April 6 – 10, 2026
National Assessment Week
Purdue Assessment and Accreditation Leaders (PAALs) are welcome to participate in a variety of activities—including guest speakers, workshops, training sessions, networking events, interactive experiences, showcases, and panel discussions—as we focus on “Mission Possible: Telling our Story through the Cycles of Assessment.”
The National Assessment Week, started in 2022, is an entirely free, 99% online professional development and community-building opportunity for faculty and staff that support assessment and accreditation efforts.
View all scheduled events here on the National Assessment Week website.
For the first time, Purdue University is contributing to both the national agenda of events AND providing Purdue-only events for our PAALs and broader campus-community.
- TUESDAY APRIL 7, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (ET), ONLINE
- ELEVATING CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT: Strategies for Meaningful Measurement
- Audience: Faculty/instructors, graduate students, student life/affairs professionals.
- WEDNESDAY APRIL 8, 1:00-2:30PM (ET), ONLINE
- BEYOND THE ALGORITHM: Ethics, Oversight, and the Future of AI in Qualitative Assessment Methods
- Audience: Researchers, scholars, graduate students, some undergraduate students, those curious about qualitative methods and assessment.
- THURSDAY APRIL 9, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM (ET), ONLINE
- WINTER SESSION INSTRUCTOR SHOWCASE: Exploring Innovative Teaching, Assessment, and Technology
- Audience: Department heads, curriculum committee members, instructional designers, faculty/instructors, teaching assistants
- THURSDAY APRIL 9, 1:00 – 2:00 PM (ET), ONLINE
- CONNECTING THE DOTS WITH CURRICULUM MAPPING
- Audience: Department heads, curriculum committee members, faculty/instructors, student life professionals.
- FRIDAY APRIL 10, 9:30-11AM (ET), ONLINE
- QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN ACTION: Advancing Assessment through Insight and Strategy
- Audience: Researchers, scholars, graduate students, some undergraduate students, those curious about qualitative methods and assessment.
Founded in 2021, our Purdue Assessment and Accreditation Leaders – PAALs for short – are spread out across Purdue and have tasks or duties affiliated with assessment, accreditation, program evaluation, and internal or external review processes. Participation in PAALs is entirely voluntary.
The group is positioned as a community of practitioners, emphasizing collaboration and shared learning rather than formal authority.
PAALs aims to:
- Build a cross‑campus community
- Create and share resources (e.g., mini‑grants, definitions, showcases of practice, mentoring)
- Exchange knowledge from accreditation and assessment experiences
- Collaborate on shared data collection and reporting efforts to support efficiency and integrity.
To join our growing list of PAALs email IDA+A.