Resources with Useful Links

The following is a list of resources we have on file in our office,
which we have included direct links to the source.

AAHE (American Association for Higher Education

• Assessment Programs and Projects: A Directory
• Membership information
• Learning Through Assessment; A Resource Guide for Higher Education
• Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning


1997
• Conference on Assessment and Quality - Assessing Impact; Evidence and Action
• Presentations from the Conference

1998
• Assessment Conference - Architecture for Change: Information as Foundation
• Assessing the Complex Goals of Liberal Education Programs
• Assessment Techniques
• Faculty Involvement in Assessment
• Measuring the Contribution of Major to General Education Learning Outcomes
• Starting Points: Developing a Department Assessment Plan
• Undergraduate English Program
• Catalog of Publications


1999
• Assessment Conference - Assessment as Evidence of Learning: Serving Student and Society
• Assessment Based on Abilities: Students Solving Complex Problems with Quality Outcomes
• Assessing the Big Picture; What Are Students Thinking?
• Assessment and the Campus Learning Community
• Communicating Assessment; Creating an Assessment Web
• Elements for Installing an Authentic Campus Assessment Plan
• Institutionalizing Assessment
• Student Self Assessment; How To Begin It, Keep Improving It, and Assure Its Quality
• Using Learning Outcomes Assessment to Improve University Teaching and Learning
• Catalog of Publications


2000
• Conference on Faculty Roles and Rewards - Scholarship Reconsidered
• National Conference on Higher Education - To Form a More Perfect Union...Diversity and Learning
• Assessment Conference - Rising Expectations for Assessment: Can We Deliver?
• An Update on the National Survey of Student Engagement
• Applying the Balanced Scorecard for Successful Assessment
• Assessing Teaching and Learning for Improvement and Accountability
• Assessment Essentials: Strategies for Successful Assessment
• Collaborative Action Research to Assess Student Learning and Effect Institutional Change and Improvement
• Constructing Local Improvements
• Making Informed Assessment Choices: A Model for Comprehensive Classroom Assessment
• So What Do I Do On Monday?
• Understanding the First Year of College; Seeing the Forest and the Tree
• Catalog of Publications
  
  2001
• National Conference on Higher Education - Balancing Private Gain and Public Good


2002
• Assessment Conference - Assessment: A Shared Commitment
• National Conference on Higher Education - Learning in Context
• Catalog of Publications, Winter


Bulletin
• Volume 50, No. 4
• Volume 51, No. 2 and 9
• Volume 52, No. 4-10
• Volume 53, No. 1-5, 7-10
• Volume 54, No. 1, 3-5, 7-10
Excerpts:
• Evaluating Department Achievements; Consequences for the Work of Faculty

December 1999
• Fair Assessment Practices; Giving Students Equitable Opportunities to Demonstrate Learning

May 2000
• Implementing the Seven Principles; Technology as Lever

October 1996
• Institutional Performance Measures

December 1998
• Organizing for Learning; A New Imperative

December 1997
• The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; Questions and Answers from the Field

December 1999

About Campus
Enriching the Student Learning Experience

• Volume 4, No. 4, Sept/Oct 1999
• Excerpt: Increasing Expectations for Student Effort, May/June 1999

ACAT (The Area Concentration Achievement Tests)

• Order forms

ACT (American College Testing)
Information for Life's Transitions

• The ACT Assessment Student Information, 1991-92
• The ACT Assessment User Handbook, 1991-92
• ACT Student Registration Packet
• ACTing on Outcomes Assessment Newsletter, vol. 3, no. 3, spring 1999
• The ARC of Performance Assessment
• Assessing Attitudes and Opinions of Students and Alumni, 1993 and 1999
• Assessing Thinking and Reasoning Skills of College Students; From Boomers to Generation X to Echo-Boomers
• CAAP (Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency)
• Assuring Academic Excellence in Core General Education Skills, 2000-2001
• Assuring Academic Excellence in General Education Foundational Skills, 1999-2000
• The College Improvement Service Basic Report (Cohort Report)
• Linkage Report for 1999-2000, Sample School
• COMP (College Outcome Measures Program)
• COMP Activity Inventory
• Using Today's Knowledge to Build a Brighter Future
• COMPASS e-Write; Direct Writing Assessment from ACT
• Content of the Tests in the ACT Assessment
• ESS (Evaluation Survey Service)
• Surveying Your Alumni
• How the ACT Assessment Test Are Constructed
• P-ACT Action Guide
• Preparing for the ACT Assessment
• Various Surveys

Alverno College

• Assessment Center
• Student Learning: A Central Focus for Institutions of Higher Education - A Report and Collection of Institutional Practices of the Student Learning Initiative (copies available upon request)
• Student Learnings Outcomes Meeting, 1999

ARC (Assessment Research Center)

• College Base
• Research Solutions

ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Reports
ASHE (Association for the Study of Higher Education)
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)

1986
• #4 - Increasing Students' Learning; A Faculty Guide to Reducing Stress Among Students


1987
• #7 - College Student Outcomes Assessment; A Talent Development Perspective


1990
• #3 - "High Risk" Students in Higher Education; Future Trends
• #8 - Social Consciousness and Career Awareness; Emerging Link in Higher Education


1991
• #1 - Active Learning; Creating Excitement in the Classroom
• #3 - Academic Advising for Student Success; A System of Shared Responsibility


1993
• #8 - Turning Teaching Into Learning; The role of Student Responsibility in the Collegiate Experience


1994
• #8 - Student Learning Outside the Classroom; Transcending Artificial Boundaries

Assessment Update
Progress, Trends, and Practices in Higher Education

• Managing the Assessment Process; A Software Solution - vol. 10, no. 3, May/June 1998
• Nov/Dec 1999, vol. 11, no. 6
• Subscription form

The Association of American Colleges and Universities

• Publications, Spring 1999

Baldrige National Quality Program

• Education Plot Criteria, 1995
• Education Criteria for Performance Excellence; 1998, 1999, and 2000

Ball State University

• 1999 Senior Survey of May Graduates Summary Report
• Assessment Workbook
• Do Students Study as Much as We Would Like Them To?,
• Who Goes to Classes and Why?

Brevard College

• Guidelines for Evaluating the First-Year Experience

Brigham Young University

• Understanding Cultures of Assessment

Buffalo State College

• Graduate Follow-up Surveys: Successful Collaboration Between Acadmeic Affairs and Student Affairs, Sept 1997

California State University

• Assessing Student Learning Newsletter
• The Dos and Don'ts of Writing a Team Report
• Questions Regarding Planning
• Western Association of Schools and Colleges Reaccreditation Site Visit Schedule of Meetings and Exhibits List

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

• The Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• The Carnegie Teaching Academy Campus Program

The Center and Foundation for Critical Thinking

• Critical Thinking; Resources and Events Catalog, fall/winter 1996

Change; The Magazine for Higher Learning

• Nov/Dec 1999 to present

Colorado University

• Planning, Budget, and Analysis; Undergraduate Outcomes Assessment

Columbia College

• Program Assessment with Computerized Portfolios
• Proposed Assessment of Introduction to College Writing

CSEQ (College Student Experience Questionnaire)

• Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning
• Surveys and information

East Stroudsburg University

• Process of Designing and Institutionalizing the University Classroom Assessment Model

ETS (Educational Testing Service)

• The Academic Profile; Assessing General Education
• Charting Professional Growth
• Higher Education Assessment News, Summer 1999 and Spring 2000
• Major Field Tests
• Miscellaneous literature regarding assessment programs
• A New GRE General Test
• Planning for Assessment
• Policy Information Center Publications Catalog
• Publications Catalog, 1999
• Reinventing Assessment
• Sex, Race, Ethnicity, and Performance on the GRE General Test
• The Student Instructional Report II
• What You Should Know About Tasks in Critical Thinking

Harvard University

• The Harvard Assessment Seminars, Second Report: Explorations with Students and Faculty about Teaching, Learning, and Student Life

HERI (Higher Education Research Institute)

• The American Freshman; National Norms for Fall 1998
• Designing a Student Assessment Study
• The 1999 CIRP Entering Student Survey
• The 1999 CIRP Freshman Survey
• The 2000 CIRP Freshman Survey
• The 2000 College Student Survey

Higher Education

• 2000-2001 Catalog of Publications
• 2002-2003 Catolog of Publications

IEA (Institutional Effectiveness Associates)

• Contents of web site

IDEA (Individual Development and Educational Assessment) Center

• Exchange Newsletter
• February 1998
• November 1999
• June 2000
• November 2000
• Information Packet and Sample Surveys
• June 2002 seminar information
• Research Report #1, June 2000: Teaching Approach, Instructional Objectives, and Learning

Indiana University

• Measuring the Effectiveness of Individual Retention Interventions at Indiana University
• National Survey of Student Engagement Fact Sheet

Indiana Wesleyan University

• Assessing Student Competence; Portfolios and Other Authentic Assessment Tools

Jamestown Community College

• 1999 Report to the Community

LaGuardia College

• Critical Thinking at LaGuardia College
• Guidelines for Developing Critical Thinking Abilities

Middle States Association Commission on Higher Education

• Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education; Eligibility Requirements and Standards for Accreditation
• 1994 Edition
• 2002 Edition
• Designs for Excellence: Handbook for Institutional Self-Study
• Distance Learning Programs; Interregional Guidelines for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs
• Frameworks for Outcomes Assessment
• Guidelines for Distance Learning Programs
• Handbook for Chairing and Hosting an Evaluation Team
• Handbook for Collaborative Reviews

Montana State University

• Assessing Capstone Course Pedagogy and Its Impact on Critical Thinking
• Assessment Techniques and Activities
• Senior Survey Results; Class of 1999
• Student Outcomes Assessment Policy

National Center for Higher Education Management Systems

• Ask Your Students; Student Outcomes Information Services
• Comprehensive Alumni Assessment Survey (CAAS)

National Center for Postsecondary Improvement

• Evolution Not Revolution; A Concluding Summary
• Inventory of Institutional Support for Student Assessment for Master's Institutions

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

• Program Standards for Elementary Teacher Preparation
• Standards, Procedures, and Policies for the Accreditation of Professional Education Units

National Institute of Science Education

• Classroom Assessment
• Learning Through Technology

New Directions for Higher Education

• The Campus-Level Impact of Assessment: Progress, Problems, and Possibilities
• Order form for 1999 issues

North Carolina State University

• Alumni Survey
• Evaluation Design and Results, First Year College, 1998-1999
• Graduating Senior Survey, 1995
• Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment
• Rose Colored Glasses or Harsh Reality? - Changes in Students' Perceptions of the University's Contribution to General Education Goals

Northern Illinois University

• Design for the Foreign Language Major Portfolio; An Outcome Template
• Evaluation of College Students' Writing Ability

Open University Press

• Higher Education; Policy and Practice, March 2000 - February 2003

PBS Adult Learning Service

• Accountability in Higher Education; What it Means for Colleges and Universities

Penn State

• Determining the Effect of Different Coursework Patterns on the General Learned Abilities of College Students

Portland State University

• Assessing the Impact of Service Learning: A Workbook of Strategies and Methods

St. Cloud State University

• Assessment Office; What is Academic Assessment?

State University of New York

• Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes in General Education
• Core Curricula
• Draft of Task Force Final Report
• Faculty Perspectives: Sharing Ideas on Assessment
• Guide for the Evaluation of Undergraduate Acadmic Programs
• On Course
• The Regents Statewide Plan for the Development of Postsecondary Education in New York State, 1984
• Report to the Provost's Advisory Task Force on the Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes; Guidelines for the Implementation of Campus-Bases Assessment in the State University of New York
• SUNY 2000

The Support Center

• Strategic Planning Help Files; Answers to 15 Frequently-Asked Questions About Why, When, and How to do Strategic Planning

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

• Annual Report on the Effectiveness of Remediation

TracDat

• A Flexible Software Solution for Managing the Academic Assessment Process
• Frequently Asked Questions

United States Department of Education

• Descriptive Summary of 1989-1990 Beginning Postsecondary Students: Two Years Later
• FIPSE (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education): Program Book; Staff Essays and Project Descriptions
• Involvement in Learning: Realizing the Potential of American Higher Education
• Lessons Learned from FIPSE Projects III
• The National Assessment of College Student Learning
• Identification of the Skills to be Taught, Learned, and Assessed
• Identifying College Graduates' Essential Skills in Writing, Speech and Listening, and Critical Thinking
• The New College Course Map and Transcript Files
• Performance and Judgement: Essays on Principles and Practice in the Assessment of College Student Learning

University of Colorado

• Meta-Analysis of Research on the Relationship of Class-size and Achievement

University of Kentucky - Lexington

• Summary of Plans to Assess Student Learning and Achievement

University of North Carolina

• Campus Visit Summary
• Appalachian State University
• East Carolina University
• Elizabeth City State University
• North Carolina Central University
• North carolina State University
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• University of North Carolina at Pembroke
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Western Carolina University
• Engaging Students and Assessing Outcomes Through Data Integration

University of South Carolina

• National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
• Exploring the Evidence; Reporting Outcomes of First-Year Seminars
• Learning About Learning Communities; Taking Student Learning Seriously
• Using an Assessment Warehouse to Share Survey Results

University of Tennessee - Knoxville

• The Relationship Between College Experience and Student Growth and Development

University of Washington

• Office of Educational Assessment
• Senior Survey 2001

University of Wisconsin - Madison

• The LEAD (Learning through Evaluation, Adaptation, and Dissemination) Center
• Outcomes Assessment
• The Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG) Web Site

US Air Force Academy

• Focus Groups at the Air Force Academy; Efficient Yet Flexible

USA Group Foundation

• Are College Students Satisfied; A National Analysis of Changing Expectations

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

• Guidelines for the Institutional Assessment of Student Learning

Western Carolina University

• Assessing the Impact of Computer Technology on Student Learning
• Web Technology for Conducting Surveys and Closing the Assessment Loop

Other useful links:
The Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy
Eastern New Mexico University
University of California - Berkeley
University of Minnesota - Morris

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