The following resources provide more general information and links to additional
resources related to higher education accountability and improvement.
Education Commission of the States: Postsecondary
State-level accountability issues, focusing on
performance funding models, indicators, and measurement
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Ed (NCPPHE)
Provides action-oriented analyses of pressing policy
issues facing the states and the nation regarding opportunity and achievement
in higher education-including two- and four-year, public and private,
for-profit and nonprofit institutions.
State Higher Education Executive Officers:
Accountability & Assessment (SHEEO)
Reports, projects and recommened readings related to
higher education accountability and assessment
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education:
Provides publications, papers, and reports along with
policy and data resources on accountability initiatives.The resources tab
contains many additional links to higher education organizations.
American Association of University Professors:
Resources on Accreditation (AAUP)
Provides views on accreditation processes, in
particular the role that faculty play as well as links to other accreditation
Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
Provides links to the higher education accreditating
agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
U.S. Department of Education: Accreditation in the
Describes the structure of U.S. higher education
accreditation and lists the agencies recognized by the federal government for
national, regional and specialized accreditation
Alverno College: Learning Outcomes Studies
Focuses on conductiong research aimed at linking the
outcomes of college to the curriculum, establishing the validity of
assessment techniques and the assessment process, and demonstrating the link
between college-learned abilities and alumnae performance in the world of
work, personal life, service, and citizenship.
Association of American Colleges & Universities:
Initiatives, publications, meetings and institutes,
and other assessment resources developed or maintained by AAC&U
American Council on Education - Accountability and
Higher Education Outcomes (ACE)
Profiles major accountability and learning outcome
initiatives occurring in the United States and abroad.
Educational Evaluation, Testing and
American Evaluation Association (AEA)
International professional association of evaluators
devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel
evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation.
FairTest: University Testing
Provides information on standardized testing in
higher education and includes resources focused on assessing student learning
National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
NCME encourages scholarly effort to advance the
science of measurement in education and improve applications and practice
Higher Education Benchmarking Data
Data Quality Campaign (DQC)
Contains information on using and creating data
systems, resources for policy-makers, and the resource library allows for
searches by constituent or by area.
Southern Regional Education Board: Education Data (SREB)
Helping states stay up to date on the latest
interstate comparisons and trends in education is a core service of SREB. The
Education Data program collects, analyzes and shares demographic, economic,
pre-K-12 and higher education data among SREB states.
Search Engines and Resource Compendia
Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
Web Based Institutional Research Resources
ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation (ERIC)
Information resource on educational assessment,
evaluation, and research methodology.
Search Engines and Resource Compendia (NC)
North Carolina State University-University Planning
and Assessment Outcomes
Provides a comprehensive list of Internet resources
for higher education outcomes assessment-sorts by various types and topics.
State Higher Education Executive Officers: Online
Access to Resources (SHEEO)
Provides access to quality data and policy sources.
Through a series of sourcebooks, it organizes and describes diverse resource
materials, provides hotlinks to original materials, and allows users to
search in different ways.