Iowa Outcomes Assessment Papers


A useful assessment plan incorporates a variety of strategies for examining student learning. No single approach serves all departments equally well. This collection of articles identifies common department practices that can be integrated into a department’s overall assessment efforts.

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Painless Assessment Meetings


Three words that rarely occur in the same sentence

Guiding Principles for Outcomes Assessment


Using learning outcomes assessment in academic departments

Developing Department Learning Outcomes


What do you want students to learn as a result of their experiences in your department?

Assessing Achievement of Department Learning Outcomes


Using evidence of student learning as a basis for reflecting on department practices

Bringing Student Voices into Outcomes Assessment


What can students tell you about achievement of department learning outcomes?

Contributions of Advising to Learning Outcomes Assessment


What can advising tell you about achievement of department learning outcomes?

Using Student Learning Portfolios for Departmental Outcomes Assessment


What can student learning portfolios tell you about achievement of department learning outcomes?

Bringing Student Grades into Outcomes Assessment


What can student grades tell you about achievement of department learning outcomes?