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The Institutional Effectiveness Plan An
Excellent Way to Convey Evidence of Assessment
Ellen M. Boylan, Ph.D. Marywood University NEAIR
33rd Annual Conference Philadelphia
November 5 7, 2006
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Why an Institutional Effectiveness Plan
Middle States Accreditation Visit
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Institutional Effectiveness Plan
Where Learning Becomes Leading
Documentation
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MSA Commission Expectations

• Assessment Plans
• Institutional Effectiveness
• Standard 7 requires a written
• assessment plan and process for
• the assessment of overall
• institutional effectiveness.
• Conceptually, this assessment
• umbrella includes the assessment
• of student learning (addressed in
• detail in Standard 14)

• Assessment Plans
• Student Learning
• One of the Fundamental
• Elements of Standard 14
• requires a "plan that describes
• student learning assessment
• activities being undertaken. . . ."
• the plan may be integrated
• within the self-study or may be
• a separate document.

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Timeline.

• Steering Committee named Spring 2003
• MSA Workshop, training Fall 2003
• Select Study Group members Spring 2004
• Design for Self-Study September 2004
• Writing in Study Groups 2004 2005
• Draft of Self-Study campus input Fall 2005
• Final Report - Middle States Accreditation
• Self Study visit
• April 2006

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Outcomes Assessment Committee
eager to participate.
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Assessment 5-Year Report Template
Intended Outcome or Objective of the Major or Program Assessment Method(s) Implementation Plan Outcome/Date Oversight Body/ Accountability Actions Taken on Results




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Link to Strategic Planning
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Developing the IEP
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Select Key IEP Elements
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Master Index of Self Study Documents
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Elements

• Long Range Survey Schedule
• Survey Data Linked to Strategic Goals
• Operational Plan Benchmarks
• Dashboard Indicators
• Accreditation Timeline Reports
• Retention Report IPEDs State Peers
• Summary of Unit Plans
• Advancement
• Business Affairs
• Student Life
• School of Continuing Education
• Academic Inventory of College Plans

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Long Range Survey Schedule
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Data Linked to Strategic Goals
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Operational Plan Benchmarks
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Dashboard Indicators
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Accreditation Timeline
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Retention Report
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Unit Plans
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Institutional Effectiveness Plan
Where Learning Becomes Leading
Documentation
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• Recommendations
• Assessment

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The Institutional Effectiveness Plan An
Excellent Way to Convey Evidence of
Assessment Ellen M. Boylan, Ph.D. Marywood
University Scranton PA available http//www.mar
ywood.edu/instresearch/activity.stm