment successes: department plans, results, and uses of assessment information.
• Links to other resources.

• History of outcomes assessment at SCC.
• Outcomes plan, goals, and definitions.
• Outcomes accomplishments and annual reports.
• Library materials and links to other assessment resources.

• Overview of assessment initiative.
• Report of the Provost's Advisory Task Force on the Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes.
• Report of General Education Assessment Review (GEAR) group.

• Assessment activities include
  • Information about general education assessment
  • Assessment reports from surveys of students, faculty, & staff, and from other assessment-related analyses.
  • Information about current assessment projects.
  • Conference presentations.
• Still to come: links to other assessment resources.

• SUNY-Potsdam results from surveys of freshmen (CIRP) and SUNY-system surveys of continuing students, seniors, and baccalaureate alumni (*.pdf documents).
• Campus statistics are available to SUNY-Potsdam faculty and staff.
• Links to statistical and institutional-research resources.

• Survey and research reports include results from surveys of graduates and of non-returning students, and very large .pdf reports on SCCC's results from SUNY's periodic student opinion surveys.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• All University Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee.
  • Activities and plans.
  • FAQ (frequently-asked questions) about assessment.
  • Links to other assessment resources.

• Assessment methods for each of the campus objectives.

• Assessment Center
  • About the Assessment & Evaluation Center.
  • Assessment manual for developing a departmental assessment process.
  • Report on non-returners (*.pdf file).
  • Links to other resources.
  • If your browser can't handle frames, go here.
• Student ratings of faculty (select Services)
  • If your browser can't handle frames, go here.

• Guidelines for assessment plans and reports, with examples.
• Examples of surveys for graduating seniors and alumni.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Schedule for developing outcomes assessment plans (*.pdf document).
• Guidelines for developing assessment plans, and examples of assessment plans (*.pdf documents).
• N_newPEC documents on methods for [assessment of] critical thinking and examples of assessment at selected institutions (*.pdf documents).
• Middle States Association statement on standards of excellence (*.pdf document).
• Links to assessment resources.

• Overview: history, policy, guidelines for assessment. From the site index, see the guidelines for developing an assessment plan in the major, reporting schedules, etc.
• Assessment methods used by academic departments. From the site index, see the "best practices" standards and awards.
• Summaries of what's been learned from assessment. From the site index, see the report on changes made in major programs as a result.
• From the site index, see summary reports to the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
• Downloadable reporting forms in wordprocessor formats.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Formerly Northeast Missouri State University
• History of assessment at Truman State.
• Assessment methods.
• Annual assessment almanac with
  • Assessment plan.
  • Descriptions of assessment methods.
  • Results from surveys of students, alumni, employers, faculty.
  • Results of portfolio and capstone course assessments.

• Guidelines for administering mid-term and end-of-term course critiques, with reporting forms and examples.
• Tools/Resources, including
  • aids for developing & using course critiques;
  • tools, tips, etc. for assessing students, courses, programs, and teaching; and
  • an assessment catalog of methods used by academic departments. (This is a "snapshot" of an Access database. Download the Snapshot Viewer program and the Catalog Introduction [MS Word file] that describes the database.)

• Educating Army Leaders: see academic program goals and assessment of the academic curriculum. (If your Web browser doesn't handle frames, use this link instead.)
• Center for Teaching Excellence: Cadet Feedback describes classroom assessment and end-of-course assessment methods.

• Outcomes statements for general education.
• Links to resources for general education assessment.

• Assessment policy and plan.
• Forms for reporting assessment plans and results. (These are *.pdf files.)
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Policy and history.
• Assessment plans and guidelines, goals, 1998-99 status.
• Examples of departmental assessment plans.
• Annual reports to UA Regents.
• Books and articles on assessment.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Assessment policy and activities.
• Guidelines for preparing assessment plans.
• Bibliography of assessment-related material.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Overview and history of outcomes assessment at UA.
• Assessment approaches being used.
• Outcomes statements for general education.
• Progress reports from some academic units are already available.
• Results from surveys of students and alumni.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• University assessment plan.
• Elements and process guide for department plans.
• Library of department plans developed so far.
• Some on-line assessment reports.
• Hardcopy resources available on campus and links to other Web resources.

• History and description of assessment process.
• Overviews of methods used, results obtained, and uses of results.
• Individual departments' assessment plans and results.
• Assessment of the process, new demands, and plans for change.
• Results from surveys of students and alumni (including the National Survey of Student Engagement).
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Template for departmental assessment reports and schedule of assessment activites.
• Checklist for assessment committee review of departmental progress reports.
• Survey instruments and results from surveys of new freshmen, graduating seniors, and alumni.
• Links to assessment resources.
• The Student Assessment Web Guide is an MSWord document with screen shots of the Student Assessment web site.

• Surveys used by the department (MS Word files).
• Assessment bibliography.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Other pages to come -- workshops, seminars, continuous course evaluation.

• Resources for academic departments developing assessment plans.
• Assessment plans from academic departments.
• Results from surveys of graduating seniors.
• Books and articles on assessment available for faculty use.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• If your Web browser doesn't handle frames, use this link instead.

• General documents about assessment, institutional effectiveness, program review, and program-level annual review.
• Information about assessment methods, and on-campus resources for help with assessment.
• Information about assessment grants (MS Word document), in the Annual Review section. \
• News about assessment at UK.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Still to come: Frequently-asked questions (FAQ), using assessment results.

• Office of Academic Planning & Assessment
  • Assessment publications (*.pdl documents): reports from studies of
    • retention and non-returning students' reasons for leaving,
    • student experience with general education,
    • living-learning communities,
    • surveys of graduating seniors and alumni,
    • curriculum-development projects,
    • faculty reaction to 1995 revision of the process for student evaluation of teaching, and
    • individual faculty experiences with assessment.
  • Assessment resources including
    • handbooks for program assessment and classroom assessment techniques (*.pdl documents),
    • recommended readings (*.pdl document), and
    • links to assessment resources.
  • Institutional research data (Facts and FAQs).
  • Information about the Student Response to Instruction (SRTI) evaluation of teaching.
• Student Affairs, Research, Information, and Systems
  • Project Pulse: summaries of weekly topical telephone polls.
  • Research & evaluation: results from student satisfaction surveys, CIRP survey of entering freshmen.

• From UMB's institutional portfolio, part of the Urban Universities Portfolio Project.
• Academic quality assessment guidelines and report.
• Student learning goals for general education.
• Assessment of writing proficiency and first year seminars.
• Competency-based assessment in the College of Public & Community Service.
• Assessment experience from a recent project on institutional transformation.

• Reports overview UM assessment activities.
• News articles on assessment projects & results.
• CAWG FAQ (frequently asked questions), history, projects, and activities.
• The FAQ page has links to other assessment resources.

• The Assessment Resource Center has a well-organized collection of links to assessment tools and information about assessment. The section on major/disciplinary field assessment will eventually include assessment plans and results from UMUC academic programs.

• Assessment plans for the university's colleges.
• From the university's 2000 North Central Association reaccreditation self study.
• *.pdf documents.

• Survey instruments developed for various offices and institutions within U. Minn.
  • Undergraduate and graduate student outcomes and satisfaction surveys
  • Student opinions about services and/or specific campus issues
• Most instruments can be viewed by entering demo in the sign-in box

• Plan and progress reports.
• Assessment of assessment at UMM.
• Academic and service department assessment plans.
• Summary of methods used in the various academic units.
• Information about UMM on-line portfolio system.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Research reports on
  • Surveys of student satisfaction and experiences, CIRP data on new freshmen, etc.
  • Retention and graduation statistics.

• University assessment policies.
• Resources available on campus; assessment instruments used.
• FAQs (frequently-asked questions) for students.
• Assessment results: surveys of freshmen and graduating seniors, CIRP, Academic Profile Test APT).
• Links to other assessment and higher-education resources.

• On-line assessment handbook: What is Assessment? and Getting Started. The slides from the Assessment Workshops have useful overviews. (The pages for workshop classes 3 & 4 are optimized for Internet Explorer and do not display well in Netscape.)
• On-line forms to submit and edit departmental assessment plans and reports.
• Completed assessment forms: departmental plans, results, and self-studies.
• Information about assessment grants and an annual departmental assessment award.
• Information about campus-wide assessments, including placement tests, student and alumni surveys, and writing-proficiency placement.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Presentation to deans, Making Outcomes Assessment Work for UNL.
• Annual reports of UNL assessment activities.

• University assessment plan
• Online site for creating departmental assessment plans. (The web form is restricted to UNR faculty & staff, but the *.pdf Guidelines document shows how it works.)
• Academic and service department assessment plans
• Results from surveys and exit interviews administered by OUA
• Resources include
  • Steps in developing an assessment plan
  • Worksheets and examples
  • Links to assessment resources

• Research projects: Information about surveys of UNH students. Results from some surveys are available on request.
• Links to assessment resources.

• About the 16-campus systemwide survey process.
• Results from surveys of sophomores, graduating seniors, alumni, employers.

• Results from surveys of students and alumni.
• Impact of freshmen connections to the university.
• Research on impact of freshman year experience.
• Links to other Student Affairs Research resources:
  • Institutions doing research and assessment.
  • Internet resources.

• Information about and from surveys of students and graduate and undergraduate alumni.
• Institutional factbook.
• Student Data Profiles generated by interactive queries.

• Institutional Research & Planning: Assessment
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  • Overview of assessment activities and policies.
  • Institutional effectiveness and program assessment plans and reports.
  • General education assessment plans; survey and focus group results.
  • Results from surveys of students, faculty, alumni, and parents. (Some are *.pdf files.)
  • Enrollment, retention/graduation, freshman performance.
  • Links to other resources.

• Assessment activities. Also see Assessing the assessment activities (*.pdf file).
• Assessment Forum: FAQs (frequently asked questions) and principles of good practice.
• Surveys and survey results.
• Links to other resources.

• Agenda, minutes, membership, etc. of the University Assessment Committee.
  • The committee is currently rewriting the university assessment plan and will post the revised version.
• Suggestions for departmental assessment plans and activities, and a form for the annual departmental assessment report.
• Descriptions of student and faculty surveys. Results from some surveys are available to UND faculty and staff.
  • The bottom of this page has a link to data for departments' annual reports.
• Office of Instructional Development resources for assessment, such as training program assessment teams.
• Links to assessment resources.

• Core curriculum
  • Description.
  • Examples of core-related learning objectives.
  • Evaluation criteria.
  • Planning, oversight, and assessment processes.
• Campus presentations on assessment.
• Links to other resources.

• Academic Quality Management System (AQMS) -- surveys and other measures of information about the day-to-day educational process at the University of Phoenix.
• Adult Learning Outcomes Assessment project (ALOA) -- information for students about their educational achievements and needs, and for administrators about the impact of its educational programs.

• About assessment, from the Teaching & Educational Development Institute
  • Policies and guidelines.
  • How to develop a criterion referenced assessment process.
  • Issues in group assessment (assessing students working in groups).
  • Designing an assessment program and portfolio.
  • Downloadable forms.
  • Faculty bulletin board for posting questions/answers & comments about assessment in a variety of classroom and other training situations.

• Policies and general information about assessment at USF.
• Services offered by ARC to assist assessment activities.

• University assessment plan (MS Word document).
• Guide for assessment in Doctor of Pharmacy programs (MS Word document).
• Links to assessment resources.

• General education goals / objectives / criteria.
• Description of course-embedded assessment project (.pdf files).
• Assessment warehouse: view results by survey, by general education goal, etc.
• Information about surveys used.
• Campus, school/college, and administrative-unit strategic plans (the menu says assessment plans but these are strategic planning documents).
• Institutional effectiveness reports to SC Commission on Higher Education.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Academic assessment policy.
• Institutional effectiveness reports.
• Forms for reporting assessment plans and results, with departmental examples.
• Facts and figures: enrollment, retention, and other factbook information.
• South Carolina's performance funding process, and information about a FIPSE-funded research project on its effects.
• Results from surveys of students and faculty, and USCA student/faculty access to on-line surveys.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• FAQ (frequently-asked questions) about assessment, assessment jargon, differences between assessing programs and assessing individual students, etc.
• Bibliography, and links to other assessment resources.
• On-line discussion forum.
• To come: announcements, messages to faculty.

• Unit effectiveness plans
  • Instructions and guidelines for unit plans and reports.
  • Example, and plans from individual units (more to come).
  • Links to other resources.

• I.E. Publications include *.pdf reports on
  • surveys of new, continuing, and non-returning students.
  • the National Survey of Student Engagement.

• Research and assessment
  • Assessment: an overview of assessment at UW, survey methods used, end-of-program assessments in each major, a longitudinal study of undergraduate learning, and other assessment reports.
  • Reports: Survey results, end-of-program assessments, graduation/retention, student skills & abilities, and other topics.
• UW's Instructional Assessment System (IAS) for student evaluation of courses.
• Other services that OEA provides.
• Other UW outcomes assessment projects:
  • Student Learning Outcomes: A Faculty Resource Guide on Development and Assessment (UW Accountability Board)
  • G-LOOP: Geography Learning Objectives and Outcomes Project

• Overview of university assessment policies.
• Procedures for assessing majors and general education.
• How the university uses assessment data and reviews the assessment plan.
• Examples of the student opinion survey and exit interview.
• Information about the university's undergraduate portfolio project.
• Some of these are *.pdf documents.

• Assessment plan.
• Results from student and alumni surveys.
• The section on general education assessment includes
  • UW-Green Bay's general education assessment process,
  • a preliminary report of 1998-99 results, and
  • information on developing & using performance rating scales.
• Assessment in the major (under construction when last checked).
• The ATS home page includes information about the National Survey of Student Engagement (under construction when last checked).
• The Outcomes and Assessment section of UW-Green Bay's Electronic Factbook includes retention/graduation data.

• Background, process, and policy.
• Manual for department heads and others involved in assessment.
• Assessment methods in use.
• Assessment reports.
• Student survey data.
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Information for students about UWS's electronic portfolio process. The portfolio manual is a downloadable MS Word document.
• General education goals and objectives, and an example of an on-line survey of general education activities in specific courses.

• In the assessment resources section:
  • Examples of practices & programs leads to assessment practices at UW institutions and links to other universities' assessment pages.
  • Web-based resources leads to the Assessment for Student Development Clearinghouse and information about survey software.
  • Survey instruments and data collection leads to an earlier version of the Clearinghouse, ERIC/AE's test locator, and additional information about assessment instruments.
  • Information about online articles and relevant books.
  • A list of assessment resource people in the UW system.

• Assessment of Student Learning: 1997 assessment plan including university-, college-, and department-level assessment of:
  • Academic outcomes.
  • Student satisfaction.
  • Student development.
  • Career and life development.
• The Outcomes Assessment Self-Study Subcommittee for the UW's 2000 accreditation review summarizes the university's assessment plan and evaluates assessment activities.
• Chapter 10 in the Online Textbook for first-year students has a brief section on outcomes assessment activities.

• Assessment policy and plan.
• Current survey projects and reports.
• Some college and departmental links. Some lead directly to assessment information.
• Articles about assessment in the campus newspaper.
• Factbook and other university statistics.
• 1997 accreditation report (*.pdf document).
• Links to other assessment resources.

• Department of Mathematical Sciences: Assessment methods for each of the department's educational goals.
• Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering: chapter from annual report describing assessment activities and resulting changes in academic programs.

• WEAVE handbook for assessment (*.pdf document)
  • VCU's assessment model
  • Steps in developing and implementing assessment
  • Form for reporting assessment plan and results
  • Sample scoring rubrics
  • Sample assessment plans
• Database of WEAVE reports (restricted to VCU faculty & staff)
• VCU's general education competencies
• Links to assessment resources

• 1995 and 1996 system-wide assessment report summaries.

• Mission: Overview of assessment program.
• Assessment instruments used.
• Reports
  • from surveys of entering freshmen, current students, and alumni.
  • Quality Improvement in Action on-line newsletter.
  • Departmental assessment reporting schedule and reports.
• On-line senior survey and other surveys.
• Graduate student projects and other special studies related to assessment.
• Links to other resources.
• Also see the statement about undergraduate outcomes assessment in the faculty handbook (Section 4.18.1).
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• Six-year retrospective includes
  • a description of campus-wide assessment at WSU and
  • an overview of results and their effects.
• Accreditation self-study, and WSU's accountability plan for the State Higher Education Coordinating Board.
• Links to other assessment resources.
• Also see the WSU Critical Thinking Project to develop a CT rubric, with examples of individual faculty members' adaptations.

• Assessment pages include:
  • WCU assessment history and principles.
  • Assessment Resource Guide "how to do it" handbook.
  • Some departmental plans and reports, others to come.
  • Assessment of general education (still to come).
  • On-line survey forms, results from surveys of students and faculty.
  • Support services for assessment.
• Factbook, enrollment reports, and other institutional research data.
• WCU annual reports.

• Student profiles: summaries of information from or about
  • CIRP (entering student) and CSS (continuing student) data.
  • Surveys on various aspects of student experience.
  • Student-records analyses.
  • Surveys of graduates' employers.
• Surveys of alumni & graduates.
• Employer satisfaction assessments.
• Program reviews: selected programs, including reviews of departmental advising.
• Assessment retrospective, 1990-1996 (in Other Reports).
• Dialogue discussion papers on assessment topics. \
• Links to other assessment and student learning resources, including online papers about assessment.

• Definitions of outcomes assessment.
• Guidelines for developing departmental assessment plans.
• Links to assessment resources.
• Note: the Resources page and the Help links on the Guidelines page were unavailable when last checked.

• Report of the university task force on assessment.
• List of assessment-related documents on hand, with links to brief descriptions.
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• Assessment project descriptions.
• Some assessment plans.
• Assessment reports (follow students and alumni links).
• Data collection online
  • Create your own query form to request results from CIRP and senior survey.
  • To come: Xavier Pulse, Online Survey of the Week.
• Assessment Matters newsletter.
• Bibliography and survey database links to other assessment sites and information about surveys and assessment instruments.

Locating accrediting bodies

• National, regional, specialized and professional accrediting bodies.
• Addresses, telephone numbers/email, Web links.
• Maintained by CHEA.

• This section of the American Accounting Association's Outcome Assessment Committee Report is a good overview of how regional and professional associations have incorporated assessment into their accreditation processes. The number of associations with assessment among their accreditation criteria has increased since then, but this 1992-93 report captures the flavor very well.

• About CHEA, perspectives and issues, frequently asked questions.
• Addresses and phone/email for regional, national, and specialized/professional accrediting bodies. Some Web links.
• Events.
• Links to other educational organizations.

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools: Commission on Higher Education (MSA-CHE)

• Frequently asked questions.
• Symposia and workshops, publications.
• Examples of outcomes assessment plans from MSA-CHE institutions (see Special Services for this *.pdf file).

• Policies and procedures.
• Results from survey of how NEASC-CIHE institutions implement and use student outcomes assessment.

• About NCA-CIHE accreditation and peer-review.
• Commission policies, guidelines, staff, resources, publications.
• Assessment resources, including
  • NCA's matrix to evaluate how assessment is being implemented at your institution, and
  • presentations on NCA's experience with assessment as part of accreditation.
• Links to other accreditation-related Web sites.

• About the Commission.
• Policies and guidelines.
• Accreditation criteria and procedures.
• FAQ (frequently asked questions) about accreditation.

• Policies and guidelines.
• Accreditation criteria and procedures.
• FAQ (frequently asked questions) on accreditation.
• Links to other accreditation sites.

• About WASC.
• The Senior College Commission
  • Information about accreditation (.pdf files).
• The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
  • Policies and guidelines.
  • Accreditation criteria.
• The University of San Francisco's page of draft committee reports for the planning document Plan 2005 includes WASC task force reports on
  • The purpose of accreditation.
  • The role of accreditation in assessment of student learning and teaching effectiveness.
  • Integrative questions for learning assessment and evaluation of teaching.
  • Standards for undergraduate programs.
  • Statement on diversity.

See CHEA's and ASPA's lists of specialized and professional accrediting associations. Some associations' Web pages have details on criteria for assessment.

• Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
  • Information about the Board, accreditation, etc.
  • ABET evaluation criteria include outcomes assessment. (These are .pdf files.)

• Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
  • See Section B in the General evaluation standards.

• American Psychological Association (APA)
  • APA Education Directorate has information on accreditation. See Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation of Programs in Professional Psychology (go to Domain F: Program Self-Assessment and Quality Enhancement).

• Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
  • Use your browser's Find function to locate the section on program evaluation for each health-related profession in the Standards & Guidelines.

• Computing Sciences Accreditation Board Computer Science Accreditation Commission (CSAB/CSAC)
  • See CSAC Criteria 2000.

• Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE)
  • Search the February 2001 Standards (*.pdf document) for "self-assessment," "student assessment," and "outcomes."

• Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
  • See the 2001 CACREP standards.

• Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE)
  • See SECTION E: Educational Outcomes in Section II of the Accreditation Manual.

• Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
  • See Evaluative Standard 1. Program Rationale and Assessment in the baccalaureate and masters' degree Evaluative Standards and Interpretive Guidelines in the Accreditation Standards.
• Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT)
  • See Essential VI: Program Evaluation.

• National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
  • See Condition 2: Program Self-Assessment in the Conditions for Accreditation

• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
  • See the newly-revised accreditation standards (*.pdf file.)

Not exactly outcomes assessment, but often part of assessing program effectiveness -- and some faculty members' primary association to the term "student assessment."

Individual institutions' assessment systems

• Carnegie-Mellon University provides faculty a variety of teaching & learning resources, resources for ongoing assessment of teaching and assessing course progress. These are for formative mid-course corrections, not end-of-term summative course or faculty evaluations.
• Florida Atlantic University's Student Perception of Teaching (SPOT). Aggregate results campus-wide or by college or department, for each SPOT question.
• Florida State University System Student Assessment of Instruction (SUSSAI). Information about the SUSSAI, posted by Florida Gulf Coast University.
• Florida International University's Student Assessment of Instruction (SAI). Policies, and guide to interpreting results. Results for the 8 questions used by the statewide university system are available by instructor, course, and department. Other results are available to FIU faculty and administrators.
• George Washington University, Department of Computer Science: Course evaluation results for individual undergraduate courses.
• Georgia Institute of Technology's Course Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS). Select Course/Instr Survey from the menu in the left-hand frame for information about the CIOS and university- and college-level summary results.
• Grinnell College's Student Ratings of Instruction. .pdf reports of a 1999-2000 test of a college-wide evaluation form.
• Indiana University's on-line manual for the Multi-Op course evaluation system. IU faculty & staff can also find out about on-line course evaluations.
• Johns Hopkins University, Bloomburg School of Public Health: Information about the evaluation process, plus results for individual courses.
• Course Ratings at Kansas State University: Information about the Individual Development and Educational Assessment (IDEA) and TEVAL student rating systems.
• Penn State's
  • Students' Evaluation of Educational Quality (SEEQ) and
  • Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness (SRTE).
• Southeastern Louisiana University's Student Opinion of Teaching (SOT). Note
  • the guidelines for analyzing narrative comments and for department heads' use of narrative comments, and
  • the form faculty can use to report factors that might influence their SOT results in a particular class.
• Texas A&M's Student Ratings of Faculty (SRF). Ratings for individual courses and instructors are available to Texas A&M students, faculty, and staff.
• University of Arizona's Evaluation of Teaching. Teacher-Course Evaluation (TCE) ratings for individual courses and instructors are available to UA students, faculty, and staff.
• University of California, San Diego: Center for Teaching Development: Information for faculty & TAs about creating course assessments, with downloadable sample forms.
• University of California - Santa Barbara's Evaluation System for Courses and Instruction (ESCI)
• University of Colorado-Boulder's Faculty Course Questionnaire (FCQ). Includes results by section and instructor for students to use when choosing courses.
• University of Massachusetts Amherst's Student Response to Instruction (SRTI).
• University of Pennsylvania, College of Engineering Student Committee on Undergraduate Education evaluation (SCUE) results. Has results from optically-scanned course evaluations plus student comments for some courses. Note the disclaimer: the comments are uncontrolled, from student responses to this page, and do not come from the SCUE forms.
• University of Texas at Austin's Course-Instructor Survey (CIS). Various versions of the questionnaire. FAQ and administration procedures. Results for individual courses and instructors are available to UT students, faculty, and staff, and college-level results are available to the general public.
• University of Utah's Student Course Evaluation results. Restricted to UU students and faculty. Site presented by UU student government.
• University of Washington's Instructional Assessment System (IAS).
  • IAS Online is the UW Office of Educational Assessment's web-based course evaluation system.
  • The Course Evaluation Catalog lists results by section and instructor for UW students to use when choosing courses.
• Western Washington University's Teaching Evaluation (TVAL) has surveys tailored for different types of courses, including an online version for distance education courses.

• Papers (*.pdf files)
  • #20: Student Ratings of Teaching: A Summary of the Research
  • #22: Student Ratings of Teaching: Recommendations for Use, and
  • #32: Student Ratings of Teaching: The Research Revisited
  from the IDEA Center at Kansas State University.
• The Case for Student Evaluation of College Courses: Joe Cuseo, Marymount College. Includes suggestions for designing, administering, and analyzing student evaluations.
• Factors That Are (And Are Not) Related to Student Ratings: Univ of Arkansas-Fayetteville: Teaching & Faculty Support Center. Lists, reference to original source, but no research bibliography. Also see Eighty Ways to Improve Your Student Ratings.
• Questions Frequently Asked About Student Ratings Forms: Summary of Research Findings: Univ. of Michigan: Center for Research on Learning & Teaching
• Student Ratings of Instruction -- Report and Recommendation: Suffolk County Community College Office of Institutional Research.
• Research regarding student ratings: Univ. of Illinois: Office of Instructional Resources. Not web links; lists books & articles on various aspects of student ratings.
• Student Ratings Offer Useful Input to Teacher Evaluations: Michael Scriven, Center for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation. Summary of supports for and threats to student-evaluations' validity.
• What Do They Know Anyway?: Richard Felder, North Carolina State University.
• For an extended critique of student ratings as a threat to academic freedom, see Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Student Evaluation of Faculty (four articles): Robert Haskell, University of New England.

• See University of Washington's IAS Online and Georgia Tech's CIOS (above).
• CourseMetric, SENATE, and surveymaker.com are commercial systems for web-based course evaluation.
• Examples of online-evaluation sites: The online forms are restricted to the institution's students. When results are presented, they are usually restricted to the institution's students, faculty, and staff, although a few are open to public view. Some sites include instructions with information about the institution's online evaluation process.
  • Boise State University College of Engineering: Department of Instructional & Performance Technology
  • Columbia University: Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science: Web-based Course Evaluation System (WCES)
  • Creighton University
  • Drexel University College of Engineering Course Assessment System. Note the Faculty response form, for faculty member's overall rating of class performance, and the course objectives for individual courses.
  • Eastern Washington University, Computer Science Department
  • Florida Gulf Coast University. Online administration of the Florida State University System's SUSSAI (see above).
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Polytechnic University
  • Rice University Course/Instructor Evaluation
  • Thomas College, Graduate School
  • University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering. Note the information for students about their responses' anonymity.
  • University of Florida, College of Medicine. Examples of course and faculty evaluations via EvalCGI Online Evaluation Engine from the UF Office of Medical Informatics.
  • University of Texas Medical Branch, School of Allied Health Sciences
  • Vanderbilt Medical Center: School of Medicine. Note the various options for evaluation forms: course overall, individual instructors, written comments.
  • Whitman College
• FAST (Free Assessment Summary Tool), from Bruce Ravelli, Mt. Royal College.
  • Web survey for student feedback, for classroom assessment during the course of a term.
  • Fully anonymous, no way to tell who has submitted an evaluation, or how often. Not intended as an end-of-term course evaluation whose data become part of the salary, promotion, and tenure process.
• Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG), from Elaine Seymour, University of Colorado-Boulder.
  • Customizable web survey for end-of-term or during-the-course feedback.
  • Student access controlled by unique ID numbers. Privacy issue: faculty members can tell whether students respond, when, and can identify individual students' responses.
• University of Delaware: Notes on a project to develop online course evaluations.
  • Project notes.
  • Mockup, test, and actual online forms, restricted to UD faculty and staff.
  • Links to other examples of or information about online course evaluation. (Some links are no longer active.)
• Univ of Siegen, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science: A report on developing an online course evaluation system (*.pdf document).

• Brigham Young University: select Students Consulting on Teaching (SCOT).