SMU Assessment Awards
These awards recognize both academic and non-academic departments that have demonstrated outstanding work in identifying meaningful goals or student learning outcomes, designing effective assessment methods to measure those outcomes, and thoughtfully analyzing results to inform improvements to student learning and university operations.
| Continuing Excellence in Assessment | Recognizes programs, units or departments/divisions that demonstrate sustained, high-quality assessment practices over time. Recipients consistently engage in well-aligned outcomes assessment, maintain strong methodological rigor, and show an ongoing commitment to using evidence to support student learning and continuous improvement. | Data Science and Applied Statistics MS (MDSAS) Environmental Engineering BSEnvE |
| Most Improved Assessment Practice | Honors programs, units, or departments/divisions that have made significant strides in strengthening their assessment processes. Highlights progress in outcome alignment, measurement quality, data interpretation, and overall assessment design, reflecting commitment to growth and capacity building. | Department of Anthropology |
| Exemplary Use of Results for Improvement | Celebrates programs, units, or departments/divisions that effectively close the loop by using assessment findings to inform clear, actionable, and impactful improvements. Demonstrates strong connection between evidence, decision-making, and documented changes. | Management Science BS |
| Excellence in Common Curriculum Assessment | Recognizes programs or departments for outstanding engagement and contribution to Common Curriculum assessment, including high-quality artifact submission, participation in juried assessment, and meaningful use of results to improve student learning. | Department of World Languages and Literatures |
| Collaborative Assessment Leadership | Honors programs, units, or departments/divisions that foster a culture of shared responsibility for assessment. Recipients demonstrate leadership through collaboration by engaging faculty, staff, and relevant stakeholders in meaningful assessment activities, supporting peer learning, and contributing to ongoing improvement efforts at the program, unit, or broader institutional level. | Division of Student Affairs |