Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0028970225 ISBN 13: 9780028970226

Synopsis

In this detailed study, Astin examines why assessment activity has produced such meager results and, just as important, how existing activities can be improved. The author also discusses what new assessment practices can be implemented and shares specific and sometimes startling ideas on: --How assessment information can most effectively be used for evaluation; --How results can be used to enlighten and inform the practitioner; --How practical, technical, and political problems can be overcome when building an assessment database from student and faculty input; --How the movement of externally mandated assessments in various states is having a negative impact on higher education.

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Review:

?Special emphasis is given to the question of how assessment can be used to enlighten professors and administrators about educational practices and policies that enhance the learning process.?-Reference & Research Book News

About the Author:

ALEXANDER W. ASTIN is Allan M. Cartter professor of higher education and director of the Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 0028970225
• ISBN 13: 9780028970226
• Binding: Hardcover