Departments and programs are encouraged to engage in assessment activities that will provide useful and meaningful products (results, narratives, and data) that will improve student learning, curriculum development, and pedagogy. Our goal is for assessment to be systemic, systematic, transparent, and accessible. 

Helpful Guidelines for Assessment

Cohort To-do List (2014-2019)

Year 1 of Department/Program Assessment Cycle

• ​Department/Program Self-Study
• Internal Review 
• Selecting External Reviewers
• Letters to External Reviewer
• Template of External Reviewer Visit
• External Reviewer Report

Year 2 of Department/Program Assessment Cycle

• Closing the Loop
• MOUs
• Curricular Map and Long Term Plan

Years 3-5 of Department/Program Assessment Cycle

• Yearly Assessment Plan and Report
• Implicit and Explicit Curriculum

Additional Resources

• Assessment Committee Handbook  
• WASC Resource Guide for Good Practices: Subsection C
• Resource Guide for 'Good Practice' in Academic Program Review
• Bloom's Taxonomy
• AAC&U Value Rubrics
• Economics Self-Study 2014-2015 
• GCS Self-Study 2014-2015
• EDU Self-Study 2014-2015
• Formative Assessment Activities