Resources from Assessment Organizations & Initiatives

• The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)
• The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) Tool Kit
• Assessment Resources from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
• AAC&U’s Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE) Initiative
• The Center for Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College
• The Teagle Foundation
• The Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA)

Assessment at Other Institutions

• Educational Assessment at Macalester College
• Educational Assessment at the College of Wooster
• Educational Assessment at St. Olaf College
• Outcome Assessment at LaGuardia Community College
• Assessment at the University of Hawaii: Manoa
• Assessment Resources from Ball State University
• Assessment Commons, a list of assessment resources formerly housed by North Carolina State University

Articles

• 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning, an American Association for Higher Education publication (PDF)
• A Guide to Writing Learning Objectives for Teachers of Psychology, a Society for the Teaching of Psychology publication (PDF)
• A Primer on Writing Effective Learning-Centered Course Goals, a Center for Educational Excellence (CEE) at the US Air Force Academy publication (PDF)
• A Simple Model for Learning Improvement: Weigh Pig, Feed Pig, Weigh Pig, a NILOA publication (PDF)
• Assessing Your Program-Level Assessment Plan, an IDEA Center publication (PDF)
• Assessment, Accountability, and Improvement: Revisiting the Tension, a NILOA publication (PDF)
• Classroom Assessment and Course-Embedded Assessment–What’s the Difference? (PDF)
• Closing the Assessment Loop, a Change Magazine publication (PDF)
• College Learning for the New Global Century, an AAC&U Liberal Education & America’s Promise (LEAP) Initiative publication (PDF)
• Counting and Recounting: Assessment and the Quest for Accountability, a Change Magazine publication (PDF)
• Course-Level Assessment for Student Learning Outcomes, a California State University Long Beach Faculty Center for Professional Development publication (PDF)
• Discussing the Data, Making Meaning of the Results, a NILOA publication (PDF)
• Down and In: Assessment Practices at the Program Level, a NILOA publication (PDF)
• Guidelines for Well-written Student Learning Outcome Statements (PDF)
• Establishing a Culture of Assessment, an American Association of University Professors (AAUP) publication
• Incorporating Course-Level Evidence of Student Learning into Program Assessment, a Professional & Organizational Development Network in Higher Education publication (PDF)
• Institutional Assessment Practices Across Accreditation Regions, a NILOA publication (PDF)
• Knowing What Students Know and Can Do: The Current State of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment in U.S. Colleges and Universities, a NILOA publication (PDF)
• Levels of Assessment: From the Student to the Institution, an AAC&U Greater Expectations publication (PDF)
• Making Assessment Easier With the Organizational Effectiveness Model, an About Campus Magazine publication (PDF)
• Reflecting on Your Assessment in Departments and General Education: How to be More Realistic, Effective, and Time-Efficient, a University of Notre Dame publication (PDF)
• Regional Accreditation and Student Learning Outcomes: Mapping the Territory, a NILOA publication (PDF)
• Student Learning Outcomes 101 (PDF)
• Three Promising Alternatives for Assessing College Students’ Knowledge and Skills, a NILOA publication (PDF)
• Tools for the Assessment of Undergraduate Research Outcomes, a Northeastern Illinois University publication (PDF)
• Using Assessment Results: Promising Practices of Institutions That Do It Well, a NILOA publication (PDF)
• What Faculty Unions Say About Student Learning Outcomes Assessment, a NILOA publication (PDF)
• What New Faculty Need To Know About Assessment, a NILOA publication (PDF)

Magazine Issues

• Assessing Learning Outcomes: Lessons from AAC&U’s VALUE Project, Peer Review Magazine, 2009 (PDF)
• Engaging Departments: Assessing Student Learning, Peer Review Magazine, 2010 (PDF)

Other Publication Resources

• Articles from The Chronicle of Higher Education