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Assessment
Ongoing assessment is necessary to ensure that your web accessibility plan is working and on track. Processes must be in place to measure progress.
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GOALS Benchmarking & Planning Tool
This web-based tool can help an institution engage in and evaluate its performance on system-wide web accessibility efforts, and assist in creation of a plan for improvement. It uses the Indicators for Institutional Web Accessibility as a framework for guiding the institution's appointed team through a process of self-study via a series of questions.
Evaluation of Implementation Progress
- GOALS Resource - Evaluating your Institution's Web Accessibility Process
- Western Illinois University's FY09 Web Accessibility Report (PDF)
- IBHE Web Accessibility Reporting Requirements (PDF). Procedures for reporting on web accessibility from IBHE.
Evaluation of Web Accessibility Outcomes
- GOALS Resource - Evaluating the accessibility of your institution's web content
- Cheatsheet- Identifying Web Accessibility Issues. This GOALS resource provides a non-technical outlines how to prepare for and conduct an evaluation of your institution's web content.
- WebAIM's WAVE Tool. A tool to help evaluate the accessibility of your webpages.
- WebAIM's Quick Reference: Testing Web Content for Accessibility. Things to look for when checking for accessibility
- Examples and Templates of Evaluations and Reports
- W3C Template for Accessibility Evaluation Reports
- Western Illinois University's FY09 Web Accessibility Report (PDF)
- IBHE Web Accessibility Reporting Requirements (PDF)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report on the Participation and Success of Underrepresented Students and Staff (PDF, see section III)
Assessment Results Are Used To Improve Institutional Accessibility
- Remain Flexible Through the Changes. From WebAIM's 8-Step Implementation Model.