Research, Reports, Standards, and Instruments

Mathematics Assessment: Steen, Lynn Arthur, "Assessing Assessment"
(in Mathematics) In Assessment Practice in Undergraduate
Mathematics. Bonnie Gold et al. (eds.). Washington, DC: Mathematics
Association of America, 1999

Critical Thinking: This site at the University of Tennesee--Chattanooga has
a number of links to definitions, research, proposed activities to develop
critical thinking, and assessment of critical thinking.

Professional Organizations

AAHE

American Association of Higher Education (AAHE)
Conferences, assessment resources, forum. A good place to start for key resources.

AAC&U

American Association of Colleges and Universities

DRAFT statement on accountability, new January 2004.

Greater Expections statement and resources for assessment.

See also: AAC&U Journal on Assessment

ACPA

American College Personnel Association
Commission IX: Assessment for Student Learning--student development and
research grants.

CCCC

Conference on College Composition and Communication
Statement on writing assessment.

WPA Outcomes Statement:
The Writing Program Administration compilation of the outcomes that are
typically expected from first year composition.

Research and Teaching Centers

ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
Articles, books, research presentations, test locator for responsible testing

The Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT) at the University of Technology at Sydney
This information on assessment was prepared by a working party at the University.

National Academy of Sciences...Board on Testing and Assessment
Statement on the improvement of undergraduate science teaching, including assessment.

National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)
Services and information on managing higher education practices.

National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Devoted to the advancement of theory and practice in the assessment of
student and institutional practices, especially teaching and learning.

National Center for Reseach on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESS)
Research on productive assessment reform: technical reports, CD-ROMS, newsletters, etc.

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
The Assessment and Accountability Program site offers sample assessment
methods, information on writing traits, bibliographies, and links.

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development
Best practices in learning, teaching, and assessment; learning technologies;
international symposium.

Pew Assessment Projects
Research and curriculum development projects to improve undergraduate education.

Listserv

First Year Assessment Listserv
An excellent compilation of comments by experts in assessment, with some key links.

Newsletters

New England Faculty Development Consortium

Indiana Teaching and Learning Newsletter
An excellent source of information on the scholarship of teaching and on assessment.

Testing Organizations

American College Testing (ACT)
Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiencies, surveys, and other instruments.

Educational Testing Service (ETS)
General education assessment instruments, major field tests, course evaluations.

------The Academic Profile, Tasks in Critical Thinking, Major Field Tests,
Student Instructional Report (ETS)

------Graduate Record Exam

Accrediting Agencies and Organizations

Middle States Commission on Higher Education Assessment Handbook

Council on Higher Education Accreditation
CHEA enables all regional accrediting agencies to collaborate on various issues.
See in particular their competency project: This report summarizes a project
to integrate all accreditation measures based upon teaching and learning.

New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Survey of institutional commitment to and understanding of assessment.

North Central Association
Assessment guidelines, accrediting team information.

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Their institutional accreditation standards.

Statistics and Other Data

Association of Institutional Research
Newsletter, help on displaying data, other sources, including assessment.

National Center for Educational Statistics
Statistics gathered by the government, plus a college locator with links to
over 9,000 postsecondary institutions.

MCREL
Many assessment data bases, mostly for public schools

Value-added, Reports

FIPSE Consortium of Seven Universities
This report emphasizes the need for a comprehensive data base.

Organization of American Historians
A good site for a history of the value-added approaches.

The Value-Added National Project (England)
This report includes surveys, results of experiments, conclusions

Student Affairs Research

University of Texas Austin
Surveys and reports.

Indiana State University
Student Affairs Evaluations; instruments and surveys.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
This site provides a thorough list of links to other sites for assessment of
student affairs activities.

Appalachian State University
Reports on student life and learning.

Other

Classroom Assessment Techniques
Classroom assessment of students, not program assessment, but a very good site on
assessing students from Southern Illinois University

Principles and Standards for Promoting College Student Values
From the Center for the Study of College Student Values, Florida State University

Assessment and Technology: The Flashlight Project--Steve Ehrman
"about the crucial information that is missed when we look only at common
goals and averagescores, especially in programs that use technology to expand
creative work and work on open-ended problems."

Research about Undergraduate Research Projects
What happens to students involved in collaborative science research?

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