Faculty Assessment Components

Instrument	Who Takes It?	Developed Internally (I) or Externally (E)	Type?	Indirect (I) or Direct (D) Outcome Measure?
CIRP Freshman Survey	All first-time freshman	E	Survey	I
Eastern Learning Communities Participant Evaluation	All freshmen in learning communities	I	Survey	I
ETS Academic Profile Test (APT)	All rising juniors	E	Nationally normed exam	D
International Critical Thinking Test (ICAT) and Mathematics Applied Exam	Sample of rising juniors	I and E	ICAT Standardized grading rubric on external exam format and local mathematics exam	D
Senior Test in Major	Varies by department	Both I and E	Exams, nationally normed and local	D
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)	Sample of freshman and seniors	E	Survey	I
Capstone Experience	Varies by department	I	Performance assessment	D
Classroom-Based Assessment	Varies by department plans	I	Performance assessment	D
Student Satisfaction Survey (SSS)	All graduating seniors	I and E	Survey	I
Senior exit interviews	Sample chosen by college deans	I	Interview	I
Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI)	Biannually to 1,000 randomly selected students, approximately 250 in each classification
Adult Student Survey	Students 25 years or older.		Survey	I
HERI Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE)	Faculty and administrators	E	Survey	I
Alumni Satisfaction Survey	1998 and 2000 to fourth-year alumni		Survey	I
Faculty/Staff Campus Assessment Survey	All faculty and staff		Survey	I
Employer Survey			Survey	I