GEAR (General Education Assessment by Rubrics) is an assignment-based project which was initiated in the fall semester of 2009. Each year a general education outcome is selected by the Assessment Team to be measured. Assignments that addressed and assessed critical thinking outcomes of the college were collected from faculty during the spring semester of 2014.  On Institutional Improvement Day, a group of 23 faculty met and scored 45 sets of types of assignments. Results will be aggregated and used for accreditation and improvement purposes.