Assessment Resources

Many of the links here were reprinted from North Carolina State University's exhaustive and well maintained clearinghouse: Internet Resources for Assessment in Higher Education Outcomes Assessment

Topics

• General Assessment Resources
• Glossaries of Assessment Terminology
• Assessment Rubrics
• Classroom Assessment Techniques
• Developing Campus or Department Assessment Plans
• Distance Education Assessment

General Assessment Resources

http://www.ccaurora.edu/assessment/DirectVIndirect.htm
Direct and Indirect Assessment Measures

• 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.
• Searcheable list of resources available at Center for Learning & Instruction.
• Links to assessment/institutional effectiveness plans at Maricopa Community Colleges and elsewhere.

Assessment Resources

• From the Association of College & Research Libraries: Online journal article with links to a wide range of assessment resources.
• From Florida Atlantic University: Extensive and well-organized lists of links to general assessment resources and resources for assessment in specific academic disciplines and in administrative and support units.

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Glossaries: Assessment Terms

• Assessment in Higher Education includes a list of glossaries.
• Assessment Glossary, from Millersville University.
• Assessment Glossary, from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
• Assessment Terminology: A Glossary of Useful Terms.
• Beyond Confusion: An Assessment Glossary, from Association of American Colleges & Universities Peer Review..
• Dictionary of Student Outcome Assessment. Searcheable. From James Madison University.
• Glossary of Evaluation Terms and Teacher Evaluation Glossary from The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University.
• Glossary of Assessment Terms, from SUNY-Potsdam (*.pdf document).
• Glossary of Useful Terms, from the Massachussets Dept. of Education's System for Adult Basic Education (SABES).
• Vocabulary of Assessment, from St. Louis Community College.

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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 Matters! has lots of rubric examples, plus other K-12-oriented assessment links.
  • Assessment and Rubric Information: Examples of evaluation scales/rubrics for various student and faculty activities.
  • Rubric generators create rubrics for various topics.
  • Steps in creating an assessment rubric, from the WebQuest site at San Diego State University.

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Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS)

• Hints, tips, techniques, and examples from:
  • Honolulu Community College
  • Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
• 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 an end-of-term course evaluation whose data become part of the salary, promotion, and tenure process.
• Internet Resources for Classroom Assessment Techniques, from Sinclair Community College.
• Introduction to Classroom Assessment Techniques from Penn State University's Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence.
• See Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers (Angelo & Cross, 1988, 1993, Jossey-Bass) for details on the TGI. The online version was created with the authors' permission.
• Technology Applied to Classroom Assessment, from the National Teaching and Learning Forum.
  • Links to online resources about classroom assessment and technology-enhanced classroom assessment.

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Developing Campus or Departmental Assessment Plans

• Academic Assessment Plan Submission Guide with overview and pros/cons of various assessment strategies (Kent State University)
• As Easy as Apple Pie: A Baker's Guide to Assessment Plan Development (Georgia Institute of Technology)
• Assessment: An Institution-Wide Process to Improve and Support Student Learning (College of DuPage, *.pdf file)
• Assessment Guidebook for Departments (Bridgewater State College)
• Assessment Handbook (Morningside College). Chapters are individual *.pdf files.
• Assessment Handbook (Skidmore College)
• Assessment Handbook and Assessment for people who don't have enough time to do assessment workshop (Concordia College)
• Assessment Process Handbook (Indiana Wesleyan University, *.pdf file)
• 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 and on-line handbook for Program-Based Review and Assessment (University of Massachusetts Amherst, *.pdf files).
• Developing Academic Program Assessment Plans (Western Kentucky University).
• Guidelines for Assessment (California State Univ., Chico)
• Outcomes Assessment Manual (Quinebaug Valley Community College).
• Practitioner's Manual (Texas A&M International University, *.pdf file)
• Six Steps to Continuous Improvement of Student Learning (Kent State University).
• 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.

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Distance Education Assessment

• Project ADEPT (Assessment of Distance Education Pedagogy and Technology)
  • Surveys/instruments being developed & tested.
• Assessment resources for on-line courses, from the University of Texas at Austin Center for Instructional Technologies.

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