The resources and information below are provided by the Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, & Assessment (OIREA) to support and facilitate the institutional assessment process across all units in UAH.
“Assessment is essential not only to guide the development of individual students but also to monitor and continuously improve the quality of programs, inform prospective students and their parents, and provide evidence of accountability to those who pay our way.”– Redesigning Higher Education: Producing Dramatic Gains in Student Learning by Lion F. Gardiner; ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report Volume 23, No. 7, p. 109.
OIREA-Planning (formerly Compliance Assist) is the software that the Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Assessment utilizes to document the ongoing process of institutional assessment. It is one component of a software suite from CampusLabs that can be used for scorecards, 5-year reports, and program review, upon request, in addition to the current uses for outcomes assessment and accreditation.
Academic degree and certificate program assessment is an ongoing process designed to monitor and improve student learning at the program (e.g., degree or certificate) level. Programs describe their assessment-related activities in annual reports due annually. Among other things, these reports help programs emphasize how student learning is measured in their program, and discuss any changes in curricula, policy, or programming implemented as a result of these assessment efforts. Academic program assessment does not evaluate individual students, faculty, or courses.
Undergraduate & Graduate degree programs are asked to report on the following:
A total of 3 to 5 student learning outcomes and 2 to 3 program outcomes (formerly known as operational outcomes)
Certificate programs are asked to report on the following:
A total of 2 to 4 student learning outcomes and 1 to 2 program outcomes
A total of 3 operational outcomes should be provided for all administrative units
UAH Structure of Assessment Reports-Leadership Oversight [pdf]
The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment reports to the Associate Provost, and in turn, to the Provost for overall leadership and oversight of the institutional assessment process. The Assessment Peer Review Committee provides feedback to units on their annual assessment reports through the Peer Review Process and recommends changes to the overall assessment process and tools. The organizational structure of assessment is through each degree program and administrative unit as listed on the organizational chart.
Training is provided annually through the OIREA office. However, if you are new to assessment, feel free to reach out and we will provide immediate training as needed.
Assessments for academic and administrative units will be due September 1 each year unless stated otherwise. This is a change from prior years. Please make note of this change.
Contact Dr. Suzanne Simpson (Assistant Provost, Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Assessment) or Ms. Misty McFadden (Associate Director of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Assessment).
