Assessment at Missouri State University

The Office of Assessment and Accreditation supports assessment of student learning at the university, college, academic unit, and program level in the following ways:

• Gather, make sense of, and summarize what practitioners at MSU are learning about student learning.
• Collect assessment information from all areas of the university including colleges,  academic units, and programs.
• Identify and lead the analyses of useful institution-level surveys to assess institutional teaching practices and conditions at MSU.
• Emphasize consultative, face-to-face interactions with individuals, academic units, programs, and colleges throughout the university, rather than using reports or web content as the primary means of communicating with and supporting the MSU community.
• Provide a place for honest conversations about things that are working—as well as things that are not working—in courses, programs, and academic units.
• Act as a resource for individuals and units on campus that seek to improve their educational impact.
• Assess and advance student learning on the university’s public affairs mission through:
  • Collecting examples of student learning related to public affairs in various ways and from both curricular and co-curricular experiences.
  • Assess the public affairs mission of the university and develop actions in response to data from these assessments.
  • Serve as a campus resource for practitioners from across the university who are engaging in assessment, and seek out partnerships with curricular and co-curricular groups.