Resources and Links

Web Sites

College Composition and Communication's Position on Writing Assessment

ERIC -- National information clearinghouse on higher education. 

ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation

Center for the Study of Higher Education -- at Penn State

North Carolina State's assessment resource page -- excellent and comprehensive list of assessment resources available on the internet and links to assessment pages at other universities.

Portland State University's Center for Academic Excellence features events and resources related to university assessment and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Virginia Tech's Office of Academic Assessment

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General Articles

Slocum, Timothy A. Evaluation of Direct Instruction Implementations. Journal of Direct Instruction. v3 n2 p111-37 Sum 2003. 

Bain, Robert. Mirel, Jeffrey. Reviving Standards-Based Reform: A Look at Teaching History. College Board Review. n198 p21-27 Win 2003.

Lopez, Cecilia L. Assessment of Student Learning: Challenges and Strategies. Journal of Academic Librarianship. v28 n6 p356-67 Nov 2002.

Welsh, John F. Alexander, Suraj. Dey, Sukhen. Continuous Quality Measurement: Restructuring Assessment for a New Technological and Organisational Environment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. v26 n5 p391-401 Oct 2001. 

Kuh, George D. Banta, Trudy W.  Faculty-Student Affairs Collaboration on Assessment-Lessons from the Field. About Campus. v4 n6 p4-11 Jan-Feb 2000. 

Terwilliger, James. Semantics, Psychometrics, and Assessment Reform: A Close Look at "Authentic" Assessments. Educational Researcher. v26 n8 p24-27 Nov 1997.

Eisenbach, Regina. Golich, Vicki. Curry, Renee. Classroom Assessment Across the Disciplines. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. n75 p59-66 Fall 1998. 

Astin, Alexander W. Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. American Council on Education/Macmillan Series on Higher Education. 335 p. 1991  (conference paper, must be purchased through EDRS)

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Discipline Specific Articles

Assessment articles by discipline.

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Classroom Assessment

Classroom Assessment Techniques defined by Thomas Angelo and K. Patricia Cross  

Examples of Classroom Assessment Techniques

Writing Teaching Assessment Questions for Precision and Reflection -- Article by William L. Rando offers helpful guidance in creating assessment questions within the classroom.

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Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes Web-Sites: Why we need them, how to conduct them, class implementation

Determining Learning Outcomes
http://academicaffairs.cmich.edu/caa/assessment/resources/toolkit/Determinestudentlearningoutcomes.doc

Domains of Student Learning
http://academicaffairs.cmich.edu/caa/assessment/resources/toolkit/Whatarethedomainsofstudentlearning.doc

Steps For Developing a Program Assessment Plan
http://academicaffairs.cmich.edu/caa/assessment/resources/toolkit/GuideForDevelopingAssessmentPlan.pdf

Why Care About Assessment of Student Learning
http://academicaffairs.cmich.edu/caa/assessment/resources/toolkit/Whycareaboutassessmentofstudentlearning.doc

Classroom Assessment Techniques (Primary Traits)
http://www.siue.edu/~deder/assess/catmain.html

Primary Trait Rationale (and comparison to just grades)
http://www.siue.edu/~deder/assess/cats/pta.html

Assessment Web Site
http://www.aacsb.edu/ARC/ 

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