The project aimed to confront a fundamental issue for every Higher Education (HE) course/programme leader: how to design an effective, efficient, inclusive and sustainable assessment strategy which delivers the key course/programme outcomes.
The following inventory of assessment instruments was compiled to serve as a resource for state policy-makers who are responsible for implementing assessment protocol. The sources of the information include the Educational Testing Service’s Test Collection (ETS) and the Association of Institutional Research/American Council on Education (AIR/ACE). This list is not comprehensive, but it covers the institutional assessment instruments that are used by some. Each entry has the web address of the relevant testing database, as well as the publisher’s contact information and a brief abstract.
The foci of the assessment instruments are organized into four categories:
Institutional Effectiveness.
Basic Skills.
Affective Development.
Major Field Exams.
is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the Southern states. It serves as the common denominator of shared values and practices among the diverse institutions