Assessment reconsidered
Subtitle: institutional effectiveness for student success
By: Richard P. Keeling, Andrew F. Wall, Ric Underhile, Gwendolyn J. Dungy
Contributors: Wall, Andrew F., 1972- author; Underhile, Ric, author; Dungy, Gwendolyn Jordan, author; International Center for Student Success and Institutional Accountability
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: ICSSIA
Published: 2008
Place of publication: United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9780931654558
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Higher Education; Evaluation; Educational evaluation; Students; Teaching
Description: This book promotes the shared ownership of assessment planning among faculty, student affairs educators, administrators, and students. As a project of the International Center for Student Success and Institutional Accountability (ICSSIA), Assessment Reconsidered focuses on the collaborative use of all campus resources in promoting student success. Written by an ensemble of educators with broad experience in assessment theory and practice in higher education, this illuminating work helps both student affairs professionals and faculty members address internal and public questions about the functioning of postsecondary institutions by reconsidering assessment policies, patterns, and practices in colleges and universities. While the book acknowledges and responds to greater expectations for institutional accountability, its focus is on building capacity to engage in evidence-based, reflective practice and supporting educators in doing their best work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-113).
Table of contents: title: Assessment in higher education: vision and approach; title: Fundamentals of assessment in higher education; title: Rigor in assessment; title: Methods and innovation in assessment practice; title: Capacity-building for assessment practice; title: Assessment in practice; title: The costs of assessment in higher education; title: Framing assessment practice in higher education; title: Assessment and institutional policy; title: Assessment scholarship reconsidered; title: Assessment results reconsidered.