Assessment and Evaluation Aids

Instructor Assessment

• Evaluating Teaching (NRC report)
• Peer Review of Teaching
• VaNTH Observation System (VOS) Direct observation system protocol and presentation.
• National/Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE/FSSE)-Student and Instructor Assessment
• Engineering Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (E-FSSE)-Customized survey for engineering classrooms

Student Assessment

• Publications of the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation
• NRC report on Knowing What Students Know
• Online Evaluation Resource Library
• National/Faculty Survey of Student Engagement(NSSE/FSSE)-Student and Instructor Assessment
• Field-tested Learning Assessments Guide (multiple STEM fields)
• ABET Evaluation Criteria
• UK Subject Benchmark Statements (equivalent to ABET outcomes)
• MAA CUPM Guidelines for Assessment of Student Learning (mathematics)

Institutional Assessment

• Baldridge Education Criteria for Performance Excellence
• Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) project of the Rand Council for Aid to Education
• Organizational Improvement and Accountability: Lessons for Education from Other Sectors - 2004 report by Rand Education for Hewlett Foundation
• NSF's User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation
• Directory of Evaluators list of 3rd party evaluators

General resources

• APA Learner-Centered Psychological Principles
• American Evaluation Association web site
• Links miscellaneous assessment links