Assessment

Reports

• Report on the Status of Category Assessment Committee Recommendations - December, 2005
• Report on the Role of the Core Curriculum in Assisting Students Select a Major and in Meeting Core Goals

Embedded Assessment Initiative

• Plan for Core Council
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Faculty Member Questionnaire
• Student Questionnaire
• Report on the Embedded Assessment Pilot Project

Links to Resources Pertaining to Core Curriculum Assessment

Definitions of Assessment

• Various Definitions of Assessment (site maintained by State Cloud University)

Best Assessment Practices

• Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning from American Association of Higher Education (site maintained by California State University – Sacramento)
• Best Assessment Practices (The Higher Learning Commission: North Central Association of Colleges and Schools)

Levels of Implementation

• North Central Association’s: Higher Learning Commission’s matix

Ethical Issues

• American Educational Research Association’s Statement on the Ethics of Assessment
• Joint Committee on Teaching Practice’s Code of Fair Teaching Practices in Education
• National Council on Measurement in Education’s Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement (site maintained by the National Association of Test Directors)
• North Central Regional Educational Laboratory’s Leadership Statement of Nine Principles on Equity and Educational Testing and Assessment
• Conference on College Composition and Communication’s Position Statement on Writing Assessment

Embedded Assessment

• Embedded Assessment – Definition, Examples, and Resources (site maintained by Central Michigan University)
• Blooms Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (site maintained by Dr. Gunter Krumme, Professor Emeritus, Univ. of Washington) This taxonomy is commonly used to define desired student learning outcomes.
• Articles discussing the value of assessment (site maintained by Sinclair Community College)

Examples of Rubrics Evaluating Student Learning

• Steps in creating a rubric (site maintained by Professor Bernie Dodge)
• Rubrics used at the University of Northern Colorado
• Various links to sites focusing on the development of rubrics (site maintained by Sinclair Community College)
• Rubrics used at Washington State University
• Rubrics used at California State University, Fresno
• Rubrics used at Kansas State University
• Rubric related to critical thinking used at Washington State University
• Rubrics for various disciplines (science, math, social sciences, etc.)
• Rubrics for various assignments (from Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators) This site is primarily for secondary education teachers but it includes rubric for assessing web pages.
• Example of Writing Rubric
• Examples of Rubric related to communication (site maintained by Bismarck State College)
• Example of Critical Thinking Rubric
• Assessment Measures Used At Other Institutions (site maintained by the University of Colorado at Boulder)
• Primary Trait Analysis (site maintained by Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville) This site contains examples of how grades can be used for assessment.

Automated Essay Grading

• Article on the Value of Automated Essay Grading
• Bayesian Essay Test Scoring System (BETSY)
• Criterion Online Writing Evaluation (site maintained by the Educational Testing Service)
• Intelligent Essay Assessor (Developed by Pearson Knowledge Technologies)
• Project Essay Grade (sponsored by Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis)
• Project Evaluating Online Evaluations (sponsored by Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis)

Classroom Assessment

• A good introduction to classroom assessment written by the Schreyer Institute For Teaching Excellence at Penn. State University
• Assessment techniques used at Honolulu Community College
• Assessment techniques used at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
• Comprehensive guide to classroom assessment used by University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Classroom assessment techniques used at Sinclair Community College
• Teaching Goals Inventory (on-line version) sponsored by the Center for Teaching at the University of Iowa
• Articles and web sites on classroom assessment - including online assessment. (site maintained by the National Teaching and Learning Forum)

Various Guidebooks, Manuals, and Handbooks

• Kent State University’s Academic Assessment Plan Submission Guide
• Georgia Institute of Technology’s A Baker’s Guide to Assessment Plan Development
• Bridgewater State College’s Assessment Guidelines for Departments
• Skidmore College’s Assessment Handbook
• Kansas State University’s Assessment Manual
• Indiana Wesleyan University’s Assessment Process Handbook
• Ball State University’s Assessment Workbook

Measuring Outcomes

• Links to sites related to measuring student learning outcomes (site maintained by Sinclair Community College)
• Alumni Surveys (site maintained by Montana State University – Bozeman)
• Senior/Student Surveys (site maintained by Montana State University – Bozeman)
• Truman State University’s Student Interview Project
• Portfolios (site maintained by the University of Washington)
• Links to various sites focusing on portfolio analysis (site maintained by Sinclair Community College)
• Truman State University’s Portfolio Assessment Project
• Electronic Portfolios:
  • IUPUI
  • Oral Roberts University
• Embedded Assessment – How to construct a performance rating scale for evaluation of student work, including examples. (site maintained by University of Wisconsin – Green Bay)
• Assessment – Definitions of frequently used terms (site maintained by the American Association of College and Universities)

Assessment Instruments – National Instruments

• Assessment Resource Center – Univ. of Missouri
• Council for Aid to Education
• Educational Testing Service
• Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency
• Educational Testing Service (includes nationally normed standardized tests)
• Educational Testing Service (allows for the examination of the results of numerous ETS standardized tests)
• National Center for Postsecondary Improvement’s Inventory of Higher Education Assessment Instruments
• American Council on Education: Center for Policy Analysis and the Association for Institutional Research for Management Research, Policy Analysis, and Planning, “Measuring Quality: Choosing Among Surveys and Other Assessments of College Quality”
• The NPEC Sourcebook on Assessment: Definitions and Assessment Methods for Communication, Leadership, Information Literacy, Quantitative Reasoning and Quantitative Skills
• The NPEC Sourcebook on Assessment, volume 1: Definitions and Assessment Methods for Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Writing
• EST’s Major Field Tests

Distance Education

Various Evaluation Instruments for Assessing Distance Education Courses

• Saint John’s University
• University of Wisconsin - Extension
• University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Instructional Technology
• Online Student Evaluation of Teaching in Higher Education (sponsored by the Faculty Center at Brigham Young University):
  • http://www.byu.edu/fc/pages/fchomepg.html)

Various Internet-Based Assessment Instruments

• Courseval3
• Flashlight Online
• Myclassevaluation
• PollCat
• SmartASK
• Clearlearning
• WESS

Articles About How to Conduct Surveys Via the Internet

• Web-based Data Collection and Assessment in Student Affairs On-line
• Conducting Web-based Surveys (PAREonline.net)
• Conducting Research Surveys via E-mail and the Web (RAND Corporation)

Resources

Annotated Bibliography of major books on program, classroom and portfolio assessment)

• Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

Selected books and articles

• Professor Janet Fulk (Bakersfield College)

Books and Journals Published by the American Association of Colleges and Universities

• American Association of Colleges and Universities

Extensive list of on-line and off-line journals that often include articles on assessment

• Central Queensland University

Journals

• Journal of General Education (search engine for locating fulltext articles)
• http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_general_education/toc/jge54.2.html
• Assessment and Accountability Forum (quarterly journal related to adult education)
• Phoenix Institute: http://www.intered.com/public/aaf.htm
• Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education (six issues a year; published in UK)
• http://www.intered.com/public/aaf.htm

Newsletters

• Assessment Update: http://www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=727
• AGLS News (Association for General and Liberal Studies’ newsletter): http://www.bsu.edu/web/agls/Newsletter_Archive.html

Validating Assessment Measures

• Alverno College

Longitudinal Studies

• Alverno College

Learning Outcome Studies

• Alverno College

Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

• American Association of College and Universities
• Alverno College
• Larry Kelley Educational Services

Lists of conferences, seminars, and workshops maintained by various universities

• Auburn University
• Lake Land College
• Illinois State University
• Kansas State University
• University of Nebraska at Kearney

Associations

• Association of American Colleges and Universities
• Association for Institutional Research
• Association for General and Liberal Studies

Meetings and Workshops

• Association of American College and Universities
• Association for Institutional Research
• Links to various conference/workshop sites (maintained by Lake Land College)
• Links to various conference/workshop sites (maintained by Illinois State University)
• Links to various conference/workshop sites (maintained by Kansas State University)
• Links to various conference/workshop sites (maintained by Univ. of Nebraska – Kearney)

Assessment on the Web

• Science Education Resource Center (Carleton College)
• Internet Resources (comprehensive list of internet resources on all aspects of assessment including a list of all relevant associations, accrediting bodies, and many universities’ assessment-related web pages)
• North Carolina State University

Search Engines

• Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) searchable data base of books and articles

Listservers

• ASSESS – Assessment in Higher Education (University of Kentucky)
• Subscribe to the Listserve sponsored by the University of Louisville by contacting...
• Subscribe to the Listserve sponsored by Kalamazoo College by emailing...
• Lists of other Listserves listed on the Central Queensland University’s web site
• Association for General and Liberal Studies (must join organization to access listserver)

Assessment Plan

• Seven Year Assessment Plan

• Category A
  • Assessment Plan
• Category B
  • Student Survey Results
  • Survey Results for the Wellness Questionnaire
  • Results of Faculty Survey
  • Final Recommendations
• Category C1/C2
  • Assessment Plan
  • Final Recommendations
• Category C3
  • Student Assessment Test
• Category C4
  • Assessment Plan
  • Final Recommendations
• Category C5
  • Assessment Plan
  • Student Assessment Test
  • Final Recommendations
• Category D
  • Assessment Plan
  • Student Survey Results
  • Faculty Survey Results
  • Student Questionnaire
  • Final Recommendations

Questionnaires

• Questionnaire Administered to Seniors -- Assessment Day 2003
• Questionnaire Administered to Seniors -- Assessment Day 2002
• Questionnaire Administered to Juniors -- Assessment Day 2002 and 2003
• Questionnaire Administered to First Year Students -- Assessment Day 2002 and 2003

Comments or Suggestions

• Please contact Dr.Mark Krahling: mkrahlin@usi.edu