About

Statement of Purpose
Created under a 2006 research grant from our host organization, the purpose of CPTSC Assessment is to provide a web-based forum for assessment research in order to foster collaboration and active exchange between multiple institutions. This project supports contemporary assessment research that takes us from static reviews welded on performance indicators to new environments fostering student learning. With shared research methods and collective practitioner knowledge, CPTSC Assessment promises to provide a resource library that showcases our progressive understanding of ways to design valid assessment processes.

How to Explore the Community
The pages on this website offer an introduction to the core concepts central to an empirical research process: community, validity, evidence, models, and best practices. Along with a basic overview, each concept is also presented in a program assessment context. The Community Assessment Blog is the place for you to share your experiences and research. Please join us as we take the first steps in building our community.

Community Facilitators
Nancy W. Coppola, Professor of English, directs the Master of Science in Professional and Technical Communication at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She received the 2006 and 2005 IEEE Rudolph J. Joenk Jr. Award for Excellence in Scholarship. Her research interests are communication in technology transfer and diffusion and graduate program assessment. A CPTSC member, she currently serves on the Executive Board and Program Review Task Force.

Norbert Elliot is Professor of English at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is author of On A Scale: A Social History of Writing Assessment, which was awarded the Conference on College Composition and Communication Outstanding Book Award for 2007. A CPTSC member, his recent work has appeared in Technical Communication, Rhetoric Review, Journal of Writing Assessment, and ETS Research Reports.