Assessment 2.0
A stronger path forward—together.
The assessment culture at Syracuse University is headed in a new direction! Assessment 2.0 focuses on engaging a broader group of program/unit constituents, identifying meaningful actions to enhance student learning and success, examining the impact of actions, and sustaining assessment over the next four-year University cycle.
Build a four-year roadmap
Increase faculty, staff, and student engagement
Use results to inform teaching, learning, and operations
Assess actions and impact
Sustain a digital archive
On this page explore:
Four-Year Assessment Cycle
Plan ahead & assess outcomes
Year 1
Assessing AY 2026–27 / FY 2027
Annual Assessment Activities
- Complete, share, and discuss the Four-Year Assessment and Action (AAP) Roadmap with faculty/staff.
- Review curriculum map and update any changes (academic programs only).
- Assess 1/3 of the program’s/unit’s student learning and/or success outcomes.
Due: November 1, 2027
Assess outcomes
Year 2
Assessing AY 2027–28 / FY 2028
Annual Assessment Activities
- Assess 1/3 of the program’s/unit’s student learning and/or success outcomes.
Due: November 1, 2028
Revisit curriculum map & assess outcomes
Year 3
Assessing AY 2028–29 / FY 2029
Annual Assessment Activities
- Review curriculum map and update any changes (academic programs only).
- Assess the remaining student learning and/or success outcomes.
Due: November 1, 2029
Update actions & plan ahead
Year 4
Assessing AY 2029–30 / FY 2030
Annual Assessment Activities
- Provide an update on all actions that were identified throughout the past three years for every student learning and/or success outcome.
- Submit Four-Year AAP Roadmap for 2030–34 assessment cycle.
Due: November 1, 2030
SharePoint Site Templates
Assessment 2.0 is a SharePoint site that faculty and staff assessment leads will access to complete annual assessment activities. The following templates are prepopulated for each program and unit in the SharePoint site. Faculty and staff assessment leads can preview these templates now and proactively plan for the next four-year cycle.
Four-Year AAP Roadmap Templates
This roadmap helps programs/units organize and sustain assessment activities across the University’s four-year cycle. Use it to plan which outcomes will be assessed each year, identify the faculty/staff/students who will engage in the process, determine evidence to collect, and plan how results will enhance teaching, learning, and operations.
Academic Programs Co-curricular Programs/Units Functional Units
Curriculum Map Templates
The most current curriculum map will be prepopulated in an academic program’s SharePoint site for faculty to review and edit easily. Below are blank curriculum mapping templates.
Note: The following curriculum mapping tools were adapted from the Carnegie Mellon University Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation.
Undergraduate Curriculum Map Graduate Curriculum Map
Outcome Assessment Forms
Faculty and staff assessment leads will complete a student learning/success outcome form for every outcome assessed each year in the SharePoint site. Below are blank assessment and action plan forms to preview.
Orientation Sessions
All faculty/staff assessment leads will be required to attend an orientation session in the spring 2027 semester.
Virtual Orientation Sessions
Live virtual orientation sessions will occur on Fridays throughout the spring 2027 semester. Each date offers two timeframes: 9:30–11:00 a.m. or 1:00–2:30 p.m.
- February 12
- February 19
- February 26
- March 5
- March 12
- March 19
- March 26
- April 9
- April 16
- April 23
- April 30
- May 7
- May 14
- May 21
- May 28
Registration: RSVP link to come
Request a Session
Want a session for your school/college or program/unit?
We will host an orientation for your team at a time that works for you. Email assessment@syr.edu with a few possible dates and roughly how many people will attend.
Questions?
Email assessment@syr.edu, or visit the Office of Institutional Effectiveness at 400 Ostrom Ave.