Assessment Plan is the original written assessment document of the purpose, mission, goals, and objectives of the institution, the outcomes to be assessed, and the assessment strategy. Benchmark is the absolute standard against which observed measurements are evaluated in an institutional effectiveness assessment. Collections of competencies form modules, courses, programs, and curricula and may be accounted for quantitatively and measured in institutional effectiveness student assessment. The test results tell whether a student needs more or less work on some skills or sub skills but says nothing about the student's performance relative to other students. Direct Measures of Student Learning are assessment instruments and techniques that estimate levels of academic achievement.
Excellence is a proven performance of exceptional high quality and productivity.
Formative Assessments are conducted during an educational process for guidance and improvement. Goal is a major and general subdivision of the institutional mission statement that defines fixed areas of production and their attainment that should be addressed by specific objectives. Indirect Measures of Student Learning are assessment instruments and techniques that supplement direct measures of academic achievement. Mission is the internally defined statement that documents the vision of the institution. It defines in general and philosophic conditions all of the production areas of the institution and is subdivided into operational goals and specific objectives.