Resources

Assessment Resources

 

General

Assessment FAQs

Hilbert College's Principles of Good Assessment

Web Links

Middle States Commission on Higher Education:  Resources for assessing student learning
Association of American Colleges and Universities’ VALUE program (Valid Assessment of learning in Undergraduate Education)
ACATs:Standardized multiple-choice content exams for a wide range of academic disciplines.
The Teagle Foundation’s  list of resources for outcomes assessment
(In particular see ‘Individual Institution’s Assessment-Related Pages’ for examples of assessment plans and reports)
 
“9 Principles of Good practice for Assessing Student learning” – American Association for Higher Education

Rubrics

Rubric Basics (from Penn State University’s Scheyer Institute for Excellence in Teaching) (pdf)
“How to Develop a Rubric”– simple 4-step guide (from Penn State University’s Scheyer Institute for Excellence in Teaching)( pdf)
VALUE Rubrics from the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Intended for program/institutional assessment of core values. (Not for classroom grading).
RubiStar:free online tool to help teachers of all levels create rubrics for a variety of learning activities.
 

 Institutional Research Resources

 

 Associations/Organizations

              What Works Clearinghouse (IES)
 

Data Tools

DataFerrett (U.S. Census Bureau)