Not sure how to start your program assessment project? Try our step-by-step guides:

Equity-minded Learning Assessment

Plan for assessment

Choose a method to collect data/evidence

Develop student learning outcomes

Create a curriculum map

Create rubrics

Report results

Assess civic engagement

Develop portfolios

Develop a capstone experience for program assessment

• See also: Resources

• Step-by-step guides/workbooks for program assessment (PDFs will open in new window):
  • Program-Based Review and Assessment: Tools and Techniques for Program Improvement. Office of Academic Planning and Assessment. University of Massachusetts Amherst. (2001)
  • Tools and Techniques for Program Improvement: Handbook for Program Review & Assessment of Student Learning. Office of Institutional Assessment, Research, and Testing. Western Washington University. (2006)
• Step-by-step course-level assessment (will open in new window):
  • Course-Based Review and Assessment: Methods for Understanding Student Learning. Office of Academic Planning and Assessment. University of Massachusetts Amherst. (2001)
  • Tools and Techniques for Course Improvement: Handbook for Course Review & Assessment of Student Learning. Office of Institutional Assessment, Research, and Testing. Western Washington University. (2007)