Skip to content
 Welcome back Badgers!
New Student Orientation Info →

Assessment Day

Assessment Day is an ongoing institutional commitment to consider whether the college's degree and certificate programs enable students to achieve learning outcomes. Each program has a five-year plan to assess each outcome using student learning artifacts.

This page contains instructions for the current Assessment Day and links to both program outcomes and a repository for assessment documents.

Program health dashboards are under development and will detail and contextualize metrics related to enrollment, student success, and cost.


Assessment Day 2026
Task One: Preparation (due April 20)
  • Review your degrees, program outcomes, and program assessment plan to familiarize yourself with the work your department did last year.
  • Review the goals set last year, and prepare to report on them.
  • Contact Vance Larsen for needed updates to your Canvas repository.
  • Gather the artifacts needed for the assessment activities planned for this year. Please include artifacts from all modalities of teaching and compare assessment results between modalities where necessary.
  • If needed, contact Vance Larsen or Academic Affairs staff for help.
Task Two: Assessment (due May 20)
  • Following the faculty-wide meeting on Assessment Day (May 7), organize faculty in your program, program group, or department to carry out this year's planned assessment work.
  • Following the assessment work, analyze and reflect on the results. Create a page to post your analysis and reflection for this prior year. Title the page [Year]-[Year] Program Reflection. On the page you should have the following sections:
    1. Status of Last Year's Goals,
    2. Assessment Results,
    3. Reflection on Results, and
    4. Next Steps.
  • Send the link for the results document to Vance Larsen, Faculty Fellow for Assessment.
Task Three: Program Communication (due May 20)
  • Review your program pages to identify any changes that are needed for the page itself or the catalog pages linked from it. Email David Allred with any needed changes.
  • Review your department webpage to identify and changes that are needed. Email David Allred with any needed changes.
Assessment Resources
Program Outcomes and Repository Links
Program Outcomes Repository
AS, Architecture Approval Expected
AS, Art Outcomes Documents
AS, Dance Outcomes Documents
AS, Music Outcomes Documents
BM, Commercial Music Outcomes Documents
AS, Theater Outcomes Documents
AFA, Visual Studies Outcomes Documents
Program Outcomes Repository
AS, Communication Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Communication Outcomes Documents
AA, English Outcomes Documents
AA, Philosophy Outcomes Documents
AA, Spanish Language Outcomes Documents
As, Strategic Communication Outcomes Documents
AA, TESL Outcomes Documents
Certificate, TESL Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Writing and Rhetoric Outcomes Documents
Program Outcomes Repository
AS, Biology Outcomes Documents
AS, Chemical Engineering Outcomes Documents
AS, Chemistry Outcomes Documents
AS, Civil and Environmental Engineering Outcomes Documents
AS, Computer Science Outcomes Documents
AS, Electrical and Computer Engineering Outcomes Documents
AS, Geology Outcomes Documents
AS, Mathematics Outcomes Documents
AS, Mechanical Engineering Outcomes Documents
AS, Natural Resources Outcomes Documents
AAS, Natural Resources Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Natural Resources Outcomes Documents
AS, Physics Outcomes Documents
APE, Pre-Engineering Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Remote Aircraft Business Outcomes Documents
AS, Software Engineering Outcomes Documents
BS, Software Engineering Outcomes Documents
AS, Statistics Outcomes Documents
Program Outcomes Repository
AS, Accounting Outcomes Documents
AS, Agribusiness Outcomes Documents
AAS, Agribusiness Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Agribusiness Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Basic Accounting Outcomes Documents
ASB, Business Outcomes Documents
AS, Business Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Carpentry Fundamentals Outcomes Documents
AS, Construction Management Outcomes Documents
AAS, Construction Management Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Digital Marketing Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Entrepreneurship Outcomes Documents
AAS, Equine Management Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Equine Management Outcomes Documents
AAS, Farm and Ranch Management Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Marketing Outcomes Documents
ASN, Nursing Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Outdoor Entrepreneurship Outcomes Documents
AS, Outdoor Leadership Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Outdoor Leadership Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Outdoor Technical Skills Outcomes Documents
AS, Pre-Veterinary Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Precision Agriculture Outcomes Documents
AAS, Respiratory Therapy Outcomes Documents
Program Outcomes Repository
Certificate, Behavioral Health Technician Approval Expected
AS, Child Development Outcomes Documents
AAS, Childcare Management Outcomes Documents
AS, Criminal Justice and Corrections Outcomes Documents
AS, Early Childhood Education Outcomes Documents
AS, Economics Outcomes Documents
AS, Education Outcomes Documents
AS, Exercise Science Outcomes Documents
AS, Family and Consumer Science Education Outcomes Documents
AS, Family and Human Development Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Family Studies Outcomes Documents
AS, Geography Outcomes Documents
AS, History Outcomes Documents
AS, Nutrition Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Paraprofessional in Education Outcomes Documents
AS, Physical Education Teaching Outcomes Documents
AS, Political Science Outcomes Documents
AS, Psychology Outcomes Documents
AS, Social Work Outcomes Documents
AS, Sociology Outcomes Documents
Program Outcomes Repository
Certificate, Advanced EMT Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Advanced Networking and Cybersecurity Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Automation Technology Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Automotive Technology Outcomes Documents
AAS, Automotive Technology Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Commercial Driver's License Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Composites Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Cosmetology Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Diesel Technology Outcomes Documents
AAS, Diesel Technology Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Electrical Apprenticeship Outcomes Documents
Certificate, EMT Outcomes Documents
Certificate, HVACR Technician Outcomes Documents
AAS, Industrial Technology Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Information Technology Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Machining Technology Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Medical Assistant Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Meat Services Approval Expected
Certificate, Nail Technician Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Networking and Cybersecurity Outcomes Documents
AAS, Networking and Cybersecurity Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Nursing Assistant Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Phlebotomy Outcomes Documents
AAS, Salon Business Outcomes Documents
Certificate, Welding Technology Outcomes Documents