Assessment Standards

Each major and stand alone minor is to submit an annual assessment progress report. The following standards should be met:

1. The unit has identified measurable expected student learning outcomes.
2. Each goal should have an assessment measure used to assess that student learning outcome.
   1. Unit must have a minimum of two assessment measures in place.
3. Unit should report results for assessment measures, even if they are incomplete, or if a full set of data has yet to be collected.
4. Assessment of student learning at the course-level feeds into program-level assessment.
5. Unit gathers, analyzes, and interprets both direct and indirect measures of student learning.
6. Unit makes a clear connection between assessment findings and how they interpret findings in relation to meeting stated goals.
7. Unit communicates assessment results to internal and external constituents (i.e. students, faculty, and the community).
8. Unit describes changes or improvements that have been made based on assessment findings.
   1. Unit makes a clear connection between assessment findings and areas of potential improvement.
9. Unit involves alumni, employers, and other external constituents in their assessment of curriculum and/or student learning.