Explore Evidence & Impact
Assess Student Learning for Data-Driven Design and Improvement
Understanding what students are learning鈥攁nd how they are learning鈥攊s essential for making informed educational decisions. We help faculty and academic units develop meaningful assessment strategies that provide actionable evidence about student learning and program effectiveness.
How We Help
- Design assessment plans and learning outcome measures
- Develop surveys, focus groups, and other data collection methods
- Analyze assessment data and identify trends
- Create reports that translate findings into actionable recommendations
- Build sustainable assessment processes that minimize burden on faculty
- Support longitudinal tracking of student learning and performance
Outcomes
Faculty and departments, schools and colleges gain evidence to strengthen courses, improve programs, identify barriers to student success, and make instructional decisions with greater confidence.
Strengthen Your Curriculum
Curricula are strongest when courses, learning outcomes, assessments, and program goals work together as a coherent system. We partner with departments and programs to evaluate existing curricula, identify opportunities for improvement, and support strategic curricular innovation.
How We Help
- Curriculum reviews and program evaluations
- Curriculum mapping and alignment with learning outcomes
- Accreditation and disciplinary standards alignment
- Identification of curricular strengths, gaps, and redundancies
- Foundational course redesign and curriculum transformation
- Faculty-facilitated curriculum planning initiatives
Outcomes
Departments, schools and colleges gain a clearer understanding of how their curriculum supports student achievement, accreditation requirements, program goals, and evolving disciplinary expectations.
Customized Disciplinary Workshops and Resources
Every discipline faces unique teaching and learning challenges. We collaborate with departments and colleges to create customized workshops, consultations, and resources that address the specific needs of faculty and students within their disciplinary context.
Possible Topics
- Teaching with AI
- Assessment design
- Student engagement strategies
- Difficult conversations in the classroom
- Inclusive and accessible teaching
- Evidence-based teaching practices
- Curriculum development
- Academic resilience and student success
- Learning outcomes design
Outcomes
Faculty gain practical, research-informed strategies they can apply immediately, while departments benefit from shared conversations about teaching challenges and opportunities.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Research Support
Teaching can be approached with the same intellectual curiosity and rigor we bring to disciplinary research. We support faculty interested in investigating questions about student learning and teaching effectiveness while contributing to the broader scholarly conversation.
How We Help
- Research design consultation
- Development of research questions
- Literature review and project planning
- Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods guidance
- Student learning data collection and analysis
- IRB consultation and support
- Manuscript, conference proposal, and presentation development
- Writing groups and ongoing mentoring
- Publication and dissemination support
Outcomes
Faculty can transform teaching innovations into scholarly products, including presentations, posters, peer-reviewed publications, and disciplinary contributions.
Let's Connect
What teaching challenges or curriculum innovations would you like to explore in your classroom or across your department? Evidence & Impact partners with faculty and academic units to design tailored workshops, assess student learning, and strengthen curriculum in ways that are practical, relevant, and grounded in evidence.
To get started, contact Evidence & Impact to request a brief consultation or share a workshop idea. Together, we鈥檒l develop an evidence-driven, context-sensitive plan that supports faculty success and advances student learning.