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#1 Classroom Assessment Techniques
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#2 “Just Do It” Assessment- A Five Step Plan for Busy Faculty

#3 Rubrics 101: Defining Criteria for Quality
Rubrics Handout

Sample Rubrics

Rubrics for general education/core outcomes:

    www.insightassessment.com/pdf_files/rubric.pdf
    Facione and Facione’s (1994) Holistic Critical thinking rubric. This rubric appears in the Middle States Student Learning Assessment guide.

    http://www.uc.edu/gened/ExemplarRubrics/Entry.htm
    Discipline-specific rubrics used in the assessment of the University of Cincinnati’s general education program.

    http://www.csufresno.edu/ir/assessment/rubric.shtml
    Rubrics for Critical Thinking, Writing (conventions, clarity and rhetorical choices), Integrative Science and Integrative Arts and Sciences from Cal State Fresno’s general education assessment program.

    http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/assessment/Rubrics.htm
    Developmentally sequenced rubrics for Bowling Green State’s University’s “University Learning Outcomes” in the areas of Inquiry, Creative Problem Solving, Decision Making, Writing, Presenting, and Participation and Leadership.

    http://intranet.brenau.edu/assessment/
    Rubrics for Brenau University’s proposed critical thinking project, as well as for writing and speaking skills.

    http://wsuctproject.wsu.edu
    Rubric from Washington State University’s Critical Thinking Project.

    http://www.unco.edu/assessment/Newsletter/Jan05/index.html
    Example and explanation of a course embedded rubric from University of Northern Colorado.

Other rubrics:

    http://www.flaguide.org/cat/rubrics/rubrics7.php
    A science (Plant Biology) faculty member describes her use of rubrics and provides examples of rubrics for a variety of purposes.

    http://www.skidmore.edu/~mmarx/sewid/mason.htm
    Writing-in-the-disciplines rubrics at Skidmore College, including examples from expository writing, history, and philosophy.

    http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/rubric3.html
    A rubric for art history, aesthetics and art criticism from Goshen College.

    http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.shtml#powerpoint
    Oral and multimedia presentation rubrics from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

    http://www.oie.eku.edu/assessment/grants/psychologyexemplarpdf.pdf
    Oral and poster presentation rubrics for the Department of Psychology at Eastern Kentucky University.

    Sharing best or emerging assessment practices with the Core Assessment Project: If you are currently a using rubric in your Daemen courses, and are willing to share it with other faculty, please send it to Msteadma@daemen.edu, to include it in a collection of sample Daemen assessment rubrics.

Links to More Assessment Resources

A Blueprint for Campus Accountability:
Lessons from the Pace University Experience
Available at: http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.cfm?doc_id=9776

This case study describes an institution-wide approach to self-assessment in academic and administrative departments at Pace University in New York. Self-assessment was built into Pace’s 2003 strategic plan and multiple indicators were used to track progress on the goals of that plan. This case study includes information on Pace’s use of National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), locally developed tests, assessment of Pace’s Core Curriculum and academic departments, faculty teaching portfolios, and more. In addition, the case study includes examples of financial indicators used to track “means to the end of learning.”

Beyond Confusion: An Assessment Glossary by Andrea Leskes, vice president for education and quality initiatives, AAC&U. http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-sp02/pr-sp02reality.cfm

Definitions and Frequently Asked Questions from the Skidmore College Assessment Page
http://www.skidmore.edu/administration/assessment/faq.htm

Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment from the North Carolina State University Office of University Planning and Analysis. NC State provides alphabetized links to everything related to assessment in higher education, organized by technique, by discipline, by institution, and more. http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/assmt/resource.htm

University of Texas at Austin Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment
This web resource offers guidance for faculty, students and staff planning assessment and evaluation of instruction, courses and programs. http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/assessment/iar/index.php

The “Quick Tips” section of the UT Austin site provides one page “how to” guides on topics such as data gathering and analysis using interviews, focus groups, surveys and more.

http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/assessment/iar/resources/quicktips/index.php

Sample Departmental Assessment Plans from Occidental College
http://classic.oxy.edu/academia/assessment/index.htm

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