ASSESSMENT RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
1. North Carolina State University's maintains a comprehensive set of internet resources indexed by: general resources, assessment "handbooks", assessment of specific skills or content, individual institutions' assessment-related pages, accrediting bodies, and student assessment of courses & faculty.
2. The basics of assessment are contained in the "9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning."
American Association of Higher Education
3. "Assessment of Student Academic Achievement: Levels of Implementation," Addendum to the Handbook of Accreditation, Second Edition, March 2002, Higher Learning Commission, NCA, characterizes three levels of implementation of assessment programs: Beginning Implementation, Making Progress, and Maturing Stages of Continuous Improvement. These may be applied at the department, college, and institutional level. An Analysis Worksheet is available.
Higher Learning Commission, Assessment Resources
4. The Higher Learning Commission's Criteria for Accreditation contains two criteria--Criterion Three: Student Learning and Effective Teaching and Criterion Four: Acquisition, Discovery, and Application of Knowledge--which specifically reference assessment and the related patterns of evidence.
Higher Learning Commission, Criteria for Accreditation
5. Susan R. Hatfield discusses department level assessment and steps to developing a departmental assessment plan in IDEA PAPER #35, "Department Level Assessment: Promoting Continuous Improvement."
6. "Busy Chairperson's Guide to Assessment" covers the basics of program assessment.
7. Muddiest point, the minute paper, primary trait analysis, a grading rubric plus other classroom assessment techniques are described.
Classroom Assessment Techniques
8. The "Ten Step Plan" developed by the National Center for Postsecondary Teaching, Learning and Assessment (NCTLA) at Pennsylvania State University provides guidelines for developing an assessment plan.
9. What are student learning outcomes? What are their benefits? How are they developed and assessed?
10. How do you embed assessment in capstone learning projects? How do you design a capstone project to "ensure that all seniors have mastered those skills required in their undergraduate major as well as key liberal education skills...?" How do you develop academic simulators?