ASSESSMENT RESOURCES
The following pages contain information related to assessment activities. There are many sources for assessment activities, in professional associations as well as individual universities and colleges. Instead of copying all of them, the below links have already been collected (no use reinventing the wheel). This page will be updated as more sources are identified, and as users let me know what should be included. Please feel free to suggest sites for inclusion via the address links at the bottom of the page.
WEAVEonline is the system used for tracking and managing Institutional Effectiveness information, updates, and data. Access WEAVEonline by clicking on the logo above. A new version of WEAVEonline, 4.0 will be introduced in mid-August. For a review and introduction to 4.0, contact John.
HOW TO LOG ON: Your log-on is your SMU ID. Enter your ID, then click "Forgot Password". Your password will be mailed to you shortly. Once logged in to the system, you will be able to see the areas you have been associated with. Your SMU ID must have been entered into the WEAVE directory before you will be able to get a password. If you have any questions, you can email them to weave('at' symbol)smu.edu If you use this path, it make take a while to get a response, in case the administrator doesn't notice the message in the WEAVE In-box. Use the e-mail at the bottom of this page for a quicker response.
WEAVE Introduction; PowerPoint presentation, July 2007
Link to the SMU Centennial Strategic Plan 2006-2015
Related information about WEAVE:
WEAVEonline introduction web
page
Article in the March 30, 2007, issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education on
WEAVE
If you would like a training session on WEAVE, please contact
weave('at' symbol)smu.edu
ASSESSMENT RESOURCES
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges, is the primary accrediting agency for Texas and the southern states. The overall SACS website is: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [SACS]
The SACS Commission on
Colleges is the accrediting agency within SACS. This site contains the
specific information about SACS activities, and other resources.
Two primary SACS accreditation
documents available on-line are:
The Principles of Accreditation, Foundations for Quality Enhancement1
and the
Handbook for Reaffirmation of Accreditation2
are available on the SACS web site. The Principles of
Accreditation document has been updated with the changes voted on at the
last two annual meetings of the Commission
on Colleges. The updated version is available on the SACS COC website through this link:
Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality
Enhancement (2008 Interim Edition).
The Handbook will be updated with the changes incorporated into the
Principles.
Annual meeting information, December 6 - 9, 2008, San Antonio, Texas http://www.sacscoc.org/aamain.asp
QEP: Quality Enhancement Plans for the schools reaffirmed in 2004 and 2005
1Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and School, Decatur,
Georgia, December 2001.
2Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of
Colleges and School, Decatur, Georgia, December 2004
UNIVERSITY ASSESSMENT SITES AND
RESOURCE LINKS
There are many universities that have excellent assessment
sites. Some found to be particularly useful listed below. If anyone has other
sites to recommend, they can be added as resources. Please notify
me of any you feel would be useful for
others. These pages contain links to numerous topics and university sites
related to Institutional Effectiveness. Two sites with specific examples of
program and learning outcomes are at the University of Central Florida and the
University of Texas - Arlington.
EXAMPLES OF ASSESSMENT PLANS
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
UCF has good examples of assessment plans on their web site if you are
looking for a sample to get you started. This is not an open invitation to copy
and paste. UCF is providing their plans for others to use in working toward
their own institutional effectiveness plans.
http://www.assessment.ucf.edu/assessment_archive/visitor/visitor_menu.asp
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON
http://www.uta.edu/irp/uep/examples/06-07%20UEP%20Examples%20for%20CCR/0607.htm
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
http://www.web.virginia.edu/iaas/assessment/resources/uvaplans.htm
STUDENT LEARNING AND PROGRAM OUTCOMES FOR ASSESSMENT
WRITING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
http://assessment.tamu.edu/asmt_help/writing_learning_outcomes.pdf
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT
http://www.web.virginia.edu/iaas/assessment/outcomes.htm
WRITING PROGRAM OUTCOMES
http://assessment.tamu.edu/asmt_help/writing_progm_outcomes.pdf
DEVELOPING RUBRICS
DEVELOPING, USING, AND EXAMPLES
http://www.web.virginia.edu/iaas/assessment/assessrubrics.htm
SAMPLE RUBRICS (Winona State University) LOTS OF SAMPLES
http://www.winona.edu/air/rubrics.htm
GENERAL EDUCATION RUBRIC EXAMPLES
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/assessment/Rubrics.htm (Bowling Green
University)
http://www.csufresno.edu/irap/assessment/rubric.shtml (California State
University, Fresno)
GRADES AS ASSESSMENT MEASURES
Do grades make the grade for program assessment?
http://www.abet.org/Linked%20Documents-UPDATE/Assessment/Assessment%20Tips4.pdf
Why not Grades?
http://www.odu.edu/ao/ira/assessment/topics/notgrades.shtml
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF VARIOUS ASSESSMENT METHODS
http://www.uta.edu/irp/unit_effectiveness_plans/assets/AssessMethods.pdf
DIRECT AND INDIRECT METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
http://assessment.tamu.edu/asmt/methods.htm
COMMON LANGUAGE OF ASSESSMENT
http://assessment.tamu.edu/asmt/common_language.htm
DEVELOPING UNIT LEVEL ASSESSMENTS
http://www.assessment.gatech.edu/eWorkshops/Developing_Unit_Assessment_Plansv3.pdf
DEFINING METHODS AND MEASURES FOR OBJECTIVES http://www.assessment.gatech.edu/eWorkshops/Defining_methods_and_measures_for_objectives.pdf
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
BLOOM'S TAXONOMY OUTLINE
http://www.uta.edu/irp/unit_effectiveness_plans/assets/Blooms.pdf
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Comprehensive Resource
Listing: (http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/assmt/resource.htm)
Additional resource listing:
http://www.uta.edu/irp/unit_effectiveness_plans/assets/Resources.pdf
SUGGESTED READINGS FOR ASSESSMENT
http://assessment.tamu.edu/resources/booklist_2008.pdf
UNIVERSITY RESOURCES LIST
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
This is a particularly good SACS Reaccreditation site.
http://sacs.utdallas.edu/sacs_home
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - ARLINGTON: (Successfully completed SACS Review in
2007)
UT-A UNIT EFFECTIVENESS PROCESS (http://www.uta.edu/irp/unit_effectiveness_plans/uep.htm)
EXAMPLES
http://www.uta.edu/irp/uep/examples/06-07%20UEP%20Examples%20for%20CCR/0607.htm
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF VARIOUS ASSESSMENT METHODS
http://www.uta.edu/irp/unit_effectiveness_plans/assets/AssessMethods.pdf
LIST OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
http://www.uta.edu/irp/unit_effectiveness_plans/assets/Resources.pdf
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
ASSSESSMENT RESOURCES (http://assessment.tamu.edu/resources/index.html#instruments)
DIRECT AND INDIRECT METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
http://assessment.tamu.edu/asmt/methods.htm
COMMON LANGUAGE OF ASSESSMENT
http://assessment.tamu.edu/asmt/common_language.htm
WRITING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
http://assessment.tamu.edu/asmt_help/writing_learning_outcomes.pdf
WRITING PROGRAM OUTCOMES
http://assessment.tamu.edu/asmt_help/writing_progm_outcomes.pdf
SUGGESTED READINGS FOR ASSESSMENT
http://assessment.tamu.edu/resources/booklist_2008.pdf
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
ASSESSMENT RESOURCES (http://www.assessment.gatech.edu/planning_assessment.php)
DEVELOPING UNIT LEVEL ASSESSMENTS
http://www.assessment.gatech.edu/eWorkshops/Developing_Unit_Assessment_Plansv3.pdf
DEFINING METHODS AND MEASURES FOR
OBJECTIVES
http://www.assessment.gatech.edu/eWorkshops/Defining_methods_and_measures_for_objectives.pdf
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
ASSESSMENT SUPPORT (http://oeas.ucf.edu/assessment/assess_inst_effec.htm)
EXAMPLES:
http://www.assessment.ucf.edu/assessment_archive/visitor/visitor_menu.asp
OTHER RESOURCES FROM TEXAS A&M, GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
A particularly good and thorough reference site is located at the Texas A&M
University Office of Assessment web page. It includes these links (credit to
TAMU for these copied links):
University Assessment Pages
General
Resources
Agencies,
Institutes and Organizations
Assessment
Conferences
Assessment
Instruments and Techniques
Assessment
Papers, Presentations and Reports
Commercial
Resources on Assessment
Publications on
Assessment from the Association of American Colleges and Universities
Benchmarking
Accreditation Resources
Survey and
Statistics Software
Presentations and Handouts from the 7th Annual Texas A&M Assessment Conference
Information on the Annual Texas A & M Assessment Conference, will be updated when available.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia
Tech Office of Assessment The Reports, Guidelines, Workshops and
Presentations path provides links to specific information.
University of Central Florida
UCF has an office of Operational Excellence and Assessment
Support that provides support for Assessment activities at UCF. This office has
many good examples of processes at a university that has established a
state-of-the-art linkage between institutional research, planning, and
assessment.
Assessment plans and results for UCF units are displayed through a Visitor site for academic and administrative units. This link goes to the index for academic and administrative units for 2006-07. Check out the plans included here. They are good examples from an established program of Institutional Effectiveness.
UCF Survey Inventory An example of an extensive survey process.
North Carolina State University
NCSU
Outcomes Assessment reference page
General assessment resources by category, national, regional, state and
institution.
Examples of
outcomes assessment processes used by NC State units Individual examples of
NCSU processes are given for academic and for administrative units.
Other sites of interest on the First Year of College and the First Year
Experience
The Policy Center on the First
Year of College
National Resource Center for the
First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
POLICY & PROCEDURES REFERENCES FOR UNIVERSITY
RELEVANT ACCREDITING
AGENCIES:
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND SCHOOLS The interim edition of the
SACS Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement
document
ABET POLICY MANUAL The Accreditation Policy and Procedure Manual of
the Engineering accrediting agency, ABET, Inc.
SMU likely schedule for SACS Reaccreditation activities
Last Reaccreditation: December 2000
2006-07 IE plans are entered into the WEAVEonline system, reviewed, updated;
2007-08 Cycle one of updated process;
2008-09 Cycle two of updated process; begin work on Reaffirmation report.
2009-10 Cycle three; Reaffirmation report is written.
SACS Schedule:
2009 (Year One):
Second Monday in June: Orientation of
Leadership Teams
2010 (Year Two):
Compliance Certification due August
15
Off-site review conducted Second Week
in November
2011 (Year Three):
Prior to the On-Site review: Focused
report to address any shortcomings identified in the Off-site review
Quality Enhancement Plan due - six
weeks prior to on-site review
On-site review conducted - March 15 -
April 30
Review by the Commission on Colleges
- first week in December
There will be a five year review to look at the status of the QEP, and other relevant topics after the reaffirmation.
University Committee on Institutional
Effectiveness and Accreditation
On January 30, 2007, Provost ad interim Tom Tunks appointed a new university
standing committee, the University Committee on Institutional Effectiveness and
Accreditation. As this committee will change membership over time, the following
list is the current membership and the area represented:
Judith Banes, Student Affairs
Ruth Cross, Dedman School of Law
Koni Daws, Athletics
Bill Detwiler, Business and Finance
Jim Dunham, School of Engineering
Liz Foster, Treasurer
Duane Harbin, Perkins School of Theology
Vicki Hill, LEC
Curt Holleman, SMU Libraries
Becky Hood, School of Education and Human Development
Anita Ingram, Business and Finance
Cal Jillson, Dedman College
John Kalb, Institutional Research, Co-Chair
Gary Moskowitz, Cox School of Business
Mary Ann Piepenburg, Development and External Affairs
Randall Powell, Assoc VP for Budgeting and IT, Co-Chair
Ellen Pryor, Assoc Provost, Honors Programs
James Quick, Research and Graduate Studies
Peter Raad, (representing) Guildhall
Marty Sweidel, Meadows School of the Arts
Samantha Thomas, Institutional Access and Equity
Basil Thomson, Legal Affairs
Anthony Tillman, Enrollment Services
Ron Wetherington, Center for Teaching Excellence
PowerPoint
Presentation, March 1, 2007
PowerPoint Presentation,
January 17, 2008
DR. JOSEPH HOEY VISIT, JANUARY 25, 2006, POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS:
These are the PowerPoint presentations used by Dr. Hoey at the four sessions on January 25. The Program Level IE Plans at SMU and the Admin & Support Services Assessment presentations include examples from the SMU IE process provided to Dr. Hoey in advance of his arrival.
IE LEADERSHIP
PRESENTATION AT SMU
INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AT SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (10:00 AM
SESSION)
PROGRAM LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS PLANS AT SMU (1:00 PM SESSION)
ADMIN &
SUPPORT SERVICES ASSESSMENT (2:30 PM SESSION)
Link to the Georgia Institute of Technology Office of Assessment
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
BOOKS:
Assessing Student Learning, A Common Sense Guide, Linda Suskie, Anker
Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 1-882982-71-1 (Available
through Amazon.com for $35.60 plus the usual shipping and handling rip-offs.)
Assessment Clear and Simple, Barbara E. Walvoord, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-7879-7311-4. Available through Jossey-Bass books.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
Annual Texas
A&M Assessment Conferences; Presentations
and handouts from the conferences. Also available through the above link to the TAMU Assessment office.
For additional information contact John Kalb at the Office of Institutional Research via this e-mail address or at 768-3895. Comments, updates welcomed.
The links were working when this page was created. If any are not found to be working, please notify me at jmkalb('at' symbol)smu.edu