Collecting data/evidence on program learning outcomes by extracting course assignments. It is a means of gathering information about student learning that is built into and a natural part of the teaching-learning process. The instructor evaluates the assignment for individual student grading purposes; the program evaluates the assignment for progra [..]

A logical connection between the curriculum and the expected outcomes.

Scoring that divides the student work into elemental, logical parts or basic principles. Scorers evaluate student work across multiple dimensions of performance rather than from an overall impression (holistic scoring). In analytic scoring, individual scores for each dimension are determined and reported; however, an overall impression of quality m [..]

A sample of student work that exemplifies a specific level of performance. Raters use anchors to score student work, usually comparing the student performance to the anchor.

focused on measuring a performance, work product, or skill in order to offer feedback to document strengths and growth and to provide directives for improving future performance. Assessments are nonjudgmental and are designed and intended to be helpful to produce improvement.

The assessment of some unit (could be a program, department, or entire institution) conducted to satisfy external stakeholders. Results are summative and often compared across units. (Leskes, A., 2002)

Assessment that feeds directly back into revising the course, program, or institution to improve student learning results. (Leskes, A., 2002)

A document that outlines the program mission/goals, desired student learning outcomes (or objectives), learning processes (e.g., courses, activities, assignments) that contribute to students’ abilities reach the program’s outcomes (this may be shown in the form of a curriculum map), long-range timeline, and location of the mission/goals and student [..]

A plan for a specific assessment activity/project will include the purpose or goal of particular assessment activities, how the results will be used and who will use them, brief explanation of data-collection methods and the analysis methods, an indication of which outcome(s)/objective(s) is/are addressed by each method, the intervals at which evid [..]

Determining the level of student knowledge/skill in a particular area by evaluating his/her ability to perform a “real world” task in the way professionals in the field would perform it. Authentic assessment asks for a demonstration of the behavior the learning is intended to produce.