Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Assessment Resources

American Accounting Association:  Assessment for the New Curriculum: A Guide for Professional Accounting Programs.  http://aaahq.org/AECC/assessment/chap1.htm
At the end of Chapter 1, click “continued” to proceed to Chapter 2, etc. 
This is a very detailed handbook that would be useful for almost everyone.  Most of it is not specific to accounting.

University of Massachusetts Amherst:  Program-based Review and Assessment.
This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the assessment process.

Walvoord, Barbara E.:  Assessment Clear and Simple.
This handbook provides a less comprehensive but still very helpful overview of learning outcomes assessment.

ISU Assessment Resources:

ISU Assessment Handbook

Writing Effective Assessment Plans (Powerpoint)

Writing and Using Rubrics for Assessing Student Learning  (PowerPoint)

Assessment and Accreditation Audit Procedure

Using Surveys To Assess Student Learning:  A Simple Guide (PowerPoint)

Capstone Assessment: An Introduction (PowerPoint)

Focus Groups and Student Learning Assessment (PowerPoint)

Here are some examples of approaches to assessment at other universities:

James Madison University (general approach):  http://www.jmu.edu/assessment

Montana State University (information on specific types of evidence that can be used for assessment of learning outcomes):  http://www.montana.edu/aircj/assess/Techniques.html

Northern Kentucky University (general approach, sample assessment plans, and links to assessment resources at other universities):  http://access.nku.edu/oca/assessmentguidelines.html

Pace University (university-wide assessment committee Web site):  http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.cfm?doc_id=9776

University of Iowa (links to assessment resources at other universities):  http://www.uiowa.edu/reaccreditation/outcomes/index.html#tools

University of Massachusetts Amherst (general approach): http://www.umass.edu/oapa/oapa/
UMass Amherst has two useful handbooks, one on program-based outcomes assessment and another on course-based outcomes assessment.  The links to these may be found on their Web site.

Here are some examples of student learning outcomes by program at other universities:

Bowling Green State University:  http://www.bgsu.edu/catalog/majors.html#C

California State University, Northridge:  http://www.csun.edu/~assess/slos_list.html

Central Michigan University:  http://academicaffairs.cmich.edu/caa/assessment/program/database.shtml

University of Northern Iowa (links to student learning outcome statements and assessment plans at 24 universities):  http://www.uni.edu/assessment/SOAExamples.shtml