More Assessment Resources

Assessment in the Liberal Arts:  

• Departmental Assessment at Swarthmore College
• Evaluating quantitative reasoning: Carleton College Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge (Quirk) Initiative
• Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College
• American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC & U): Initiatives on Assessment
• Portfolio Assessment of Student Writing at Carleton College
• Outcomes and Assessment in Liberal Education: Grant Projects and Request For Proposals (The Teagle Foundation)

Standardized Tests for General Education Outcomes:  

• Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) Project (Council for Aid to Education)
• CAAP (Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency, developed by ACT)
• MAPP (Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress, formerly called Academic Profile, co-owned by ETS and College Board)

Program Evaluation:  

• The Program Evaluation Standards (the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation)

Assessing Foreign Language Proficiency: ACTFL Certified Proficiency Testing Programs

Assessment-Related National Efforts:

• Action Plan for Higher Education: Improving Affordability, Accessibility, and Accountability (2006)
• A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U. S. Higher Education (2006)
• An American Imperative: Higher Expectations for Higher Education (1993)
• A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform (1983)

Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcome Assessment (A comprehensive resource site compiled by North Carolina State University; containing assessment information of colleges across the country)

Books on Assessment