Assessment Documents and Resources

 

Contents

Middle States Documents

MSU Documents

Annual Institutional Profile Reports

MSU Data Feedback Reports (IPEDS)

NCES Reports

Misc. Reports

Assessment Library

Economic Impact Study Resources

Links to Assessment Sites

 

 
Notes: 
1) Documents are available, here, in portable document format (pdf).  To open and view these files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.  The free Adobe Acrobat Reader software can be downloaded from the Adobe website by clicking here.

2) Requests for access to password-protected documents should be sent to oir-msu@mail.montclair.edu.


Middle States Documents

Using NSSE in the Middle States Accreditation Process (prepared by the NSSE Institute, pdf 209Kb)

2005 Policies, Guidelines, Procedures, and Best Practices (pdf 84.4Mb)

2004 Creating Meaningful and Analytical Charge Questions to Guide Self-Study (pdf 200Kb)

2004 Handbook for Conducting and Hosting an Evaluation Visit (pdf 601Kb)

2004 Handbook for Periodic Review Reports (pdf 201Kb)

2003 Regional Accreditation and Student Learning: A Bibliography (pdf 31Kb)

2003 Student Learning Assessment:  Options and Resources (pdf 4.7Mb)

2002 Best Practices in Outcomes Assessment (pdf 126Kb)

2002 Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education (pdf 139Kb)

2002 Designs for Excellence (pdf 1.4Mb)

1996 Framework for Outcomes Assessment (pdf 148Kb)

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MSU Documents

2006 Middle States Self Study Document (pdf 39Mb)

2002 Middle States Periodic Review Report (pdf 482Kb)

2002 MSU Strategic Plan (pdf 35Kb)

1997 Report of the Middle States Visiting Team (pdf 1.5Mb)

1996 Middle States Self-Study Document (pdf 7.7Mb)

1988 Report of the Presidential Task Force on Outcomes Assessment (pdf 1.2Mb)

1986 Middle States Self-Study Document-Draft (pdf 6.0Mb)

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Annual Institutional Profile Report

(formerly Excellence & Accountability)

Annual Institutional Profile Report 2007 (pdf 612Kb)

Annual Institutional Profile Report 2006 (pdf 613Kb)

Excellence & Accountability Report 2005 (pdf 1.0Mb)

Excellence & Accountability Report 2004 (pdf 85Kb)

Excellence & Accountability Report 2003 (pdf 163Kb)

Excellence & Accountability Report 2002 (pdf 1.6Mb)

Excellence & Accountability Report 2001 (pdf 1.2Mb)

Excellence & Accountability Report 2000 (pdf 750Kb)

Excellence & Accountability Report 1998 (pdf 1.1Mb)

Excellence & Accountability Report 1997 (pdf 609Kb)

Excellence & Accountability Report 1996 (pdf 1.5Mb)

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MSU Data Feedback Reports (IPEDS)

MSU Data Feedback Report 2007 (pdf 395Kb)

MSU Data Feedback Report 2006 (pdf 397Kb)

MSU Data Feedback Report 2005 (pdf 406Kb)

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NCES Reports

NCES Projections of Education Statistics to 2015 (pdf 2.0Mb)

NCES Digest of Education Statistics 2005 (pdf 8.5Mb)

NCES The Condition of Education 2006 (pdf 2.2Mb)

NCES Projections of Education Statistics to 2014 (pdf 1.2Mb)

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Misc. Reports

Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates by State and Race/Ethnicity, 1992-2022. Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), March 2008 (pdf 2.9Mb)

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Assessment Library

NB: The Assessment Library and library search engine are under development.

Bucknell Assessment Plan, 2004 (pdf 428Kb)

Academic Outcomes Assessment Manual for the College of Staten Island/CUNY, 2003 (pdf 486Kb password required)

The Brooklyn College/CUNY Outcomes Assessment Plan, 2001 (pdf 1.4Mb password required)

The Assessment Plan for the College of Staten Island/CUNY, 1995 (pdf 355Kb password required

Procedures Manual for the Assessment of Community/Society Impact at New Jersey Institutions of Higher Education, College Outcomes Evaluation Program, 1989  (pdf 2.4Mb)

Report to the New Jersey Board of Higher Education from the Advisory Committee to the College Outcomes Evaluation Program, 1987  (pdf 4.5Mb)

Appendices to the Report to the New Jersey Board of Higher Education from the Advisory Committee to the College Outcomes Evaluation Program, 1987  (pdf 8.4Mb)

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Economic Impact Study Resources

Methodology

Caffrey and Isaacs, 1971, "Estimating the Impact of a College or University on the Local Economy," American Council on Education.  (pdf 5.6Mb  password required)

College Outcomes Evaluation Program, 1990, Handbook for Calculating Short-Term Economic Impact at New Jersey's Institutions of Higher Education (pdf 393Kb)

College Outcomes Evaluation Program, 1989, Procedures Manual for the Assessment of Community/Society Impact at New Jersey Institutions of Higher Education (pdf 449Kb)

College Outcomes Evaluation Program, 1988, Sample Report on Community/Society Impact at a Hypothetical College in New Jersey (pdf 431Kb)

Council of County Colleges of New Jersey, 1983, Handbook for Conducting a Study of the Economic Impact of a Community College (pdf 890Kb)

Parsons and Griffiths, 2003, "A Micro Economic Model to Assess the Economic Impact of Universities: A Case Example," AIR Professional File Number 87 (pdf 1.5Mb  password required)

Schuyler, 1997, "The Assessment of Community College Economic Impact on the Local Community or State," Community College Review (pdf 38Kb password required)

Stokes and Coomes, 1998, "The Local Economic Impact of Higher Education: An Overview of Methods and Practice," AIR Professional File Number 67 (pdf 2,4Mb  password required)

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Selected Case Studies

Augustana University (Canada), 2000 (pdf 381Kb)

British Columbia Institute of Technology (Canada), 1995 (pdf 94Kb)

City University of New York, 1998

College of Staten Island/CUNY, 2004 (pdf 550Kb - brochure 626Kb)

College of Staten Island/CUNY, 1996 (pdf 217Kb)

Community College of Philadelphia, 2000 (pdf 152Kb)

Council of County Colleges of New Jersey, 1983  (pdf 544Kb)

Georgia Center for Continuing Education, University of Georgia, 2001

Gloucester County College, 2001 (pdf 572Kb)

James Madison University, 1995

Jefferson College, 2003 (pdf 481Kb)

Nova Southeastern University, 2001 (pdf 67Kb)

Piedmont Virginia Community College, 1997 (pdf 238Kb)

Radford University, 2000 (pdf 618Kb)

Rutgers University, 2004 (pdf 234Kb)

Tarleton State University, 1999 (pdf 543Kb)

University of Notre Dame, 2002 (pdf 1.5Mb)

University System of Maryland, 2002 (pdf 243Kb)

Utah Valley State College, 2000 (pdf 960Kb)

Victoria University (Canada), 1995 (pdf 187Kb)

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