The Offices of Institutional Effectiveness and Vice President of Academic and Student Affair, with feedback gathered from several Lead Deans and faculty members, make every effort to develop user-friendly report forms that are based on basic principles of assessment and continuous improvement. It is our hope that this annual reporting process is MANAGEABLE yet is rigorous enough to yield MEANINGFUL programmatic and student learning information that both highlights accomplishments and identifies areas for improvement. These forms and documents are not intended to be a detailed account of all your assessment or planning activities; therefore, you need to maintain records and supporting documentation such as master copies of course outlines, tests and exams, portfolio evaluations, advisory committee minutes, accreditation reports, etc. To facilitate the storage of these support documents and enable sharing of best practices, several folders have been created in the Program Review folder on the Q shared network drive.

Although the Program Review and Outcomes Assessment Reports were to be completed using the Microsoft Word-based form for the 2003-2004 academic year, the Office of Student Outcomes Assessment has developed a Microsoft Access database form for use in the 2004--2005 year. SOA staff will soon begin the designing of an online version of SOARR for roll-out in 2005-2006.

TIP #1: Click on the file to DOWNLOAD and SAVE the document to your local computer/hard drive.

TIP #2: RENAME DRAFT and REVISED reports submitted to the Provosts by including in its file name: (1) the word "DRAFT" or "REVISED", (2) the name of the Program or Discipline, and (3) the submission date. For example, the initial DRAFT and REVISED reports submitted to the Provosts could be titled:

"DRAFT Program Report for AS Science 5-30-04.doc" or "DRAFT Discipline Report for Biology 5-30-04.doc"

"REVISED Program Report for AS Science 6-30-04.doc" or "REVISED Discipline Report for Biology 6-30-04.doc"

TIP #3: Click on this link to a webpage that provides definitions, helpful hints, instructions, and sample reports.