"This is an important tool in the movement to transform higher education. It recognizes and celebrates the diversity of American higher education by encouraging institutions to define for themselves the characteristics of effective assessment practices and develop genuine, meaningful processes that will contribute to the improvement of teaching, learning, and student development. It makes an important contribution to the scholarship of assessment by providing a research-based framework for merging student learning assessment processes with cyclical academic program review processes." -- Linda Suskie, Executive Associate Director, Middle States Commission on Higher Education "The compendium of ideas and activities to guide outcomes assessment will be useful to faculty and staff charged with determining the impact of their efforts. The strength and appeal of the volume are the variety of examples of good practices from different types of institutions assessing different aspects of their educational programs. Novice and experienced assessment practitioners alike will benefit from the host of practical tips threaded throughout." -- George D. Kuh, Chancellor’s Professor and Director, Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research

Foreword; I. Understandings of Assessment and the Scope of this Book; II. Why Outcomes-Based Undergraduate Academic Program Review is so important to the Future of Higher Education; III. Overview of Outcomes-Based Assessment Program Review; IV. Criteria for Good Practices of Outcomes-Based Assessment Education; V. Key Questions to Consider when Implementing your Good Practice Outcomes-Based Program Review; VI. Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Outcomes-Based Assessment Program Review; VII. Recommendations for Future Considerations for Implementing Outcomes-Based Program Review Components and Evaluating their Effectiveness; References; ; Appendices; Appendix A: General Descriptions of Each Good Practice Institution; Appendix B: Definitions of Outcomes Based Assessment; Appendix C: Conceptual Frameworks for Outcomes-Based Program Review; Appendix D: Common Operational Language for Outcomes-Based Program Review; Appendix E: Outcomes-Based Assessment Program Review Guidelines; Appendix F: Outcomes-Based Assessment Program Review Templates; Appendix G-1: Primary Trait Analysis Scoring Guide I; Appendix G-2: Primary Trait Analysis Scoring Guide II; Appendix H: Matrix for Aligning Accreditation with Program Review Deadlines; Appendix I: Example of a Concept Map ; Appendix J: A Description of Alverno College's Outcomes-Based Assessment Program Review; Appendix K: Sample Meta-Assessment Rubrics