Vanderbilt University Assessment Website

Guiding Principles for Assessment at Vanderbilt University

• Assessment practices should ensure data integrity, validity, and reliability.
• Assessments should be coordinated and systematic.
• Assessments should be goal-directed.
• Assessments should be minimally invasive and as little burdensome as possible.
• Assessment results should be used to inform policy and facilitate improvement.
• Assessments should seek to use existing data sources prior to developing new data collections.
• Assessments should be regularly re-evaluated.