Assessment Resources
Below are a few resources related to assessing library activities, particularly instruction. Please contact Cecelia Parks (cecelia@virginia.edu) to talk about assessment ideas and projects!
- ACRL Project OutcomeProject Outcome is a free toolkit offering libraries access to training, data analytics, and standardized surveys that measure outcomes in key library service areas.
- "Moving from Critical Assessment to Assessment as Care"This article explores a care-based assessment framework rooted in the foundations of critical assessment, relational-cultural theory, and critical generosity.
- "Outcomes Assessment in Undergraduate Information Literacy Instruction: A Systematic Review"This review synthesizes the theoretical and practical literature on ILI assessment.
- Authentic Assessments ToolboxA how-to text on creating authentic tasks, rubrics, and standards for measuring and improving student learning.
Classroom Assessment Techniques for Librarians by Call Number: ZA3075 .B69 2015Publication Date: 2015
Toward a Critical-Inclusive Assessment Practice for Library Instruction by Publication Date: 2019
Assessment
Assessment is a crucial part of ensuring that the Teaching & Learning team is fulfilling our mission and providing the best possible service. Below are some of the results of recent assessment projects and some resources for conducting assessment. Please contact Cecelia Parks for further details.
Participatory Design Project with APISAA Students
- Assessing and Improving the Experience of Underrepresented Populations: A Participatory Design ApproachThis is the article we based our project on.
- LOEX 2023 presentationTitle: “I just want a place to cry”: Advocating for Asian American Students Using a Participatory Design Process
Assessment AY 2023-24
Assessment AY 2022-23
- Assessment Plan AY 2022-23This plan primarily focuses on assessing T&L GenEd initiatives.
- T&L Interactions, Summer-Fall 2022Report on Teaching & Learning interactions for Summer and Fall 2022
Assessment AY 2021-22
- Assessment Plan 2021-229/3/21 draft
- T&L Interactions, 2021-22Report of interactions (teaching, consultations, events, etc.) in Teaching & Learning in the 2021-22 academic year.
- T&L GenEd Pre- and Post-Session Survey Responses, 2021-22Report on results of pre- and post-instruction session surveys given to undergraduate students in the 2021-22 academic year.
- T&L Interactions Summer-Fall 2021Report of Teaching & Learning interactions for Summer and Fall 2021
Assessment AY 2020-21
The T&L team conducted a number of assessment projects in the 2020-2021 academic year. The assessment plan guiding those projects as well as reported results are below.
- Assessment Plan AY 20-21T&L's assessment plan as of 8/24/20
- Teaching & Learning GenEd Student Pre- and Post-Session Survey Results, 2020-2021Report of results from the major assessment project completed by the Teaching & Learning GenEd team in 2020-21
- Fall 2020 GenEd Student Assessment SummaryOne-page summary of the results of pre- and post-instruction session surveys administered in Fall 2020.
- Fall 2020 T&L GenEd Student Assessment ReportFull results of pre- and post-instruction session surveys administered in Fall 2020
Assessment AY 2019-20
Analysis and visualizations of the 2019-2020 interactions data for the T&L team are below.