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Assessing student learning : a common sense guide / Linda Suskie.

By: Suskie, Linda A [author.].
Publisher: San Francisco, California, USA : Jossey-Bass,a Wiley Brand, ©2018Edition: Third edition.Description: xxi, 386 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781119426936 (pbk.).Subject(s): College students -- Rating of | Educational tests and measurements | Educational Measurement | Competency-Based EducationDDC classification: 378.1662 Su81 2018
Contents:
What is assessment? -- The many settings for student learning and assessment -- What are effective assessment practices? -- Learning goals : articulating what you most want students to learn -- Designing curricula to help students learn what's important -- How will your evidence of student learning be used? -- Planning assessments in academic programs -- Planning assessments in general education, co-curricula, and other settings -- Guiding and coordinating assessment efforts -- Helping everyone learn what to do -- Supporting assessment efforts -- Keeping assessment cost-effective -- Collaborating on assessment -- Valuing assessment and the people who contribute -- Designing rubrics to plan and assess assignments -- Creating effective assignments -- Writing multiple-choice and other objective tests -- Assembling evidence of student learning into portfolios -- Selecting published instruments -- Other assessment tools -- Assessing the hard-to-assess -- Setting meaningful standards and targets -- Summarizing and storing evidence of student learning -- Analyzing evidence of student learning -- Sharing evidence of student learning -- Using evidence of student learning to inform important decisions.
Summary: Assessing Student Learning is a standard reference for college faculty and administrators, and the third edition of this highly regarded book continues to offer comprehensive, practical, plainspoken guidance. The third edition adds a stronger emphasis on making assessment useful; greater attention to building a culture in which assessment is used to inform important decisions; an enhanced focus on the many settings of assessment, especially general education and co-curricula; a new emphasis on synthesizing evidence of student learning into an overall picture of an integrated learning experience; new chapters on curriculum design and assessing the hard-to-assess; more thorough information on organizing assessment processes; new frameworks for rubric design and setting standards and targets; and many new resources. Faculty, administrators, new and experienced assessment practitioners, and students in graduate courses on higher education assessment will all find this a valuable addition to their bookshelves.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is assessment? --
The many settings for student learning and assessment --
What are effective assessment practices? --
Learning goals : articulating what you most want students to learn --
Designing curricula to help students learn what's important --
How will your evidence of student learning be used? --
Planning assessments in academic programs --
Planning assessments in general education, co-curricula, and other settings --
Guiding and coordinating assessment efforts --
Helping everyone learn what to do --
Supporting assessment efforts --
Keeping assessment cost-effective --
Collaborating on assessment --
Valuing assessment and the people who contribute --
Designing rubrics to plan and assess assignments --
Creating effective assignments --
Writing multiple-choice and other objective tests --
Assembling evidence of student learning into portfolios --
Selecting published instruments --
Other assessment tools --
Assessing the hard-to-assess --
Setting meaningful standards and targets --
Summarizing and storing evidence of student learning --
Analyzing evidence of student learning --
Sharing evidence of student learning --
Using evidence of student learning to inform important decisions.

Assessing Student Learning is a standard reference for college faculty and administrators, and the third edition of this highly regarded book continues to offer comprehensive, practical, plainspoken guidance. The third edition adds a stronger emphasis on making assessment useful; greater attention to building a culture in which assessment is used to inform important decisions; an enhanced focus on the many settings of assessment, especially general education and co-curricula; a new emphasis on synthesizing evidence of student learning into an overall picture of an integrated learning experience; new chapters on curriculum design and assessing the hard-to-assess; more thorough information on organizing assessment processes; new frameworks for rubric design and setting standards and targets; and many new resources. Faculty, administrators, new and experienced assessment practitioners, and students in graduate courses on higher education assessment will all find this a valuable addition to their bookshelves.

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