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Introduction

If you would like to begin to familiarize yourself with some of the key concepts, Portland State University has several sites that may be of interest. The first is an FAQ about where to start with program assessment. To reach this link click on to:

http://www.clas.pdx.edu/assessment/program_assessment.html

To see an example of how a beginning program assessment plan might look like using a generic portfolio model, click onto:

http://www.clas.pdx.edu/assessment/generic_portfolio.html

To see an example of how a beginning program assessment plan might look like using a more traditional input-output model, click onto:

http://www.clas.pdx.edu/assessment/input_output.html

Secondly, you may wish to see examples of what other universities have done by discipline. If so, find your discipline and click onto the related links. Additions will be made throughout the semester.

Disciplines

• Bakersfield College
An instructor teaching microbiology is committed to using learning outcomes and developing more interactive teaching and assessment approaches. Click onto her link to learn more: http://www2.bc.cc.ca.us/bio16/

• University of Wisconsin, River Falls
http://www.uwrf.edu/biology/colloquium_dir/assess.html

• Western Illinois University

• University of Rio Grande

Mathematics

• Colorado School of Mines
Development, Implementation and Revision of a departmental assessment plan.