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  • Higher Education Assessment Trends Survey

  • Thank you for participating in this survey exploring how assessment is experienced and used across higher education.

    Your responses will help inform research, thought leadership, and future tools to support assessment work.

    • Estimated time: 10–12 minutes
    • Responses are anonymous

    At the end, you may optionally provide contact information to receive the report or be listed as a contributing participant.


    In this survey, “assessment” refers to how institutions gather and use information about student learning and outcomes (e.g., course-embedded assessment, program-level outcomes assessment, and related improvement processes).

     

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  • About You and Your Institution

    These questions help us understand how perspectives on assessment vary across roles and institutional contexts.
  • Q1. Which of the following best describes your current role?*
  • Q2. What is the highest level degree offered by your institution?*
  • Q3. What best describes your institution’s governance or funding model?*
  • Q4. Which area do you primarily work in?*
  • Q5. At what level(s) do you engage with assessment or learning outcomes work?*
  • Q6. How closely is your role connected to accreditation or external quality assurance processes? *
  • Q8. Which best describes the primary student population you work with?*
  • Q9. Which best describes how most of your instruction is delivered?*
  • Q10. At your institution, how consistently is assessment used to evaluate and improve student learning?*

  • Compliance vs. Meaning

  • Q11. Thinking about assessment of student learning and outcomes in your context overall, which of the following best describes the primary purpose of assessment at your institution?
  • Q12. In your context, which of the following best describes what you believe the primary purpose of assessment should be?

  • Assessment vs. Learning

  • Q15. How would you describe the role assessment plays in day-to-day academic work?

  • The next few questions focus on your experience and perspective within your role or context (e.g., your courses, program, or areas you work most closely with).

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  • Fragmentation vs. Integration

  • Q19. How would you describe how assessment work is coordinated in your context?
  • Q21. What most often gets in the way of assessment work being more connected across your institution? (Select up to three)

  • Data vs. Action

  • Q22. Who primarily leads assessment efforts in your context?
  • Q25. What most often gets in the way of using assessment results to makechanges?(Select up to three)
  • Q26. When assessment results are used, what are they most often used for? (Select up to three)

  • Knowledge, Skills & Dispositions

  • Q27. In your context, what does assessment focus on most often?
  • Q31. Which of the following is hardest to assess well in your context?
  • Q32. Which of the following types of assessment are commonly used in your context?
  • Q33. Over the next 3–5 years, how do you expect assessment practices at your institution to change?

  • Future Direction

  • Once you submit this survey, you will be redirected to a short form for your institution's information. This is an optional form; if you choose not to fill it out, your anonymous survey responses will still be submitted. 

     

    Results will be shared in the 2026 Higher Education Assessment Trends Report.

     

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