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Annual Program Assessment Reporting

WSU undergraduate degree programs are responsible for reporting annually on program-level assessment, submitting a report to ACE. ACE provides an annual program assessment report form in Qualtrics for programs to use, along with additional reporting resources, and ACE staff are also available to answer questions and help assessment coordinators complete the report.

See Writing Your Annual Program Assessment Report for more information.

Reporting Goals

Annual reporting on program assessment furthers several goals:

  • Helps programs document their assessment activities and processes; may assist in identifying needs and next steps.
  • Allows the university and leadership to gauge the status of program assessment systems, including use of data and achievement of program learning outcomes; helps inform planning, initiatives, and where support is needed.
  • Serves as an institutional inventory, summarized for the university at multiple levels:
    • WSU-wide: Information from annual program assessment reports are compiled to provide WSU-wide summaries of undergraduate program assessment for the WSU community and the public. Additionally, the WSU-wide and College View Summary Dashboard, available to WSU employees (log-in required), provides a more detailed snapshot of assessment activities over the past three years for the university and colleges (and some activities for campuses).
    • Colleges: The WSU-wide and College View Summary Dashboard, available to WSU employees (log-in required), provides a snapshot of assessment activities over the past three years for each college; college-level filters are intended to show each college’s contribution to the university-wide metrics and targets for program assessment.
    • Individual Programs: The Individual Program View Summary Dashboard, available to WSU employees (log-in required), provides a snapshot of assessment activities over the past three years for individual programs; individual program-level filters are intended to show each program’s contribution to the university-wide metrics and targets for program assessment.
  • Contributes to WSU’s regional accreditation requirements under the Northwest Commission for Colleges and Universities (NWCCU); helps respond to recommendations.

ACE Services for Program Assessment Reporting

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FAQs

Each undergraduate academic program that offers a degree needs to report annually on assessment, submitting a report to ACE. Thresholds for annual program assessment reporting modify the reporting process in small undergraduate programs, see Writing Your Annual Program Assessment Report for details. For questions about specific degree programs contact us.

Yes, graduate programs also report regularly on their program-level assessment. See the Graduate School website for details.

Yes, every undergraduate degree program reports to ACE annually on its assessment.

ACE makes improvements to the report form, as needed, in order to streamline the reporting process and to meet evolving needs at WSU. Please contact us to give input.