Office of Assessment
The Office of Assessment, along with the Office of Institutional Research, is housed within the Office of Planning and Assessment. The unit resides within the Division of Academic Affairs and serves the entire university in building a culture of assessment that involves all stakeholders – students, faculty, staff, and administrators. By doing so, it serves students’ success while preparing the institution for effectively meeting the standards for accreditation set by Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Our Mission
The Office of Assessment seeks to build assessment capacity at Coppin State University in order to help students succeed. We do this by:
- Facilitating sustainable, utilization-focused unit-level assessment and related data-based decision-making and resource allocation;
- Designing, implementing, and monitoring a unit-level assessment process that is aligned to the institutional strategic plan; and,
- Supporting the acquisition and implementation of assessment technologies.
Institutional Effectiveness
In conjunction with the Office of Planning and Assessment, the Office of Assessment has responsibilities for coordinating assessment efforts at CSU. CSU Assessment process answers two critical questions:
- How is institutional effectiveness assessed at CSU through the use of strategic goals and objectives?
- How are assessment data and results used to improve policy formation, budget and fiscal planning, curriculum and student development, and teaching and learning?
It is a centralized university resource designed to inform planning and policy decisions in a wide range of academic and administrative areas. Since academic year 2005-2006, the Office of Assessment has focused its efforts on training and development, survey development, assessment, educational research, and strategic planning. It provides critically important reporting, assessment, benchmarking, planning, and services to support institutional effectiveness while responding to the needs of the university community. An ongoing assessment process consists of data collected in four broad categories: internal program review, external program review, formal and informal testing, and follow-up studies.