Assessment Resources

Student Learning

Conceptualizing Assessment

• Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning - click here to access the article.
• Bloom's Taxonomy - please click here to access the article.

Assessing Outcomes

• North Carolina State University has some very helpful assessment tools.
  on its website - please click here for access.
• Old Dominion University has information regarding conducting focus groups on its website - please click here for access.
• What do Faculty need to know about assessment? Assessment briefs - please click here to access the website.
• Tools for Assessing Student Learning - please click here to access the website.
• SWOT Analysis Resource Page - please click here to access the website.

PLACE Cycle

• PLACE Cycle Diagram click here for access

National/International Assessment Efforts and
Historical Documents

• The Bologna Process, establishing priorities for the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) - please click here to access the website.
• "The Bologna Process for U.S. Eyes: Re-learning Higher Education in the Age of Convergence” (April 2009) by Clifford Adelman, Senior Associate, Institute for Higher Education - click here to access the article.
• Lumina Degree Qualifications Profile - please click here to access the website.
• “A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education,” a report of the Commission appointed by Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, 2006 - click here to access the article.
• “New Leadership for Student Learning and Accountability: A Statement of Principles, Commitments to Action,” 2008 from the Association of American Colleges & Universities and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation - click here to access the article.