EWU Assessment Cycle Timeline
Click on a date below to see what documents and processes are due specific to the selection:
October 31, 2024
Program Learning Outcomes
Programs who are not included in the CPAC or Program Review process during Academic Year 2024-2025 are required to have a current and forward-facing Assessment Cycle identified in the Assessment Management System (AMS), Nuventive Improve.
November 30, 2024
Review of Submitted Assessment Reports
Evaluate and provide feedback on the Assessment Report based on an approved rubric.
In Nuventive, APAC will review the submitted plans and provide feedback.
Assessment Coordinators/Program Directors/Program Chairs will review feedback and implement actions to improve the assessment plan for the next academic year.
Program CLO revisions due to CPAC (UAC or GAC).
January 31, 2025
Annual Assessment Reporting
Program Level:
Each program reports annually on their assessment activities, their results, and progress in completing their approved Program Assessment Plan.
College Level:
Each college reviews program reports as delineated in the college policy and procedures on assessment.
Committee Level
The Academic Programs Assessment Committee reports PLO annual assessment completion to Rules and Provost or designee.
University Level
The University Assessment Committee (APAC) and administrators working on assessment write an annual report about the state of assessment at the University to be submitted to the Provost and President. This report is also distributed to the university community.
NEEDS A DATE
Collect Data
Follow the assessment cycle by using the planned activities to measure and collect data:
Plan and perform assessment activities to measure outcomes.
Establish data collection plans and protocols to maintain data integrity.
Collect data from the assessment measures administered. The data collection period should be inclusive of the fall, winter, spring, and summer quarters; fall, spring, and summer semesters; fall I, fall II, winter I, winter II, spring I, spring II, and summer I terms.
March & April 2025
Assessment Plans & Establishing Criteria
Semester Programs: April 7, 2025
Online Accelerated: April 14, 2025
Quarter Programs: April 21, 2025
Review, update, and align Program Learning Outcomes and Course Learning Outcomes.
Program Learning Outcomes should be evaluated consecutively for three years (Fall 2024 – Summer 2027).
Review and establish Student Learning Outcomes and course objectives
Examine program goals
Review the prior year’s assessment cycle plan to address findings for continuous improvement.
Reevaluate and establish goals to align with institutional goals, academic initiatives, and accreditation requirements.
April 2025
Assessment Plan Development & Establish Measures and Criteria
Assessment Plan Development
Program Learning Outcomes should be evaluated consecutively for three years (Fall 2024 – Summer 2027).
Complete the following sections:
Enter assessment information in Nuventive Improve.
College, Mission Statement, Assessment Unit Contact, and Date of Next Review.
Establish Measures and Criteria
Assessment Method Status (Active), Assessment Method Category, Assessment Method (Describe the assessment tool, including the assignment as explained to students and the rubric), Performance Target (Targets are the desired level of performance you want to see, as measured by indicators, that represents success at achieving your outcome. This should be decided before the data is collected and analyzed).
Semester Programs: April 7, 2025
Online Accelerated: April 14, 2025
Quarter Programs: April 21, 2025
May & June 2025
Preliminary Review
Semester Programs: April 7, 2025
Online Accelerated: April 14, 2025
Quarter Programs: April 21, 2025
Review and provide feedback on data entered in Nuventive
OOA will review assessment data in Nuventive reporting on any missed sections to Associate Deans in the APAC meetings.
Faculty, Assessment Coordinators, Program Directors, and Chairs will be responsible for addressing feedback and updating the information in Nuventive for the assessment report to export correctly.
September 1, 2025
Faculty Development in the Faculty Commons
Campus Wide Assessment Workshops
Creation of faculty requested development and open sessions to support assessment review
Topics will vary depending on faculty requested training that presents during the preliminary review.
OOA and AVP Academic Affairs will provide 30-minute to 1-hour workshops to help programs with the development of a culture of assessment within their areas.
Various options for training and consultation will be available: one-on-one, small group (10 or less), large group (10 or more), and asynchronous courses mandated for faculty by faculty.
October 31, 2025
Submit Assessment Report & Analyze Results (Close the Loop)
Analyze collected data and complete Closing the Loop section in Nuventive
Perform detailed analysis of data to determine if achievement is met based on the established criteria. Analysis should be specific to connecting achievements of student learning and identifying learning gaps.
Review and discuss data with department Chairs and faculty to strategize continuous improvement efforts for student learning.
Upon analysis and discussion of data, enter comprehensive finding details for each criterion and planned uses of results in Nuventive.
Where achievement targets are not met, a plan of action is required.
November 30, 2025
Review of Submitted Assessment Reports
Evaluate and provide feedback on the assessment report based on an approved rubric
In Nuventive, OOA will review the submitted plan and provide feedback.
Assessment Coordinators/Program Chairs will review feedback and implement actions to improve the assessment plan for the next academic year.
Program CLO revisions due to CPAC (UAC or GAC).
January 31, 2026
Assessment Plans & Establishing Criteria
University Level:
The University Assessment Committee (APAC) and administrators working on assessment write an annual report about the state of assessment at the University to be submitted to the Provost and President. This report is also distributed to the University community.
Committee Level
The Academic Programs Assessment Committee reports PLO annual assessment completion to Rules and Provost or designee.
College Level
Each college reviews program reports as delineated in the college policy and procedures on assessment.
Program Level
Each program reports annually on their assessment activities, their results, and progress in completing their approved Program Assessment Plan
