Civic Learning & Engagement Rubrics for Gen Ed Programs

Posted by HE-SL Listserv on November 20, 2018

AAC&U will be releasing a new publication in January 2019:  We Have a Rubric for That: The VALUE Approach to Assessment.  More information can be found here: https://www.aacu.org/current-value-research

IUPUI’s learning outcomes, general education core, and the Civic-Minded Graduate Rubric: https://academicaffairs.iupui.edu/Strategic-Initiatives/IUPUI-Plus.html, https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/13367

Volume 3 of the IUPUI Research on Service Learning Series is focused on Student Civic Outcomes, including civic learning: https://www.amazon.com/Research-Student-Outcomes-Service-Learning/dp/1579223435

Chapter 2.3 in Vol 2A of this series is focused on civic learning: https://sty.presswarehouse.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=205812

There are two great collections of information/tools put together by AASCU & AAC&U here: https://www.aacu.org/qc/mapping-assessment-civic-learning

• An inventory of assessment instruments (national, local, proprietary and open source) designed to measure specific civic outcomes, entitled Civic Learning and Engagement Assessment Instruments: Characteristics and Dimensions and
• A research literature review of published studies involving many of the identified instruments and summary findings Civic Learning and Engagement: A Review of the Research Literature on Civic Learning Assessment and Instruments.

You’ll also find two potentially helpful rubrics here: https://civiclearningrubric.wordpress.com/resources/