Assessment

Assessment Mission

The mission of the assessment group within the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning is to establish and support a culture of evidence-based decision making at Appalachian State University.

Goals and Outcomes

  1. Academic, administrative, and service units will have ongoing assessment processes in place that document student learning and/or the impact of their services.
    1. Each unit will have learning and/or program goals related to the unit’s and the University’s missions.
    2. Each unit will have measurable outcomes for each of the unit’s goals.
    3. Each unit will annually document the changes made within the unit as a result of assessment efforts.
  2. Faculty and staff charged with assessment will demonstrate familiarity with services provided by the assessment group in IRAP.
    1. Faculty and staff charged with assessment will contact IRAP for workshops and individual consultations about assessment.
    2. Faculty and staff charged with assessment will be able to list at least three different sources of institutional data that they might use to aid their unit’s assessment efforts.
    3. Faculty and staff charged with assessment will be able to describe services available through IRAP to support their assessment efforts.
  3. Faculty and staff charged with assessment will report satisfaction with the services provided by the assessment group in IRAP.
    1. Faculty and staff charged with assessment will report satisfaction with information available through the assessment website.
    2. Faculty and staff charged with assessment will report satisfaction with information received through workshops or individual consultations about assessment.
    3. Faculty and staff charged with assessment will report satisfaction with support available through IRAP to aid in their assessment efforts.