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Assessment Tools and Resources

The annotated list below includes general resources on assessment and its uses for continuous improvement, specific tools and guidelines used by other institutions and scholarly papers on assessment in higher education.

If there is a resource you would like to share please send the information to assessment@luc.edu.

Resource Name Brief Description Resource Link
General resources on student program learning outcomes assessment

National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)

Universally helpful site with consistently relevant content. Check often.

Learning Outcome Assessment

 

NILOA report on a 2009 survey--sent to provosts or chief academic officers at all regionally accredited, undergraduate-degree-granting, two- and four-year, public, private, and for-profit institutions in the U.S. (n=2,809)--on assessment activities and data use at their institutions.

2009 NILOA Survey Report

Watermark Essential guide to assessment strategies

Basic guide to assessment process with good graphics 

Assessment Strategy Guide

Fong Bloom, M. (2010, September). Peer review of program assessment efforts: One strategy, multiple gains. Assessment Update, 22(5), 5-7, 16

A description of program assessment review at two institutions. Useful process guidance for us.

Online Library Assessment Review 

Assessment 2020: Seven propositions for assessment reform in higher education

Perspectives on higher education assessment from the Australian Learning & Teaching Council

Assessment 2020 Propositions

Hatfield, S. Assessing Your Program-Level Assessment Plan Assessment Resources :: Andrews University. (2009). Assessment Resources :: Andrews University.

Gives examples of program effectiveness goals and student learning outcomes, as well as explains differences between them. Emphasizes that assessment needs to occur regularly.

IDEA Paper 45 

Tools and guides from various institutions

Bloom's Taxonomy 2023

 

Bloom's Taxonomy 2023

Bloom's Taxonomy: Cognitive Domains

Resource from University of Waterloo; used this on slides. Second page is very useful regarding "learning activities" that line up with Bloom's. 

Bloom's Taxonomy Cognitive Domains

Revised Bloom's Taxonomy

Visually compelling resource from Iowa State on using Bloom's in program learning outcomes 

Revised Bloom's Handout

Loyola University Guide to Writing Program Learning Outcomes

Document developed by Loyola assessment experts on how to write program learning outcomes. Additional resources are provided in the document.

Writing Programs Learning Outcomes

How to Write Program Objectives/Outcomes

Good overall discussion and guidance about writing outcomes from University of Maryland

University of Maryland Writing Outcomes

Student Learning Outcomes resource site-UNC

UNC has many helpful resources. They are accredited by a different agency than HLC, one that seems more prescriptive, so their resources are a bit more developed. But still a good models for us 

Academic Program Assessment and Student Learning Outcomes Assessment

NILOA Curriculum Mapping toolkit

Excellent resource we use in our sessions

Curriculum Mapping Toolkit

Curriculum Mapping

Curriculum mapping overview from SD state

SD State Curriculum Mapping Overview

Curriculum Mapping

Examples and links to other guides from University of Wisconsin - Madison

University of Wisconsin - Madison Curriculum Mapping

Loyola University Chicago Guide to assessing program learning outcomes

Developed by Loyola assessment experts on how to assess program learning outcomes. Additional resources are provided in the document.

Assessing Program Learning Outcomes

Assessment of Student Learning

Guides and templates from SLU on student program learning outcomes, curriculum mapping, assessment plans, assessment methods and use of data.

Student Learning Assessment

Loyola Marymount University Assessment Resources

Guides from Loyola Marymount on assessment plans, curriculum mapping, selecting assessment measures, collecting evidence, and rubrics.  

LMU Assessment Resources

 

Methods of Assessing Student Learning-UNC 

List of direct assessment measures that is particularly useful.

UNC Methods of Assessing Student Learning Outcomes 

Western Carolina Assessment Guide

Guide from 2006, but still offers some good guidelines to look at for potential models. Additional resources are cited as well.

Western Carolina Assessment Guide - 2006 

UIUC Assessment Resources site 

UIUC (also accredited by HLC) has a number of good resources on this website. They also have reporting templates listed separately below.

UIUC Assessment Resources Site 

UIUC Annual Assessment report template

UIUC Annual Assessment report template that addresses many elements of our assessment rubric. This looks like a particularly helpful model. 

UIUC Assessment Template

Program Assessment Website

Comprehensive assessment website from San Diego State with specific templates that may be useful

SD State Program Assessment Site

Academic Program Assessment Plans – Guidelines and Templates

Comprehensive assessment page from UW-Madison with a particularly helpful guide for creating assessment plans. Examples from all programs provided.

UW-Madison Academic Program Assessment Plans

Assessment Plans - NILOA

Provides links to assessment plans from other institutions. An excellent resource, though some are a bit dated.

NILOA Assessment Resources

Scholarly papers on relevant topics

Pandemic Insights to Shape a Better Future: Assessment for Teaching, Learning, Equity, and Student Success

Interesting 2022 report about the pandemic impact on student learning

Future of Assessment Report 2022 

Hundley, S. and Keith, C. Assessment Update-Peer Review in Assessment and Improvement: An Overview of Five Principles to Promote Effective Practice 

One of a series of 2022 articles from the journal Assessment Update that outline principles to consider when designing peer-led assessment activities.

An Overview of Five Principles to Promote Effective Practice

Hundley, S. and Keith, C. Peer Review in Assessment and Improvement: Principle #1,
Recognize the Purpose of the Peer Review Process
in Higher Education Assessment and Improvement 

One of a series of 2022 articles from the journal Assessment Update that outline principles to consider when designing peer-led assessment activities.

Principle 1

Hundley, S. and Keith, C. Peer Review in Assessment and Improvement: Principle #2,
Value the Multitude of Perspectives, Contexts, and Methods Related
to Assessment and Improvement

One of a series of 2022 articles from the journal Assessment Update that outline principles to consider when designing peer-led assessment activities.

Principle 2

Hundley, S. and Keith, C. Peer Review in Assessment and Improvement: Principle #3,
Adopt a Consultative Approach to the Peer Review Process

One of a series of 2022 articles from the journal Assessment Update that outline principles to consider when designing peer-led assessment activities.

Principle 3

Hundley, S. and Keith, C. Peer Review in Assessment and Improvement: Principle #4,
Make Effective Judgements Using Inclusive Sources and Credible Evidence

One of a series of 2022 articles from the journal Assessment Update that outline principles to consider when designing peer-led assessment activities.

Principle 4

Hundley, S. and Keith, C. Peer Review in Assessment and Improvement: Principle #5,
Provide Relevant Feedback to Stakeholders

One of a series of 2022 articles from the journal Assessment Update that outline principles to consider when designing peer-led assessment activities.

Principle 5

López-Pastor, V., & Sicilia-Camacho, A. (2017). Formative and shared assessment in higher education. Lessons learned and challenges for the future. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(1), 77-97.

Reviews the current status of assessment in higher education. Includes lessons learned through research and development as well as common challenges that must be addressed in the future to further improve formative and shared assessment in higher education.

Read the Publication

Joyner (Melito), Helen S. (2016). Curriculum Mapping: A Before-and-After Look at Faculty Perceptions of Their Courses and the Mapping Process. Journal of Food Science Education, 15, 63-69.

Pre-post surveys of faculty opinions on professional development on curriculum mapping indicate that level of administrative support is a key factor in successful faculty engagement.

Read the Publication

Fulcher, K.H., Swain, M.S., & Orem, C.D. (2012). Expectations for Assessment Reports: A Descriptive Analysis.

A descriptive analysis of how institutions define good assessment via meta-assessment rubrics.

Read the Publication 

 

The annotated list below includes general resources on assessment and its uses for continuous improvement, specific tools and guidelines used by other institutions and scholarly papers on assessment in higher education.

If there is a resource you would like to share please send the information to assessment@luc.edu.

Resource Name Brief Description Resource Link
General resources on student program learning outcomes assessment

National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)

Universally helpful site with consistently relevant content. Check often.

Learning Outcome Assessment

 

NILOA report on a 2009 survey--sent to provosts or chief academic officers at all regionally accredited, undergraduate-degree-granting, two- and four-year, public, private, and for-profit institutions in the U.S. (n=2,809)--on assessment activities and data use at their institutions.

2009 NILOA Survey Report

Watermark Essential guide to assessment strategies

Basic guide to assessment process with good graphics 

Assessment Strategy Guide

Fong Bloom, M. (2010, September). Peer review of program assessment efforts: One strategy, multiple gains. Assessment Update, 22(5), 5-7, 16

A description of program assessment review at two institutions. Useful process guidance for us.

Online Library Assessment Review 

Assessment 2020: Seven propositions for assessment reform in higher education

Perspectives on higher education assessment from the Australian Learning & Teaching Council

Assessment 2020 Propositions

Hatfield, S. Assessing Your Program-Level Assessment Plan Assessment Resources :: Andrews University. (2009). Assessment Resources :: Andrews University.

Gives examples of program effectiveness goals and student learning outcomes, as well as explains differences between them. Emphasizes that assessment needs to occur regularly.

IDEA Paper 45 

Tools and guides from various institutions

Bloom's Taxonomy 2023

 

Bloom's Taxonomy 2023

Bloom's Taxonomy: Cognitive Domains

Resource from University of Waterloo; used this on slides. Second page is very useful regarding "learning activities" that line up with Bloom's. 

Bloom's Taxonomy Cognitive Domains

Revised Bloom's Taxonomy

Visually compelling resource from Iowa State on using Bloom's in program learning outcomes 

Revised Bloom's Handout

Loyola University Guide to Writing Program Learning Outcomes

Document developed by Loyola assessment experts on how to write program learning outcomes. Additional resources are provided in the document.

Writing Programs Learning Outcomes

How to Write Program Objectives/Outcomes

Good overall discussion and guidance about writing outcomes from University of Maryland

University of Maryland Writing Outcomes

Student Learning Outcomes resource site-UNC

UNC has many helpful resources. They are accredited by a different agency than HLC, one that seems more prescriptive, so their resources are a bit more developed. But still a good models for us 

Academic Program Assessment and Student Learning Outcomes Assessment

NILOA Curriculum Mapping toolkit

Excellent resource we use in our sessions

Curriculum Mapping Toolkit

Curriculum Mapping

Curriculum mapping overview from SD state

SD State Curriculum Mapping Overview

Curriculum Mapping

Examples and links to other guides from University of Wisconsin - Madison

University of Wisconsin - Madison Curriculum Mapping

Loyola University Chicago Guide to assessing program learning outcomes

Developed by Loyola assessment experts on how to assess program learning outcomes. Additional resources are provided in the document.

Assessing Program Learning Outcomes

Assessment of Student Learning

Guides and templates from SLU on student program learning outcomes, curriculum mapping, assessment plans, assessment methods and use of data.

Student Learning Assessment

Loyola Marymount University Assessment Resources

Guides from Loyola Marymount on assessment plans, curriculum mapping, selecting assessment measures, collecting evidence, and rubrics.  

LMU Assessment Resources

 

Methods of Assessing Student Learning-UNC 

List of direct assessment measures that is particularly useful.

UNC Methods of Assessing Student Learning Outcomes 

Western Carolina Assessment Guide

Guide from 2006, but still offers some good guidelines to look at for potential models. Additional resources are cited as well.

Western Carolina Assessment Guide - 2006 

UIUC Assessment Resources site 

UIUC (also accredited by HLC) has a number of good resources on this website. They also have reporting templates listed separately below.

UIUC Assessment Resources Site 

UIUC Annual Assessment report template

UIUC Annual Assessment report template that addresses many elements of our assessment rubric. This looks like a particularly helpful model. 

UIUC Assessment Template

Program Assessment Website

Comprehensive assessment website from San Diego State with specific templates that may be useful

SD State Program Assessment Site

Academic Program Assessment Plans – Guidelines and Templates

Comprehensive assessment page from UW-Madison with a particularly helpful guide for creating assessment plans. Examples from all programs provided.

UW-Madison Academic Program Assessment Plans

Assessment Plans - NILOA

Provides links to assessment plans from other institutions. An excellent resource, though some are a bit dated.

NILOA Assessment Resources

Scholarly papers on relevant topics

Pandemic Insights to Shape a Better Future: Assessment for Teaching, Learning, Equity, and Student Success

Interesting 2022 report about the pandemic impact on student learning

Future of Assessment Report 2022 

Hundley, S. and Keith, C. Assessment Update-Peer Review in Assessment and Improvement: An Overview of Five Principles to Promote Effective Practice 

One of a series of 2022 articles from the journal Assessment Update that outline principles to consider when designing peer-led assessment activities.

An Overview of Five Principles to Promote Effective Practice

Hundley, S. and Keith, C. Peer Review in Assessment and Improvement: Principle #1,
Recognize the Purpose of the Peer Review Process
in Higher Education Assessment and Improvement 

One of a series of 2022 articles from the journal Assessment Update that outline principles to consider when designing peer-led assessment activities.

Principle 1

Hundley, S. and Keith, C. Peer Review in Assessment and Improvement: Principle #2,
Value the Multitude of Perspectives, Contexts, and Methods Related
to Assessment and Improvement

One of a series of 2022 articles from the journal Assessment Update that outline principles to consider when designing peer-led assessment activities.

Principle 2

Hundley, S. and Keith, C. Peer Review in Assessment and Improvement: Principle #3,
Adopt a Consultative Approach to the Peer Review Process

One of a series of 2022 articles from the journal Assessment Update that outline principles to consider when designing peer-led assessment activities.

Principle 3

Hundley, S. and Keith, C. Peer Review in Assessment and Improvement: Principle #4,
Make Effective Judgements Using Inclusive Sources and Credible Evidence

One of a series of 2022 articles from the journal Assessment Update that outline principles to consider when designing peer-led assessment activities.

Principle 4

Hundley, S. and Keith, C. Peer Review in Assessment and Improvement: Principle #5,
Provide Relevant Feedback to Stakeholders

One of a series of 2022 articles from the journal Assessment Update that outline principles to consider when designing peer-led assessment activities.

Principle 5

López-Pastor, V., & Sicilia-Camacho, A. (2017). Formative and shared assessment in higher education. Lessons learned and challenges for the future. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(1), 77-97.

Reviews the current status of assessment in higher education. Includes lessons learned through research and development as well as common challenges that must be addressed in the future to further improve formative and shared assessment in higher education.

Read the Publication

Joyner (Melito), Helen S. (2016). Curriculum Mapping: A Before-and-After Look at Faculty Perceptions of Their Courses and the Mapping Process. Journal of Food Science Education, 15, 63-69.

Pre-post surveys of faculty opinions on professional development on curriculum mapping indicate that level of administrative support is a key factor in successful faculty engagement.

Read the Publication

Fulcher, K.H., Swain, M.S., & Orem, C.D. (2012). Expectations for Assessment Reports: A Descriptive Analysis.

A descriptive analysis of how institutions define good assessment via meta-assessment rubrics.

Read the Publication