Assessment Database

What is an Assessment Plan?

Assessment is an integral part of the accreditation for the University, as it determines whether or not the achievement plans and goals of each college and department are being met. Assessment contributes to curriculum re-design and enhancement, student learning and continuous improvement of university programs and services.

A plan reporter (chair, director, dean, assistant or associate VP) from each department determines the specific objectives and outcome measures that comprise his/her unit’s assessment plan for the academic year. During the plan period, data and/or results should be collected in order to report on the success of the plan. The reporter then enters the complete plan, results, and the appropriate supporting documentation into the assessment database where it can be viewed by assessment coordinators, accreditation staff and the plan approver (department head/supervisor) who may then verify that the assessment plan is satisfactory.

It is recommended that you retain a copy of your assessment plan in a Word document, from which you may then paste your results into the assessment database. Videos on how to navigate and enter data into the database are located here: Assessment Database online training.

Plan reporters may be asked to revise the assessment plan by their supervisor or an assessment coordinator in order to ensure that the plan provides the necessary information, is clear and well written. A checklist that is being used to evaluate assessment plans is provided at this link: Assessment Plan Checklist.

Request the access to Assessment Website should be made through the FAU Online Help Desk.

University Team for Assurance of Student Learning (TASL)

Description:

The Team for Assurance of Student Learning (TASL) is the university-level assessment committee comprised of the Associate Provost for Assessment and Instruction, College Assessment Directors, the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, and a representative from Institutional Effectiveness and Analysis.

Purpose:

University Team for Assurance of Student Learning (TASL) Description:. The Team for Assurance of Student Learning (TASL) is the university-level assessment committee comprised of the Associate Provost for Assessment and Instruction, College Assessment Directors, the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, and a representative from Institutional Effectiveness and Analysis.

TASL Membership AY 2025-2026

• Dr. Wendy Hinshaw - Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

• Dr. Ann Root - College of Business

• Dr. Bridget Smith - Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

• Dr. Danielle Groton - College of Social Work & Criminal Justice

• Dr. Sheila Walden - College of Education

• Dr. Fred Bloetscher - College of Engineering & Computer Science

• Dr. Julie Earles - Honors College

• Dr. Joy Longo - College of Nursing

• Dr. Jacquie Marshall - College of Nursing

• Dr. Yanmei Li, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

• Dr. Anthony Ambrosio - Director of Assessment Undergrad Programs

• Dr. Darlene Parrish - University Library

• Dr. Russell Ivy - Interim Provost

• Dr. Julie Golden-Botti - Assistant Provost of Online and Continuing Education

• Willie Freeman III - Assoc. Exec Director of eLearning

• Dr. Debra Szabo - Assistant Provost, Accreditation and Assessment

• Jessica Meith - Assistant Director, Academic Affairs

Assessment Mission & Values

Mission Statement

The mission of Assessment is to provide university-wide support for:

• Assessment of student learning outcomes
• Planning and reporting on assessment activities (formative as well as summative).
• Continuous improvement activities at the course, program and institutional levels
• Moreover, Assessment strives to collaborate with faculty, administrators and other staff to develop and sustain, across the university, a community-supported and endorsed culture of assessment.

Values:

• Supporting Faculty in their quest to help students to learn
• Continuous improvement of student learning
• Collaboration with faculty and staff
• Shared responsibility and shared resources
• Use of technology to achieve efficiency
• Responsiveness
• Open communication and listening
• Evidence-based / Data-driven decisions and changes
• Rigorous, high-quality, and useful assessment data such as authentic performance-based assessment and embedded curriculum-based assessments of student abilities, skills (e.g., written and oral communications, quantitative literacy, critical thinking), and knowledge (especially analysis and synthesis as opposed to simple memorization).

For more information about FAU's Assessment Philosophy and Procedures, please see our Student Learning Outcome Assessment Plan: Continuous Quality Improvement.