Institutional Resources
- ACE Assessment Planning (Initial College Assessment Plans)
- UNL Outcomes Assessment Guidebook - Resources for completing each step of the assessment process
- Overview of Outcomes Assessment at UNL
- Potential Models for Assessing Student Learning
Snapshot of how other UNL programs are assessing student learning - Summary of 2007-2008 Undergraduate Learning Outcomes Assessment
- On-line Assessment Reporting Database
- University-wide Assessment Committee Members 2010
Find your college or unit assessment representative - PEARL Project
Overview of an on-line system supporting program development and documentation of the assessment process - Survey, Statistics & Psychometrics (SSP) Core Facility Website
- Provides a coordinated, comprehensive facility for finding support with methodological and statistical research needs
National Resources
- Association for American College & Universities (AAC&U) assessment resources
- Inventory of Instruments, Tools, and Resources – This website provides an inventory of resources designed to assist higher education faculty and staff in the challenging task of assessing academic and support programs as well as institutional effectiveness, more broadly.
- 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning (pdf)
- Internet Resources in Higher Education Outcomes Assessment Website
List of internet links for other institution's assessment programs and a large variety of assessment resources - National College Portrait Website – This provides access to basic comparable information about student characteristics, costs, student experiences and learning outcomes for public four-year colleges and universities.
- National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)
- New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability (NLA/SLA)
- OpenEd Practices
Rubrics on broad learning outcomes developed at institutions across the country are available for download - VALUE Rubrics (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education)
From the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)
Institutional Reports
Links to Higher Learning Commission/North Central Association (HLC/NCA): Expectations for Assessment of Student Learning
- Formal position statement on assessment of student learning (see page 3.4-2 of the Handbook of Accreditation, Third Edition):
http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/download/Handbook03 - pdf - Criteria for accreditation (see page 3.2-9 for the criterion related to assessment):
http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/download/Handbook03 - pdf - The Commission's fundamental questions for student learning and the role of assessment:
http://www.ncahlc.org/download/AssessStuLrngApril - pdf
Publications and Conference Presentations
- 2007 Annual Meeting of the Higher Learning Commission
Use and Impact of a Quality Enhancement System: A Tale of Two Universities (pdf)
