University Office of Evaluation and Educational Effectiveness

Assessment Readings

Assessment: The Burden of a Name A brief discussion by a faculty member of the history of program assessment, why many faculty have negative opinions of program assessment, and how he came to the realization that assessment is not something new or something external to the classroom, but rather, "really a part of teaching and learning."

Assessment of Learning A PowerPoint presentation from the Mathematical Association of America that illustrates the importance of program assessment in improved student learnng.

“Get Real!” Assessing for Quantitative Literacy A practical discussion of the assessment of mathematics.

Mathematical Association of America Their Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics site has many good articles about program assessment. Although the focus is mathematics assessment, the information and many of the assessment strategies are appropriate for any discipline.