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Institutional-Level Assessment Overview 

Assessment at the institutional level is a collaborative process that is about understanding UCR as a whole. Annually, the Office of Evaluation and Assessment collaboratively guides the following process with the Assessment Advisory Committee:

  • Collects data from across the campus.
  • Puts together a team that assesses the evidence collected
  • Analyzes the findings of the assessment
  • Produces a report to be shared with UCR Leadership

While much of the assessment process at the institutional level mirrors that of program-level assessment, there are some slight differences. At the program level, the entire process exists at the program-level from data collection to reflection and next steps. At the institutional level, data collection, assessment, and analysis happen with the institutional-level team that participates in that year, but the sharing and next steps are done collaboratively with leadership from across the campus.

At the institutional level, we assess the following outcomes - WASC Core Competencies:

  • Critical Thinking
  • Information Literacy
  • Quantitative Reasoning
  • Written Communication
  • Oral Communication

For more information about the WASC Core Competencies, click on the following WASC Core Competency FAQs

For answers to common questions about UCR's institutional-level assessment of WASC Core Competencies, click on the following Institutional-Level Assessment FAQs

 

Institutional-Level Assessment Steps

More details on each step can be found below the diagram.

Institutional-level assessment diagram