Institutional-Level Assessment Steps

Step 1: Identify Outcome to be Assessed
- The timeline for assessing the Institutional-level assessment timeline of each Core Competency was established in 2019 through the Assessment Advisory Committee.
- Please refer to the General Core Competency Assessment Timeline for information on when each Competency will be assessed. We currently finished the assessment of Written Communication in 2025-26.
Step 2: Gather Evidence of Student Achievement and Instructor Participation
In the past, evidenced gathering followed a juried assessment process. We have shifted over to distributed assessment process that is as follows for evidence gathering:
- Each quarter, an email will be sent out to all faculty teaching courses relevant to the Core Competency being assessed that year with instructions on:
  - How to setup CANVAS for their participation
  - How to score their students
- The Director of Evaluation and Assessment will reach out to members of the UCR community for indirect data to inform the assessment.
Step 3: Organize the Evidence
- All scores submitted by faculty are obtained by the Director of Evaluation and Assessment from CANVAS.
- The data is sent to IR for merging with student demographic data and uploading into the Core Competency Dashboard
Step 4: Analyze the Evidence
- The Office of Evaluation and Assessment will analyze the direct and indirect data collected from the assessment.
- The findings from the analyses will be compiled in a report.
Step 5: Share Results
- The draft report will be shared with the Committee on Educational Policy and Assessment Advisory Committee for feedback and recommendations.
- The final report is shared with UCR leadership for discussion and support for next steps.
Step 6: Using What We Have Learned
- The Director of Evaluation and Assessment will work with the UCR community to implement and follow up on next steps.

Institutional-Level Assessment Diagram

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