Assessment Stories

Assessment Spotlight — Journalism Program

Our assessment work this year has helped us think more "big picture" by asking questions about what our program is designed to do and whether it really does what we intend. This, in turn, has prompted us to reflect on where those skills and knowledge levels are taught and whether the experiences we are offering inside the classroom and through co-curricular opportunities are helping the students the way we intend... Read the Spotlight
Assessment Resources

What Is Assessment?

Organizing the effective and efficient collection and interpretation of data (quantitative and/or qualitative) in ways that meaningfully inform and inevitably lead to changes to systems of teaching, learning and development designed to improve the impact of higher education on students’ lives.

Click on the links to the right to learn more about the different components of assessment work at Marquette University.

The Assessment Process

Asses sment Activity Calendar

Training Resources

Program-level Student Learning Outcomes

Statement on the Use of Program-Level Assessment Data
‏‏About the Office

Assessment at Marquette

Building on the mission of the institution and a commitment to student-centered practice, the Office of Assessment supports campus wide efforts to engage in the meaningful assessment of program- and institutional-level student learning in the search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith, and the development of leadership expressed in service to others.

Office of Assessment Staff

Impact Plan

The mission, values and goals of the Marquette University Office of Assessment can be viewed in the Assessment Impact Plan.
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