Resources
Student Information
The Office of Institutional Research offers several reports, data sets, and quick facts on their website.
Higher Education Assessment Organizations
The following organizations offer up-to-date resources on assessments and planning:- Council for the Advancement of Standards for Higher Education (CAS)
- Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE)
- NASPA – Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
- College Student Educators International (ACPA) Commission for Assessment and Evaluation:
- Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)
- National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)
Tools
- Sample Size Calculator
- The Sample Size Calculator, provided by Creative Research Systems survey software, determines the number of subjects needed in order to get results reflective of the target population as precisely as needed.
- Effect Size Calculator
- Calculators for effect size correlation provided by Dr. Lee A. Becker of the University of Colorado Springs.
Helpful Documents
- NASPA – Five things not to do in developing surveys for assessment in Student Affairs
- This document was produced by NASPA to assist with the creation of surveys. It goes into depth about what to avoid in the process of developing surveys for Student Affairs.
Inspiration
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Carnegie Mellon University offers a variety of ‘how to’ documents catered to assisting departments with their assessment needs.
- West Chester University
- West Chester University offers universityvspecific resources which might be helpful in the future if we were to take on this project.
- Pennsylvania State University
- Penn State has a planning, assessment, and institutional research department and they offer links and workshops that we might want to use one day
Summer Assessment Symposium