Creating a Culture of Assessment at NIU What is a culture of assessment?

Why is it needed? According to Carolinda Douglass, Director of the Offi ce of Assessment Services (OAS), “A solid, positive culture of assessment is needed to help NIU address increasing demands in the way student learning is documented and measured. ” Dr. Stephen Zerwas, Director of the Offi ce of Academic Assessment at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, says that “there are valid demands from external agencies to account for what we are doing in higher education. ” As educators, we should be able to provide evidence to parents, employers, legislators, and accreditin