This page provides links to Association and Commission assessment resources, in addition to Web-based resources, that may be helpful to member schools in the task of evaluating the effectiveness of their degree programs and institutional assessment practices.

Section 1.2.2 of Standard 1 (Purpose, Planning, and Evaluation) states, “Evaluation is a critical element in support of integrity in educational efforts, institutional renewal, and individual professional development.”

Under construction. 

This guide was developed by John Harris of Samford University, a recognized authority on educational assessment and author of  Section 8 of the Handbook of Accreditation, “A Guide to Evaluating Theological Learning.” The online guide serves as a complement to the published section of the Handbook and provides links to useful Web-based resources.

Written by John Harris (Samford University), John Tagg (Palomar College), and Mike Howell (Samford University), Organise to Optimise: organisational change & higher education was published by The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education and is offered here with its permission. The authors argue that “postsecondary institutions organised horizontally are better positioned to optimise student learning than institutions composed of silos.”