Assessment and Evaluation

 

Assessment

  

• CIRCLE Civic Engagement Quiz to introduce students to different forms of civic engagment
• Classroom Assessment and Service-Learning
• Measure of Service-Learning 
• Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education discusses how applied (or experiential) learning is helpful when it comes to authentic assessment of student learning 

 

  

Rubric Examples

 

• AACU Metarubric 
• New Tools for Developing New Understanding
• Service-Learning Best Practices: Creating a SL Grading Rubric, Northeastern University 

 

 

Websites and Online Sources for More Information

  

• American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU) is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education.
• American Association of State Colleges and Universities runs the American Democracy Project, a multi-campus initiative focused on higher education's role in preparing the next generation of informed, engaged citizens
• Building a Better World is a wiki with peer-reviewed articles, syllabus examples, curriculum development, and reflection activities for local and international service-learning.  
• Campus Compact is a member organization of universities and colleges committed to educating students to become active citizens who are well equipped to develop creative solutions to society's most pressing issues
• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is an independent policy and research center devoted to encourage and uphold the profession of the teacher
• CIRCLE (Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) conducts and publishes research on the civic and political engagement of young Americans
• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse is Learn & Serve America's comprehensive resource for finding definitions, resources, examples, models, and programs.