Assessment Plan Templates, Winter 2024

• Please select the Assessment Plan Template needed for your program, either Academic Program or Co-Curricular and Service Program. Download the appropriate template and complete the form, saving it as a .doc or .docx document.
• Academic programs will include a curriculum map for each major and for each stand alone certificate offered by their program. Please save this document as a .pdf, .xls, or .xlsx file.
• Critical Update--effective 3/27/2024 (clarification from HLC, GVSU's accrediting body):
  BADGES do not need to be assessed as separate entities so long as the courses used in them are not specific to the badge. For example, if the courses making up a badge can also be used in a major or certificate, the badge does not need to be assessed as a separate entity. If a badge is made of courses that are used ONLY for that badge, then the badge must be assessed like a major or a certificate (2 SLO/SCOs).

Assessment Plan Template for Academic Programs

Assessment Plan Template for Co-Curricular and Service Programs

Please email completed forms to uac@gvsu.edu

Assessment is an ongoing process. This page describes the assessment timeline expectations for academic programs, advising centers, and co-curricular units at GVSU.

• Annually: Units post regular (at least annual) updates on their assessment activities. Annual updates will be due by August 1 for programs with fall reviews and by January 21 for programs with winter reviews.
• Two-year cycle: UAC reviews the academic programs, advising centers, and co-curricular unit assessments on a two-year rotation. Deadlines for any final updates for reviews are posted in GVAdvance under the Deadlines menu.

UAC reviews the assessment activities in GVAssess according to the quarterly review cycle ( link to spreadsheet, updated 3/15/25 ). The review cycles restart Fall 2025.

Group A:  assessment report updates due August 1 of odd years
Group B:  assessment report updates due January 21 of even years
Group C:  assessment report updates due August 1 of even years
Group D:  assessment report updates due January 21 of odd years

This process ensures UAC reviews and provides feedback on all units' assessment activities at least once every two years.

Notifications:

• Unit heads and assessment leads receive notifications for upcoming reviews within GVAdvance.
• GVAdvance users with the Group Admin tag (typically unit heads) are expected to manage the list of assessment leads for their unit via the Admin Menu area of GVAdvance (bottom of the main window).

Prior to the review deadline, units should ensure that:

• The assessment plan is up-to-date in GVAssess, and data reporting has been entered for outcomes assessed in last two years. See the Reporting Expectations page for details. 

Units may also wish to review the reporting expectations, reviewer rubrics, and resources and support page as they refine their assessment activities.