Assessment Record Book Portfolio

Assessment at Rivier College

Administrative and Educational Support Assessment

Assessment Committee

       The Assessment Record Book Portfolio (based on the work of Nichols & Nichols Institutional Effectiveness Associates' assessment record book concept and forms) is a theory and method to rigorously and systematically document in a consistent and integrated format Rivier College's ongoing assessment of educational (student) outcomes and the resulting use of results to improve institutional effectiveness.

The Assessment Record Book Portfolio consists of three types of forms:

• Form A is a title page that identifies the assessment period covered and the department's name and, if applicable, degree-granting programs.

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• Form B links the academic program objectives and/or educational-support unit mission/objectives to Rivier College's institutional mission and, if applicable, to the eight College-wide general education academic goals. Form B also lists the intended educational (student) outcomes or administrative objectives to be evaluated during the assessment period.

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• Form C constitutes an assessment report concerning each educational or administrative outcome; it means of assessment and criteria for success; a summary of the assessment data collected; and a description of how this assessment information was utilized to improve student academic achievement, department operations, or services to students.

           Completion of these forms demonstrates the academic program/educational support unit movement from planning to implementation of institutional effectiveness and student outcomes assessment.

           The Assessment Record Book Portfolio answers the need for documentation of the use of assessment results by creation of a tightly focused, centralized, and concise historical record of the assessment process that can be verified and validated at the time of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Higher Education, regional accreditation visit.