External Associations & Resources
External Associations & Resources
Assessment Links
The following assessment links are additional organizations related to professional
development in the assessment of teaching and learning.
- SUNY Council on Assessment works to enhance the assessment of institutional effectiveness and student learning
by building, leading, and supporting a SUNY-wide assessment community that fosters
collaboration, reduces duplication of effort and provides guidance and resources to
campuses.
- Established in 2008, the mission of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) is to discover and disseminate ways that academic programs and institutions can productively
use assessment data internally to inform and strengthen undergraduate education, and
externally to communicate with policy makers, families and other stakeholders.
- The Assessment Institute at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is designed to introduce you to innovations in assessment that you can use in your
own setting.
- The Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) develops and advances assessment practices that deepen, integrate, and demonstrate
student learning, through advocacy of learning-centered assessment policies, support
for campus work to develop meaningful assessment approaches, and experimentation with
common e-portfolio frameworks.
- The Association of Assessment Leaders in Higher Education (AALHE) is an organization of practitioners interested in using effective assessment practice
to document and improve student learning.
- The mission of the New England Educational Assessment Network (NEEAN) is to promote quality assessment of student learning and development, and thus to
enhance the effectiveness of institutions of higher education.
