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ACE Assessment Planning

The University-wide Assessment Committee in cooperation with the UCC ACE subcommittee will oversee the institutional assessment of the ACE program. A member of the UCC ACE subcommittee has been named to serve as a liaison to the University-wide Assessment Committee and sits on that Committee as a full member.

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Committee Responsibilities include:

» collecting and reviewing the aggregated assessments and samples of student work from the colleges which host ACE-certified courses.

» providing the UCC, the undergraduate colleges, and the rest of the UNL community with an annual report on the ACE program.

» developing and communicating a 5-year rotation for the assessment of the 10 Learning Outcomes so that the assessment process is regular, reasonable, and distributed over time.

» developing forms, processes, and guidelines that facilitate ACE program assessment

» reporting regularly to the UCC ACE subcommittee – ACE Governing Document 4: Governance and Assessment (p. 5)

To see answers to the following frequently asked questions about ACE assessment click here:

  • What are the responsibilities of the unit chair/head regarding ACE assessment?
  • The ACE program requires that faculty collect samples of student work. How much work needs to be collected for assessment purposes?
  • One requirement asks that faculty and the department keeps and assesses a reasonable sample of students' work. How is "reasonable sample" defined?
  • Why are faculty, departments/programs, and colleges being asked to gather information about and assess the ACE program, and how might ACE assessment benefit: (a) students, (b) course instructors, (c) departments/programs, (d) colleges, and (e) the institution?

Approved Planning Documents

5-year rotation for assessing 10 ACE Learning Outcomes

Reporting timeline and deadlines for Course, Department, College & Institutional reports

newimageProposed Assessment Reporting Template - Department (To be approved by the University-Wide Assessment Committee)

newimageProposed Assessment Reporting Template - College (To be approved by the University-Wide Assessment Committee)

Resources

Levels of ACE Assessment —describes who is involved and what is done for ACE assessment at the course, department, college and institutional levels

ACE Sampling Guidelines—provides guidance on sampling practices used to gather samples of student work for the purpose of ACE assessment

newimageACE Assessment Examples
These examples represent a variety of assessment practices that have been developed by units or described in certified ACE course proposals. Examples include how students are asked to demonstrate their learning and how departments will use evidence of student learning in their ACE assessment processes.

College ACE Assessment Plans—UNL Colleges' Initial Plans for Assessment of ACE courses (PDFs)

newimage ACE Assessment PowerPoint Template for Departments
This PowerPoint can be be customized by colleges and shared with departments. It offers a summary of ACE, ACE assessment, and the department's responsibilities for ACE Assessment.†

newimageACE Assessment PowerPoint for ACE Course Instructors
This PowerPoint Presentation provides an overview of the course instructor's responsibilities regarding ACE and ACE Assessment.†

† Procedures for assessing ACE are based on requirements stated in ACE governing document 4 (Governance and Assessment), section VII (ACE Program Assessment).

Rubrics

newimageVALUE Rubrics (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education)
From the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)

newimageWorkshops and Information Session Materials

Managing ACE Course Assessment with Professor Tiffany Heng-Moss
September 30, 2009
The presenter shared tips for making the assessment process meaningful and effective. The intent of this session was to provide instructors of ACE courses with stimulating and practical ideas to apply in their own assessment work.
 »PowerPoint Presentation (shared with presenter's permission)
 »Watch a video of the presentation

Assessing Outcomes with Professors Shari Stenberg and Erin Blankenship
September 16 & 24, 2009
The presenters described their work with faculty across campus to develop and pilot a rubric to assess ACE 1. Faculty spent the second half of the session working with instructors to apply the model to the ACE outcome of their choice. The intent of these sessions was to provide faculty with useful ways to think about the outcomes they teach and opportunities to exchange ideas for effective assessment.
 »Watch a video of this presentation