Primary Research Group has published the Survey of Best Practices in Student Assessment, 2018 Edition, ISBN 978-157440-491-3

This highly detailed 181-page report presents the results of a survey of 54 higher education assessment administrators, relating their best practices and advice, and data on their program and technology use, budgets and expenditures, personnel policies, relations with faculty, testing policies and much more.  Other issues examined includes but is not limited to interviewing transfers, drop outs and graduates, post college results assessment, college and university role models for assessment and more.

Just a few of the report’s many finding are that:

•	On average, 55.56% of diagnostic tests administered to incoming students are web-based.  Examining trends by type of school, community colleges have the highest percentage of web-based assessments (87.33%), while research universities have the lowest (32.00%).  
•	Respondents most commonly said that ACT scores are a “modestly effective predictor” of student performance (32.73%) or a “good predictor” (23.64%).  Four-year degree institutions were most likely to say they are an “excellent predictor” (22.22%), with 0.00% of community colleges and research universities believing so.
•	Only 5.45% offer a standardized test in Library Services/Information Literacy
•	Research universities are most likely to describe student affairs departments as “very involved” in assessment efforts (42.86%), followed by four-year degree granting institutions (14.81%).  
•	The mean budget for the public college assessment offices in the sample was $225,000
•	About a quarter of schools have an “assessment day” or “assessment period” (25.45%).  They are most common at research universities (42.86%).

The following colleges and universities participated in the study:  Albertus Magnus College, Antioch College, Appalachian State University, Arkansas State University-Beebe, Augustana College, Bloomsburg University, Boston College, Broward College, Carleton University, Colorado College, Cornell College, CSU Dominguez Hills, Cuyahoga Community College, Delaware State University, Eastern Illinois University, Elon University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Evangel University, Faulkner University, Furman University, Hannibal-LaGrange University, Ivy Tech Community College, Johnson & Wales University, Kansas State University, Le Moyne College, Life Chiropractic College West, Lincoln University, Lindenwood University-Belleville, Lyon College, Malone University, Menlo College, Meredith College, Michigan State University, Missouri Western State University, Monroe College, Murray State University, Prairie View A&M University, Sentara College of Health Sciences, Southern California University of Health Sciences, St. Paul's College, University of Manitoba, Stephen F. Austin State University, Stockton University, UAMS College of Pharmacy, UMUC (University of Maryland University College), United States Sports Academy, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of North Florida, University of Northern Colorado, University of St. Thomas, University of TN at Martin, University of West Florida, University of Victoria, Vincennes University, York University

Data in the report is broken out for public and private colleges, by level of tuition, enrollment level and institutional type. A PDF version of the report is currently available from Primary Research Group for $112.00 and a print version of the report is in production and will be available for shipment on February 12th and can be ordered now.  Site licenses are also available. For a table of contents, excerpt and list of participants – or to place an order -- view the product page for this report at: https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=472

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