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Banta, Trudy W.

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

Banta, Trudy W. - Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education, ebook

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A comprehensive expansion to the essential higher education assessment text

This second edition of Assessment Essentials updates the bestselling first edition, the go-to resource on outcomes assessment 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 indispensable descriptions of direct and indirect assessment methods that have helped to educate faculty, staff, and students about assessment.

Outcomes assessment is of increasing importance in higher education, especially as new technologies and policy proposals spotlight performance-based success measures. Leading authorities Trudy Banta and Catherine Palomba draw on research, standards, and best practices to address the timeless andtimeliest issues in higher 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 Assessment Essentials will guide you through the process of developing an assessment program, from the research and planning phase to implementation and beyond, with more than 100 examples along the way. Assessment data are increasingly being used to guide everything from funding to hiring to curriculum decisions, and all faculty and staff will need to know how to use them effectively. Perfect for anyone new to the assessment process, as well as for the growing number of assessment professionals, this expanded edition of Assessment Essentials will be an essential resource on every college campus.

Keywords: Trudy W. Banta; Catherine A. Palomba; Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education, Second Edition; higher education assessment; outcomes assessment; general education; higher education; direct and indirect assessment methods; assessment methods; indirect assessment; higher education administration; institutional effectiveness; student affairs; performance-based success measures; college and university assessment programs; assessment programs; university assessment; higher education accountability; accountability; rubrics; course-embedded assessment; classroom assessment techniques; electronic portfolios; assessment process; use of technology in assessment, Assessment, Evaluation & Research (Higher Education), Assessment, Evaluation & Research (Higher Education)

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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication year
2015
Language
en
Edition
2
Page amount
368 pages
Category
Upbringing, Education
Format
Ebook
eISBN (ePUB)
9781118903650
Printed ISBN
9781118903322

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