Assessment Clear and Simple provides a concise, step-by-step guide for the assessment process. This practical book provides cost-efficient and useful tools that fulfill the requirements of accreditation agencies, legislatures, review boards, and etc. to ensure a simple, successful assessment. With an easy-to-read manner, this toolkit explores the areas of planning, budgeting, and the changes in the curriculum, pedagogy, and programming. This modified edition includes new standardized tests, portfolios, and e-portfolios for the assessment process, and new institution-wide planning tools developed by the author for anyone involved in higher education.
Author(s): Barbara E. Walvoord
Edition: 2
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 144
ASSESSMENT CLEAR AND SIMPLE, SECOND EDITION......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Foreword to the First Edition......Page 11
About the Author......Page 13
The Purpose of This Book......Page 17
What Is Assessment?......Page 18
Concerns About Assessment......Page 22
Benefi ts of Assessment......Page 26
Communicating About Assessment......Page 28
General Guidelines for the Three Steps......Page 29
Okay, So What Should We Do?......Page 41
Establish Vision, Audience, Purpose, Goals......Page 43
Analyze Your Overall Assessment System......Page 48
Make Improvements to the Assessment System......Page 51
Documenting Assessment for Accreditors and Others......Page 70
Budgeting for Assessment......Page 73
The Basic No-Frills Departmental Assessment System......Page 75
Case Studies and Examples......Page 77
Guidelines for Departmental Assessment......Page 82
Special Circumstances for Assessment......Page 87
Reporting Departmental Assessment......Page 91
Establish Vision, Responsibilities, Audiences, and Goals......Page 97
The Basic No-Frills System......Page 101
Guidelines for General Education Assessment......Page 104
Reporting General Education Assessment......Page 115
Appendix A: Curriculum Map......Page 117
Appendix B: Student Consent Form......Page 119
Appendix C: Analyzing Audiences for Assessment......Page 121
Example 1: Rubric for Essay of Literary Analysis......Page 123
Example 2: Rubric for Scientifi c Experiment in Biology Capstone Course......Page 126
Resources: A Short List......Page 131
References......Page 133
Index......Page 137
