The Outcomes Assessment Committee was formed in November, 1991, and met almost weekly during the 1992-93 academic year to develop a plan for assessing student academic achievement at Xavier University. The committee submitted its final report in June, 1993, and went out of existence. For more information on how this committee's recommendations were implemented, consult the archives boxes labeled PLANS FOR ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT 1993-2007 FOR THE HIGHER LEARNING COMMISSION OF THE NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION. (3 boxes) Sometime in the late 2000s a new committee named the Academic Assessment and Planning Committee was created and was still listed as a standing committee during the 2013-14 academic year. "The North Central Association's requirement for documentation of student academic achievement reflects a national initiative as public official demand greater accountability from colleges and universities. The Outcomes Assessment Committee, in November, 1991, initiated as eighteen month process of developing a model for assessment of student achievement and quality improvement within the Division of Academic Affairs at Xavier University." (Committee's Final Report, page ii)