Description
Book SynopsisExamines the current state of assessment practice and scholarship, and explores what the future holds for the field, in order to help educators meet the increasing demands of more sophisticated methods of assessment. Written by leading experts in the assessment field, this book roots assessment squarely in several related disciplines.
Table of ContentsPreface ix
The Authors xiii
Part One: History and Current Status of Assessment 1
1 An Emerging Scholarship: A Brief History of Assessment 3
Peter T. Ewell
2 Promoting Academic Improvement: Organizational and Administrative Dynamics That Support Student Assessment 26
Marvin W. Peterson and Derek S. Vaughan
Part Two: Theoretical Foundations of Assessment 47
3 The Roots of Assessment: Tensions, Solutions, and Research Directions 49
Peter J. Gray
4 A Scholar-Practitioner Model for Assessment 67
T. Dary Erwin and Steven L. Wise
5 Enacting a Collaborative Scholarship of Assessment 82
Marcia Mentkowski and Georgine Loacker
6 The Scholarly Assessment of Student Development 100
George D. Kuh, Robert M. Gonyea, and Daisy P. Rodriguez
Part Three: Methods of Assessment 129
7 Measurement Issues in Outcomes Assessment 131
Gary R. Pike
8 Web Applications in Assessment 148
Mark D. Shermis and Kathryn E. Daniels
9 Information Support for Assessment 167
Victor M. H. Borden
Part Four: Scholarly Assessment 183
10 Engaging and Supporting Faculty in the Scholarship of Assessment: Guidelines from Research and Best Practice 185
Thomas Anthony Angelo
11 Scholarly Assessment of Student Learning in the Major and General Education 201
Catherine A. Palomba
12 Program Review: A Spectrum of Perspectives and Practices 223
Karen E. Black and Kimberly A. Kline
13 Accreditation and the Scholarship of Assessment 240
Barbara D. Wright
Part Five: Toward a Scholarship of Assessment 259
14 Characteristics of Effective Outcomes Assessment: Foundations and Examples 261
Trudy W. Banta
15 A Call for Transformation 284
Trudy W. Banta
References 293
Name Index 319
Subject Index 325
