Resources

Conferences

• 8th Annual Texas A&M Assessment Conference
  February 17-19, 2008 - College Station, TX
• The New Mexico Higher Education Assessment and Retention (NMHEAR) Conference 2008
  Changing For Learning's Sake:  A Focus on Assessment and Retention
  February 28-29, 2008 - Albuquerque, NM
• Twelfth Annual Western Region Assessment Conference
  Celebrating Assessment: Past, Present & Future
  March 20-21, 2008 - Fullerton, CA
• Association for Institutional Research (AIR) 2008 Forum
  May 24-28, 2008 - Seattle, WA
• NASPA: International Assessment & Retention Conference
  June 11-15, 2008 - Scottsdale, AZ
• 2008 ETS 15th Annual Summer Conference: Assessment for Learning
  July 13-16, 2008 - Portland, OR
• Strengthening Student Success Conference
  October 1-3, 2008 - Anaheim, CA
• Southern Association for Institutional Research
  October 18-21, 2008 - Nashville, TN
• 2007 Assessment Institute
  October 26-28, 2008 - Indianapolis, IN

Listserv

On September 22, 2003 the Research and Planning (RP) Group for California Community Colleges and the Center for Student Success launched a new Learning Assessment Listserv. The Listserv provides a forum for discussing effective and practical ways of using assessment for improving student learning while also meeting the new WASC Accreditation Standards.

To provide participants with an effective and efficient means of interacting, the Listserv is moderated. Each week moderators will e-mail participants short presentations and/or summaries of participants' comments on an important issue in assessment. While the topics to be covered will likely be adjusted over time to accommodate participants' needs, the initial topics planned include:

• Developing Course-Level Learning Outcomes
• Assessing Course-Level Learning Outcomes
• Integrating Course-Level Assessment with Department/Program Practice
• Developing and Assessing Program-Level Learning Outcomes
• Developing a Simple and Effective Assessment System
• Assessing the Impact of Student Services on Learning

To join the Listserv, please send an e-mail to Listserv@listserv.cccnext.net without a subject line. In the body of the e-mail, type line "subscribe Learning Assessment" without quotation marks.

Links

Accreditation Standards

• Western Association of Schools and Standards (WASC)
• Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)

Guides & Practices

• AAHE 9 Principles of Good Practices for Assessing Student Learning
• American Psychological Association Assessment Cyberguide

Colleges & Universities

• Alverno College Learning Outcomes Studies
• Association of American Colleges and Universities

• Bakersfield College Assessment
• Cabrillo College Learner Outcome Handbook
• CSU Academic Affairs Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment
• California State University, San Bernardino Outcomes Assessment

• Cascadia Community College Learning Outcomes
• Inver Hills Community College Minnesota

• James Madison University
• Lane Community College Assessment Project

• Madison Area Technical College in Wisconsin
• Mesa Community College Student Outcomes Assessment Program

• North Carolina State Office of University Planning and Analysis
• Northwestern Michigan College Program or Services Assessment

• Oklahoma State University Assessment and Testing
• Palomar College
• Spokane Community College Student Learning Assessment

• Scottsdale Community College Outcomes Assessment

Other Resources

• California Assessment Institute (CAI)
• Center for Student Success of the Research and Planning (RP) Group

• 4faculty.org
• Teachopolis: Electronic Performance Support Systems

• Rubistar: Create Rubrics
• Rubric Machine

• Teaching Goals Inventory

Reading List

For a list of assessment related books, articles, reports, and presentations, please refer to the Reading List.