The review process at Sacramento State takes place on three parallel tracks: Accreditation, Assessment, and Non-academic Program Assessment

These processes serve several important internal and external functions, including: making our records and documentation explicit and publicly available; setting appropriate criteria and standards for quality of learning and performance outcomes; systematically gathering, analyzing, and interpreting evidence to determine how well performance matches standards; and the utilization of supportive data to document, explain and improve performance.

Accreditation Planning Process The overall university planning process that relates to the strategic plan, key performance indicators, objectives, progress reports, and budget and action plans. Institutional Portfolio Structured around the eight themes of the Strategic Plan and the major components of the planning process and is intended to provide information on the planning process and quality improvement activities.  Program Portfolios At the academic program level, each department and university-wide program prepares a self-study that includes an assessment plan and evaluation of data relevant to the unit's stated goals and desired outcomes. These documents are reviewed by an external consultant and an internal program review team as part of the program review process. WASC Accreditation The California State University, Sacramento self-study and reports associated with the WASC Re-accreditation process:     Current WASC Re-accreditation   1996-97 WASC Phase I   1996-97 WASC Phase II

Assessment Equity Programs Assessment Reports OIR generates the assessment reports annually for the seven Equity Programs. Four measurements are adopted to evaluate the effectiveness of the programs: Enrollment trend, Second year retention rate, First-term GPA and Good Standing rate. The reports demonstrate the impacts of each program on student academic performances based on statistical analyses. All of the reports are password protected. Learning Communities and Freshmen Seminar Assessment Reports OIR generates the assessment reports annually for the Learning Communities and Freshmen Seminars (excluding EOP participants). Four measurements were adopted to evaluate the effectiveness of the programs: Enrollment trend, Second year retention rate, First-term GPA and Good Standing rate. The reports demonstrate the impacts of each program on student academic performances based on statistical analyses and the survey results. Non- academic Program Assessment Student Affairs Assessment The assessment of Student Affairs' programs and units reflects the continuous effort to gather, analyze, and interpret data which help describe the “effectiveness” of Students Affairs’ programs and departments. Survey Instruments & Schedule A schedule of the assessment activities of the OIR at Sacramento State and an overview of survey instruments used and methods of administering them in the assessment of students, faculty staff, programs, and the institution as a whole.