Spring 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 on April 10 introduced the many ways in which institutions are implementing ePortfolios for assessment and other purposes.
2008 Report to Senate
Assessment Grants 2008/09
Congratulations to the recent 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.
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.
Another recently awarded grant will evaluate the effectiveness of two core courses being offered online by the Counseling and Human Services program. In addition to providing the Counseling program with valuable feedback on these online core courses, the results will be of interest to other programs on campus with online courses, and those considering developing online courses.
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. If your department is considering one of the other Major Field Tests, you will be interested in seeing the results of this project next summer.
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.
