A bird's-eye view of assessment
Subtitle: selections from editor's notes
By: edited by Trudy W. Banta
Edition: First edition.
Series: Assessment update collections; Assessment update collections
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2011
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 89
ISBN-13: 9781118099667
Subjects: Higher Education; Evaluation; Educational evaluation
Description: A selection of Banta's "Editor's Notes" columns in the journal Assessment Update, 1989-2010.

"Trudy Banta has not only been the editor of 'Assessment Update' since its inception in 1989, she has also been one of the principle discussants, practitioners, and theorists of outcomes assessment in higher education. This collection of her editorial notes showcases her unique vantage point, illuminating the many facets of assessment in colleges and universities during the past two decades. At once realistic and positive, these essays will repay many readings."--Pg.[4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Some things never change: On the crest of the wave ; Weaving assessment into the fabric of higher education ; Revealing the results of assessment ; This one's for students ; The power of a matrix ; Welcome news about the impact of assessment; title: You won't fin this in books: Are we making a difference? ; Toward a scholarship of assessment ; How do we know whether we are makeing a difference? ; Demonstrating the impact of changes based on assessment findings; title: One bird's-eye view of hte U.S. landscape for assessment ; Take part in the national goals debate ; Do faculty sense the tightening of the accountability noose? ; Can we combine peer review and national assessment? ; Trying to clothe the emperor ; Are there measures for improvement and accountability?; title: Tripping lightly around the globe: Assessment, a global phenomenon ; Evaluation of teaching and learning in Germany ; A global perspective ... at last ; The most compelling international dialogue to date ; Two conferences, two systems ... similar perspectives? ; Sour notes from Europe.