Links to Other Assessment Resources

General Web Sites

This is a link to the American Association of Higher Education Assessment Forum. The forum is a nation network connecting and supporting those interested in assessment in higher education. It offers help to campuses, programs, and individuals to plan, implement, and share the results of their assessment efforts by publishing, consulting, networking, and organizing an annual national conference. http://www.aahe.org/Assessment/assessmentplan.htm

Selections from Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for Teachers are featured at this site. The site responds directly to concerns about better learning and more effectively teaching. Many of the popular ideas of Patricia Cross on in-class assessment techniques are demonstrated. http://www.josseybass.com/cda/product/0,,1555425003,00.html

The Education Commission of the States has a page with abstracts of publications and information about ECS projects in higher education and K-12 assessment, accountability, workplace preparation, and other topics. http://www.ecs.org

The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) web site has information about publications and services for assessment and other higher-education areas. http://www.nchems.org

Institutional Web Sites

Dixie College's page includes its effectiveness mission statement, academic and support unit assessment plans, general education plans and assessment instruments, and links to other resources. http://www.dixie.edu/effective/toc.htm

The Assessment Resource Office at Eastern New Mexico University has a web page that features academic and support unit assessment plans, links to other resources, a campus newsletter on ARO assessment activities and results, and the H.E.A.D. Line newsletter. http://www.enmu.edu/academics/excellence/assessment/index.shtml

The George Mason University Office of Institutional Assessment produces an electronic newsletter, In Focus which reports on GMU surveys and other assessments. Also included is a list of resources for institutional research. http://assessment.gmu.edu/

Indiana State University provides gopher lists containing some general documents about assessment. http://www.indstate.edu/lilly/assessment.htm

The Office of Student Assessment at James Madison University has created a page with their mission statement, alumni surveys, FAQ's, and links to other resources. http://www.jmu.edu/assessment

Montana State University at Bozeman has created a Student Outcomes Assessment Page. The page includes information about their campus assessment project, assessment resources for MSU faculty and administrators, departmental assessment plans, and senior and alumni survey results. http://www.montana.edu/~aircj/assess

The assessment page from Phoenix College features the college's assessment plan complete with a description of their assessment program, overview of assessment activities, and tables of methods and schedules. Also available is their academic program evaluation and links to other resources. http://www.pc.maricopa.edu/departments/ir/apage

The Department of Academic Assessment and Student Research at the University of Missouri at Rolla offers its university assessment policies, campus resources, and assessment instruments. Also available are results of graduating senior surveys, Academic Profile Tests, and Cooperative Institutional Research Program. http://www.umr.edu/~assess/

This site provides examples of what has been accomplished at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The table of contents includes: an overview, goals for undergraduates, assessment methods used by departments and across academic units, "what we've learned," and "what's next." Links to other assessment sites are also provided. http://www.colorado.edu/pba/outcomes/units/unitindx.htm

Maintained by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning at the University of Texas, Pan American, this page offers an institutional assessment, evaluation, and effectiveness section as well as a catalog of UTPA assessment reports. http://www.assessment.swt.edu/olinks.htm

The University of Washington Office of Educational Assessment includes abstracts on end-of-program assessment, student and alumni surveys, copies of report upon request, and an instructional assessment system for student evaluation of courses on its page. http://www.washington.edu/oea/

Virginia Tech's Office of Academic Assessment page contains an overview of its assessment program, survey results, Quality Improvement in Action newsletter, and links to other sources. http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/admin/assess/

Listservers

NCA has an email discussion list on assessing communication. Direct any questions or comments to assessment@natcom.org. Experts in the assessment area can respond to your inquiry. If you want to subscribe to the list, send an e-mail message to Jennifer Peltak, jpeltak@natcom.org, in the National Office briefly stating that you would like to be subscribed to the Assessment e-mail listserv.

ASSESS-L is an email discussion on assessment in higher education. To subscribe, send an email message to listserv@lsv.uky.edu. The message should say subscribe assess your first name your last name. Make sure nothing is in the subject line and there is no signature.

The Higher Education Processes Conference Hall (HEPROC) has an email discussion groups on assessment. To subscribe to a discussion group, go to their on-line subscription form at rrpubs.com/heproc/index. Select Subscribe to lists and complete the form.