Guiding Principles for Assessment at NC State

Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment

1. Background/Overall
2. Getting Started with Assessment
3. Developing a Culture of Assessment
4. The First Year
5. General Education
6. Undergraduate Program Review
7. Disciplinary Assessment
8. Regional Accreditation
9. Professional Development

1. Background/Overall

AAHE Principles of Assessment
Authentic Assessment Toolbox
Assessment FAQ
Assessing Assessment: Successess, Failures, and the Future. Peter Ewell, NCHEMS, 2005 NCSU Undergraduate Assessment Symposium.
Assessing Administrative and Support Areas. Ephraim Schechter, HigherEdAssessment.com, 2005 NCSU Undergraduate Assessment Symposium. Handout.
Problem-Solving Analysis Protocol (P-SAP). Created by Pamela Steinke, NCSU, and Peggy Fitch, Central College, P-SAP is a written problem-solving protocol and rubric for assessing problem solving skills that can be easily integrated into the normal activities of a class.
Winona State University : Assessment Resourcse - Sample Rubrics

2. Getting Started with Assessment

Common Language of Assessment
Assessment 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Assessment. Michael Carter, Joni Spurlin, and Carrie Zelna, NCSU, 2006 NCSU Undergraduate Assessment Symposium.
Developing an Institution-wide Vision for Assessment. Joni Spurlin, NCSU, 2006 NCSU Undergraduate Assessment Symposium. Handout.

3. Developing a Culture of Assessment

Planning, Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness: Faculty Ownership and Administrative Leadership. Susan Bosworth, William & Mary College, 2006 NCSU Undergraduate Assessment Symposium.
Assessment as a Strategy for Transformational Leaders. Trudy Banta, IUPUI, 2006 NCSU Undergraduate Assessment Symposium.

4. The First Year

The Policy Center on the First Year of College at Brevard College
First Year College at NC State
First Year Inquiry at NC State
A Team-Based Assessment Model: Creating Advocates for Change. Randy Swing, Brevard College, 2006 NCSU Undergraduate Assessment Symposum

5. General Education

Campus Writing and Speaking Program (CWSP)
CLAQWA: Cognitive Level and Quality Writing Assessment Instrument
Steps for Better Thinking
Blooms Taxonomy (classification of levels of learning)
Applying Bloom's Taxonomy

6. Undergraduate Program Review

University Planning and Analysis (UPA)
The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL)

7. Disciplinary Assessment

Accounting

• American Accounting Association (AAA): Assessment

• Assessment of Student Learning in Business Schools: Best Practices Each Step of the Way, Edited by Kathryn Martell and Thomas Calderon
• Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP): Accreditation, Outcomes Assessment
• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB): Accreditation

• Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET): Assessment Planning
• Gateway Engineering Education Coalition: Assessment
• Engineering Education: Assessment Methodologies and Curricula Innovation

• Mathematics Association of America (MAA): Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics (SAUM)

• American Psychological Association (APA): Assessment CyberGuide for Learning Goals & Outcomes in the Undergraduate Psychology Major

• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE): Standard

• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
• Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA)
• New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
• North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA-HLC) The Higher Learning Commission
• Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
• Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC-ACSCU) Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities
• Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC-ACCJC)
  Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

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