A review of the literature of chemistry reveals that most articles/books focus on assessment of discipline-specific courses. You may find the following literature sources relating to the assessment of chemistry and science degree programs useful.
Adamchik, C. (1996). The design and assessment of chemistry portfolios. Journal of Chemical Education, (73)6, 511-528.
Coppola, B., Ege, S. & Lawton, R. (1997). Instructional strategies and assessment. Journal of Chemical Education, (74)1, 84-94.
Dreisbach, J., Hogan, T., Stompord, A., and Greggo, J. (1998). Focus groups and exit interviews are components of chemistry department program assessment, Journal of Chemical Education, (75)10, 1330-1332.
Eubanks, D. & Prydes, L. (1998). Assessment in chemistry again a hot topic. Journal of Chemical Education, (75)12, 1539.
Eubanks, D. (1997). Assessment of chemistry: new strategies for new times. In ChemConf '97: summer on-line conference in chemical education. Available:
www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Chemistry/ChemConference/ChemConf97/
Ingham, A. & Gilbert, J. (1992). The workshop interview technique in higher education: a versatile method for selections and monitoring of science students. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, (17)1, 29-43.
Phelps, A., LaPorte, M. & Mahood, A. (1997). Portfolio assessment in high school chemistry; one teacher's guidelines. Journal of Chemical Education, (74)5, 511-528.
Rasp, S. (1998). Toward more performance evaluation in chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, (75)1, 64-66.
Shaw, A. (1994). Performance-based evaluation of student learning: a continuum from K-12 through the university level (On-line). In Evaluation Report for the FIPSE Project, ERIC Item: ED414844.
Slavings, R., Cochran, N. & Bowen, C. (1997). Results of a national survey on college chemistry beliefs and attitudes of assessment of student learning principles (on-line). Springer. Available: http://journals.springer-hy.com/sambin/swilma/int.861115716.html
Tobias, S. (1992) Revitalizing undergraduate science: why some things work and most don't. An occasional paper on neglected problems in science education. Research Corp., Tucson, AZ. (191 pages).
Wiggin, G. (1991). Toward one system of education: assessing to improve, not merely audit. State policy and Assessment in Higher Education. ESC Evaluative Report. ERIC No. ED38400. (41 pages).
Wright, J., Millar, S., Koscuik, S., Penberthy, D., Williams, P. & Wampold, B. (1998) A novel strategy for assessing the effects of curriculum reform on student competence. Journal of Chemical Education, 1998, (75)8, 986-992.
