The assessment plan continually flows from and feeds into the institutional mission, goals, and objectives. A multiple-measures approach allows each department to develop an assessment approach appropriate to its discipline. Academic assessment is the responsibility of the faculty, administration, staff, and students. Academic assessment improves the teaching and learning process. Academic assessment plays an integral role in planning, budgeting, and allocating resources.
Academic assessment helps to improve student satisfaction.
Individual unit assessment plans will be continually evaluated and improved to meet the ever-changing needs of the student population. The university's assessment plan will be reviewed on a regular basis and appropriate revision will be made accordingly. More specifically, assessment is the process of defining, selecting, designing, collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and using information to increase students' learning and development. It includes discussions about what should be assessed and how information will be used, not just the hands-on testing of students. The information may or may not be in numerical form, but the basic motive for gathering it is to improve the functioning of the institution and its people.