Assessment in Higher Education: Issues of Access, Quality, Student Development and Public Policy

by Messick; Samuel J.

• ISBN13: 9780805821079
• ISBN10: 0805821074
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Assessment in Higher Educationbrings together in one place most of the major issues confronting higher education in the 1990s. These include enhancing student access, development, and success in higher education; transforming admissions testing to meet expanding educational needs; resolving the politics of accountability by assessing quality outcomes of higher education; assuring fair assessment responsive to human diversity; and facing the technological future of higher education. An integrative thread that weaves through all of these issues is the concept of equity, especially as it bears on social justice in education and on fairness in assessment. Another integrative thread is the role of computer and multimedia technology not only in improving the efficiency and power of all the functions of higher education assessment, but also in revolutionizing the delivery of higher education itself.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	xi	(2)
Preface	xiii	(2)
Bibliography	xv
Warren W. Willingham
PART I PRELUDE	1	(8)
Chapter One The Changing Face of Higher Education Assessment	3	(6)
Samuel Messick
PART II ENHANCING STUDENT ACCESS AND SUCCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION	9	(60)
Chapter Two Personal Qualities and Human Development in Higher Education: Assessment in the Service of Educational Goals	13	(22)
Arthur W. Chickering
Chapter Three Assessment to Improve College Instruction	35	(12)
K. Patricia Cross
Chapter Four Assessing and Credentialing Learning from Prior Experience	47	(10)
Morris Keeton
Chapter Five Commentary Feedback and Reflection in Facilitating Further Learning	57	(6)
Wilbert J. McKeachie
Chapter Six Commentary Characteristics of Assessment in Support of Student Access and Success	63	(6)
Sister Joel Read
PART III EXPANDING ADMISSIONS TESTING	69	(76)
Chapter Seven Implications of Standards-Based Reform for Admissions Testing	73	(18)
Robert L. Linn
Chapter Eight From 2 to 3 Rs -- The Expanding Use of Writing in Admissions	91	(22)
Hunter M. Breland
Chapter Nine A Theory-Based Framework for Future College Admissions Tests	113	(20)
Howard T. Everson
Chapter Ten Commentary Expanding the Breadth and Depth of Admissions Testing	133	(8)
Richard E. Snow
Chapter Eleven Commentary Interpreting Scores in Context to Identify Student Potential	141	(4)
Fred A. Hargadon
PART IV POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY OF HIGHER EDUCATION ASSESSMENT	145	(32)
Chapter Twelve Assessment of Higher Education Quality: Promise and Politics	147	(10)
Peter T. Ewell
Chapter Thirteen Assessment, Student Development, and Public Policy	157	(20)
Alexander W. Astin
PART V ISSUES OF EQUITY AND FAIRNESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION ASSESSMENT	177	(66)
Chapter Fourteen Computer-Based Testing for Examinees with Disabilities: On the Road to Generalized Accommodation	181	(12)
Randy Elliot Bennett
Chapter Fifteen Directions in the Assessment of Linguistic Minorities	193	(10)
Richard P. Duran
Chapter Sixteen Human Diversity and Equitable Assessment	203	(10)
Edmund W. Gordon
Chapter Seventeen A Systemic View of Test Fairness	213	(30)
Warren W. Willingham
PART VI PROSPECTS	243	(12)
Chapter Eighteen Technology and the Future of Higher Education Assessment	245	(10)
Samuel Messick
Author Index	255	(4)
Subject Index	259