Institutional Assessment

Assessment at Lincoln University is designed to enhance the Institutional Effectiveness process through the systematic, sustained, and organized process of collecting, analyzing, and acting on assessment outcomes.

Assessment News:

2023-2024 LU Assessment Dates
7th Annual Assessment Day at Lincoln University! May 1, 2024

The purpose of assessment day is to share assessment updates, provide learning opportunities to increase assessment skills and knowledge, provide support with assessment reporting, and ensuring that all academic programs, student support areas, and administrative units are in alignment with the University's mission, vision, and strategic plan.

Assessment Functions Include:

Assisting academic and administrative departments in the development, analysis and interpretation of assessment strategies to meet the goals of defined learning outcomes;
Facilitating comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the General Education program and institutional learning outcomes;
Supporting faculty and staff in conducting effective program/unit reviews;
Providing professional development and training opportunities for conducting effective and meaningful assessment;
Coordinating all assessment activities at the University through the centralized support of an assessment and compliance management system.

Assessment Committees

Assessment Report Guides

Academic Programs

Taskstream Video Guides

Academic Assessment Plan
Academic Findings/Results
Academic Operational Plan and Status in Tasktream
Academic Navigating Taskstream Video (comprehensive)
Academic Edit/Add content in Taskstream Video (comprehensive)

Non-Academic Programs

Taskstream Video Guides

Non-Academic Assessment Plan
Non-Academic Findings/Results
Non-Academic Operational Plan and Status
Non-Academic Navigating Taskstream Video (comprehensive)
Non-Academic Edit/Add content in Taskstream Video (comprehensive)

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Assessment Resources

Academic Program Review
AES Support Unit Outcomes Framework, Measures, Evidence Examples
AES Support Unit Outcomes Worksheet
Assessment Measures Workshop
Assessment of Student Learning
Bloom's Taxonomy:
- Revised Example
- Inverted Example
Comprehensive Review Guidelines
Examples of Recommendations or Operational Plan Ideas to Improve Teaching and Learning
Learning Outcomes and Resources Workshop
Measures: Direct/Indirect
PSLO Revision
Rubrics Workshop
SMART Goals Workshop
Support Unit Outcomes and Learning Outcomes Workshop
Thinking Routine Toolbox: This toolbox highlights thinking routines developed across a number of research projects at Project Zero (Harvard Graduate School of Education). A thinking routine is a set of questions or a brief sequence of steps used to scaffold and support student thinking.

Additional Assessment Resources

Assessment Institute Podcast: Leading Improvements in Higher Education
https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/overview/podcast-episodes.html
National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment:
https://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/
Philadelphia Higher Education Assessment Leaders Consortium (PHEAL)
https://drexel.edu/pheal/
Research and Practice in Assessment

https://www.rpajournal.com/
Student Affairs Assessment Leaders
http://studentaffairsassessment.org/
Trends in Assessment – Resources
https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/trends/index.html

Consortiums

Lincoln University is a founding member of the Philadelphia Higher Education Assessment Leaders Consortium (PHEAL). Currently, the consortium’s website is hosted by Drexel University. The link below will provide you access to various assessment resources including the MSCHE revised standards, curriculum mapping techniques, program, and course level outcomes resources and tools for developing rubrics.

http://drexel.edu/pheal/