1. Assessing the Assessment Process: Developing a rubric for reporting at Virginia Tech Ardian Daku, Pamplin College of Business; Ryan Cook, Counselor Education; Steven Culver, Office of Assessment and Evaluation Introduction Given recent accreditation guidelines and state and federal mandates, it has become increasingly important that degree programs demonstrate that students are learning what we say they are learning. To that end, degree programs at Virginia Tech have developed student learning outcomes (what skills, knowledge, and abilities students possess when they graduate), measured and collected data on those outcomes, and have developed plans to adjust program or curricula to improve student learning. Purpose The purpose of our project was to synthesize more than 250 program level assessment processes by providing a snapshot of their completeness and quality. In order to synthesize the large amount of data in WEAVE, a repository for student learning outcomes used at Virginia Tech, reviewers developed two templates. Example of Template I  Template I assessed the inclusion of a mission statement, number of student learning and program outcomes, presence of outcomes data in the past year, presence of data over the past three years, number of action plans, and evidence of change made in the program based on measurement (direct and indirect) of student outcomes in the last three years.  Template II provided a deeper understanding of the data collected to SLOs. Program data that was in WEAVE was copied into Template II and data was organized by SLOs. For each SLO, the measures and findings over the past three years were reflected on the template. Missing data was denoted by blank space next to the corresponding term. This template denoted the importance of improvement and change as a result of findings.  Large amounts of data were presented in a concise manner that could easily be could be disseminated to over 250 programs  Templates provided directors a snapshot of completeness of data  A caveat: Though the templates provided a program overview related to assessment, specific details and outcomes could be oversimplified. MISSION STATEMENT: A concise statement outlining the purpose of the program, who it serves, in what ways, and with what results. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME: Specific statements that articulate the knowledge, skills, and abilities students should gain or improve through engagement in the degree program MEASURES: The variety of the methods used to evaluate each outcome and the criteria or indicators that describes whether the outcomes were achieved. Includes the target or benchmark that indicates success. FINDINGS: Brief summary of the results gathered from a given assessment measure and review of results in terms of targets set. Looking at what has been learned through data collected. Improvement PLAN: What actions will be taken to improve student learning or the assessment process based on the results Definition of Key Terms Example of Template II Description of Template I & II Benefits of Templates Results These templates served as a visual aid for programs about the completeness and level of quality of the student learning outcome and program outcome data. Using these templates, reviewers could easily identify programs who had successfully input data into WEAVE and those programs needing additional assistance. Furthermore, the templates aided review and discussion about program specific assessment.