
What is the National Assessment Center?
The National Assessment Center, in partnership with the Institute for Performance Excellence, powers smart assessments across all sectors of the economy, helping to transform results into organizational intelligence to uncover gaps, guide growth, and scale impact efficiently. Our goal is to help strengthen competitiveness.
As a part of the Institute for Performance Excellence, the National Assessment Center brings assessments, ecosystem intelligence, community engagement, and online training and certifications in one place: no switching tools, no manual handoffs, and no data gaps.
Complimentary Baldrige-aligned Assessment—Try Now
The National Assessment Center is the online home for the first digitized Baldrige Framework that provides AI guidance, feedback, custom reporting, and ecosystem intelligence. We encourage you to take one of our complimentary assessments. This resource is offered to support organizations and is meant to provide a feedback tool as they look to improve.
AI Insights
Every assessment generates AI-driven recommendations and risk scoring tailored to each organization's specific situation.
Visual Reporting with Multiple Chart Types
Present data the way you or your clients actually understand it. Automatic charts are ready to use based on your results. No manual formatting.
350+ Smart Assessments
Use one of the largest assessment libraries in the U.S., from supply chain, Baldrige, workforce, cybersecurity, Industry 4.0, to digital transformation, and more.
National Partnership
Your organization can partner with us to create your custom branded instance of the National Assessment Center infrastructure to create client portals and custom assessments.
Understanding our Assessments
350+ Assessments Available in all Translations

America's Leading Excellence Framework
Help organizations evaluate their leadership, strategy, customers, organizational intelligence, workforce, and operations using the principles of the Baldrige Excellence Framework to identify strengths, prioritize improvements, and accelerate performance excellence.
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Establishing Pathway (Business, Nonprofit, Government)
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Developing Pathway (Business, Nonprofit, Government)
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Maturing Pathway (Business, Nonprofit, Government)
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Establishing Pathway (Healthcare)
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Developing Pathway (Healthcare)
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Maturing Pathway (Healthcare)
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Establishing Pathway (Education)
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Developing Pathway (Education)
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Maturing Pathway (Education)
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Baldrige-Aligned Strategic Planning
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Baldrige-Aligned Culture Mapping

Measuring Success & Strengthening Competitiveness
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Assessment Types
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More Clients Served
80%
Faster Report Delivery
+300%
ROI
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