Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education

by Secolsky; Charles

• ISBN13: 9780415880763
• ISBN10: 0415880769
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-12-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Increased demands for colleges and universities to engage in outcomes assessment for accountability purposes have accelerated the need to bridge the gap between higher education practice and the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation. The Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Educationprovides higher education administrators, student affairs personnel, institutional researchers who generate and analyze data, and faculty with an integrated handbook of theory, method, and application. This valuable resource brings together applied terminology, analytical perspectives, and methodological advances from the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation to facilitate informed decision-making in higher education. Special Features: Contributing Authors are world-renowned scholars across the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation, including: Robert E. Stake, Trudy W. Banta, Michael J. Kolen, Noreen M. Webb, Kurt Geisinger, Robert J. Mislevy, Ronald K. Hambleton, Rebecca Zwick, John Creswell, and Margaret D. LeCompte. Depth of Coverage includes classroom assessment and student outcomes; assessment techniques for accountability and accreditation; test theory, item response theory, validity and reliability; qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods evaluation; context and ethics of assessment Questions and Exercises follow each Section to reinforce the valuable concepts and insights presented in the preceding chapters. Bridging the gap between practice in higher education with advances in measurement, assessment, and evaluation, this book enables educational decision-makers to engage in more sound professional judgment. This handbook provides higher education administrators with both high-level and detailed views into contemporary theories and practices, supplemented with guidance on how to apply them for the benefit of students and institutions.

Author Biography

Charles Secolsky is Director of Institutional Research and Planning at County College of Morris, New Jersey. D. Brian Denison is Institutional Research Analyst at Champlain Regional College, Quebec, Canada.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. xii
List of Tables	p. xiv
Foreword	p. xvi
Preface: Improving Institutional Decision Making through Educational Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation	p. xvii
Acknowledgements	p. xxi
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education	p. 1
Assessing the Quality of a University-Particularly Its Teaching	p. 3
Classroom-Level Assessment: Aligning Pedagogical Practices to Enhance Student Learning	p. 15
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment at the Program and Institutional Levels	p. 31
The Bottom Line: Will Faculty USE Assessment Findings?	p. 47
The Perennial Challenges of Accountability	p. 57
Using National, State, and Local Data for Administrative Decision-Making	p. 71
Empowerment Evaluation and Accreditation Case Examples: California Institute of Integral Studies and Stanford University	p. 90
Benchmarking in Higher Education	p. 100
Questions and Exercises for Section 1	p. 113
Theories and Technical Aspects of Educational Measurement	p. 115
Classical Test Theory and Higher Education: Five Questions	p. 117
Generalizability Theory in Assessment Contexts	p. 132
Item Response Theory in Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation for Higher Education	p. 150
Scaling, Norming, and Equating	p. 161
Reliability	p. 178
The Validation of Tests in Higher Education	p. 194
Statistical Modeling in Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation for Higher Education	p. 208
Issues in the Analysis of Change	p. 216
Questions and Exercises for Section 2	p. 229
Test Construction and Development	p. 237
Building Content and Statistical Test Specifications	p. 239
Evidence-Centered Design in Assessment Development	p. 257
The Assessment of 21st-century Skills in Community College Career and Technician Education Programs	p. 277
Iteni Analysis Procedures for Classroom Assessments in Higher Education	p. 296
Using Content Specialists for Detecting Item and Test Unfairness	p. 310
Computer-Based Testing in Higher Education	p. 321
Questions and Exercises for Section 3	p. 336
Testing and Assessment for Decision-Making	p. 341
Setting and Validating Cut Scores for Tests	p. 343
College Placement Testing of Entering Students	p. 367
Admissions Testing in Higher Education	p. 382
Postsecondary Writing Assessment	p. 405
Authentic Assessment Validation: A Heuristic Rubrics Cube	p. 423
Cognitive Diagnostic Method: Rule Space, Q-Matrix Theory and Applications	p. 438
Questions and Excercises for Section 4	p. 452
Approaches to Evaluation in Higher Education	p. 455
Program Evaluation in Higher Education	p. 459
Qualitative Evaluation	p. 473
Naturalistic Evaluation	p. 433
Responsive Evaluation	p. 500
Case Studies and Validity	p. 510
Mixed Methods Specialists in Action: Linking Mixed Methods Research to Learning and Classroom Assessment	p. 518
Survey Use in Academic Contexts: Considerations and Guidelines	p. 539
Questions and Exercises for Section 5	p. 549
Issues in Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education	p. 551
Using Data to Find Common Ground Between Secondary and Postsecondary Accommodations for Students with Disabilities	p. 553
Testing and Evaluation of English-Language Learners in Higher Education	p. 569
Evaluation of Teacher Quality
Reporting Assessment Results in Higher Education	p. 593
Presenting Learning Outcomes Assessment Results to Foster Use	p. 602
Revisiting Reliability and Validity in Higher Education Research and Program Evaluation	p. 613
Ethical Assessment and Institutional Advancement: Connecting Good Practice with the Need to Move Campuses Forward	p. 637
Questions and Exercises for Section 6	p. 646
Concluding Remarks	p. 648
About the Contributors	p. 650
Index	p. 661
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