Online Assessment, Measurement And Evaluation

by Williams, David D.; HOWELL, SCOTT L.; Hricko, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781591407478
• ISBN10: 1591407478
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Information Science Pub

Summary

"Online Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation : Emerging Practices uses established evaluation principles to employ new tools in evaluation systems that support stakeholders, clarify values and definitions of the evaluation methods, encourage thought about important questions, and refresh the readers' memories of contexts and backgrounds. This book also adheres to evaluation standards of feasibility, propriety, utility and accuracy in order to help participants realize that technical issues and methods are only worthwhile when they are in the service of helping people make thoughtful choices."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Section I. Introduction to Measurement and Assessment in Evaluation
Measurement and Assessment Supporting Evaluation in Online Settings	1	(9)
David D. Williams
Section II. Web Surveys
The Context and Culture of the Web as a Research Environment	10	(18)
Paula B. Doherty
Computer-Adaptive Online Exit Surveys: Conceptual and Methodological Issues	28	(17)
Najmuddin Shaik
Quality Standards for E-Learning: The Demand-Driven Learning Model	45	(16)
Krista Breithaupt
Colla J. MacDonald
Online Course-Ratings and the Personnel Evaluation Standards	61	(15)
Susan J. Clark
Christian M. Reiner
Trav D. Johnson
Case Study: Developing a University-Wide Distance Education Evaluation Program at the University of Florida	76	(16)
Christopher D. Sessums
Tracy A. Irani
Ricky Telg
T. Grady Roberts
Online Program Assessment: A Case Study of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Experience	92	(18)
Faye L. Lesht
Rae-Anne Montague
Vaughn J. Page
Najmuddin Shaik
Linda C. Smith
Section III. Student Feedback
Cybercoaching: An Emerging Model of Personalized Online Assessment	110	(21)
Ni Chang
Naomi Jeffery Petersen
Testing the Validity of the Post and Vote Model of Web-Based Peer Assessment	131	(22)
Bruce L. Mann
Online Assessment in a Teacher Education Program	153	(27)
Charles W. Peters
Patricia Ann Kenney
Section IV. Tests
Variations in Adaptive Testing and Their Online Leverage Points	180	(23)
Roy Levy
John T. Behrens
Robert J. Mislevy
Using Messick's Framework to Validate Assessment Tasks in Online Environments: A Course in Writing Effectively for UNHCR	203	(24)
Valerie Ruhe
Bruno D. Zumbo
Online Assessment and Instruction Using Learning Maps: A Glimpse into the Future	227	(11)
Jim Lee
Sylvia Tidwell-Scheuring
Karen Barton
Authentic Assessment Online: A Practical and Theoretical Challenge in Higher Education	238	(21)
Smita Mathur
Terry Murray
Performance Testing: Validity Issues and Design Considerations for Online Testing	259	(16)
James B. Olsen
Assessment and College Progress: Capacity Building Through Formative and Summative Program Evaluation	275	(17)
Jennifer K. Holtz
Barbara Radner
Evaluating Content-Management Systems for Online Learning Programs	292	(14)
Deborah L. Schnipke
Kirk Becker
James S. Masters
Section V. Combinations
Learning by Doing: Four Years of Online Assessment in Engineering Education Research	306	(10)
John C. Wise
Sang Ha Lee
Sarah E. Rzasa Zappe
The Role of Assessment and Evaluation in Context: Pedagogical Alignment, Constraints, and Affordances in Online Courses	316	(15)
Julia M. Matuga
About the Authors	331	(9)
Index	340