Tools and Resources

• Survey Software

CampusLabs’ Baseline survey software http://www.campuslabs.com/products/baseline/ is available for Academic Affairs units to use in evaluating their programs and services. For Baseline access, please contact Elise Demeter, edemeter@uncc.edu.

• Suggested Readings on Characteristics of “Good” Assessment

• Professional Associations/Organizations Specializing In Student Learning Assessment

  Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE)
  New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability
  National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (University of Illinois and Indiana University

• National Assessment Conferences

January: AAC&U Meetings and Events
February: Texas A&M University
March: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International)
April: ABET (assessment workshops in conjunction with symposium)
April: North Central Association Higher Learning Commission
April: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
May: Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
June: Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE)
September: AGLS Conference
October: Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR)
October/November: Assessment Institute at Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ Indianapolis
December: Middle States Commission on Higher Education
December: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

• Assessment Publications

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation
Research and Practice in Assessment
Innovative Higher Education often publishes articles on assessment, too.
The Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness is always looking for papers. Email jaie@castleton.edu for information or go to www.neean.org and click on the Journal tab.