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: