Title: Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education)
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0787973114
ISBN 13: 9780787973117
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Weight: 1.28 pounds

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Synopsis

Assessment Clear and Simple is "Assessment 101" in a book--a concise and step-by-step guide written for everyone who participates in the assessment process. This practical book helps to make assessment simple, cost-efficient, and useful to the institution, while at the same time meeting the requirements of accreditation agencies, legislatures, review boards, and others. Assessment Clear and Simple explores a variety of topics and shows how to:

Build on assessment already in place
Use classroom work and grading process
Get faculty and department on board
Assess hard to define goals such as moral and civic development
Development workable learning goals
Tailor assessment to its purposes
Select sensible assessment measures
Make criteria explicit
Use assessment to improve learning
Establish effective oversight without an assessment bureaucracy
Write an assessment report
Interpret the institution's culture to external audiences

About the Author

Barbara E. Walvoord is a fellow of the Institute for Educational Initiatives and concurrent professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. She has been coordinator of Notre Dame�s regional accreditation self-study, founding director of four faculty development programs, consultant to more than 250 institutions, and the author of Effective Grading from Jossey-Bass.

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