Assessment Resources

Assessment resources encompass information or training provided to faculty and staff to help them understand, develop, implement, communicate, and use evidence of student learning.

The table below shows a variety of resources to support WSU faculty assessing WSU’s Undergraduate Learning Goals, with links to contacts and materials.

Type of Resource	Led By / Contact	Description
UCORE Committee	UCORE Director	UCORE Committee includes its Subcommittee for Assessment. Both committees include faculty and key administrative professionals under the Provost’s area.
Office of Assessment for Curricular Effectiveness (ACE)	Kimberly Green	Assists with planning and supporting general education assessment, analyzing data and reporting/preparing results for discussion. Manages UCORE assessment archives. Provides good practice assessment resources which include: Quick guides, templates, and samples, on a variety of topics (such as assignment design, assessment plans, assessment measures and data, use of assessment, and assessment archives Books available for loan, such as Assessment Clear and Simple by Barbara Walvoord and Assessing Student Learning by Linda Suskie Consultations or workshops with programs and faculty; Contact ACE for information
Writing Program	Lisa Johnson-Shull	The Writing Program provides training and consults with faculty and programs to promote and assess student learning in written communication.
Libraries	Corey Johnson	WSU Libraries provides training and consults with faculty and programs to promote and assess student learning in information literacy.
Office of Institutional Research (IR)	Fran Hermanson, Stephanie Kane	Provides centrally collected data which contributes to assessment, including NSSE results, academic performance and persistence, retention and graduation rates, and student demographic information.
Faculty Senate	See website	WSU EPPM (PDF) section "Assessment of student learning"