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Examples of Assessment Approaches Available

Identifies various types of assessment data, methods for collecting these data, and the sort of information each method provide

Data	Assessment Tool	Who or what is being analyzed?	What Can BE Assessed?
SELF REPORTS	- Classroom assessment - Focus groups - Interviews - Phone surveys or interviews - Reflective essays - Surveys (local or standardized)	- Alumni - Employers - Enrolled students - Faculty - Graduating students - Off-campus supervisors - Parents - Staff	Perceptions About: - Campus Climate - Evaluation Processes - Perceived learning - Educational outcomes - Attitudes - Values
ACHIEVEMENT TESTS	- Test Score analysis - Content analysis - Scoring rubrics	- Competitions - Embedded questions on exams -Locally developed exams - Oral thesis defense - Orals exams, recitals - Standardized tests - Student services offices	- Mastery and knowledge of principles, skills - Values - Processes - Value added
OBSERVATIONS	- Case Studies - Observations	- Campus events (sports, theatre) - Classes - Club Meetings - Faculty Offices - Fieldwork sites - Student services offices	- Attitudes -Campus Climate - Interactions - Processes - Student involvement - Student learning
STUDENT ACADEMIC WORK	- Content analysis - Scoring rubrics	- Capstone course projects - Homework papers - Portfolios - Presentations - Performances - Publications - Research reports - Term papers, theses, video tapes	- Mastery and knowledge of principles, skills - Values - Processes - Value added
CAMPUS DOCUMENTS	- Course X program objectives matrix - Course assignment X program objectives matrix - Analysis of forms -	- Administrative units - Departments - Programs - Student services offices - Course syllabi - Student transcripts	- Accuracy - Cohension/consistency

* Adapted from California State University, Bakersfield, PACT Outcomes Assessment Handbook (1999)

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