Additional Useful Assessment Resources

Books:

• American College Personnel Association & National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. (2004). Washington, D.C.: ACPA & NASPA.
• Bresciani, M.J., Zelna, C.L. & Anderson, J.A. (2004). Assessing Student Learning and Development. Washington, D.C.: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
• Komives, S.R., & Wood, D.B. (2003). Student Services [electronic resource]: A Handbook for the Profession. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Lee, W.L. (Ed.). (2003). ASHE Reader Series: Assessment and Program Evaluation (2nd Edition). Boston, MA: Pearson.
• Maki, P.L. (2004). Assessing for Learning. Sterling, VA: American Association for Higher Education.
• Palomba, C.A. & Banta, T.W. (1999). Assessment Essentials. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Peterson, M.W. (1999). ASHE Reader Series: ASHE Reader on Planning and Institutional Research. Needham Heights, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.
• Schuh, J.H., & Upcraft, M.L. (2001). Assessment Practice in Student Affairs: An Applications Manual. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Upcraft, M.L., & Schuh, J.H. (Eds.). (1996). Assessment in Student Affairs: A Guide for Practitioners. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Websites:

• Center for the Study of Higher Education 
  Housed at Penn State University. Provides useful information and resources, as well as links to other valuable sites. 
• Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education
  Housed at the University of Michigan. This site provides links as well as accessible documents.
• Faculty Focus
  Educational assessment strategies.
• Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)
  Housed at UCLA. This site contains a number of conference presentations including powerpoint slideshows, research reports and press releases from the Institute.
• NAU Office of Academic Assessment
  Assessment page from Northern Arizona University—contains a number of useful resources including templates and educational assessment material.
• PALS Guide
  A page of resources for locating guidelines for rubric design. 
• RCampus.com
  Provides a rubric builder but main page contains portfolio information as well.
• Texas A&M Office of Institutional Assessment & Diversity
  An excellent and comprehensive collection of resources, including presentation and publication materials from TX A&M on this subject. 
• University of Maryland Assessment Resources 
  Design and software platforms.
• UT Austin
  Contains homegrown and national assessment resources and research. Rubric and portfolio assessment design resources. 
• Association of American Colleges and Universities
  Capstone Assessments
  Critical Thinking Assessments
  Institutional and Departmental Assessment Plans (Many include general education outcomes)
  Oral Communication Assessment
  Portfolio Assessment
  Quantitative Reasoning and Literacy Assessment
  Value Added Assessment
  VALUE Rubrics
  Writing Assessments
  Other Assessment Resources

Student affairs assessment resources:

• StudentAffairs.com
  A range of assessment resources for Student Affairs practitioners.
• University of Georgia Student Affairs Assessment Office
  This site provides a list of current projects, useful models, an assessment lexicon, and other useful information.
• Oregon State University Assessment Office
  This site provides useful pdf files on various assessment topics, planning models, and other resources.  They also explain how they designed and track learning outcomes. 
• North Carolina State University 
  North Carolina State University's Assessment Resource Homepage.
• NASPA
  The website for NASPA,--see NetResults articles on assessment and the Student Affairs Assessment, Evaluation and Research Knowledge Community.
• Office of Student Affairs Assessment at The Ohio State University
  This site contains online reports and newsletters, as well as hands-on materials.

 Professional Associations:

• American College Personnel Association (ACPA)
  http://www.acpa.nche.edu/
  One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 300
  Washington, DC 20036-1188
  Phone: (202) 835-2272  
  Fax: (202) 296-3286
  Email: info@acpa.nche.edu  
• Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
  http://www.ashe.ws/
  Michigan State University
  424 Erickson Hall
  East Lansing, MI 48824
  Phone: (517) 432-8805
  Fax: (517) 432-8806  
• Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA)
  http://www.naspa.org
  National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
  1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 418 · Washington DC, 20009
  Phone: (202) 265-7500
  Fax: (202) 797-1157  
• Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
  http://www.airweb.org
  1435 E. Piedmont Drive, Suite 211
  Tallahassee, FL 32308
  Phone: (850) 385-4155
  Fax: (850) 385-5180