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Institutional Assessment & Accountability
College Results Online
http://www.collegeresults.org/
Sponsored by the Education Trust, provides a data analysis tool for retention
and graduation rates for most higher education institutions in the United
States.
The International Center for Student Success and Institutional
Accountability (ICSSIA)
http://www.icssia.org/
Sponsored by NASPA and Keeling & Associates, shares research, data,
and other resources about best practices in retention, student success initiatives,
and institutional effectiveness.
Conferences
Assessment ConferencesThe Assessment Conferences webpage is located on ACAT (The Area Concentration Achievement Tests) website.
Disciplinary-Specific Resources - Academic
Biology
National Institute of Science Education
http://www.flaguide.org
The FLAG offers broadly applicable, self-contained modular classroom assessment techniques (CATs) and discipline-specific tools for STEM instructors interested in new approaches to evaluating student learning, attitudes and performance. Each has been developed, tested and refined in real colleges and universities classrooms. The FLAG also contains an assessment primer, a section to help you select the most appropriate assessment technique(s) for your course goals, and other resources.
Business Administration
AACSB International - Resource Center
http://www.aacsb.edu/ARC/
The Association to Advance College Schools of Business website.
Chemistry
The American Chemical Society
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_EDUCATION&node_id=89&use_sec=falseThe website of the American Chemical Society, has a section for educators
and students.
Communications
The National Communications Association
http://www.natcom.org/nca/Template2.asp?bid=264
Provides tools and information to assist in the development, design, and
redesign of assessment of oral communication.
Exercise Science
National Athletic Trainers' Association
http://www.nata.org/
The National Athletic Training Association is the Accrediting Body for the
Exercise Sports Science Department. The mission of the NATA is to enhance
the quality of health care provided by certified athletic trainers and to
advance the athletic training profession.
Foreign Language
American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages
http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/LANGUAGELEARNING/Other
Offers descriptions of different levels of language proficiency identified
by the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages, based on
the five levels originally defined by the US Foreign Service Institute.
Mathematics
SAUM – Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics.
http://www.maa.org/saum/
An MAA Project. Sponsored by the Committee on the Undergraduate Program
in Mathematics (CUPM) Supported by a grant from the NSF Program on Assessment
of Student Achievement.
Psychology
American Psychological Association
Undergraduate Psychology Learning Goals and Outcomes
http://www.apa.org/ed/pcue/taskforcereport2.pdf
Offers a set of goals and objectives for student learning outcomes endorsed
by the APA. This resource provides a particularly useful starting point
for university psychology faculty in articulating learning outcomes for
undergraduate psychology majors at their own university.
