Assessment Resources

Listed below are several resources that can be used in the process of assessing student learning. This is not an exhaustive list and will evolve over time.

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) maintains the Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE) initiative, "an authentic approach to assessment designed to articulate and measure the skills, abilities and dispositions that students need and that policymakers and employers demand."  VALUE rubrics are open educational resources (OER) that enable educators to assess students’ original work reliably and verifiably across 16 sets of learning objectives.

 

Best Practices in Assessment

• Creating a Curriculum Map (PDF)
• Choosing Assessment Methods (PDF)
• "Analyzing and Reporting Assessment Results" (PDF)
• "Using Assessment Results for Program Improvement" (PDF)

 

General Assessment Guidelines/Articles

• "Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning" (AALHE) (PDF)
• "Learning Outcomes Assessment Planning Guide" (PDF)
• "Program Learning Outcomes" (PDF)
• "Benefits of Assessment" (PDF)
• "Assessment Glossary" (PDF)

 

Cal Poly Assessment Resource pages

• Cal Poly Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) website
• Cal Poly Academic Assessment website
• Cal Poly Academic Program Review website
• Academic Senate Resolution: AS-858-18 Resolution on Course Criteria for GWR-Certified Upper-Division Courses Across the Curriculum (PDF). Adopted 27 November 2018.
• Academic Senate Resolution: AS-860-19 Resolution on Senior Project Policy (PDF).  Approved 11 March 2019.

 

WSCUC Resource pages

• WSCUC Institution Page: "California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo"
• WSCUC 2023 Handbook of Accreditation
• WSCUC Program Learning Outcomes Rubric

 

Other Resources

State of California Assembly Bill 928: Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act (PDF). Approved 6 October 2021.

CSU Executive Order: EO 0665 Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement Determination of Competence in English. Revised 22 August 2023.

CSU Executive Order: EO 1110 Assessment of Academic Preparation & Placement in 1st Year Gen Ed Written Communications & Mathematics/Quantative Reasoning Courses. Revised 20 October 2017.

Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE)

CSU Student Success Dashboards

Henning, G.W., Baker, G.R., Jankowski, N.A., Lundquist, A.E., & Montenegro, E. (eds.). Reframing Assessment to Center Equity: Theories, Models, and Practices (1st ed.). Routledge, 2022.

Updated: 10/16/2024