Assessment Help

Sample Syllabi

• Information Literacy in Biology (includes assignment and syllabus)
  
• Economics
  
• Methods for Teaching the Physical Sciences
  

Sample Rubrics

• Oral Presentation Rubric
  
• Physics Lab Rubric
  
• Power Point Rubric
  
• The Rubric Bank (Contains samples for most academic majors and outcomes)
  

Sample Assignments

• Information Literacy in Accounting
  

Tools of Assessment

Some common methods employed by faculty and staff to measure competencies include:

• Senior Exit Testing
• Undergraduate Alumni Survey
• Major-field Tests by Educational Testing Services
• Faculty-developed tests
• Wellness Surveys

Grant Information

• How to get a FIPSE Grant
  
• Funding Your Best Ideas: A 12-Step Program
  

Guidelines for Program Review of Departments, Incorporating Assessment

The following strategies may be useful for incorporating assessment into departmental self-studies:

1. State the department’s goals for student learning in the undergraduate major, for non-majors, and/or for graduate students.
   
2. By what methods does the department evaluate the quality of student learning in the undergraduate major, for non-majors, and/or for graduate students?
   
3. How is information about the quality of learning shared and used for departmental decision making in areas such as curriculum, pedagogy, and other aspects that affect learning?
   
4. What departmental changes in curriculum, pedagogy, or other aspects have resulted from this evaluation process?
   
5. What are the department’s plans for improving student learning in the major?
   

(Source: Barbara Walvoord, Assessment Clear and Simple, 2004.)