Assessment at UF
Institutional Assessment at UF
Assessment is a common practice across the University of Florida campus at a variety of levels.
Institutional Assessment focuses on the program level, not the course level. Each academic program has a faculty-approved Academic Assessment Plan which outlines the method by which the program will measure its student learning outcomes. Annually, programs submit a report which share the data and analyze the student learning outcomes, while discussing the use of those results for continuous improvement.
Additionally, Institutional Assessment supports institution-level initiatives including UF Quest, the UF Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), and General Education.
Resources:
Academic Assessment Report Directions
Faculty Role in the Assessment Process
Teaching is a primary mission of the University of Florida where evidence of student learning is a measure of success at our institution. UF faculty have engaged in responsible course and program assessment for decades because it is good practice and it is a key component of faculty responsibility for shared governance. Continuous improvement is the goal of evaluating results and making decisions about how it can be better next time. UF collects evidence of student learning not only for accreditation purposes, but to also demonstrate that assessment in the teaching and learning process are important efforts for continuous improvement that remain with the faculty. Below is an outline of the faculty's role in the institutional assessment process.
At the course level, faculty assess their students’ exams, papers, projects, presentations, performances, productions, and other assignments to (a) gauge their students’ learning, (b) identify gaps or weaknesses in student learning, and (c) modify instruction and/or curriculum to strengthen student learning. Course-level assessment is used to inform program-level assessment.