ASSESSMENT RESOURCES
NMSU-ALAMOGORDO
Course
Assessment Plans will be required for every course at NMSU-A beginning in
the Fall 2003 semester. One of the following forms should be completed
for each course:
IMPORTANT
ASSESSMENT WEB SITES
University of
Washington:Student Learning Outcomes
This site provides information to departments and faculty on
designing and using student learning outcomes (SLO's). Student learning
outcomes are written statements that represent faculty and departmental learning
goals for students. They can be written for individual courses or
for academic majors and departments.
Eastern New Mexico University has been formally involved in
assessment since 1986. ENMU has a long history of high quality work
in the assessment of student learning.
University of Missouri--Rolla
The Institutional Research site has a large list of assessment
resources.
California
State University at Fresno
Another useful guide to websites containing student learning
outcomes assessment resources.
Truman State
University
Assessment program widely recognized for its assessment efforts.
Approaching their accreditation review.
NATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
NCA
Higher Learning Commission: Assessment Resources
The Higher Learning Commission accredits organizations of higher
learning in the north central region of the United States. The HLC
is the accrediting agency for New Mexico State University at Alamgordo.
American
Association for Higher Education: Assessment Forum
Mission Statement: The American Association for Higher Education
(AAHE) is a national organization of individuals dedicated to the common
cause of improving the quality of higher education. Our members, much like
our projects, cut across sectors, disciplines, and campus hierarchies to
address collectively the challenges higher education faces. As a diverse
group of individuals, members step beyond their institutional
roles to create a campus-wide perspective. Through this lens, members examine
the changes higher education must make— in both theory and practice — to
ensure its effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world. Through our
programs and projects AAHE, with the help of its members, is able to catalyze
effective change at the campus, state, and national levels.
Assessment Workshops:
Joint Effort of AAHE and the Higher Learning Commission
NEW MEXICO
Higher Education Assessment and Retention Conference
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sheraton Old Town Inn, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thursday, February 24-- Friday, February 25, 2005
LEARNING
National Academy
of Sciences: How People Learn
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating
society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research,
dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to
their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted
to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it
to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters.
ADDITIONAL
ASSESSMENT RESOURCES
Field-tested Learning Assessment
Guide (FLAG)
Excellent place to begin learning about student learning assessment.
Information is easily accesible and clearly presented.
Sinclair
Community College
Sinclair Community College's homepage for the "Assessment of
Student Learning." The site contains a number of examples of assessment
principles and methods.
Maricopa Community
College Center for Learning and Instruction
The Maricopa Community College system in Arizona has developed
a very extensive web site devoted to learning assessment. The large
number of projects and issues addressed through this site sometimes makes
it difficult to find basic information.
University
of Wisconsin
This site contains the University of Wisconsin's assessment
manual.
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