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March 29, 2017
Assessment in Practice: Putting Principles to Work on College Campuses
- Author
- Banta, Trudy W., Jon P. Lund, Karen E. Black, and Frances W. Oblander
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
- ISBN
- 787901342
- Table of Contents
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Part 1 - Identifying Principles of Good Practice In Assessment
ch. 1 Assessment: It Starts with What Matters Most.
ch. 2 An Imaginative Consideration of Learning.
ch. 3 The Road to Success Is Paved with Goals.
ch. 4 It's Not Only Where They End Up, But How They Get There.
ch 5. Assessment Doesn't Just Happen, It Evolves.
ch. 6 Involvement in Assessment: A Collaborative Endeavor.
ch. 7 Making Data Meaningful.
ch. 8 The Important Part Is What You Do With It.
ch. 9 The Train Is Leaving the Station.
ch. 10 Perhaps There Are Ten?
Part 2 - Examples of Effective Assessment Practices
ch. 11 Assessing Student Achievement in the Major.
ch. 12 Assessing Student Achievement in General Education.
ch. 13 Assessing Student Development and Progress.
ch. 14 Assessment at the Classroom Level.
ch. 15 Faculty Development to Promote Assessment.
ch. 16 Developing a Campus-Wide Approach to the Assessment.
ch. 17 Has Assessment Made a Difference?
Resources:
A. Carnegie Classification Code Definitions
B. List of Contributors.
Good practice in assessment is taking place on hundreds of campuses across the country, yet much of this work goes unreported. Now, Assessment in Practice brings together in one volume the best current knowledge of assessment methods that work and principles that should be incorporated into all effective assessment efforts - whether at institutional, program, or departmental levels.
Drawing from 165 actual cases-and reporting 86 of them in their entirety, in the words of those who developed them-the authors illustrate methods and techniques covering a wide range of assessment objectives in diverse types of institutions. Classroom assessment topics include mathematics, foreign language, technology, and more. Topics on overall institutional effectiveness range from student motivation in standardized testing to a multiple-campus, course-embedded approach to assessment of general education. A helpful cross-referencing system that enables readers to access cases by assessment objective, institutional type, and measurement method is included. (From the Publisher)
Drawing from 165 actual cases-and reporting 86 of them in their entirety, in the words of those who developed them-the authors illustrate methods and techniques covering a wide range of assessment objectives in diverse types of institutions. Classroom assessment topics include mathematics, foreign language, technology, and more. Topics on overall institutional effectiveness range from student motivation in standardized testing to a multiple-campus, course-embedded approach to assessment of general education. A helpful cross-referencing system that enables readers to access cases by assessment objective, institutional type, and measurement method is included. (From the Publisher)