The Higher Learning Commission (UW’s accrediting body) offers this definition of assessment: “Effective assessment is best understood as a strategy for understanding, confirming, and improving student ...

In alignment with Northwestern’s commitment to excellent teaching and the personal and intellectual growth of our students, the University is dedicated to the assessment of student learning outcomes ...

Often used synonymously with outcome or desired result. Assessment: The systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs for the purpose of improving student learning.

It may include multiple levels of learning outcomes, demonstrate redundancies, gaps, and misalignments in content, measures of assessment, and/or data collected. Statements of what we want students to ...