Assessment

Annual Assessment Reporting

Each year, undergraduate programs submit an Annual Assessment Report that clearly and succinctly provides evidence of direct full-cycle assessment and reflections on assessment efforts. Specifically, the reports include:

• Assessment Methods: How students demonstrate knowledge or skills in a directly measurable way. The rubrics used to know students have achieved success.
• Outcomes: What all graduates from the program need to know and be able to do.
• Results: What outcomes indicate about student learning. What the patterns or trends are in student learning.
• Actions: What the program did to improve or change based on what was discovered through analyzing and reflecting upon the results.
• Full-Cycle Impact: What the impact was of changes on student learning and success, and what the plan is to reassess in the future.

Annual Assessment Reports are due on November 1st each year (unless accredited college requests otherwise).

Use the following template for submitting reports:

• Undergraduate Template - Word format
• Undergraduate Template - Excel format

For more information about undergraduate Annual Assessment Reporting, please see the FAQs or contact Kristin Nagy Catz, Director of Assessment.

The assessment reports are evaluated by the Assessment staff using the Undergraduate Assessment Report Evaluation Rubric.

Workshop Materials and Handouts

Assessment benchmarks allow undergraduate programs to create measurable standards for students. Direct and indirect assessments are used during the full-cycle assessment process and are vital to comprehensive student learning. Download the PowerPoint slides:

• Fall 2024
  • Assessment Report Submission Process
  • Developing Rubrics
• Spring 2024
  • 2024 Assessment Reporting Changes
  • 2026 NWCCU Site Visit
• Winter 2024
  • 2023 Assessment Feedback Summary
  • Improving Assessment Processes with Canvas
  • Exemplary Assessment Samples
• Fall 2023​​​​​​​
  • 2023 Assessment Report Template Overview
  • Assessment Report Submission Process
• Spring 2023
  • ​​​​​​​Full Cycle Assessment
    • Dan Smith, Food Science and Technology
  • Collecting Data in an Interdisciplinary Program
    • Ann Scheerer, Sustainability
  • 2023 Assessment Report Template Overview
• Winter 2023
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Leading Faculty Discussions about Assessment
    • Lauren Dalton, Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Multiple Locations/Modalities Discussion
    • Amanda Armington, CPHHS
  • Future Workshop Ideas