Program Assessment & Accreditation Support

Our Academic Design team helps academic leaders measure, evaluate, and communicate the quality of their curricula for continuous improvement and accreditation success. Our services support program assessment and accreditation by creating systematic, evidence-based frameworks that demonstrate educational quality and effectiveness. We do this by:

• Ensuring outcome alignment—Mapping learning outcomes to accreditation standards, professional competencies, and discipline-specific requirements across course sequences
• Building assessment infrastructure—Creating embedded assessments, rubrics, and evaluation tools that generate consistent, comparable data on student achievement
• Facilitating data collection—Establishing standardized assessment systems that document student learning and program effectiveness
• Supporting continuous improvement—Designing feedback loops and iterative processes that demonstrate how assessment results drive curricular enhancements
• Streamlining accreditation reporting—Organizing evidence, contributing to reports, and maintaining documentation in formats required by accrediting bodies

Services

Consultation is available for new and existing programs at any stage, from initial planning through reaccreditation. Services include:

• Outcome writing and alignment
• Assessment strategy development
• Assessment reporting and data analysis
• Curriculum mapping and gap analysis
• Coordination with university-specific design requirements
• Collaboration on accreditation applications and self-studies
• Participation in accreditation visits and response to accreditor questions
• Quality assurance and course review processes

Need help?

To discuss your program’s assessment and accreditation needs with Academic Design, please contact our team.