Northern Illinois University

College of Education

Professor Gaylen Kapperman with class

Office of Assessment

The Office of Assessment (OA) provides leadership and coordination pertaining to assessment endeavors in the College of Education (COE). Directed by David Walker, Ph.D., the OA affords support in assessment-related areas such as data analysis, rubrics, scoring scales, templates, standards alignment, NIU conceptual framework alignment, alumni survey data results, and employer feedback that are part of a program’s protocol for assessing student learning and program improvement.

Our primary areas of application and engagement for the COE and its programs include: