Assessment Consulting Team (ACT)
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Assessment Process

Middle States Self-Study

An important part of assessment is departmental and institutional self-study. Rowan University is undergoing its ten-year review by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. For further information and updates on the self-study, visit the Rowan University Middle States Self-Study website.

Self-Evaluation of Programmatic Assessment in Your Department

If your department is seeking to build or redirect your programmatic assessment or is conducting a Program Review, we invite you to use our Self-Evaluation of Programmatic Assessment in Your Department.The self-evaluation is in the form of a questionnaire that is designed to help departments evaluate the status of an academic program in terms of assessment practices and identify priorities for developing or expanding the assessment process. There are two versions of the self-evaluation:

  • Click here for a pdf version of the Self-Evaluation of Programmatic Assessment in Your Department that you can print and fill out by hand.

  • Click here for a Microsoft Word file that you can download and fill out electronically.

Key Resources on Assessment

Below are some key resources that explain how we are approaching programmatic assessment at Rowan University.

Frequently Asked Questions - answers to common questions about the purpose of assessment

The Four Steps of Assessment - Rowan University's assessment process and how ACT can help

Values-Based Program Development and Assessment - a graphic view of Rowan University's assessment process

Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning - a document published by the American Association for Higher Education that explains the core principles our process is based on

From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education - a landmark article by Robert B. Barr and John Tagg on the shift to the learning paradigm

What is Good Assessment? - several perspectives from assessment experts on defining good assessment processes and practices

Additional Resources on this Website