Resources

Assessing Student Learning

Resources for Thinking About Student Learning Outcomes

• Liberal Education and America's Promise, American Association of Colleges & University (AACU), 2005
• College Learning for the New Global Century (pdf, 555K), AACU LEAP program, 2007
• Our Student's Best Work: A Framework for Accountability Worthy of Our Mission (pdf, 573K), AACU, 2008
• Assessment of Student Learning: Introduction to Bloom's Taxonomy, Univ. of West Florida, 2010
• Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains Applied to Three Types of Learning: Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor, Don Clark, NW Link, 2009

Resources for Assessment Planning

• Assessing Academic Programs in Higher Education, Mary J. Allen, Anker Publishing, 2004
• Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide, 2nd edition. Linda Suskie, Jossey-Bass Publishing, 2009
• Online Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG) - Includes a section on rubrics
• Assessment Resource Guide, NC State

Resources for Rubrics

• VALUE - Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education, AACU - Downloadable rubrics are available free
• Rubrics Library, California State Fresno
• Rubrics for Higher Education, Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society
• Creating Rubrics, IUPUI
• Rubrics for College, Squidoo
• Sample Rubrics, Association for Assessment of Learning in Higher Education, Winona State University
• Rubric & Grading Resources, College of New Jersey
• Creating Rubrics, Stylus Publishing Guide (with template)
• General Evaluation Rubric for college-level papers, Paul Halsal at Fordam University
• Rubistar, advanced Learning Technologies project at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning (Designed for K-12 teachers, but easily adaptable for higher education)
• Rubrics for Assessment, University of Wisconsin-Stout (Designed for professional development of K-12 teachers, but contains good models and ideas)