Designing Effective Assessment Principles and Profiles of Good Practice

by Banta, Trudy W.; Jones, Elizabeth A.; Black, Karen E.

• ISBN13: 9780470393345
• ISBN10: 0470393343
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-14
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

With assessment in the national and international spotlight as never before, faculty and staff are searching for examples of good practice in assessment. This new book expands on Trudy Banta's classic work Assessment in Practice. This important resource includes current information on assessment practices and offers 49 concrete and fully developed examples of institutional, program, and individual assessment that are practical and useful. This resource is written for assessment professionals, academic and student affairs administrators, faculty and staff.

Author Biography

Trudy W. Banta has written or edited 15 published volumes on assessment, contributed 26 chapter to other published works, and written more than 200 articles and reports on the topic.?She is the founding editor of award-winning Assessment Update, a bimonthly Jossy-Bass periodical published since 1989. The?recipient of seven national awards for her work,?Banta has consulted with faculty and administrators in 46 states and numerous countries?on the topic of outcomes assessment and has developed, coordinated, and given invited addresses at numerous national and international conferences.

Elizabeth A. Jones is professor of higher education leadership at West Virginia University. She has conducted assessment research supported by NPEC that resulted in the publication of two books and served as the principal investigator of a general education assessment project supported by FIPSE. Jones has published numerous articles pertaining to assessment and has presented at national conferences.

Karen E. Black directs the program review process for Indiana-University Purdue University Indianapolis, serves on numerous campus committees including the Program Review and Assessment Committee, teaches for the Organizational Leadership department, and works closely with the North Central Association accreditation on issues for the campus. Black coauthored Assessment in Practice (Jossey-Bass, 1996), serves as the managing?editor of Assessment Update, and?has written several articles on assessment in higher education.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
The Authors	p. xi
Principles Of Good Practice In Outcomes Assessment	p. 1
Planning Effective Assessment	p. 3
Implementing Effective Assessment	p. 11
Improving and Sustaining Effective Assessment	p. 21
Profiles Of Good Practice In Outcomes Assessment	p. 29
Good Practice in Implementing Assessment Planning	p. 31
General Education Profiles	p. 55
Undergraduate Academic Majors Profiles	p. 89
Faculty and Staff Development Profiles	p. 109
Use of Technology Profiles	p. 129
Program Review Profiles	p. 149
First-Year Experiences, Civic Engagement Opportunities, and International Learning Experiences Profiles	p. 173
Student Affairs Profiles	p. 199
Community Colleges Profiles	p. 219
Graduate Programs Profiles	p. 235
Good Practice in Improving and Sustaining Assessment	p. 253
Resources
Institutional Profiles by Institution	p. 279
Institutional Profiles by Category	p. 297
Profiled Institutions by Carnegie Classification	p. 311
Contributors of Profiles Included in Their Entirety	p. 315
References	p. 321
Index	p. 327
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