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

Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education
ISBN-10
111890365X
ISBN-13
9781118903650
Category
Education
Pages
368
Language
English
Published
2014-09-09
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Authors
Trudy W. Banta, Catherine A. Palomba

Description

A comprehensive expansion to the essential higher educationassessment text This second edition of Assessment Essentials updates thebestselling first edition, the go-to resource on outcomesassessment in higher education. In this thoroughly revised edition,you will find, in a familiar framework, nearly all new material,examples from more than 100 campuses, and indispensabledescriptions of direct and indirect assessment methods that havehelped to educate faculty, staff, and students aboutassessment. Outcomes assessment is of increasing importance in highereducation, especially as new technologies and policy proposalsspotlight performance-based success measures. Leading authoritiesTrudy Banta and Catherine Palomba draw on research, standards, andbest practices to address the timeless and timeliest issues inhigher education accountability. New topics include: Using electronic portfolios in assessment Rubrics and course-embedded assessment Assessment in student affairs Assessing institutional effectiveness As always, the step-by-step approach of AssessmentEssentials will guide you through the process of developing anassessment program, from the research and planning phase toimplementation and beyond, with more than 100 examples along theway. Assessment data are increasingly being used to guideeverything from funding to hiring to curriculum decisions, and allfaculty and staff will need to know how to use them effectively.Perfect for anyone new to the assessment process, as well as forthe growing number of assessment professionals, this expandededition of Assessment Essentials will be an essentialresource on every college campus.

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