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Assessment and Institutional Research
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External Assessment Resources:
- Baldridge
National Quality Program: Education Criteria
See the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National
Quality Program site for more information about the Malcolm Baldridge National
Quality Awards
- Center for Educational Assessment
The CEA combines education and
technology experience in order to capture, process, and report data that leads
to education program improvement.
- Central Michigan
University
Known for its progress in developing an assessment program; the Central Michigan
Assessment website is available here.
- Eastern
Michigan University
has published its assessment plans for each depratment and program. Some good
examples of objectives are included in these
plans.
- Higher Education
Research Institute (HERI)
The Institute serves as an interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation,
information, policy studies, and research training in postsecondary education. HERI's
research program covers a variety of topics including the outcomes of postsecondary
education, leadership development, faculty performance, federal and state policy,
and educational equity.
- Higher
Learning Commission
The Higher Learning commission, of the North Central Association (our accreditors),
maintains a webpage of
assessment resources.
- Individual Development
and Educational Assessment (IDEA) Center assists in the assessment
and improvement of teaching and learning at colleges and universities.
- Instructional Assessment
System
The Office of Educational Assessment of the University of Washington produces
the IAS system of course evaluation that is used at Calvin.
- National Council for Accreditation of
Teacher Education (NCATE)
NCATE is the profession’s
mechanism to help establish high quality teacher preparation. The
U. S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation recognize NCATE as a professional accrediting body
for teacher preparation.
- North Carolina
State University
NCSU maintains a long list of assessment resources and of links to lists of
links to assessment resources arranged by topics, such as: Accrediting
Bodies, Assessment
Handbooks, General
Resources, and examples of Assessment Plans from various
institutions.
- Office of Educational
Assessment
The University of Washington's Office
of Educational Assessment provides a variety of evaluation and assessment
services related to educational assessment.
- Teacher Evaluation
Glossary
Developed by the Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, this
site provides a glossary of terms in evaluation. It lists over 350 terms
that are frequently used in the process of evaluating practicing teachers,
particularly in elementary and secondary schools, and provides brief explanations
of the meanings of these terms.
- Towson University
Towson University has a well-organized website with
practical suggestions for developing assessment tools.
Calvin's Internal Assessment Resources:
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