Assessment

USNA strives to maintain a closely linked relationship between the Academy’s mission, goals, and objectives and the ongoing institutional assessment processes, which are, in turn, integrated into Academy planning and resource decision making.

Guidance and Information

• Annual Assessment Reports - Faculty Senate Assessment Committee Provost Instruction
• Annual Assessment Reports - EDITABLE ENCLOSURES  
  • Example:   English Core Enclosure 2a 
  • Example:   Math Core Enclosure 2a 
• United States Naval Academy Academic Assessment Process ACDEANINST 5400.1A
• FSAC Report to Faculty Senate 2017

USNA Learning Outcomes

• Core Curriculum Learning Outcomes (and preamble)
  • Faculty Senate Presentation (Also, see Faculty Senate Minutes 17SEP14 -- pages 3 and 21)
• Department and program learning outcomes
• USNA Attributes of a Graduate
• USNA Core Curriculum Map: Attributes of a Graduate, Core Learning Outcomes, and MSCHE Learning Outcomes

Resources

• Good Practices with USNA Examples   NEW
• Student Learning Outcomes Workshop
  • Bloom's Taxonomy (Cognitive Domain)
• Curriculum Mapping Workshop
• Rubric Creation Workshop
  • AAC&U VALUE Rubrics 
• Selecting Sample Sizes in Assessment
• Setting Benchmarks Workshop
• Summarizing and Presenting Results Workshop
• Using Google Apps for Assessment: presentation  
• Value of Assessment during COVID Instruction

• Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education
• Association of American Colleges & Universities:  Assessment and Value
• L. Suskie:  A Common Sense Approach to Assessment and Accreditation
• National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
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