2. Plan Your Assessment
IFYC’s step-by-step planning guides streamline the process of identifying and executing an interfaith assessment project. Importantly, our assessment planning resources start with the use of your assessment findings—how you translate your findings into action—as the focus.
Resources to Help You Plan Your Assessment
3. Collect Useful Information
One critical component of interfaith assessment involves collecting information that will ultimately answer important questions, communicate a compelling story, and provide evidence that informs programmatic and other decisions on campus. There are various ways to collect information, each with benefits and drawbacks. The resources below provide practical information to help you develop ways to collect information that are the most useful for your assessment and campus context.
Assessing interfaith programs doesn’t need to be difficult. IFYC’s assessment resources help make the process manageable and organized from the start. Whether you’re new to assessment or are already assessing interfaith programs or your campus climate, use the resources below to help you effectively assess your interfaith programming.
Resources to Help You Develop Surveys
Resources to Help You Conduct Focus Groups
Resources to Help You Use Rubrics
- Assessing Interfaith Development Using the Pluralism and Worldview Engagement Rubric
- A Case Study: See how the rubric has been adapted and applied in interfaith assessment
4. Translate Assessment into Action on Campus
A key part of interfaith assessment involves sharing assessment results and using these findings to implement informed change. The resource below will help you consider the various audiences that can benefit from your assessment findings and the types of decisions your findings can inform.
Resources to Help You Translate Assessment into Action on Campus
- Using and Sharing Assessment Findings: Explore various ways to use assessment results to inform practice.
5. Make Assessment a Continuous Practice
By creating ongoing cycles of assessment, educators can collect information systematically and use those insights to continuously improve interfaith efforts on campus. The resource below helps you understand the importance of this and provides practical tools to help you regularly embed interfaith assessment into your work.
Resources to Help You Make Assessment a Continuous Practice
Using the Assessment Cycle in Interfaith Programming: Review a systematic process used to continuously assess interfaith programs.