September 2007. Assessing for service, responsibility

October 2007. A 2,500-year-old learning outcomes innovation

November 2007. Schroedinger's CATs and classroom assessment

December 2007. Bloom's Taxonomy I: Planning course objectives

January 2008. Bloom's Taxonomy II: Day-by-day planning

Last year's issues -- Vol. 7 (2006-2007) -- are posted on top. Back issues from 2001 to the end of the 2005-2006 school year are posted in chronological order below under the heading "Back Issues."

August 2006. Syllabus reform at home, politics in D.C.

September 2006. Classroom assessment workshops; more politics

October 2006. Medieval bureaucracy, CATs and Miller commission

November 2006. Santa, CATs and federal bureaucracy

Dec. 2006-Jan. 2007. What standardized tests can and can't do

February 2007. CATs and writing; federal IPED maneuver?

March 2007. "Value added" testing -- here and as a policy issue

April 2007. Of liberal arts, the Sunday Times and assessment

May 2007. Our test scores, what they mean (and don't mean)

June 2007. Rubrics and assessing class discussion

July 2007. Meeting academic affairs dean Michael Bromberg

Back Issues

Volume 1 (2000-01 academic year)

Feb. 9, 2001. NCA official to visit | Pennsylvania governor touts assessment | Vol. 1 No. 1 asks feedback

March 6, 2001. Dr. John A. Taylor of NCA speaks at SCI | Developmental English composition report.

April 2, 2001. Lynette Shaw-Smith's anology on how assessment is like keeping track of sports statistics.

Volume 2 (2001-02 academic year)

August 10, 2001. Continuity in a time of administrative transition at SCI.

Sept. 26, 2001. Here's what NCA approved (analysis of SCI's 2001 report)

Oct. 26, 2001. "CAT smorgasbord": faculty development

Nov. 29, 2001. ACT Survey: What are students telling us? Also: subcommittees.

Jan. 14, 2002. Grades, poetry and Primary Trait Analysis.

Feb. 26, 2002. Job advice, documentation and closing the loop.

March 22, 2002. Assessing non-credit classes, a growth opportunity

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Volume 3 (2002-03 school year)

August 2002. Goals, objectives and outcomes

September 2002. Goals, objectives and outcomes revisited

October 2002. What do you want to know about CATs?

November 2002. Program assessment: We want to hear from you

January 2003. How do I assess thee? In plain English, please ...

February 2003. Cooperating to make April 2 assessment day succeed

March 2003. An open letter to students on Assessment Day

April 2003. Word(s) of thanks, year-end announcements

Volume 4 (2003-04 school year)

August 2003. Common sense principles drive AQIP

September 2003. Program assessment: English points the way

October 2003. AQIP 'conversation day' - shared values, action

Nov.-Dec. 2003. Spring semester faculty CAT survey results

January 2004. CAAP test - assessment day scheduled March 31

February 2004. Readin', writin' and curricula in arts and sciences

March 2004. Assessment Day: Prizes, free food, No. 2 pencils

April 2004. SCI and the news from Lake Wobegon (1 of 2)

May 2004. Test Scores, SCI and Lake Wobegon (2 of 2)

 Volume 5 (2004-05 school year)

September 2004. A fortune cookie for new teachers (1st of series on CATs)

October 2004. Goals, objectives and CATs (2nd of series)

November 2004. 1-minute papers focus class (3rd of CAT series)

December 2004. Pre-/post-tests; overall strategies (4th of CAT series)

January 2005. Common Learning Outcomes; formative feedback (last of CAT series)

February 2005. Common Learning Outcomes will drive course objectives

March 2005. CAAP reading test results; open letter to students

April 2005. Aligning mission, statement CSLOs, CBSLOs in syllabi (1 of 2)

May 2005. Aligning mission, statement CSLOs, CBSLOs in syllabi (2 of 2)

Volume 6 (2005-06 school year)

August 2005. Explaining syllabi, SLOs to students

September 2005. Syllabus (re)form: Still a work in progress

October 2005. Northern Arizona freshman experience

November 2005. Mission statements and classroom teaching

Dec.-Jan. 2006. Dialog on classroom assessment report

February 2006. A high-stakes federal testing mandate for colleges?

March 2006. Math assessment, growth and a blue-ribbon commission

April 2006. CAAP test scores in, clouds on horizon

May 2006. Year-end questionnaires, network and politics

June 2006. Findings of NCA site visit team

July 2006. Syllabi and federal politics