Anthology Planning

Please Note: Your descriptions for each assessment plan item must align with the definition provided in each template. Plan item definitions with examples can be found here.

Anthology Planning serves as the University's centralized, online assessment management repository for our annual programmatic assessment process. Information collected within Anthology Planning is used by departments and programs to drive continuous improvement. Additionally, these data serve as a source of evidence of continuous improvement assessment for internal and external constituents, agencies, and accreditors.

Timeline for Completion of the 2024-2025 Assessment Cycle

The timeline below reflects the final deadlines for the Office of Assessment. It is our policy to defer to earlier deadlines set by colleges and divisions.

December 2, 2024	Deadline for Assessment Plan Updates (Goals, Objectives, Indicators/Criteria, and KPIs/Targets)
August 1, 2025	Deadline for Entering Findings and Results
September 2, 2025	Deadline for Entering Actions and Plan for Continuous Improvement Elements
September 15, 2025	2024-2025 Cycle Closes for Entry. No edits can be made.

Online Assessment Tracking Database (OATDB) Archive

Sam Houston State University (SHSU) documents assessment information in the campus's online assessment management system. From 2006-2007 through the 2014-2015 assessment cycle, SHSU used the Online Assessment Tracking Database (OATDB), a locally-developed assessment management system, to document each unit's assessment plans. This site serves as an archive of the assessment plans for those years: OATDB Archive.