Office of Academic Assessment

Assessment Resources

• Assessment Process

• What is Assessment
• Handbook of Assessment Process
• Assessment & Accreditation

 

• Assessment of Student Learning and Campus Workshops

• Using Assessment Results-Workshop
  • Resources and Articles (2018)
  • Panel Presentations (2018)
• Assessment Mini-Conference - Resources & Handouts (2017) 
• Assessment Workshop - Resources & Articles (2016) 
• Faculty Presentations on Assessment:
• Understanding Proficiency-Based Grading (2016)
• Reflective Assessment for the College Student (2016)
• Assessing Student Learning Outcomes (2016)
• Assessment Workshop Materials - Resource Handbook (2015)
• Student Affairs Assessment - Resource Handbook (2015)

 

• USM Assessment Tools:  A List of the Survey Instruments Used at USM

• Alumni Surveys
  
  • USM Alumni Survey for Undergraduates
  • USM Alumni Survey for Graduates

• Community Engagement Surveys
• Faculty Involvement Survey
• End of Course - Service Learning Survey
• LAC Community Engagement Learning Survey 

• National Surveys
• Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE Survey)
• National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE Survey)

• Student Surveys
• Advising Survey for Undergraduates 
• Advising Survey for Graduate Students
• USM Student Survey

 

•  Other Assessment Information: A List of Resources for Faculty/Departments

• Assessment Newsletters
  • AAHLE Intersection Newsletter
  • Insight Assessment Newsletter
  • NILOA: National Institute of Learning Outcomes Assessment Newsletter

• Assessment Plans
  • Assessing Your Program-Level Assessment Plan
  • Assessment Worksheet for Depts
  • Assessing Online Learning

• Assessment References
  • Assessment Commons
  • Assessment Terminology
  • Assignment Library
  • Bibliography for Assessment
  • Inventory of Higher Education Assessment Instruments
  • Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning
  • What faculty need to know about assessment

• Assessment Steps (Outcomes, Methods, Mapping, Rubrics)
• Assessing Quality of Learning Outcomes - Rubric
• Bloom's Taxonomy
• Direct and Indirect Assessment
• Direct and Indirect Assessment - Strategies for Assessing Learning
• Curriculum Map Template
• Curriculum Map SLO's Example
• Curriculum Map Embedded Assignments Example
• Learning Objective & Outcomes Guidelines
• Learning Outcomes Assessment - Planning Guide
• Creating and Using Rubrics
• Rubric Grading and Examples

• Research Literature regarding Online Course Evaluations
• Online Course Evaluations - Bibliography
• Student Ratings Offer Useful Input to Teacher Evaluation