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Scholarship March 29, 2017

Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education

The Wabash Center

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Author
Palomba, Catherine A. and Trudy W. Banta
Publisher
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
ISBN
787941808
Table of Contents
Preface
The Authors

ch. 1 The Essentials of Successful Assessment
ch. 2 Developing Definitions, Goals, and Plans
ch. 3 Encouraging Involvement in Assessment
ch. 4 Selecting Methods and Approaches
ch. 5 Using Performance Measures and Portfolios for Assessment
ch. 6 Using Tests, Classroom Assignments, and Classroom Assessment
ch. 7 Listening to Students' Voices
ch. 8 Relating Assessment to the World of Work
ch. 9 Assessing General Education
ch. 10 Assessing Campus Environments and Student Experiences
ch. 11 Reporting and Using Assessment Results
ch. 12 A Matter of Choices

References
Name Index
Subject Index
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