Assessment - External 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
- EMU 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
- The IDEA Center assists in the assessment
and improvement of teaching and learning at colleges and universities.
- 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.
Internal Assessment Resources:
Office of
Institutional & Enrollment Research
- Day 10 Enrollment Reports
- Common Data Set
The Common Data Set is a joint effort by four publishers of college
data to standardize definitions of and questions about information used
in the publishers' guidebooks and other resources.
