Learning goals make clear what students should be able to do upon completion of the course/program and how to measure how well students have achieved the goal.
Creating Learning Goals
Indiana University Southeast Assessment Handbook
Carnegie Mellon Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation
Carl Weiman Science Education Initaitive Creative and Using Effective Learning Goals/Learning Goals Examples
Bloom's Extended Taxonomy of Verbs
Assessment Methods for the Major (Wellesley credentials required)