Conferences

• HLC - March 21-24, 2026 - Chicago, IL
• UPCEA - April 15-17, 2026 - New Orleans, LA
• AIR - May 26-29, 2026 - Washington, D.C.
• AALHE - June 9-10, 2026 - Online
• EDUCASE - Sept. 29 - Oct. 2 - Denver, CO & Online
• IUPUI - October 18-20, 2026 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Journals

• Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
  • Quarterly journal on assessment issues/methods.
  • See article abstracts or purchase full text as pdf or html.
• Assessment Update
  • This bimonthly newsletter is one of the best ways to keep up with new developments and what’s going on elsewhere.
  • Some articles from recent issues are available to the public. Full access may be available online through your college/university library.
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
• International Journal of ePortfolio (IJeP) includes articles about using e-portfolios in assessment. Articles are available as pdf files.

• Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation
  • On-line journal, since 1989.
  • Articles are pdf files. Search by title, author, descriptor, keyword.
• Quality Approaches in Higher Education
• Research & Practice in Assessment
  • Online journal, begun in 2006 by the Virginia Assessment Group.
  • Download articles as pdf files.
• The Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness
  • From NEEAN.
  • Articles can be downloaded by subscribers, via institutional libraries’ JSTOR or MUSE memberships, or for a fee.
• Education Commission of the States (ECS) page has abstracts of publications and information about ECS projects in higher education and K-12 assessment, accountability, workplace preparation, and other topics. For publications, select assessment from the list of topics on the reports & databases page.

• At a Glance: What We Know about the Effects of Service-Learning on College Students, Faculty, Institutions and Communities, 1993-2000 (pdf file).
• Assessment and Learning: State of the field review
• Pelletier, S. (2015).  Taming “Big Data”: Using Data Analytics for Student Success and Institutional Intelligence
• Popham (1997), What’s wrong — and what’s right — with rubrics?
• Tierney & Simon (2004), What’s still wrong with rubrics: Focusing on the consistency of performance criteria across scale levels.