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Resources and Assistance

Workshops and Conferences

Assessment in Action Day

• WMU Assessment in Action Day 2011

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2011 workshop to be held in May)

Assessment Conferences

• Annual Meeting of the Higher Learning Commission  March 30 -April 3, 2012, in Chicago, IL.
• Atlantic Assessment Conference (Next conference to be held in Spring 2012)
• More Assessment Conferences

More Information

• Archive of Previous Assessment Workshops and Conferences

Assistance

• TAC (Traveling Assessment Consultation) Team - invite a TAC team to help you with assessment in your department
  • Contact Karen Stokes Chapo

Tools for Assessment

WMU Assessment of Student Learning Handbook: Celebrating Student Learning

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University Assessment Web sites of Interest

• North Carolina State University    
• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
• University of Kentucky
• WMU Assessment for Learning Program

Nationally Available Commercial Instruments for Assessment

• Inventory of Higher Education Assessment Instruments (from National Center for Post secondary Improvement)
• Educational Testing Service
• National Post secondary Education Cooperative

Read About Assessment

• Books on Assessment


• Online Resources
• Assessment Glossary
• American Association of Higher Education's 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning
• Measuring Quality:  Choosing Among Surveys & Other Assessments of College Quality (by Borden & Owens, American Council on Education, 2001)
• Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation (online journal 1999-present)
• The National Teaching & Learning Forum 
• Data Audit and Analysis Toolkit to Support Assessment of the First Year of College (ERIC document by Paulson, 2003)
• Assessment Issues (from the Association of College & Research Libraries)
• Association for Institutional Research
• Measures, Rubrics, & Tools for Assessing Student Learning Outcomes (from Kansas State University)


• Assessment Resources Guide (compiled by the WMU Libraries)


• Papers and Presentations
• Black Holes & Gaseous Processes: Big Mistakes in Assessment: a presentation by Susan Hatfield (2008)