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Assessment Grants

Do you have a great idea to assess what your students are learning in your classes or department? Apply for an assessment grant! The assessment committee is currently accepting applications.

Third Year Reviews

Is your academic program scheduled for a third year review this spring? Don't panic, all the information you need is right here.

 

Fall 2009

The mission of the Indiana University South Bend Assessment Committee is to promote, support and monitor academic program assessment activities at the university.

Electronic  Portfolios for Assessment

The workshop on Electronic Portfolios for Assessment last April 10 introduced the many ways in which academic programs are using ePortfolios for assessment and other purposes.  The assessment committee is excited about the possibilities for this powerful tool, and plans to develop an e-port site in OnCourse to serve both as an example for the campus, and for organizing evaluations and reports.

2008 Report to Senate

 

Assessment Grants 2008/09

Congratulations to the recipients of assessment grants.The assessment committee is excited about innovative assessment projects taking place on campus.  Several of these projects are being supported by assessment grants.

Spring 2009

  • Student Services was awarded a grant to develop a web site to document the assessment process and communicate progress to stakeholders
  • The School of Education was awarded a grant for a faculty member to attend the NCATE/CEC workshop, and to conduct a focus group for education stakeholders.
  • The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received a grant to evaluate advising for probationary and undecided students

Summer and Fall 2008

  • One recently awarded grant will evaluate the effectiveness of two core courses being offered online by the Counseling and Human Services program.    
  • Another grant, awarded to the Criminal Justice department,  is for a pilot of the Major Field Test in Criminal Justice  for graduating students.   If the pilot testing shows the value of the test, it will become the primary assessment tool for the department. 
  • Douglas Agbetsiafa received a grant to pilot the TUCE standardized test in the principles of economics classes.

If you have an idea for a great assessment project or tool you would like to try, the assessment committee encourages you to apply for an assessment grant.  These grants, for up to $3000, can be used for a wide variety of projects.  Application guidelines are available .  If you have any questions, please contact us.

Special Note:  The IU South Bend Assessment Committee has benefited greatly from the scholarship and work of many individuals and other academic institutions.   In order to pass on what we have learned, we encourage other programs to make use of anything from this site that will improve their own work on the assessment of student learning.   We ask only that materials that are used verbatim give credit to this site.