Criteria: Communication

The website clearly presents information on student learning outcomes assessment and/or results to multiple or specific internal and/or external audiences using layperson’s language and contextualized examples. Information is found on multiple pages across the website, updated regularly and easy to access and navigate via links or search engines. In addition, the site provides explanation or examples of the use of student learning outcomes assessment.


University of Kansas

The University of Kansas's Student Affairs Assessment webpage clearly communicates its assessment practices through its Strategic Plan, Learning Outcomes for the division and departments, Projects and Reports, and Tools webpages. In addition to their Student Affairs Annual Impact Reports, the Projects and Reports webpage highlights the use of these learning outcomes in designing and completing... Read more »

Pepperdine University

Pepperdine University’s Office of Institutional Effectiveness website provides a host of information about the university’s assessment practices. Viewers can read about institutional learning outcomes and program learning outcomes in addition to assessment reports. There is also content about the university’s educational effectiveness regarding direct and indirect effectiveness indicators. The website has facts and figures to… Read more »

DePaul University

DePaul University’s Teaching, Learning and Assessment website provides viewers with well-defined information about the institution’s approach to student learning outcomes assessment. Included within the website are links to the creation and mapping of learning outcomes, the overview of the assessment approach at DePaul, assessment awards, and support services for undertaking assessment. Under teaching support, which… Read more »

University of Alaska Anchorage

The University of Alaska Anchorage’s Student Affairs Assessment webpage provides viewers with a concise overview of the university’s student affairs assessment efforts. Included within the webpage is an explanation about the university student affairs assessment efforts on the front page in addition to links regarding End of Year reports, Annual Goal Review and Alignment Process,… Read more »

Columbus State Community College

Columbus State Community College’s Outcomes Based Assessment website provides viewers with rich and direct information about the college’s assessment effort. Included within the website are institutional learning outcomes and goals, general education learning goals and outcomes, and the college’s assessment process that details the steps of identifying outcomes, creating a plan, data collection, and communicating… Read more »