Designing effective assessment : principles and profiles of good practice /

Banta, Trudy W.

Designing effective assessment : principles and profiles of good practice / Trudy W. Banta, Elizabeth A. Jones, Karen E. Black. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2009. - xii, 338 p. ; 24 cm. - The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series . - Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-325) and index.

Principles of good practice in outcomes assessment -- Planning effective assessment -- Implementing effective assessment -- Improving and sustaining effective assessment -- Profiles of good practice in outcomes assessment -- Good practice in implementing assessment planning -- General education profiles -- Undergraduate academic major profiles -- Faculty and staff development profiles -- Use of technology profiles -- Program review profiles -- First-year experiences, civic engagement opportunities, and international learning experiences profiles -- Student affairs profiles -- Community colleges profiles -- Graduate programs profiles -- Good practice in improving and sustaining assessment.

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Universities and colleges--Examinations.--United States
Education, Higher--Evaluation.--United States
Educational tests and measurements--United States.
Education, Higher--Evaluation--Case studies.--United States

LB2366.2 / .B36 2009