Assessment Manuals, Guides, and Handbooks

The following links to assessment guides, handbooks and manuals are excerpted from "EdReDirect," a TFR Resource Guide Report. The guides come from institutions across the country and vary between website, web page, Word document and PDF formats. They include guides to SLOs, Course, Program, and Administrative Unit assessment.

Academic Quality Improvement Project (HLC):
http://www.augsburg.edu/assessment/documents/criteria.pdf
American Psychological Association:
http://www.apa.org/ed/governance/bea/assessment-cyberguide-v2.pdf
American River College:
http://inside.arc.losrios.edu/committees/Documents/assessment_slo/assess_model_2007_09_24_approved2.pdf
American Sociological Association:
http://www.asanet.org/teaching/apap/apap%20pdf/Assessment%20Final%20Copy%202005.pdf
American University in Cairo:
http://www.aucegypt.edu/ResearchatAUC/IR/Assessment/Documents/Assessment%20Guide_Admin.pdf;
http://www.aucegypt.edu/ResearchatAUC/IR/Assessment/Documents/Assessment%20Guide_Academic.pdf
Anoka-Ramsey Community College:
http://www.anokaramsey.edu/about/Information/Assessment/Intro.aspx
Arapahoe Community College:
http://www.arapahoe.edu/about-acc/presidents-office/assessment
Arizona State University:
http://www.asu.edu/oue/docs/Assessment%20Planning%20Workbook%20-%20october%202009.pdf
ASCCC Curriculum Institute:
http://www.asccc.org/Events/Curriculum/2005/Presentations/CurriculumSLOBook.doc
Association for Theatre in Higher Education:
http://www.athe.org/files/pdf/OutcomesAssessment.pdf
Bakersfield College:
http://online.bakersfieldcollege.edu/courseassessment/
Ball State University:
http://www.bsu.edu/IRAA/AA/WB/contents.htm;
http://www.bsu.edu/web/assessment/Assessment%20WB/contents.htm
Berkeley City College:
http://vistawww.peralta.edu/Projects/10160/MISC%20DOCUMENTS/BCC_Assessment_Manual.doc
Bridgewater State College:
http://www.bridgew.edu/AssessmentGuidebook/
Brookdale Community College:
http://www.brookdalecc.edu/PDFFiles/Assessment%20PDFs/Student%20Learning%20Outcomes%20Plan-Complete%20Version,%20June%202008.pdf
Butte College:
https://www.butte.edu/resources/curriculum/forms/Butte%20Program%20Review.doc
Cabrillo College:
http://pro.cabrillo.edu/slos/docs/ClassroomSLO_AssessmentWorkbook.pdf;
http://pro.cabrillo.edu/slos/docs/SLO_OccupationalProgramAssessmentWorkbook.pdf;
http://pro.cabrillo.edu/slos/docs/SLO_InstructionalPlanningAssessmentProcess.pdf
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
http://www.academicprograms.calpoly.edu/assessment/assessplanguide.htm
California State University Chico:
http://www.csuchico.edu/vpaa/assessment/index.shtml
California State University Fresno:
http://www.csufresno.edu/irap/assessment/assessment_guide/;
http://www.csufresno.edu/irap/documents/final_assessment_guide.pdf
California State University Sacramento:
http://www.csus.edu/Programassessment/Assessment%20Manual.pdf
California State University San Bernardino:
http://gradstudies.csusb.edu/outcomesAssessment/
California State University Stanislaus:
http://www.csustan.edu/ASL/Documents-Forms/Assessment%20Workbook0506.pdf
Cañada College:
http://canadacollege.edu/inside/research/slos/documents/STUDENT%20SERVICES%20SLO%20GUIDE%20BOOK.pdf
Carnegie Mellon University:
http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/howto/index.html
Central Michigan University:
https://academicaffairs.cmich.edu/caa/assessment/resources/toolkit.shtml
Cerritos College:
http://cms.cerritos.edu/uploads/SLO/5steps.pdf
Chabot College:
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/sloac/guidelines.asp
Citrus College:
http://www.citruscollege.edu/pr/academic/Documents/forms-handbook/prhandbook.pdf
Coastline Community College:
http://programreview.coastline.edu/SLO/SLOBestPractices.pdf
Coker College:
http://mozart.coker.edu/cgi-bin/squidtest/getdoc.pl/squid1740.doc?l=&p=793&d=1740&i=1
College of Alameda:
http://www.peralta.edu/coa/library/slos/index.html
College of DuPage:
http://www.cod.edu/Dept/Outcomes/AssessmentBook.pdf
College of the Desert:
http://www.collegeofthedesert.edu/fs/fsr/oa/Outcomes%20%20Assessment/Guide%20To%20Writing%20SLOs%20Workshop%201.pdf
College of the Redwoods:
http://inside.redwoods.edu/Assessment/documents/AssessmentToolkitforAcademicDisciplinesv3.pdf;
http://inside.redwoods.edu/Assessment/documents/AssessmentToolkitforAdministrativeandStudentServices7-1.pdf
College of San Mateo:
http://collegeofsanmateo.edu/sloac/docs/resources/resources_SS_SLO_workbook.pdf
College of the Sequoias:
http://www.cos.edu/view_page.asp?nodeid=5087&parentid=3138&moduleid=5
College of Wooster:
http://www3.wooster.edu/assessment/DOCUMENTS/guidelines.pdf;
http://www3.wooster.edu/assessment/Academic%20Affairs%20Documents/AA-SL%20Guidelines%20Sep2009%20rev%2009.30.09.pdf
Columbus State Community College:
http://global.cscc.edu/assessment/Files/AssessmentHandbook.pdf
Community College of Baltimore County:
http://www.ccbcmd.edu/media/loa/loa_booklet.pdf
Concordia College:
http://www.cord.edu/dept/assessment/Wkshp99_00Time.htm
Contra Costa College:
http://coast.contracosta.edu/websites/slo/slo_auo_resources/Shared%20Documents/SLO-AUO%20HANDBOOK%20(MARCH%202010).PDF;
http://www.contracosta.edu/facultystaff/resources/progrev/Shared%20Documents/INSTRUCTIONAL%20PROGRAMS,%20GUIDELINES.pdf;
http://www.contracosta.edu/facultystaff/resources/progrev/Shared%20Documents/NON-INSTRUCTIONAL%20PROGRAMS,%20GUIDELINES.pdf
Cosumnes River College:
http://research.crc.losrios.edu/PrOF%20guidelines-refined.pdf;
http://research.crc.losrios.edu/SLO%20Handbook%20for%20CRC.pdf
Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions:
http://accreditation.eberkeley.org/Assessment%20Guide%20-%20C-RAC.pdf
CQUniversity:
http://iris.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/getFile.do?id=28084
Crafton Hills College:
http://www.craftonhills.edu/Faculty_&_Staff/SLOs/Define_Refine/pdfs/Crafton%20Hills%20College%20SLO%20Workbook%20and%20Toolkit%202009%20_10.pdf
DeAnza College:
http://www.deanza.edu/slo/guides/index.html;
http://www.deanza.edu/slo/binder/index.html
Diablo Valley College:
http://www.dvc.edu/org/departments/research/slo/pdfs/DVC%20Guidelines%20for%20Developing%20SLOs.pdf;
http://www.dvc.edu/org/departments/research/slo/pdfs/SLO%20Step-by-Step%20Guide.pdf
Doña Ana Community College:
http://dabcc.nmsu.edu/fs/iep/assessment/docs/DACC%20Assessment%20Primer.pdf
East Los Angeles College:
http://www.elac.edu/departments/slo/process.htm
Eastern New Mexico University:
http://www.enmu.edu/academics/excellence/assessment/faculty/manual/index.shtml
El Camino College:
http://www.elcamino.edu/academics/slo/docs/SLOFocusOnResults.doc;
http://www.elcamino.edu/academics/slo/docs/handbook_and_training_materials/AWSLWBasics101Spring2008.doc;
http://www.elcamino.edu/academics/slo/docs/handbook_and_training_materials/AWSLWBasics101Spring2009.doc
Estrella Mountain Community College:
http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/academics/saac/activities/SAACME.pdf
Fresno City College:
http://online.fresnocitycollege.edu/senate/curriculum/Other%20Posted%20Materials/SLO%20Handbook.pdf
Gavilan College:
http://www.gavilan.edu/research/lo/documents/Signedguidelines11-8-08.pdf
Georgia State University:
http://education.gsu.edu/ctl/outcomes/outcomes.htm
Hartnell Community College:
http://www.hartnell.edu/slo/
Heartland Community College:
http://www.heartland.edu/committees/assessment/
Idaho State University:
http://www.isu.edu/instres/Assessment/ISUAssessmentHndbk.pdf;
http://www.isu.edu/instres/Assessment/ISUCourseHandbook.pdf
Illinois State University:
http://www.assessment.ilstu.edu/tutorial/;
http://www.assessment.ilstu.edu/generaleducation/policies.shtml
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne:
http://www.ipfw.edu/vcaa/assessment/PDFs/assessmenthandbookMay182004.pdf
Indiana University Southeast:
http://www.ius.edu/assessment/handbook.cfm
Indiana Wesleyan University:
http://www.indwes.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=3099
Kent State University:
http://explore.kent.edu/aa/guide/index.html
Laney College:
http://laney.peralta.edu/apps/docs.asp?Q=2392;
http://laney.peralta.edu/apps/docs.asp?Q=1268
Las Positas College:
http://www.laspositascollege.edu/SLO/tutorial.php
Long Beach City College:
http://outcomes.lbcc.edu/index.cfm
Lord Fairfax Community College:
http://www.lfcc.edu/files/documents/about/pie/assessment/Assessment-Plan-and-Manual-12-2-08.pdf
Los Angeles Community College District:
http://www.laccd.edu/inst_effectiveness/Student_Learning/documents/AssessmentHandbookSpring.pdf
Los Angeles Mission College:
http://www.lamission.edu/facstaff/slo/
Los Angeles Southwest College:
http://www.lasc.edu/faculty_staff/slo/documents/SLOHandbook08final2.pdf
Los Angeles Trade-Technical College:
http://www.lattc.edu/lattc/staffdev/workshopnotes/drummond/061031/index.htm
Los Angeles Valley College:
http://www.lavc.edu/slo/SLOManual.html;
http://www.lavc.edu/ipc/IPC_ProgramReview/PReviewHandbook2006.pdf
Macalester College:
http://www.macalester.edu/assessment/Inventory/3%20inventory_guide.html
Marymount University:
http://www.marymount.edu/irap/documents/AssessmentHandbook2008_000.pdf
Metropolitan State College of Denver:
http://www.mscd.edu/~ssac/The%20Assessment%20Handbook022707.pdf;
http://www.mscd.edu/assessment/assets/tools/Step-by-step%20guidelines%20for%20program%20assessment.pdf
Middle States Commission on Higher Education:
http://www.msache.org/publications/SLA_Book_0808080728085320.pdf;
http://www.msache.org/publications/Developing-Skills080111151714.pdf
Middle Tennessee State University:
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~iepr/bestpractices/
Missouri Assessment Consortium:
http://www.dhe.mo.gov/machandbook.shtml
Modesto Junior College:
http://www.mjc.edu/slo/;
http://www.virtual2.yosemite.cc.ca.us/slo/big_picture.htm
Montana State University:
http://www.montana.edu/wwwprov/assessment/documents/AssessmentGuideforDepartments-update-3.pdf
Montgomery College:
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/outcomes/documents/sloa_handbook.pdf;
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/outcomes/documents/Cliff_notes.pdf
Moorpark College:
http://www.moorparkcollege.edu/departments/administrative/presidents_office/institutional_research/Toolkit%20for%20Program%20Improvement%20Fall%202007%20formatted.doc
Morningside College:
http://www.morningside.edu/academics/research/assessment/handbook.htm;
http://www.morningside.edu/academics/research/assessment/academicassessmentguidelines.htm
Mt. San Antonio College:
http://www.mtsac.edu/administration/senates/academic/documents/SLOAUOGUIDEBOOK090808FINAL.pdf
Mt. San Jacinto College:
http://www.msjc.edu/Projects/174/MSJC_SLO_Manual,_Fall_2006.doc;
http://www.msjc.edu/Projects/174/MSJC_Student_Services_SLO_Manual,_Fall_2007.doc
National Institute for Science Education:
http://www.flaguide.org/
New Mexico State University:
http://irpoa.nmsu.edu/OutcomesAssessment/AcademicAchievement/2008/flyercover.pdf
Nicholls State University:
http://www.nicholls.edu/ir/Assessment/Student%20Learning%20Outcomes%20-%20Guidelines.pdf
Northern Arizona University:
https://www4.nau.edu/assessment/documents/Guide%20to%20Program%20Assessment_final2007.pdf
Northern Essex Community College:
http://www.necc.mass.edu/facultystaff/docs/fs_guideoutcomesassessmentplans.pdf
Northern Illinois University:
http://www.niu.edu/assessment/Manual/
Northern Marianas College:
http://www.nmcnet.edu/media/IE%20Guide%20Final.pdf
Occidental College:
http://departments.oxy.edu/ir/cms/Assessment_BH/Dept%20Assessment%20Docs/Assessment%20Packet_2009.pdf;
http://departments.oxy.edu/ir/cms/Assessment_BH/ASAP/ASAP%20Assessment%20Guide.pdf
Ohio State University:
http://engineering.osu.edu/faculty/pdf/outcomeModelWi06.pdf
Oklahoma City Community College:
http://www.occc.edu/InstitutionalCommittees/Academic/handbook.pdf
Orange Coast College:
http://www.orangecoastcollege.edu/about_occ/Staff+Development/Student+Learning+Outcomes.htm
Palomar College:
http://www.palomar.edu/learningoutcomes/sloacprocessAug09.htm
Paradise Valley Community College:
http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/AI/
Pasadena City College:
http://www.pasadena.edu/slo/;
http://www.pasadena.edu/SLO/documents/slo%20guidelines%20bw.pdf
Pennsylvania State University:
http://assess.psu.edu/ProgramAssess/
Pierce College:
http://faculty.piercecollege.edu/outcomes/
Portland State University:
http://www.pdx.edu/cae/assessment-step-step;
http://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.cae/files/media_assets/Assessment_Step_by_Step.pdf
Riverside Community College District:
http://www.rcc.edu/administration/academicAffairs/effectiveness/assess/files/RCCDAssessmentGuidelines.pdf;
http://www.rcc.edu/administration/academicaffairs/effectiveness/files/RCCD%20Assessment%20Guidelines%20Jan08.doc
Roanoke College:
http://www.roanoke.edu/inst-res/assessment/Assessment.htm
St. Cloud State University:
http://www.stcloudstate.edu/assessment/resources/workshops/programassessment.asp;
http://www.stcloudstate.edu/assessment/plans/default.asp;
http://www.stcloudstate.edu/assessment/resources/handbook/
Saddleback College:
http://www.saddleback.edu/asenate/epa/PDF/GuidetoSLOs-9-29-05.doc;
http://www.saddleback.edu/asenate/epa/documents/Guideto_Course_Level_Student_Learning_Outcomes1.pdf
San Diego Miramar College:
http://www.sdmiramar.edu/title_3/sloac/index.asp;
http://www.sdmiramar.edu/title_3/sloac/documents/Guidebook%20rev%20ks%20%20v2%20013008.doc
San Diego State University:
http://dus.sdsu.edu/assessment/DepartmentalGuidelines.pdf
San Jose State University:
http://www.sjsu.edu/ugs/docs/assess_tools/Guide_to_Assessment_-_SJSU_-_2007-10-25.pdf
Santa Barbara City College:
http://slo.sbcc.edu/docs/SLOconstruction/slorubricconstructionguide_jan_08.pdf;
http://slo.sbcc.edu/docs/SLOconstruction/slorubricconstructionguideveryshort1.doc
Santa Monica College:
http://www.smc.edu/projects/37/Student_Learning_Outcomes/CollegeServicesHandbook-08.pdf;
http://www.smc.edu/projects/37/Student_Learning_Outcomes/Yr2Hndbk_revised_Oct._2008.pdf;
http://www.smc.edu/projects/37/Student_Learning_Outcomes/SLOHandbook__1_Course_Level.pdf
Santa Rosa Junior College:
http://www2.santarosa.edu/pages/project-learn.php;
http://www2.santarosa.edu/media/project_learn/Pro_Learn_Handbook_FINAL_092807[1].pdf;
http://www2.santarosa.edu/media/project_learn/Pro_Learn_Handbook_FINAL_092807%5B1%5D.pdf
Santiago Canyon College:
http://www.sccollege.edu/studentservices/slo/pages/default.aspx;
http://www.sccollege.edu/StudentServices/slo/Documents/SCCSLO08IntroSLOHandbook.doc;
http://www.sccollege.edu/StudentServices/slo/Documents/SCCSLO08ShortImplementationManual.doc
Shasta College:
http://www.shastacollege.edu/SLOhandbook/
Sierra College:
http://www.sierra.cc.ca.us/AboutUs/SLO/index.html
Skidmore College:
http://cms.skidmore.edu/assessment/Handbook/index.cfm
Skyline College:
http://www.smccd.edu/accounts/skysloac/SLO%20Documents/Framework%20Version%202.pdf
Solano Community College:
http://www.solano.edu/slo/general_docs/Solano_SLO_Basics.doc;
http://www.solano.edu/slo/general_docs/SCC_SLO_Assessment_Method.doc
Southeast Baptist University:
http://www.sbuniv.edu/assessment/handbook/handbookassmt.doc
Southeast Missouri State University:
http://www2.semo.edu/provost/aspnhtm/busy.htm
Southwestern University:
http://www.southwestern.edu/livewhale/download/?id=457;
http://www.southwestern.edu/livewhale/download/?id=459;
http://www.southwestern.edu/offices/planning/docs/Academic_Depart-Prog_Annual_Assess_Handbook.pdf
Stanford University:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/pres-provost/irds/assessment/tools.html
Swarthmore College:
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/ir/assessment101.pdf
Syracuse University:
https://oira.syr.edu/oira/_private/pdf/AssessmentBinderChecklist.pdf
Taft College:
http://faculty.taftcollege.edu/slos/data/includes/SMR08RM.pdf
Texas A&M International University:
http://www.tamiu.edu/adminis/iep/pdf/TAMIU-IE-Practitioners-Manual.pdf
Texas Christian University:
http://www.assessment.tcu.edu/documents/assessmentmanual-TCU.pdf
University of Alaska Fairbanks:
http://www.uaf.edu/provost/outcomes/StepByStep.html
University of Arkansas at Little Rock:
http://ualr.edu/assessment/index.php/home/assessment-handbook-core-courses-and-general-education/gened/;
http://ualr.edu/assessment/index.php/home/assessment-handbook-core-courses-and-general-education/degree-programs/
University of Central Arkansas:
http://www2.uca.edu/panda/apg/
University of Central Florida:
http://oeas.ucf.edu/doc/adm_assess_handbook.pdf;
http://oeas.ucf.edu/doc/acad_assess_handbook.pdf
University of Connecticut:
http://assessment.uconn.edu/primer.htm;
http://assessment.uconn.edu/docs/resources/Eric_Soulsby_Assessment_Notes.pdf
University of Delaware:
http://assessment.udel.edu/The%20Assessment%20Office/manual.html;
http://assessment.udel.edu/resources/ud-assessment-manual.html
University of Denver:
http://www.du.edu/assessment/docs/Composing%20Student%20Learning%20Outcomes%20Statements.pdf
University of Louisiana at Monroe:
http://www.ulm.edu/assessment/documents/oae_handbook.pdf
University of Massachusetts Amherst:
http://www.umass.edu/oapa/oapa/publications/online_handbooks/
University of Michigan College of Engineering:
http://www.engin.umich.edu/teaching/assess_and_improve/handbook/
University of Montana:
http://www.umt.edu/provost/assessment/Assessment%20Guide%20for%20Departments%2009.17.08.doc
University of Nebraska Kearney:
http://www.unk.edu/uploadedFiles/academicaffairs/Assessment/Training/Establishing%20Learning%20Outcomes.pdf
University of Nebraska Lincoln:
http://www.unl.edu/ous/faculty_resources/assessment/guidebook.shtml
University of North Carolina at Pembroke:
http://www.uncp.edu/tlc/assessment/assessment_primer.doc
University of Queensland:
http://www.tedi.uq.edu.au/downloads/Assessment_for_Learning.pdf
University of Texas Arlington:
http://www.uta.edu/irp/unit_effectiveness_plans/assets/UEPHandbookAll.pdf;
http://www.uta.edu/irp/unit_effectiveness_plans/assets/UEPQuickGuide10-11Final.pdf
University of Texas System:
http://www.utsystem.edu/aca/initiatives/assessment/homepage.htm
University of Texas Arlington:
http://www.uta.edu/irp/unit_effectiveness_plans/assets/UEPHandbookAll.pdf
University of Virginia:
http://www.web.virginia.edu/iaas/assess/assessment.shtm
University of Washington:
http://depts.washington.edu/learning/index.html
University of Wisconsin Madison:
http://www.provost.wisc.edu/assessment/manual/
Vanderbilt University:
http://virg.vanderbilt.edu/AssessmentPlans/Home.aspx
Victor Valley College:
http://www.vvc.edu/offices/faculty-services/faculty-senate/docs/Course%20SLO%20Guide%2015.doc;
http://www.vvc.edu/offices/faculty-services/faculty-senate/docs/Assessment%20Handout%2015.doc
Virginia Commonwealth University:
http://www.vcu.edu/quality/pdfs/WEAVEManual2002.pdf;
http://www.assessment.vcu.edu/pdfs/assessment_detailed_overview.pdf
Washington SBCTC:
http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/_e-assessguides.aspx;
http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/_e-assesspriorlearning.aspx
Western Carolina University:
http://www.wcu.edu/WebFiles/PDFs/AssessmentHandbook_Sept06.pdf;
http://www.wcu.edu/WebFiles/PDFs/AssessmentHandbook_AES.pdf
Western Kentucky University:
http://www.wku.edu/sacs/assessmentmanual.htm
Western Washington University:
http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/cii/resources/outcomes/default.asp;
http://www.wwu.edu/depts/assess/prog_handbook.pdf;
http://www.wwu.edu/depts/assess/course_handbook.pdf