Assessment Resources by Discipline

Resources by Discipline

Business

Assessment Resource Center of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (ACCSB) - provides the ability to join an assessment listserv, read articles about assessment experiences, and view a list of assessment seminar events in the U.S. and internationally.

Chemistry

The American Chemical Society's Division of Chemical Education's Examinations Institute provides information about measureing chemistry learning.

Languages

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) provides proficiency guildelines for speaking and writing.

Math

Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics  (SAUM)

Field Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG) - proven assessment techniquest specifically designed for science, mathematics, engineering and technology. This source includes a Primer about strategies and benefits of alternative choices of assessment, a collection of classroom assessment techniques to guide and assess learning, a database of discipline-specific instruments, and resources for assessment.

Psychology

American Psychological Association (APA)
Assessment CyberGuide for Learning Goals and Outcomes in the Undergrauate Psychology Major (APA)

Science

Field Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG) - proven assessment techniquest specifically designed for science, mathematics, engineering and technology. This source includes a Primer about strategies and benefits of alternative choices of assessment, a collection of classroom assessment techniques to guide and assess learning, a database of discipline-specific instruments, and resources for assessment.

Rutgers University Physics and Astonomy Education Research (PAER) group provides the Scientific Abilities Project examples of rubrics and assessment tasks for scientific abilities.

Sciences - Basic and Clinical

Constructing Written Test Questions for the Basic and Clinical Sciences This National Board of Medical Examiners resource contains principles key to creating quality test items for objective tests. The length of the document is due to alarge number of examples, included along with its explanations and in an Appendix.

Sociology

The American Sociological Association offers this documents on Liberal Learning and the Sociology Major Updated: Meeting the Challenge of teaching Sociology in the Twenty-First Century

Technology

Field Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG) - proven assessment techniquest specifically designed for science, mathematics, engineering and technology. This source includes a Primer about strategies and benefits of alternative choices of assessment, a collection of classroom assessment techniques to guide and assess learning, a database of discipline-specific instruments, and resources for assessment.