Assessing the Generic Outcomes of College : Selections from Assessment Measures

by Pike, Gary R.

• ISBN13: 9781118099650
• ISBN10: 1118099656
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-20
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

What does college teach, really? As demands for accountability intensify, meaningful measurement of broad college outcomes becomes increasingly important. Here, you'll take a journey through the history of assessment instruments, starting with the creation of the first general outcomes assessment tools in the 1980s. You'll follow the evolution of the tools, writing and critical thinking, and finally the concept of value-added analysis, an appealing but elusive goal for assessors.

Author Biography

Gary R. Pike, Executive Director of information management and institutional research at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolisis, is a consulting editor for Assessment Update.

Table of Contents

IntroductionùAssessing the Generic Outcomes of College: Selections from "Assessment Measures"	p. 1
General Education Assessment
Instruments for Assessing General Education Outcomes	p. 10
The College Outcome Measures Program (COMP) Examination	p. 13
Joint Task Force of the Interinstitutional Committee of Academic Officers and State Board for Community College Education	p. 17
Criteria for Evaluating Assessment Instruments	p. 19
The College Basic Academic Subjects Examination	p. 22
The Academic Profile II	p. 25
The Collegiate Learning Assessment	p. 28
Writing Assessment
Designing Comprehensive Writing Assessments	p. 34
Implementing a Large-Scale Writing Assessment	p. 37
Critical Thinking Assessment
Assessing the Critical Thinking Abilities of College Students	p. 43
The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal	p. 48
The California Critical Thinking Skills Test	p. 51
Tasks in Critical Thinking	p. 54
The Reflective judgment Interview	p. 57
The CRESST Problem-Solving Measures	p. 60
Value-Added Assessment
Freshman-to-Senior Gains at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville	p. 66
Methods of Evaluating Student Change during College	p. 70
Revisiting the Blind Alley of Value Added	p. 75
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