Prepared as Book Four of a focused evaluation report submitted to the North Central Association, this document provides a plan for assessing student academic achievement at New Mexico State University's two-year branch campus at Carlsbad. First, a narrative is provided describing the plan and its role in overall institutional assessment and detailing its three major components: (1) data on institutional outcomes; (2) on occupational, general education, or transfer programs; (3) and on individual courses. The narrative also describes methods used to collect information, including pre-enrollment assessment and tracking transfer, employment, and licensure outcomes to gather institutional data; tracking enrollment trends, equipment needs, cost effectiveness, and full-time faculty recommendations for program outcomes; and pre-course assessments of student expectations, writing evaluations, and standardized tests for course outcomes. The bulk of the report then provides 18 appendixes providing organizational charts of institutional assessment; institutional intake, continuing, and follow-up survey instruments; placement test cut scores; a student placement waiver form; data on developmental versus non-developmental student outcomes and general program outcomes; a description of program clusters; a timeline for assessing graduates; a summary of graduate outcomes by program; a chart of achievement criteria for graduates; sample program review forms; a faculty assessment activity list; assessment forms for individual courses; college vision statements; descriptions of desired graduate outcomes and defining characteristics; and a description of campus-wide initiatives from 1993. (HAA)