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• Title:Assessment essentials : planning, implementing, and improving assessment in higher education / Trudy W. Banta, Catherine A. Palomba ; foreword by Jillian Kinzie.
  
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• Author/Creator:Banta, Trudy W., author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Palomba, Catherine A., 1943- author.
  Kinzie, Jillian (Jillian L.), author of foreword.
  
• Published/Created:San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2015]
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB2366.2 .P35 2015
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Universities and colleges--United States--Examinations.
  
• Medical Subjects: Educational Measurement.
  Competency-Based Education.
  
• Edition:Second edition.
  
• Description:xxiv, 339 pages ; 25 cm
  
• Series:Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
  
• Summary:In this thoroughly revised edition of Assessment Essentials, the bestselling text on outcomes assessment in higher education, you will find, in a familiar framework, nearly all new material, examples from more than 100 campuses, and indispensable descriptions of direct and indirect assessment methods that have helped to educate faculty, staff, and students about assessment. Leading authorities Trudy Banta and Catherine Palomba draw on research, standards, and best practices to address the timeliest issues in higher education accountability. This edition includes information on the use of electronic portfolios, rubrics and course-embedded assessment, assessment in student affairs, and how to assess institutional effectiveness. -- from back cover.
  
• Notes:Catherine A. Palomba is the first author on the title page of the first edition.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781118903322 hardcover
  1118903323 hardcover
  
• Contents:1. Defining assessment
  2. The essentials of assessment
  3. Engaging faculty and students in assessment
  4. Setting expectations and preparing to select measures
  5. Using direct measures
  6. Using indirect assessment methods
  7. Assessing learning in the major
  8. Assessing learning in general education
  9. Assessing student learning and program effectiveness in student affairs
  10. Analyzing, reporting, and using assessment results
  11. Assessing institutional effectiveness
  12. Summing up: a time of transition.