Assessment
Resources, Templates, & Tools
American Accounting Association
American Anthropological Association
American Chemical Society
American Association for Higher Education and Accreditation
Formerly AAHE, it is the oldest association in the United States dedicated to the advancement of higher education.
Assessment Network of New York (ANNY)
Network of higher education professionals founded in 2010 to advance assessment.
Association for Institutional Research
Organization dedicated to the profession of institutional research. AIR also publishes assessment materials and has an assessment track at their annual forum.
Association of American Colleges and Universities
AACU is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education. Their website contains an entire section on assessment.
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
CHEA is the largest higher education membership organization the United States. CHEA is the primary national voice for voluntary accreditation and quality assurance to the U.S. Congress and U.S. Department of Education.
Award for Institutional Progress in Student Learning Outcomes
Each year the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) awards colleges and universities that have made Institutional Progress in Student Learning Outcomes.
Education Sector
Education Sector is an independent think tank whose mission is to promote changes in policy and practice that lead to improved student opportunities and outcomes.
Lumina Foundation for Education
The nation's largest foundation dedicated exclusively to increasing students' access to and success in postsecondary education.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
A regional accreditor in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Middle States web site has numerous publications available for free download. A particularly useful publication is Student Learning Assessment: Options and Resources (2nd Edition, 2007)
National Institute of Learning Outcomes Assessment
Founded in 2008, NILOA assists institutions and others in discovering and adopting promising practices in the assessment of college student learning outcomes.
New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability
A coalition of associations, organizations, and individuals formed in 2009 to promote collective efforts to gather, report on, and use evidence of student learning in American undergraduate education.
Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) 
– a standardized testing program used by colleges and universities throughout the nation. It is often used to help assess general education competencies.
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) – a standardized test measuring verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and critical thinking and analytical writing skills. GRE subject tests in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Literature in English, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology are designed to measure undergraduate achievement in these subject areas.
ETS Major Field Tests – comprehensive undergraduate and MBA outcomes assessments offered by the Educational Testing Service designed to measure the critical knowledge and understanding obtained by students in a major field of study. Students in undergraduate and MBA programs may take the Major Field Tests. The Major Field Tests cover the following fields of study: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Economics, History, Literature in English, Mathematics, Music, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
ETS Proficiency Profile – formerly the Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress (MAPP), the Proficiency Profile is a comprehensive test most often used to gauge general education competencies.
Committing to Quality - Guidelines for Assessment and Accountability in Higher Education
Bloom’s Taxonomy (PDF) - List of action verbs at each level of Bloom’s taxonomy. It can be used to assist faculty in developing student learning objectives.
Checklist for Evaluating Written Objectives (PDF) - A useful tool for use in evaluating the effectiveness of learning objectives.
Connecting Outcomes to Curriculum (PDF) - A useful template from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education to assist is identifying learning objectives in a curriculum.
Curriculum Mapping (PDF) - A curriculum map from a Psychology Department that uses the IDM approach to mapping learning objectives.
Direct and Indirect Evidence (PDF) - Examples of direct and indirect assessment techniques from Linda Suskie of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Learning Goals and Assessment Techniques Template (PDF) - Derived from a template from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, this tool will help faculty visualize how to assess student learning objectives.
Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning - From the American Association for Higher Education, these are the nine principles of good practices for assessing student learning.
Rubrics to Assess Student Learning Objectives (PDF) - Eight point rubric to assess the quality of written learning objectives.
Rubric for Evaluating Institutional Student Learning Assessment Processes (PDF) - A tool for institutions to assess the status of their current assessment efforts in terms of Middle States’ accreditation standards and expectations.
The Assessment Review
The Assessment Review is an online publication that supports the work of faculty, staff, and graduate students at the City University of New York (CUNY) as well as academic institutions across the country. This publication showcases research, articles, reviews, and success stories