ARL Learning Outcomes Working Group

Accreditation Agency Standards

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education:: Standards for Accreditation, pdf format

Revising Our Standards for Accreditation, pdf format

Framework for Outcomes Assessment, pdf format

Best Practices in Outcomes Assessment, pdf format

New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education

Standards for Accreditation

Pilot Institutional Assessment Portfolios

Summary of the Survey on Enhancing Institutional Effectiveness Through Student Learning Outcomes Assessment at the Undergraduate Level

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Higher Learning Commission

Criteria for Accreditation

Academic Quality Improvement Project, pilot project to develop an alternative accreditation process, funded by the Pew Charitable Trust 1999-2002

Assessment Workshops, designed in collaboration with AAHE

Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Colleges

Follow link to Accreditation to read procedures, standards, schedules, etc.

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Criteria for Accreditation

Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Senior College Commission

WASC Handbook of Accreditation 2001, Chapter Two: The Standards, pdf format

NPEC Sourcebook on Assessment, volume 1: Definitions and Assessment Methods for Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Writing, pdf format

NPEC Sourcebook on Assessment, volume 2: Selected Institutions Utilizing Assessment Results, pdf format

NPEC Sourcebook of Assessment Information
"The Sourcebook is an interactive version of Definitions and Assessment Methods for Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Writing, by Dr. T. Dary Erwin, Center for Assessment and Research Studies, James Madison University."