Assessment Resources
ACPA Atlanta - Assessment Sessions Guide
This document contains and easy to use program guide to assessment programs at the ACPA Conference in Atlanta.
ACPA’s Commission on Assessment and Evaluation
Resources on choosing on-line survey tools, finding other assessment offices throughout the nation as well as learning more about assessment skills and knowledge. A great resources for anyone looking for more information about assessment tools and learning about assessment.
NASPA Knowledge Community on Assessment, Evaluation and Research
The Student Affairs Assessment, Evaluation and Research (SAAER) Knowledge Community is dedicated to serving as a resource for all who engage in student affairs-related assessment, evaluation and research.
Student Affairs Assessment Instruments
This is a clearinghouse of many instruments that are out there. You can search by topic and other areas. Some instruments you can get to directly from the clearinghouse, for others it sometimes helps to do a google search on the instrument's title. The clearinghouse doesn't always give you everything you need, but it is a great place to start.
AAC&U Assessment Page
The Association of American Colleges and Universities has a large resource page for various assessment needs.
Learning Reconsidered 2
Learning Reconsidered 2 moves beyond traditional ideas of inside and outside the classroom learning and transcends the boundaries between curriculum and co-curricular education. While the second volume makes progress in providing practical examples of how to create the dialogue, tools, and materials necessary to transform learning, this interactive Web resource serves to 1) update innovative programs applying concepts from Learning Reconsidered, and 2) help grasp the full breadth of examples of programs that promote transformative learning.
CAS Standards
The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) has been the pre-eminent force for promoting standards in student affairs, student services, and student development programs since its inception in 1979. For the ultimate purpose of fostering and enhancing student learning, development, and achievement and in general to promote good citizenship, CAS continues to create and deliver a dynamic and credible Book of Professional Standards and Guidelines and Self-Assessment Guides that are designed to lead to a host of quality-controlled programs and services.
National Center for Education Statistics
Links to shared results from many national survey instruments including Baccalaureate and Beyond, High School and Beyond and various other national studies. Excellent resource for large data sets and national benchmarking.
NYU's Office of Institutional Research and Program Evaluation
Polytechnic University's Office of Assessment and Institutional Research
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