Planning & Assessment Cycle

Cycle Diagram

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Summer/Early fall semester:

Departments and schools review and discuss assessment data from previous year and discuss departmental improvement plans updated strategic goals and/or actions in light of data.

Mid-October:
Departments submit updated 3-year strategic plans and assessment plans to their dean/vice president.

October 31:
Deans/Vice-Presidents submit school- and division-level strategic and assessment plans to the assessment office.

Fall and Spring semester:


Departments engage in assessment by gathering data based on the means of assessment established in summer/early fall.

June 1:

Departments submit assessment reports to the dean/vice president.

July 1:

Deans/Vice-Presidents submit school- and division-level assessment reports to the assessment office.