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Assessment Resources

Books

Banta, T.W. & Palomba, C. A. (2015). Assessment essentials: Planning, implementing, and improving assessment in higher education (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Banta, Trudy W., Jones, E.A., & Black, K. E. (2009). Designing effective assessment: Principles and profiles of good practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Cambridge, D. (2010). E-portfolios for lifelong learning and assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Driscoll, A. & Wood, S. (2007). Developing outcomes-based assessment for learner-centered education. A faculty introduction. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Carriveau, R. (2010). Connecting the dots: Developing student learning outcomes & outcome based assessments. Denton, TX: Fancy Fox Publications.

Diamond, R. M. (2008). Designing and assessing courses and curricula: A practical guide (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Kuh, G. D., Ikenberry, S. O., & Associates (2015. Using evidence of student learning to improve higher education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Kramer, G. L. & Swing, R. L. (2010). Higher education assessments: Leadership matters (eds.). American Council on Education Series on Higher Education. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Maki, Peggy L. (2010). Coming to terms with student outcomes assessment: Faculty and administrators’ journeys to integrating assessment in their work and institutional culture (ed.). Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Middaugh, M. F. (2010). Planning and assessment in higher education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Rhodes, T. L. (2010). Assessing outcomes and improving achievement. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Schraw, G., & Robinson, H. D. (2011). Assessment of higher order thinking skills (eds.). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Stevens, D. & Levi, A. J. (2013). Introduction to rubrics: An assessment tool to save grading time, convey effective feedback, and promote student learning (2nd ed.) Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Suskie, L. (2009). Assessing student learning: A common sense Guide. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Walvoord, B. E. (2010). Assessment clear and simple: A practical guide for institutions, departments, and general education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Wehlburg, C. M. (2008). Promoting integrated and transformative assessment: A deeper focus on student learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Wholey, S. J., Hatry, P. H., & Newcomer, E. K. (2010). Handbook of practical program evaluation. (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Zubizaretta, J. (2009). The learning portfolio: Reflective practice for improving student learning (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Electronic Publications

Adelman, C. (2015). To imagine a verb: The language and syntax of learning outcomes statements. (Occasional Paper No. 24). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment. Retrieved from http://learningoutcomesassessment.org/documents/Occasional_Paper_24.pdf

Baker, G. R., Jankowski, N., Provezis, S. & Kinzie, J. (2012). Using assessment results: Promising practices of institutions that do it well. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA). Retrieved from http://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/documents/CrossCase_FINAL1.pdf

Billups, F. D. (2012). Conducting focus groups with college students: Strategies to ensure success. Part of the Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons. Johnson & Wales University-Providence. Retrieved from http://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=research_methodology

Breslow, L., Faye, A., Snover, L., & Masi, B. (2007). Methods of measuring learning outcomes and value added. Teaching and Learning and Learning Laboratory. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved from https://tll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/guidelines/a-e-tools-methods-of-measuring-learning-outcomes-grid-2.pdf

Burton, L. (2007). Survey research: Choice of instrument, sample. Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved from http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/HSRE/PDFs/HSRE_lect11_burton.pdf

Fulcher, K. H., Good, M. R., Coleman, C. M., & Smith, K. L. (2014, December). A simple model for learning improvement: Weigh pig, feed pig, weigh pig. (Occasional Paper No. 23). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment. Retrieved from http://learningoutcomesassessment.org/documents/Occasional_Paper_23.pdf

“In a continuous improvement,” 2007. Focus Group Guide. Madison, WI. University of Wisconsin, Office of Quality Improvement. Retrieved from https://oqi.wisc.edu/resourcelibrary/uploads/resources/Focus_Group_Guide.pdf

Jankowski, N. (2014). Mapping Learning Outcomes: What you map is what you see. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA). Retrieved from http://www.learningoutcomeassessment.org/Presentations/Mapping.pdf

Labissiere, Y. & Reynolds, C. (2004, Fall). Using electronic portfolios as pedagogical practice to enhance student learning. Inventio Creative Thinking about Learning and Teaching. Vol. 6, Issue 2. Retrieved from http://www.uiowa.edu/assessment/sites/uiowa.edu.assessment/files/Labissiere.pdf

Luce, C. & Kirnan, J. P. (2016). Using indirect vs. direct measures in the summative assessment of student learning in higher education. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 75-91. Retrieved from http://josotl.indiana.edu/article/view/19371/28409

Miller, R. & Wende, M. (2009, Winter). The benefits of e-portfolios for students and faculty in their own words. (Peer review from the Association of American Colleges and Universities). Retrieved from

http://www.uiowa.edu/assessment/sites/uiowa.edu.assessment/files/Benefits.pdf

Montenegro, E., & Jankowski, N. A. (2017, January). Equity and assessment: Moving towards culturally responsive assessment. (Occasional Paper No. 29). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA). Retrieved from http://learningoutcomesassessment.org/documents/OccasionalPaper29.pdf

“There are many different, (n. d.). Assessment Methods. Retrieved from Stanford - Institutional Research & Decision Support - Assessment Methods

Tierney, R. & Simon, M. (2004). What’s still wrong with rubrics: Focusing on the consistency of performance criteria across scale levels 9(2). Retrieved from http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=9&n=2

Turner, J. & Shellard, E. (2004). Developing and using instructional rubrics. Arlington, VA: Educational Research Service. Retrieved from https://www.hmc.edu/institutional-research/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2016/02/ERS-Developing-Rubrics.pdf