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University of Pittsburgh Resources and Examples

Assessment Plan Check List

Rubric for Evaluating Assessment Plans

Common Assessment Plan Oversights

Good Examples from University of Pittsburgh Assessment Plans

Additional Examples from the University of Pittsburgh Assessment Plans: Exemplar, Satisfactory, and Needs Improvement

The University of Pittsburgh Study of Writing: A Report on Writing in the School of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum

Examples from Arts and Sciences (graduate) to the University Council on Graduate Study (Associate Dean Nicole Constable, March 17, 2009)

Examples from Law to the University Council on Graduate Study (Associate Dean Lu-in Wang March 17, 2009)

Implementing Competency-Based Education: A Process Workbook 2009-2011, prepared for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh Presentations on Assessment

Re-Accreditation: 2012, Presentation to the Department Chairs (Vice Provost Patricia Beeson, March 16, 2010)

Assessment of General Education (Vice Provost Patricia Beeson, February 11, 2008)

Assessment of General Education Requirements- School of Arts and Sciences (Associate Dean Juan Manfredi, February 11, 2008)

Report on Assessment to the Faculty Assembly (Vice Provost Patricia E. Beeson, November 7, 2007)

Report on Assessment Plans to the Council of Deans (Vice Provost Patricia E. Beeson, March 22, 2007)

School of Information Sciences Assessment Plan Presentation (Dean Ronald Larsen, March 22, 2007)

University Library Systems Assessment Presentation (Director Rush Miller, March 22, 2007)

Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Assessment of Learning Outcomes (Dean N. John Cooper, November 9, 2006)

Assessment Guides at AAU Universities

Institutional Assessment & Studies - University of Virginia

Approaches to the Assessment Plan - Michigan State University

Guidelines for Student Outcomes Assessment - Iowa State University

Sample Assessment Plans and Reports at AAU Universities

Learning Assessment Reports by School - University of Michigan

Sample Assessment Plan - University of Maryland

Assessing General Education

Assessment on Learning in General Education - University of Michigan

General Education Learning Goals - University of Delaware

General Education Assessment - SUNY Buffalo

Suggested Readings on Assessing Student Learning in General Education Curricula
A bibliography, prepared by MSCHE Vice President Linda Suskie.

Association Recommendations

Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics -The Mathematical Association of America

The Assessment CyberGuide for Learning Goals & Outcomes in the Undergraduate Psychology Major – American Psychological Association
The Task Force on Undergraduate Psychology Major Competencies produced this Assessment CyberGuide to help psychology departments and their faculty in their quest to craft the most appropriate and effective assessment plans.

Business - AACBS Assessment Resource Center

Middle States Commission of Higher Education

Student Learning Assessment: Options and Resources (2nd Edition, 2007)
The handbook has a new Chapter 4, incorporating Assessing Student Learning and Institutional Effectiveness: Understanding Middle States Expectations (see below.)

Assessing Student Learning and Institutional Effectiveness: Understanding Middle States Expectations
This brochure clarifies Middle States expectations regarding Standard 7: Institutional Assessment and Standard 14: Assessment of Student Learning in Characteristics of Excellence. It supersedes Chapter 4 in Student Learning Assessment: Options and Resources. (2005, 8 pgs).

Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide by MSCHE Vice President Linda Suskie - available through the University Library System and partially available through Google Books.

Examples of Evidence of Student Learning
Helpful guidelines for measuring student learning prepared by MSCHE Vice President Linda Suskie.

The Role of Published Tests and Assessments in Higher Education
A brief paper by MSCHE Vice President Linda Suskie on how to use published tests and assessments to supplement locally developed tests, rubrics, and surveys.

Managing Assessment: Top-Down, Bottom-Up, All-Around (pptx)
Presented at the MSCHE 2009 Annual Conference by Jodi Levine Laufgraben, Associate Vice Provost and Director, Periodic Program Review, and Stephanie Grace Schull, Coordinator for Undergraduate Assessment, Temple University.

Suggested Readings on Assessing Student Learning
A bibliography, prepared by MSCHE Vice President Linda Suskie

Suggested Readings on Assessing Student Learning in General Education Curricula
A bibliography, prepared by MSCHE Vice President Linda Suskie.

Suggested Readings on Encouraging Faculty Engagement in Assessment
A bibliography, prepared by MSCHE Vice President Linda Suskie.

Suggested Readings on Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning
A bibliography, prepared by MSCHE Vice President Linda Suskie.

Middle States Commission on Higher Education Calendar of Events

Other

Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment North Carolina State University
An annotated links to a wide range of resources.

Assessment Instruments - University of Wisconsin

Assessment Guide at Cal Polytechnic State University

Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education by Barbara E. Walvoord - available through the University Library System

The Reinvention Center is a national center focusing on undergraduate education at research universities and a consortium of research universities dedicated to strengthening undergraduate education through networking, convening, and sharing.

Workshops

ABET Workshop on Assessing Program Outcomes for Faculty in the Applied Sciences and Engineering

Middle States Commission on Higher Education Calendar of Events

   
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