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Scholarship March 29, 2017

Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide, 2nd Edition

The Wabash Center

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Author
Suskie, Linda, and Banta, Trudy W.
Publisher
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
ISBN
9780470289648
Table of Contents
About the Author
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part One: Understanding Assessment
ch. 1 What Is Assessment?
ch. 2 How Can Student Learning Be Assessed?
ch. 3 What Is Good Assessment?

Part Two: Planning For Assessment Success
ch. 4 Why Are You Assessing Student Learning?
ch. 5 The Keys to a Culture of Assessment: Tangible Value and Respect
ch. 6 Supporting Assessment Efforts with Time, Infrastructure, and Resources
ch. 7 Organizing an Assessment Process
ch. 8 Developing Learning Goals

Part Three: The Assessment Toolbox
ch. 9 Using a Scoring Guide or Rubric to Plan and Evaluate an Assignment
ch. 10 Creating an Effective Assignment
ch. 11 Writing a Traditional Test
ch. 12 Assessing Values, Attitudes, Dispositions, and Habits of Mind
ch. 13 Assembling Assessment Information into Portfolios
ch. 14 Selecting a Published Test or Survey

Part Four: Understanding and Using Assessment Results
ch. 15 Setting Benchmarks or Standards
ch. 16 Summarizing and Analyzing Assessment Results
ch. 17 Sharing Assessment Results with Internal and External Audiences
ch. 18 Using Assessment Results Effectively and Appropriately
ch. 19 Keeping the Momentum Going

References
Recommended Readings
Assessment Resources
Index
The first edition of Assessing Student Learning has become the standard reference for college faculty and administrators who are charged with the task of assessing student learning within their institutions. The second edition of this landmark book offers the same practical guidance and is designed to meet ever-increasing demands for improvement and accountability. This edition includes expanded coverage of vital assessment topics such as promoting an assessment culture, characteristics of good assessment, audiences for assessment, organizing and coordinating assessment, assessing attitudes and values, setting benchmarks and standards, and using results to inform and improve teaching, learning, planning, and decision making. (From the Publisher)