Report Templates and Submissions

Report Templates and Submission

Annual assessment helps departments evaluate student learning and improve academic programs. Academic Planning can assist departments in developing assessment plans and reporting results.

Tips for Annual Assessment

• Academic Planning can assist departments in developing their assessment plan.
• It is not necessary to assess every program learning outcome every year. Depending on the number of PLOs, a 3-, 5-, 7-year cycle may be appropriate. Accredited programs can use the timeline of the accreditation cycle to assess PLOs.
• All PLOs of all degree programs offered (bachelor’s, master’s, minor and certificate) should be assessed at least once per program review or accreditation cycle.
• There are faculty-created rubrics available from the AAC&U and linked in the resources area that can be used as is or as a starting point to assess the big themes in program learning outcomes.
• Accredited programs doing annual assessment can use that report for as their annual assessment report. Please submit to using the link on the Reports and Submission site.
• Design a capstone experience which has program learning outcomes as course learning outcomes and assess student work in a way that allows you to simultaneously evaluate student learning in the program learning outcomes and grade the course.