An Assessment Workbook for Roman Catholic Seminaries

DESCRIPTION: This comprehensive toolkit integrates the previous editions of the ATS Commission Standards (2012) with the Program of Priestly Formation (5th ed., 2005) / Program for Priestly Formation (2002) to guide educational assessment in Roman Catholic seminaries. The foundational workbook provides mechanisms for designing assessment plans, identifying performance indicators, and translating individual student data into evidence of programmatic efficacy across the intellectual, spiritual, human, and pastoral dimensions of formation. The companion collection grounds these principles in practice, offering real-world case studies from twelve pilot schools that illustrate how to adapt and implement these assessment strategies within distinct institutional missions and contexts.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; ATS Standards of Accreditation (2012); Catholicism; degree program effectiveness; educational assessment; priestly formation; seminary curriculum; student learning outcomes; workbook resource; case study

CITATION: Seminary Department of the National Catholic Educational Association, and Commission on Accrediting of The Association of Theological Schools. 2018. An Assessment Workbook for Roman Catholic Seminaries. Association of Theological Schools. https://www.ats.edu/files/galleries/roman-catholic-assessment-workbook.pdf; https://www.ats.edu/files/galleries/assessment-case-studies.pdf.