Assessing Student Learning
A Common Sense Guide
2nd Edition
Published on 4. August 2010
384 pages
978-0-470-93680-1 (ISBN)
Description
The first edition of Assessing Student Learning has become the standard reference for college faculty and administrators who are charged with the task of assessing student learning within their institutions. The second edition of this landmark book offers the same practical guidance and is designed to meet ever-increasing demands for improvement and accountability. This edition includes expanded coverage of vital assessment topics such as promoting an assessment culture, characteristics of good assessment, audiences for assessment, organizing and coordinating assessment, assessing attitudes and values, setting benchmarks and standards, and using results to inform and improve teaching, learning, planning, and decision making.
Reviews / Votes
"All of us engaged in assessing student learning will benefitfrom Linda Suskie's continued work to define and refine assessmentconcepts and strategies. She asks, and answers, the hard questionswe all need to address to plan and implement a successfulassessment program."--Randy L. Swing, executive director,Association for Institutional Research "Once again, Linda Suskie provides a clear and comprehensiveguide to assessment. Her truly commonsense approach distills vastamounts of scholarship on the topic and provides excellent examplesof good practice. This book will be an invaluable resource tofaculty and administrators working on assessment."--MadeleineF. Green, vice president for international initiatives, AmericanCouncil on Education "This book is a self-contained manual to assist anyone with theimplementation of outcomes-based assessment. I highly recommend itto all of my students because Linda Suskie illustrates each step ingreat detail and answers common assessment questions clearly. I owntwo copies of the first edition, because one is always in use byone or more of my colleagues." --Marilee J. Bresciani,associate professor, Administration, Rehabilitation, andPostsecondary Education, and codirector, Center for EducationalLeadership, Innovation, and Policy, San Diego State UniversityMore details
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Persons
Linda Suskie, internationally acclaimed writer, speaker, trainer, and consultant on higher education assessment, is a vice president of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Content
About the Author.
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING ASSESSMENT.
1. What Is Assessment?
2. How Can Student Learning Be Assessed?
3. What Is Good Assessment?
PART TWO: PLANNING FOR ASSESSMENT SUCCESS.
4. Why Are You Assessing Student Learning?
5. The Keys to a Culture of Assessment: Tangible Value andRespect.
6. Supporting Assessment Efforts with Time, Infrastructure, andResources.
7. Organizing an Assessment Process.
8. Developing Learning Goals.
PART THREE: THE ASSESSMENT TOOLBOX.
9. Using a Scoring Guide or Rubric to Plan and Evaluate anAssignment.
10. Creating an Effective Assignment.
11. Writing a Traditional Test.
12. Assessing Values, Attitudes, Dispositions, and Habits ofMind.
13. Assembling Assessment Information into Portfolios.
14. Selecting a Published Test or Survey.
PART FOUR: UNDERSTANDING AND USING ASSESSMENTRESULTS.
15. Setting Benchmarks or Standards.
16. Summarizing and Analyzing Assessment Results.
17. Sharing Assessment Results with Internal and ExternalAudiences.
18. Using Assessment Results Effectively and Appropriately.
19. Keeping the Momentum Going.
References.
Recommended Readings.
Assessment Resources.
Index.
