The Office of Educational Assessment (OEA) of the Indiana University School of Social Work 
offers curriculum analysis services to schools and departments of social work throughout the 
United States. Social Work programs will find their individualized, multi-dimensional Curriculum 
Analysis Reports (CARS) invaluable for the purposes of quality improvement and curriculum 
development, and to complement self-study processes associated with CSWE educational 
policies and standards. Staffed by an experienced cadre of trained teaching-learning 
professionals, the Office of Educational Assessment uses The Curriculum Analyzer* 
software to facilitate curriculum analysis on the basis of programs’ organizational goals, academic 
program objectives, CSWE content areas and foundation objectives, and the learning objectives 
included within all required social work courses. 

How does this work?
Social work programs submit relevant educational documentation in electronic form to the 
OEA for examination by independent reviewers and processing through The Curriculum 
Analyzer* software program. Review processes are designed to enhance the reliability of 
findings. Indeed, reliable results are extraordinarily difficult to obtain through traditional, internal, 
self-administered curriculum reviews. As an external agent, the Office of Educational Assessment
seeks to provide genuinely independent and objective curriculum analysis. Programs may expect a
a final Curriculum Analysis Report within 90 days of receipt of their electronically formatted date.
Fees for the curriculum analysis service vary according to the size and complexity of your academic
programs (e.g., BSW, MSW foundation, MSW concentrations, Ph.D.), the overall number of required
social work course objectives, the array of dimensions selected for analysis, and the form in which
data are submitted. An additional charge is assessed for information requiring special handling. The fee
for the standard analysis of one program’s curriculum (e.g., BSW) containing up to 100 course objectives
begins at $795. 
 
Consultation Services
In response to growing demand for information and guidance about educational assessment from 
schools and departments of social work throughout the country, Dr. Barry Cournoyer of the 
Office of Educational Assessment is pleased to offer his services as an educational assessment 
consultant. Individualized consultation naturally complements the Curriculum Analysis and 
other educational assessment services offered through the Office. Such expanded services are 
warranted due to the growth of the Office’s educational assessment activities and location to new 
offices within the School of Social Work. 

Dr. Cournoyer, lead developer of The Curriculum Analyzer, a proprietary software program that 
facilitates comprehensive analysis of social work curricula based upon multiple dimensions, co-
author of The Social Work Portfolio: Planning, Documenting, and Assessing Lifelong 
Learning in a Dynamic Profession (2002, Brooks/Cole-Thomson), popular speaker and 
workshop leader on the topic of educational assessment in social work, and a coordinator of the 
Office of Educational Assessment serves as the primary consultant. 

Many Social Work programs find individualized consultation an efficient, effective, and relatively 
inexpensive means to design, develop, refine, and implement educational assessment plans and 
strategies in their efforts to improve programmatic quality, enhance student learning, and address 
CSWE educational policies and standards. 

How does this work?
Social work programs seeking consultation services should contact Dr. Barry Cournoyer at 
317-274-6708 or bcourno@iupui.edu to discuss their educational assessment needs and 
preferences. Fees for consultation services vary according to the size and complexity of the 
academic programs (e.g., BSW, MSW foundation, MSW concentrations, Ph.D.) and the 
estimated amount of time and resources needed to provide high quality consultation. 

 
For information about the Office of Educational Assessment contact: 

Dr. Barry Cournoyer or Dr. Cathy Pike
Indiana University School of Social Work 
Office of Educational Assessment
902 West New York Street
Indianapolis, IN46202-5156
Phone: 317-274-6705
Fax: 317-274-8630
E-mail: bcourno@iupui.edu
E-mail: ckpike@iupui.edu