Resources

Resources for UCI assessments

• • Undergraduate assessment reporting template 
  • Graduate assessment reporting template
  • Academic Senate rubric for reviewing assessment reports
  • Curriculum mapping guide and template
  • Tips for assessing student learning outcomes
  • Using learning outcomes assessment to improve academic programming
  • Undergraduate Academic Program Review and Program Assessment Schedule
  • Undergraduate assessment report example
  • Call for proposals – General Education Faculty Learning Community (due 9/16/22)
  • Core Competencies survey 

Assessment resources from other universities

• • UC Berkeley resources on rubrics
  • UC Merced Academic Program Assessment glossary
  • UC Riverside Assessment workshops and resources
  • Penn State graduate assessment report examples

Rubrics

• • • VALUE rubrics from The American Association of Colleges and Universities (more information on VALUE rubrics here)
      • Civic Engagement (pdf, doc)
      • Creative Thinking (pdf, doc)
      • Critical Thinking (pdf, doc)
      • Ethical Reasoning (pdf, doc)
      • Global Learning (pdf, doc)
      • Information Literacy (pdf, doc)
      • Inquiry and Analysis (pdf, doc)
      • Integrative Learning (pdf, doc)
      • Intercultural Knowledge and Competence (pdf, doc)
      • Lifelong Learning (pdf, doc)
      • Oral Communication (pdf, doc)
      • Problem Solving (pdf, doc)
      • Quantitative Literacy (pdf, doc)
      • Reading (pdf, doc)
      • Teamwork (pdf, doc)
      • Written Communication (pdf, doc)
    • UC Berkeley resources on rubrics

References and resources

• • Assessment Update, an award-winning bi-monthly publication from Wiley, is committed to sharing emerging and enduring developments, practices, and thought leadership in the dynamic and continually evolving field of higher education assessment and improvement.
  • Allen, M. J. (2004). Assessing academic programs in higher education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/Anker.
  • Suskie, L. (2018). Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Suskie, L. Blog A Common Sense Approach to Assessment in Higher Education. Available at: https://lindasuskie.com/apps/blog
  • WASC Senior College and University Commission. (2015). Handbook of accreditation (Rev. ed.). Alameda, CA: WASC Senior College and University Commission. Available at: https://www.wscuc.org/handbook/

Higher education associations:

• • Association of American Colleges and Universities
  • Association for Institutional Research
  • Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education
  • American Evaluation Association
  • Association for the Study of Higher Education
  • American Educational Research Association
  • National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
  • Western Association of Schools and Colleges