Program Assessment

Principles of Academic Program Assessment

• The goal of assessment is to further a culture of student learning at SVSU; assessment measures are employed to help achieve that goal.
• The emphasis of assessment is on program evaluation to improve student learning.
• Departments/Programs define their own program goals and determine how they are to be addressed; the Academic Program Assessment Advisory Board facilitates the process.
• For assessment to be effective, results of assessment activities must be used to further develop programs.
• Assessment results are used in decisions regarding resource allocations.