Assessment Resources
Websites
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment | A wealth of information on student learning outcomes assessment is available at this website including papers, reports, and a variety of assessment resources. |
| 2024 Assessment Institute Handouts | Indiana University | Each year, the Assessment Institute is one of the premiere conferences in higher education assessment across the nation. The link provides access to PDFs of sessions conducted at previous Assessment Institutes. |
| Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE) | AALHE is a professional association for assessment practitioners at colleges, universities, and higher education support organizations. It provides resources and a forum to support assessment practitioners’ professional development and the open discussion of issues, strategies, policies, and processes associated with higher education’s use of assessment as a tool to improve student learning and institutional effectiveness in fostering student success. |
| American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) | A wealth of information is available on this website as it relates to: liberal education, general education, curriculum, faculty work, student success, assessment, diversity, civic learning, women, global learning, science & health, and STEM. Information on the VALUE Rubrics can also be accessed through this website. |
| Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) | A wealth of information on student affairs assessment is available at this website including training opportunities, papers, reports, and a variety of assessment resources. |
| Resources for Assessment and Accreditation | Texas Association for Higher Education Assessment (TxAHEA) | From the Texas Association for Higher Education Assessment (TxAHEA): Peer institutions, professional organizations, software and survey companies, and colleagues produce many resources for our work in higher education assessment and accreditation. The following resources (organized by type) can serve as a toolkit for assessment and accreditation professionals. |
Blogs
- Linda Suskie: A Common Sense Approach to Assessment in Higher Education
- Dough Wymer: Southeastern Accreditation Consultants
Podcasts
Assignment Library - National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
The materials in the Assignment Library underwent a three part review process. NILOA team members review the initial submission, then the assignment is peer-reviewed by faculty in an assignment charrette. Assignment authors revise their assignment informed by the feedback and implement it in a course, gathering feedback from students along the way. Finally, authors resubmit their materials to NILOA, where they pass through a final review prior to posting. Authors are encouraged to submit updated versions of their materials and to continue reporting how the assignment is being used in their classrooms.
Users are invited to search the assignment library for ideas using the identified tags below of disciplines and assignment characteristics, degree level, or Degree Qualifications Profile Proficiencies.
Recommended Reading
Articles and White Papers
- Making Assessment Meaningful: What New Student Affairs Professionals and Those New to Assessment Need to Know
- Evidence-Based Storytelling in Assessment
- Grand Challenges in Assessment: Collective Issues in Need of Solutions
- Assessment that Matters: Trending Toward Practices that Document Authentic Student Learning (2018 Survey Report)
Books
- Assessing for Learning: Building a Sustainable Commitment Across the Institution
- Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide
- Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education
- Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education
- Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
- Assessment Methods for Student Affairs
- Assessment Reconsidered: Institutional Effectiveness for Student Success
- Degrees That Matter
- Delivering on the Promise of High-Impact Practices
- Designing and Assessing Courses and Curricula: A Practical Guide
- Effective Data Visualization: The Right Chart for the Right Data
- Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education
- Five Dimensions of Quality: A Common Sense Guide to Accreditation and Accountability
- Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education
- Introduction to Rubrics: An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback and Promote Student Learning
- Learning Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty
- Meaningful and Manageable Program Assessment
- Planning and Assessment in Higher Education
- Reframing Assessment to Center Equity: Theories, Models, and Practices
- Using Evidence of Student Learning to Improve Higher Education
- You Are a Data Person