There is often a gap between how much college faculty think students are studying and what they are actually doing. NSSE combined with FSSE points to steps institutions can take to ensure that student performance and faculty expectations align.
Carol A. Twigg, President and CEO, National Center for Academic Transformation
Information for Researchers
NSSE is built on the foundation of past and current research on college student development and student learning, and we would like to continue our contributions toward the research in higher education. Here you will find the conceptual framework of NSSE, NSSE psychometric portfolio, NSSE SPSS syntax, and other NSSE research related information.
Conceptual Framework
NSSE Survey Instruments
NSSE Year-to-Year Survey Variable Tracking
Creating Multi-Year Data Sets
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NSSE Codebooks
Psychometric Portfolio of NSSE
Construction of NSSE Reports
SPSS Syntax Library
Conference Presentations and Research Papers
NSSE Survey Instruments
NSSE Year-to-Year Survey Variable Tracking
Please see the 'Notes' tab on the variable tracking sheet for information about needed revisions to NSSE data sets
Creating Multi-Year Data Sets
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NSSE Codebooks
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NSSE 2006 Codebook
NSSE 2006 Canadian Codebook
NSSE 2006 Consortia Codebooks
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NSSE 2006 Consortia Codebooks
American Association of Universities Data Exchange
American Democracy Project
Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design
Association of Independent Technical Colleges
Associated New American Colleges
Bringing Theory to Practice
Catholic Colleges and Universities
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges
Colleges that Change Lives
Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Ontario Universities
Private Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities
Teagle Grant Consortium
Urban Universities
University of Wisconsin System
Women's Colleges
American Democracy Project
Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design
Association of Independent Technical Colleges
Associated New American Colleges
Bringing Theory to Practice
Catholic Colleges and Universities
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges
Colleges that Change Lives
Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Ontario Universities
Private Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities
Teagle Grant Consortium
Urban Universities
University of Wisconsin System
Women's Colleges
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Psychometric Portfolio of NSSE
- How and why was the survey developed?
- What does the instrument cover?
- Construction of NSSE Benchmarks
- Introduction to NSSE Validity
- Can we trust self-reported data?
- Does the instrument yield valid information?
- How does student engagement relate to self-reported student outcomes?
- NSSE Benchmarks Intercorrelation
- Is NSSE a valid instrument for measuring the engagement of students enrolled in distance education programs?
- Introduction to NSSE Reliability
- Internal Consistency of NSSE Benchmarks
- Student-level Test-retest Analysis
- Institution-level Stability Analysis
- Do non-respondents differ from respondents?
- Do students respond differently to the different modes of administration (paper vs. Web)?
Questions about Survey Development
Questions about Validity
Questions about Reliability
Questions about Survey Errors
NSSE Norms Report (2001) (pdf)
Construction of NSSE Reports
SPSS Syntax Library
Conference Presentations and Research Papers