Assessment essentials planning, implementing, and improving assessment in higher education /

Main Author: Palomba, Catherine A., 1943-
Other Authors: Banta, Trudy W.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999.
Physical Description: xviii, 405 pages ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The essentials of successful assessment
  • Developing definitions, goals, and plans
  • Encouraging involvement in assessment
  • Selecting methods and approaches
  • Using performance measures and portfolios for assessment
  • Using tests, classroom assignments, and classroom assessment
  • Listening to students' voices
  • Relating assessment to the world of work
  • Assessing general education
  • Assessing campus environments and student experiences
  • Reporting and using assessment results
  • A matter of choices.