Assessment and Evaluation Instruments

The resources below can be used to assess individual student learning and civic growth as well as program or course learning outcomes. 

Assessment for Student Learning

Assessing student civic knowledge, skills, disposition, and engagement is an ongoing process that involves ongoing (and sometimes informal) formative assessments and student reflections on what they are learning and experiencing. The resources provided below will better equip you to help your students participate in the assessment process so they can grow in their learning and civic engagement. 

Civically Engaged Learning Goals Rubric

The rubric provides an additional resource for measuring student civic engagement through the scaffolding of the learning goals.

Assessment Tools

• Civic Engagement Quiz
  Tufts University's Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRLCE)
• Activism Orientation Scale
  Corning, A. F., & Myers, D. J. (2013)
• American Democracy Project - Individual Student Assessment Tool
  American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
• Critical Reflection Template
  DEAL Model for Critical Reflection adapted from Ash, Clayton, & Moses (2009)
• Assessing Reflection in Service Learning
  Bowen, G. (2007)

Additional Assessment Resources

• Enhancing Civic Learning through Digital Storytelling
  Assessment initiative from IUPUI
• Using ePortfolios to Assess Learning and Civic Engagement
  Richards-Schuster, Ruffolo, Leyda, Distelrath, & Galura (2014)
• Student Civic Engagement at ISU - Results from Student Engagement Survey
  Report developed by Illinois State University's Office of University Assessment Services

Related Assessment Research

• The Effects of Academic Programs and Institutional Characteristics on Postgraduate Civic Engagement Behavior. Journal of College Student Development 54(4), 379-396.
• Development of a national survey to assess student learning outcomes of community-based research. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement 15(2), 7-33.

Assessment of Community Partnerships

• Methods and Strategies for Community Partner Assessment
  Community-Campus Partnerships for Health