Assessment basics
What is assessment? What is the difference between assessment, evaluation, and research? Glossary, FAQs and more.
Classroom assessment
Assessment resources for the classroom environment.
Co-curricular assessment
Assessment resources for outside of the traditional classroom.
Assessment cycle
Key components for an effective and comprehensive assessment plan/process.
How to articulate outcomes
Tips for how to identify and articulate assessment outcomes that are meaningful and measurable.
Examples
Examples of outcomes for classroom and co-curricular assessment to help get you started.
Measurement strategies and tools
Strategies and tools for assessing academic progress, understanding student outcomes, and enhancing the teaching and learning process.
Creating and using rubrics
What are rubrics and how can you use them to evaluate student performance on intended outcomes?
Assessment plan examples
Information about typical assessment plan and reporting components. Several examples will be shared to help get you started.
Data strategies
Tips and ideas for how to use assessment data to make improvements in teaching and learning.
Telling a story with your data
Ideas for how to share assessment data to tell the story about intended learning and progress toward meeting student outcomes.
Equity in assessment
It is vital that equitable practices be embedded in all assessment efforts in order to make it learner-centered, with a focus on the individual learners.
Data at WMU
Learn about data sources readily available at WMU that may provide you with insights into your outcome achievement.
Fund your assessment project
How to access funding to help make your assessment project come to life.
Assessment research and discussion
Learn about assessment-related journals that provide scholarly research, discussions, and advancements in the field of assessment
Assessment organizations and more
Links to professional organizations, listservs, online platforms and selected books dedicated to assessment best practices.
Assessment professional development tools
Information about learning platforms, annual conferences, and events/sessions held by WMU and other institutions and/or professional organizations for assessment-related professional development.