Resources

Assessment and Accreditation Overview

SCHEV Undergraduate Learning Assessment

Academic Program Assessment

Handouts

• What is Assessment, Why Should Programs Do Assessment, and What Are the Institutional Requirements for Assessment?
• Creating an Academic Program Mission Statement
• What Is the Difference Between a Student Learning Outcome and a Program Outcome?
• Appropriate Measures for Student Learning Outcomes vs. Program Outcomes
• Developing Targets and Reporting Findings for Academic Programs
• Distinguishing Between Degree Programs via Student Learning Outcomes and Targets
• Closing the Loop
• What is the Difference between Course Objectives and Student Learning Outcomes?

Templates

• Reporting Template: Undergraduate & Graduate Degree Programs
• Reporting Template: Certificate Programs
• Completed Report Example
• Mapping Template - Examples
• Mapping Template - Blank

Presentations

• Developing Student Learning and Program Outcomes
• Assessing Graduate and Small Programs

Administrative Unit Assessment

• Administrative Assessment Blank Reporting Template
• Administrative Assessment Reporting Template with Examples
• Administrative Assessment Overview
• Administrative Assessment FAQs

Academic Program Review

• Academic Program Review Schedule
• APR Guide for Academic Unit Leaders, 2024-25

Data Visualizations

• Academic Program Assessment Data Visualizations
• Pathways Assessment Data Visualizations
• Administrative Unit Assessment Data Visualizations
• Senior Survey Data Visualizations
• Survey of Incoming Freshman Data Visualizations

Pathways General Education

• Pathways General Education
  
• Pathways Assessment

Surveys & Results

• Developing Effective Surveys

SPOT

• Canvas
• Department Administrators and Instructor Guide
• BIS Confluence Page
• Reporting Instructions
  
• SPOT support email: spotsupport@vt.edu

General Resources

• Focus Groups
• Rubric Essentials