Santa Clara University aspires to provide its students with an outstanding education informed and enriched by the Jesuit tradition. To help realize that aspiration Santa Clara actively encourages all ...

These guiding principles, endorsed by the University Assessment Committee in 2012, describe the need for assessment of student learning to improve programs, the importance of using assessment findings ...

Ongoing efforts to conduct research and develop tools to support evidence-based decision-making have taken on a renewed sense of urgency amidst the debate over rising health care costs, a debate that ...

Rick Stiggins, author of the new book The Perfect Assessment System (ASCD), agreed to answer a few questions. Rick is the founder and retired president of the Assessment Training Institute (ATI), a ...

This is the first article in a six-part series discussing the key domains of health to investigate when assessing older people. It comes with a self-assessment enabling you to test your knowledge ...

Built on the constructs of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Culturally Responsive Assessment argues for an intentional focus on conducting assessment in ways that recognize and support the needs of our ...

The leaders and staff of the division of student affairs understand the value of assessment to the work we do. We engage in ongoing, systematic efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of our programs ...

Today's context for higher education presents student affairs with many challenges. Among these are new technologies, changing student demographics, demands for greater accountability, concern about ...