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Resources for Effective Assessment

The Best Practices in Assessment (PDF) document gives you 10 recommendations on how to implement an assessment plan in your academic program.

The Setting Learning Outcomes (PDF or ) presentation gives you the basics on how to set learning outcomes for your program. 

The Setting Learning Outcomes + Review of Current Learning Outcomes (PDF) document is a useful tool for setting or reaffirming/revising your learning outcomes collaboratively among faculty.

The Curriculum Mapping (PDF) presentation explains why and how programs should map their learning outcomes to individual courses.

This List of resources (PDF) details physical and electronic texts available at the American University library and through the Washington Consortium.