Assessment

USNA strives to maintain a closely linked relationship between the Academy’s mission, goals, and objectives and the ongoing institutional assessment processes, which are, in turn, integrated into Academy planning and resource decision making.

Guidance and Information

• Academic Assessment Process -  PROVOST INSTRUCTION 5400.1B
• Annual Assessment Reports - PROVOST INSTRUCTION 5420.7C
  • Editable template

USNA Learning Outcomes

• Core Learning Outcomes Preamble and Resources NEW
• Department and Program Learning Outcomes
• USNA Attributes of a Graduate

 Internal Resources for Assessment

• Good Practices with USNA Examples   NEW
• Student Learning Outcomes Workshop
  • Bloom's Taxonomy (Cognitive Domain)
• Curriculum Mapping Workshop
• Rubric Creation Workshop
• Selecting Sample Sizes in Assessment
• Setting Benchmarks Workshop
• Summarizing and Presenting Results Workshop
• Using Google Apps for Assessment: presentation  
• Value of Assessment during COVID Instruction

• Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education
• Association of American Colleges & Universities:  Assessment and Value
• National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
• UConn:  Calculating the Mean and Standard Deviation in Excel