Assessment Organizations
- AACU's
Value Rubrics are invaluable assessment tools and cover a wide range of common
competencies, from written communication to critical thinking.
- The
AALHE is one of the premier national associations for assessment professionals
and professional development in the country. Their annual conference is well
worth the time.
- The
Chronicle of Higher Education
is must-read stuff for best practices, national debates, and regulatory shifts, all
of which often affect assessment professionals.
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EAB is a best practices firm to which WVU belongs. It provides a lot of research,
data, and information from partner institutions.
- HLC's
Criteria for Accreditation should be something every assessment professional
knows chapter and verse. Their annual conference is still my preferred form of
professional development.
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Inside Higher Ed also has strong articles from time to time relating to assessment.
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Linda Suskie's blog is a great place for anyone who deals with assessment
to ask questions, get advice, and participate in the national discourse around
assessment of learning.
- Lumina Foundation's
Degree Qualifications Profile is a learning-centered framework that can guide
institutional assessment and curriculum practices.
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National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) provides a wealth
of research and resources on assessment, not the least of which is their regular
survey of chief academic officers regarding assessment. Their
Transparency Framework is a tremendous tool for institutional assessment
officers.
- NILOA's
Featured Website page is worth a separate mention as it highlights a number
of assessment websites from around the country in several different categories.
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POD (Professional and Organizational Development) Network has a number of
resources that assessment professionals would benefit from.
- The
Virginia Assessment Group maintains a website that serves all of the state's
colleges and universities by providing resources, information, communication,
and annual events.
Institutional Assessment Websites
- Cornell University has
terrific resource from its Institutional Research and Planning office that
guides faculty on how and when to
survey students.
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James Madison University has a great site that features professional development
in assessment.
- Jon Mueller at
North Central College
has a good resource for creating authentic course assessments that then align with
program learning outcomes and assessment goals.
- Purdue's
Data Digest is an amazing example of forward facing institutional data that
could be used for any number of assessment and evaluative purposes.
- The
University of Florida has an incredible series of videos and supporting modules
that introduce assessment topics from the basics to more advanced practices.
- University of Hawaii at Manoa's
Assessment Office's website is one of my personal favorites for a diverse
range of resources.
- The
University of Maryland
does great work on the assessment of assignments, courses, and programs through its
gen ed program and Office of Undergraduate Studies.
- University of Washington's
Center for Teaching and Learning does amazing work on the evaluation of teaching
including self-assessment, peer evaluation, and student evaluations. Assessment
of learning features prominently in the self-assessment process.
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison does an incredible wide range of assessment-related
stuff on their
Student Learning Assessment website.
Books
Assessment and Academic Evaluation
- Assessing Student Learning, Linda Suskie
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Assessment Clear and Simple, Barbara Walvoord
- Prioritizing Academic Programs and Services: Reallocating Resources to Achieve
Strategic Balance, Robert Dickeson
- Research Design, John and J. David Creswell
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Using Evidence of Student Learning, George Kuh et al
Teaching and Learning
- Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, Peter Brown
- Small Teaching, James Lang
- Teaching Naked, Jose Antonio Bowen
- Why Don't Students Like School?, Daniel Willingham
Journals
Others
Nature,
Nature Neuroscience, and
Science keep me up-to-date with all the hard science underlying the learning
sciences.