What role does assessment play in accreditation?
Assessment will be the major focus of our next Middle States accreditation visit. For most if not all accreditation agencies, assessment has become a targeted focus. ABET, NCATE, AACSB and NCLEC visiting teams, to name a few, predominately spend their time delving into how units measured outcomes (hopefully in at least two ways), and the changes made as a result of findings. Of course, this means that all units that are part of an accreditation visit must, first, identify their outcomes.
