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Streamline and strengthen your assessment practices

Our Educational Impact Suite (EIS) helps you build a simpler, measurable, and more engaging assessment practices to fuel transformative change.

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Lead transformative assessment practices in one hub

Watermark assessment solutions provide a toolset to measure and communicate institutional effectiveness. Pinpoint opportunities for improvement and drive growth.

    • Design, administer, analyze, and monitor the progress of your assessments in one system.
  • Define your mission, goals, and outcomes.
  • Gain a clear understanding of learning outcomes achievement with multiple methods for assessment.
    • Maintain education quality and mobilize the right people around actions for improvement.
  • Meet accreditation requirements with the right evidence.

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Watermark is your go-to partner for accreditation

We partner with over 440 HLC institutions to support key institutional processes and help them demonstrate how they meet HLC’s Criteria and Assumed Practices. With Watermark, it’s easy to assess teaching and learning, drive continuous improvement, deliver essential resources and support to students, and showcase your efforts through evidence for HLC assurance reviews and comprehensive evaluations.

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We partner with over 60% of SACSCOC institutions to support key institutional processes and help them demonstrate compliance with SACSCOC’s Principles of Accreditation. With Watermark, it’s easy to assess teaching and learning, drive continuous improvement, deliver essential resources and support to students, and showcase your quality enhancement efforts through evidence for your self-studies and QEP.

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We partner with 45% of Middle States institutions to support key institutional processes and help them demonstrate compliance with the Commission’s Standards for Accreditation and Requirements of Affiliation. With Watermark, it’s easy to assess teaching and learning, drive continuous improvement, deliver essential resources and support to students, and showcase your quality enhancement efforts through evidence for your self-study.

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We partner with over 40% of WSCUC institutions to help them demonstrate how they meet the Commission’s Standards of Accreditation. With Watermark, it’s easy to showcase assessment efforts, program review, faculty qualifications, course feedback, and other evidence of improved institutional effectiveness.

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We partner with 56% of NWCCU institutions to help them demonstrate how they meet the criteria for accreditation. With Watermark, it’s easy to showcase assessment efforts, program review, faculty qualifications, course feedback, student support resources, and other evidence of improved institutional effectiveness.

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We partner with over 40% of NECHE institutions to help them demonstrate how they meet the criteria for accreditation. With Watermark, it’s easy to showcase your efforts through evidence for compliance, evaluation of teaching and learning experiences, academic and support services for students, strategic planning, and institutional effectiveness.

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Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

We partner with over 440 HLC institutions to support key institutional processes and help them demonstrate how they meet HLC’s Criteria and Assumed Practices. With Watermark, it’s easy to assess teaching and learning, drive continuous improvement, deliver essential resources and support to students, and showcase your efforts through evidence for HLC assurance reviews and comprehensive evaluations.

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Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)

We partner with over 60% of SACSCOC institutions to support key institutional processes and help them demonstrate compliance with SACSCOC’s Principles of Accreditation. With Watermark, it’s easy to assess teaching and learning, drive continuous improvement, deliver essential resources and support to students, and showcase your quality enhancement efforts through evidence for your self-studies and QEP.

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Middle States Commission of Higher Education (MSCHE)

We partner with 45% of Middle States institutions to support key institutional processes and help them demonstrate compliance with the Commission’s Standards for Accreditation and Requirements of Affiliation. With Watermark, it’s easy to assess teaching and learning, drive continuous improvement, deliver essential resources and support to students, and showcase your quality enhancement efforts through evidence for your self-study.

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WASC Senior College & University Commission (WSCUC)

We partner with over 40% of WSCUC institutions to help them demonstrate how they meet the Commission’s Standards of Accreditation. With Watermark, it’s easy to showcase assessment efforts, program review, faculty qualifications, course feedback, and other evidence of improved institutional effectiveness.

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Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)

We partner with 56% of NWCCU institutions to help them demonstrate how they meet the criteria for accreditation. With Watermark, it’s easy to showcase assessment efforts, program review, faculty qualifications, course feedback, student support resources, and other evidence of improved institutional effectiveness.

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New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)

We partner with over 40% of NECHE institutions to help them demonstrate how they meet the criteria for accreditation. With Watermark, it’s easy to showcase your efforts through evidence for compliance, evaluation of teaching and learning experiences, academic and support services for students, strategic planning, and institutional effectiveness.

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With our tools, you can

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Unlock your data’s potential

Leverage integrations with campus systems and across Watermark products to reduce redundant tasks, achieve stronger faculty engagement, and foster important discussions.
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Track learning outcomes

Define and align learning outcomes to provide a common language for faculty and external stakeholders. Get data quicker with a better way to collect, measure, and report on achievement.
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Centralize and automate

Get a holistic view of outcomes by aggregating data from various assessment sources. Measure outcomes, analyze the results, and prioritize improvements in a unified platform.
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Uplevel consistency and clarity

Embed rubrics in assignments and field experiences to capture authentic evidence of learning everywhere it happens.
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Assess effectively at scale

Use rubric-based juried assessment projects to reliably and efficiently assess Gen Ed outcomes and other large or cross-cutting programs. Employ a host of capabilities to drive more equitable assessment.
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Integrate indirect measures

Create surveys to gather valuable feedback on courses and instructors for holistic evaluation. Increase response rates through deep LMS integration and automated student notifications.
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Demonstrate your impact

Align outcomes and standards with rubric criteria so you can demonstrate achievement and compliance with ease. Tell compelling stories about student progress through reporting.
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Make data-driven decisions

Use comprehensive analytics and data visualization to enhance program effectiveness. Automate the aggregation, analysis, and reporting from various assessment types.
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Fuel continuous improvement

Tap results and manage assessment cycles, accreditation self-studies, program reviews, and other continuous improvement initiatives from the same familiar, connected place.
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Better connections, better data

Explore how Watermark Planning & Self-Study’s dynamic LMS integrations simplify learning outcomes assessment and facilitate data-driven continuous improvement.

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Watermark Planning & Self-Study + Anthology®️ Blackboard

Explore how Watermark Planning & Self-Study’s dynamic integration with Anthology® Blackboard simplifies learning outcomes assessment and facilitates data-driven continuous improvement.
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Watermark Planning & Self-Study + Canvas

Explore how Watermark Planning & Self-Study integrates with Canvas to amplify the best of both solutions using Canvas’s student performance data.
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Watermark Planning & Self-Study + D2L Brightspace

Explore how Watermark Planning & Self-Study integrates with D2L Brightspace to bring together student performance information with outcomes analysis.

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What do our clients have to say?

“Now I can see which core competencies have unmet outcomes. Being able to have those conversations…is the most major university-wide impact from using the system.”
Bliss Adkison, Associate Director for Academic Affairs and SACSCOC Liaison at University of North Alabama
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Watermark Planning & Self-Study Has Made My Work Life Easier
“I have been using Watermark Planning & Self-Study primarily for program review, and it has become an indispensable tool in Rock Valley College’s assessment and continuous improvement efforts. The platform –
“I have been using Watermark Planning & Self-Study primarily for program review, and it has become an indispensable tool in Rock Valley College’s assessment and continuous improvement efforts. The platform simplifies the entire program review process for me from data collection to feedback to sending off the reports. The interface is intuitive and I am able to easily navigate to where I need to go and I am able to easily customize the templates for our state reporting requirements. The Help section is particularly valuable, with many well-written articles that provide clear guidance on how to make the most of the platform’s features. If I cannot find what I need in the Help section, the customer support has been exceptional, and quick with responses.” –
Sonnie Glusman, Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness and Communications
“Before, students turned in their field log on paper at the end of the semester. Now, whenever she needs to, our field director can monitor progress in real time.”
Shannan Palomba, Assessment Coordinator at Gonzaga University
“We’re able to target surveys by programs, disciplines, and then at a course level. Before, it was [all on] paper and pencil, and took way too long to get anything –
“We’re able to target surveys by programs, disciplines, and then at a course level. Before, it was [all on] paper and pencil, and took way too long to get anything useful.” –
Kimberly Brantley, Senior Research Analyst at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Good product, sharp looking.
“Faculty have commented that [Watermark] is much easier to use based on previous assessment software; much more user-friendly and professional. The customer support is good – they are open to –
“Faculty have commented that [Watermark] is much easier to use based on previous assessment software; much more user-friendly and professional. The customer support is good – they are open to feedback from users and will implement our suggestions over time.” –
Karina Knutson, Assessment & Accreditation Specialist
“Watermark helps get all of the busy work taken care of faster so faculty can spend more of their time focusing on, ‘What do our students need?’ … ‘How can –
“Watermark helps get all of the busy work taken care of faster so faculty can spend more of their time focusing on, ‘What do our students need?’ … ‘How can we better support them?’” –
Marline Faherty, Director of Academic Affairs, Support Services at Drury University
“Now, we are building a culture of continuous improvement. We don’t do this because SACSCOC tells us to; we do this because we have core values at this institution, and –
“Now, we are building a culture of continuous improvement. We don’t do this because SACSCOC tells us to; we do this because we have core values at this institution, and one of them is ‘Excellence-driven.’ Watermark Planning & Self-Study makes it easy to demonstrate outcomes.” –
Michele Atkins, Assistant Provost for Accreditation and Research; Title IX Coordinator at Union University

Watermark is a winner in multiple categories on G2

Assessment Software G2 Grid®

Watermark is a G2 Grid leader! Based on customer reviews and other aggregated data, Watermark was determined to be a top Assessment Software product. Check out our profile to see what customers are saying about Watermark Planning & Self-Study.

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On-demand demo: Getting accreditation-ready

Accreditation review is an important checkpoint for your institution. Our team is focused on providing software that helps you build a strong network of data and processes so that you’re always ready to demonstrate your progress. With these tools, you won’t have to get prepared. You’ll be prepared.

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Utilizing rubric data for your assessment plans

See how you can save time, streamline information sharing, and improve collaboration by centralizing your tools with Planning & Self-Study and Student Learning & Licensure.

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How Watermark tools can assist with assessment

Build a culture of assessment to continuously improve the student experience, increase enrollment and retention, and drive institution-wide change. Read this blog to learn more.
Real-Time Assessment and Accreditation Reports in Minutes vs. Weeks at University of North Alabama
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Real-Time Assessment and Accreditation Reports in Minutes vs. Weeks at University of North Alabama

Learn how the University of North Alabama transformed their assessment process — taking the report creation process from weeks to just minutes.
Assessing your assessment: A quick how-to
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Assessing your assessment: A quick how-to

Join our webinar to hear our panelists discuss different ways to evaluate how well students are learning, no matter the level of resources your institution has.

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