Research, Evaluation and Assessment Section

Mission

Our mission is to help University of Texas faculty, staff, and administrators improve instructional outcomes through instructional assessment, instructional evaluation, credit by examination and placement studies, and educational measurement research.

Focus

We offer consulting services, assistance in data gathering to inform administrative and instructional decisions, and supervised training in educational research and instructional evaluation.

Services

We provide instructional assessment, instructional evaluation, educational measurement research, workshops and training, credit by examination and placement studies, and faculty consultation. For more information go to our Services page.

Resources

Go to our Resources page for information and links on topics including:

• the instructional assessment and evaluation process
• Instructional Assessment Repository
• Quick Tips
• assessment and evaluation methods
• workshop and training materials
• research ethics/human subjects protections
• research reports
  

Section Staff

Dawn Zimmaro, Ph.D., Associate Director
Tomoko W. Traphagan, Ph.D., Instructional Technology Evaluation Specialist
Linda Neavel Dickens, Ph.D., Outcomes Assessment Specialist
Joel Heikes, Ph.D., Instructional Evaluation Specialist
Avani Trivedi, M. Ed., Research Associate

Contact Information

Consultations by appointment only.
Dawn Zimmaro
(512) 232-2639
rea@lists.cc.utexas.edu