Documents

Key Swarthmore Documents

Academic Department Review — guidelines

Academic Program Reviews — guidelines

(Academic Assessment Plan - 2006 document [pdf])

Academic Assessment Committee 2011-12 Recommended Changes to Academic Assessment Plan [pdf]

Guidance from Provost Thomas Stephenson to department chairs to clarify the Course Evaluation policy.   Guidance on Course Evaluations [pdf].

Swarthmore College Institutional Level Goals for Student Learning

Handouts shared at Swarthmore meetings

Shared with Administrative departments, "IE - Terms Tips Records"

Shared at Academic Assessment Liaison Lunches

• Scoring Guides and Rubrics [pdf].
• Listing of departmental projects (available internally only)
• Writing Meaningful and Measurable Objectives [pdf]
• Direct and Indirect Assessment [pdf] (This is a useful document entitled "Evidence of Student Learning" from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, with lots of examples of direct and indirect assessment.)