Accreditation Resources
Assessment
The Commission recognizes that its dual responsibilities of quality assurance and quality improvement must be kept in balance. Nowhere is this dual role more in play than in the area commonly summarized by the term "student assessment." The Standards for Accreditation speak to assessment as a means of improving academic programs and services for students. The Standards also speak to the Commission's public responsibility to ensure an appropriate level of student success and to make the results of assessment known and used for improvement.
CIHE hosts an Assessment Forum at NEASC's Annual Meeting every December. Papers from that forum and other assessment-related events are posted on this website when available. The following CIHE printed materials may also be helpful:
- Policy Statement on Student Achievement and Success
- Becoming More Explicit in Looking at Student Success
- Focusing on Outcomes: Some Examples
Other assessment materials that may prove useful include the following:
Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment (North Carolina State University)
- Guide for Institutions and Evaluators
http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/handbooks/GuideForInstitutions.pdf - Improving Institutional Practice
http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/handbooks/ImprovingPractice.pdf - Preparing Teams
http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/handbooks/PreparingTeams%28blue%29.pdf -
Regional Accreditation and Student Learning: A Bibliography