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Assessment Guides and Templates
 Updated April 19, 2006

Assessment Planning Guide

Step 1:   Create your assessment plan individually or as a team.

  1. Focus on assessment as a tool for improving the quality of the educational experience.

  2. Add minimally to your already heavy workload.

  3. Focus on essential areas for your program.

  4. Collect data that is usable and worthwhile to you.

  5. Use existing data as much as possible.

  6. Incorporate assessment into the routine functions of your unit.

  7. Use a cycle of assessment so that each of your planned outcomes is assessed within 3 - 5 years.

  8. Coordinate your efforts with your colleagues.

  9. Identify the responsibilities of each person involved.

  10. Focus on learning; not on individual student or instructor performance.

Step 2:  When your assessment plan is ready
 Use the templates below to help keep you on track and to document your actions.

   On-line database assessment templates and guides.

   Printable / editable instructional assessment templates and guides.
MS Word .doc file Acrobat .pdf file

   Printable / editable non-instructional assessment templates and guides.