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Developed by Central i University (CMU) The toolkit includes: Steps for Developing a Program Assessment Plan Click here for a guide to assist with developing an assessment plan. Assessment: "A Guide" Visualize the "big picture" of outcomes-based assessment, click here. "Organize Your Thoughts": Assessment Plan Worksheet Click here for a worksheet to assist you with connecting your program mission, student learning outcomes and assessment strategies. "Organize Your Thoughts": Identifying Strategies Use this worksheet to assist you with identifying possible links between other learning opportunities and how they may be an outstanding strategy for your program assessment plan, click here. Why care about assessment of student learning? Click here to discover why assessing student learning is a good thing. What are the domains of student learning? Click here for a blueprint of the cognitive, psychomotor, and affec...

Bottled Water Quality Investigation: 10 Major Brands, 38 Pollutants The bottled water industry promotes an image of purity, but comprehensive testing by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) reveals a surprising array of chemical contaminants in every bottled water brand analyzed, including toxic byproducts of chlorination in Walmart’s Sam’s Choice and Giant Supermarket's Acadia brands, at levels no different than routinely found in tap water . Several Sam's Choice samples purchased in California exceeded legal limits for bottled water contaminants in that state. Cancer-causing contaminants in bottled water purchased in 5 states (North Carolina, California, Virginia, Delaware and Maryland) and the District of Columbia substantially exceeded the voluntary standards established by the bottled water industry. Unlike tap water, where consumers are provided with test results every year, the bottled water industry does not disclose the results of any contaminant testing that it ...