( Marilee
Bresciani and
NetResults)
Department or Program
clearly link to the University’s mission statement?
link to the Division’s or unit’s mission? Y N
Department of Program Goals/Objectives
1. Do the goals/objectives of the department or program
clearly link to the mission statement? Y N
2. Are the goals/objectives of the department or program
a broad and general statement of what the program
wants students to be able to do? Y N
1. Does each outcome (program, student learning, student
development, faculty development, and staff development)
reflect a substantial aspect of the program or department
goals/objectives? Y N
2. Does each outcome describe what the program or
department intends for students and/or staff to know
(cognitive), think (affective, attitudinal), or do (behavioral,
performance, psychomotor)? Y N
3. Collectively, do the outcomes reflect the most important
purposes of the program? Y N
4. Is the intended outcome:
a. detailed and specific? Y N
b. appropriate to the program or department? Y N
c. measurable/identifiable? Y N
d. meaningful in making decisions of how to
improve the program? Y N
5. Does the program have a component to be able to
deliver/implement each outcome? Y N
1. Are multiple methods, if appropriate, used to assess
outcomes? Y N
2. Do the assessment methods include direct and indirect
measures of outcomes? Y N
3. Is each assessment method or tool appropriate to the
outcome it is evaluating? Y N
4. Are comparison data used where possible? Y N
5. Do the proposed methods of assessment appear feasible
in terms of design, time, and resources? Y N
6. Do the proposed methods of assessment yield information
that is suitable for program or department? Y N
7. Are the proposed methods of assessment consistent with the
best-accepted practices in that profession? Y N
8. Are criteria identified for each outcome? Y N
9. Are these criteria realistic? Y N
10. Where possible, are the proposed evaluation methods
incorporated into the day-to-day doing of the program? Y N
1. Do the results reflect adequate sampling of students from
the department or program? Y N
2. Is appropriate information from results shared with multiple
audiences? Y N
3. Is there enough detail or specificity to determine the extent
to which the outcomes have been achieved? Y N
4. Do the results inform decisions for continuous improvement? Y N
1. Is the use of the results adequately stated to describe
specific changes made as a result of assessment? Y N
2. Do the decisions and recommendations clearly reflect the
results of the assessment plan? Y N
3. Is there evidence that assessment will be on-going/continuous? Y N
4. Are decisions made about the intended outcomes? Y N
5. Are there decisions made to improve the assessment process? Y N