Office of Institutional Assessment
Assessment Resources
Please use the following links to access resources provided by the Framingham State University Office of Institutional Assessment.
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Sample Assessment Plans
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Sample Curriculum Maps
Publications and Presentations
Nicholas, M. C., & Slotnick, R. C. (2018, April). A Portrait of the Assessment Professional in the United States: Results from a National Survey. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA).
- Nicholas, M.C. & Raider-Roth, M.(2016). A Hopeful Pedagogy to Critical Thinking. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 10(2), Article 3.
- Nicholas, M. C., Hathcoat, J. D. and Brown, B. L. (2016).The Multi-State Collaborative: A Preliminary Examination of Convergent Validation Evidence. Assessment Update 28, 5–14. Retrieved March 1, 2017, from Wiley Online Library database.
- Kali, A. (2014). Assessment at Framingham State University. Presented to the Communication Arts department faculty.
- Nicholas, M. C. & Labig, C. E. , Jr.(2013). Faculty Approaches to Assessing Critical Thinking in the Humanities and the Natural and Social Sciences: Implications for General Education. The Journal of General Education 62(4), 297-319. Penn State University Press. Retrieved March 1, 2017, from Project MUSE database.
- Chang, S., Solomon-Fernandez, Y., Weir, L., & Zimmerman, E. (2012, April). Two- or four-year institution … doesn’t matter: Student success is student success. Paper presented at the Advancing a Massachusetts Culture of Assessment (AMCOA) Conference, University of Massachusetts, Dorchester, MA.
- Caso, A., Chang, S., Glickman, C., Lynne, P., & Zimmerman, E. (2011, September).Using business process analysis to facilitate buy-in and effective assessment information flow. Paper presented at the Advancing a Massachusetts Culture of Assessment (AMCOA) Conference, Worcester State University, Worcester,MA.