[draft page]
List
of Potential Assessment Instruments
WCU,
Existing Documentation
Selected
Standardized Tests, by Subject/Discipline
Selected
Surveys/Inventories/Assessments
AAHE
(now defunct) on Assessment
AAC&U
on Assessment
Selected
University Assessment Web Pages, Annotated
Other
Assessment-Related Links of Note
Regional
Accrediting Associations
| WCU,
Existing Assessment-Related Documentation
Millennial
Initiative Office
of the Provost Centers,
Services, Offices, and Academic Support |
| Selected
Standardized Tests, by Subject/Discipline
MFT (ETS Major Field Tests) AP (Academic Profile, ETS) "The College Board and ETS, shared owners of Academic Profile since 1987, will discontinue the test after June 2006. In January 2006, ETS will introduce a successor to Academic Profile, the Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress (MAPP) test." MAPP
(Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress, ETS) Criterion Online Writing Evaluation (ETS) ILT (Information Literacy Test), James Madison ICT (ETS, Information and Communication Technology) Literacy Assessment CBASE
(College Basic Academic Subjects Examination) University of Missouri
CAAP
(Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency) ACT, Inc. CLA (Collegiate
Learning Assessment [project]) Council for Aid to Education Senior Test in the Major (Various; listed by Truman State) EIT (Engineering)
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| Selected
Surveys/Inventories/Assessments
Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal CIRP (Cooperative Institutional Research Program) -- very well-established freshman survey out of HERI at UCLA MAP (Making Achievement Possible), Freshman survey, Ball State TGI
(Teaching Goals Inventory), Tom Angelo NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement) COACHE (Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, Harvard) FSSE (Faculty Survey of Student Engagement) IDI (Intercultural Development Inventory), Wabash; Intercultural.org MMO (Measure of Moral Orientation), University of Iowa; see also Wabash College CSEQ (College Student Experience Questionnaire) CRS (Collegiate Results Survey). For recent graduates [alumni]. National Center for Postsecondary Improvement, Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research Hogan Personality Inventory Myers Briggs Typology |
| AAHE
(now defunct) on Assessment AAHE Assessment Forum Article: Shared Responsibilities for Learning Selected On-Line Assessment Links Assessment Websites AAHE 3 decades of lessons on teaching
& learning AAHE:
American Association for Higher Educaton, Assessment Forum A few AAHE Resources can still be found on other sites: NTLF (National Teaching and
Learning Forum) Nine Principles of Good Practice
for Assessing
Student Learning Seven Steps to Fair Assessment
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| AAC&U
on Assessment
AAC&U
AAC&U "A Review on the Literature of
Assessing
Higher Education Quality" (2002)
|
| Selected
University Assessment Web Pages, Annotated
Alverno College Ball State Bowling Green State University
Clemson University Florida Gulf Coast University,
Retention
(with some assessment implications) George Mason James Madison University
Middle Tennessee State
Northern Arizona Office of
Academic Assessment Oberlin Report Southern Illinois University
Texas Christian University
Truman State University
Assessment Program University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Florida
UC Santa Cruz, Assessment and
Evaluation
Links UNC State, Information and
Computer Literacy UNC State, Assessment Resources Wabash College Assessment
Toolkit (the
Wabash site is essential) Western Washington University
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| Regional
Accrediting Associations
North Central Association of
Colleges and
Schools -- Higher Learning Commission Middle States Commission on Higher
Education New England Association of Schools
and Colleges Northwest Commission on Colleges
and Universities Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools Western Association of Schools and
Colleges |
| Some Formative
Westminster
College work
Westminster
College Assessment Rationale and Overview (& NCA accreditation)(PDF) Sample Academic Department Objectives (Links) [forthcoming] 1. A graduating-senior survey (to be designed, but we have an extensive pool of questions) 2. A (short) graduating-senior exit interview (mechanics to be determined; possibly by department chairs) 3. Administration of an appropriate standardized exam 4. The student portfolio was mentioned as a possibility Perhaps as a part of the honors program in some departments5. Capstone experience Not a necessarily a course [potentially major logistical and political issues], but an "experience" -- to be defined. These may provide a valuable encounter for our students, are looked upon favorably by NCA, and may not be difficult to implement on a voluntary, pilot-trial basis.Regarding the survey and exit interview: Graduating seniors could be asked a series of questions near the end of their last semester in written survey form, followed up by an interview with their major advisor. Both the survey and the interview could be kept relatively short. An anonymous survey (but with controlled distribution) would help maximize student candor. (Coordinate with the Career Center if aspects of the surveys pertain to that area. The Ethics Committee might look over the survey before distribution.) |
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Service Learning
http://inst.santafe.cc.fl.us/~mwehr/0ServeLearnResHigherEd.html
http://www.compact.org/faculty/SL-brochure.pdf
Living Values, USA
http://livingvalues.net/
AAU Summary of the report of the National
Commission on the Cost of Higher Education
http://www.aau.edu/education/Summary1.21.98.html
AAUP Response to the Commission
http://www.aaup.org/Issues/DistanceEd/Copyright/1125test.htm
NEA Response to this report
http://www.nea.org/he/cost.html
http://horizon.unc.edu/onramp/