Assessment Bibliography. Click on Link to Center for the Study of Engineering Communication, then choose "Resources" and click on the "Assessment Bibliography."   

An annotated list of links on outcomes assessment, provided by North Carolina State University.   

Site of primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. Includes National Assessment of Educational Progree results, among many other resources.   

From the Center's Mission and Goals: "The Center for the Study of Higher Education engages researchers, practitioners, and policy leaders alike in examining significant issues of practice and policy confronting higher education at the campus, state, national, and international levels. As a research center emphasizing externally-funded, policy-oriented research, the Center serves as a vital and productive magnet for research teams, individual faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate research assistants working to improve practice and policy-making in higher education."   

Coordinating center for a large effort to document educational practices that encourage learning through student engagement. Centered at Indiana U. Broad survey results compare campuses on various factors that correlate with engagement.   

The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) promotesb program development, research, and collaborative projects among programs in technical and scientific communication. The organization assists in the development and evaluation of new programs. CPTSC meets yearly in October and maintains a listserv and website in support of program development.   

The Online Learning Record uses computer and network technology for evaluation and assessment of student work from the level of the individual to level of the program, institution, and even multiple institutions. It includes a set of electronic forms for gathering information about students' development in reading and writing.   

Originally part of the American Association for Higher Education, the TLT Group consults with educational institutions to improve teaching and learning with technology. An offshoot of the TLT Group, the Flashlight Project, helps institutions develop instruments to assess the effectiveness of technology use in educational settings.   

Includes links to the several facets of WAC at GMU, e.g., the Writing Center, the WI requirement, Online Guides to Writing in the Disciplines, plus history and resources for teachers   

Writing Program Administrators' jointly authored outcomes statement. Adopted April 2000. A version of this statement was published in WPA: Writing Program Administration 23.1/2 (fall/winter 1999): 59-66   

1995 statement on best practice.