Index of how-to materials
How to . . .
- Plan for assessment
- Choose a method to collect data/evidence
- Develop student learning outcomes
- Create a curriculum map
- Create rubrics
- Develop portfolios
- Develop a capstone experience for program assessment
- Report results
- See also: Resources
- Step-by-step guides/workbooks for program assessment (PDFs will open in new window):
- Program-Based Review and Assessment: Tools and Techniques for Program Improvement. Office of Academic Planning and Assessment. University of Massachusetts Amherst. (2001)
- Tools and Techniques for Program Improvement: Handbook for Program Review & Assessment of Student Learning. Office of Institutional Assessment, Research, and Testing. Western Washington University. (2006)
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Step-by-step course-level assessment (will open in new window):
- Course-Based Review and Assessment: Methods for Understanding Student Learning. Office of Academic Planning and Assessment. University of Massachusetts Amherst. (2001)
- Tools and Techniques for Course Improvement: Handbook for Course Review & Assessment of Student Learning. Office of Institutional Assessment, Research, and Testing. Western Washington University. (2007)