Publisher's Synopsis
Assessment Clear and Simple is "Assessment 101" in a book a concise, step–by–step guide written for everyone who participates in the assessment process. This practical book helps to make assessment simple, cost–efficient, and useful to the institution, while at the same time meeting the requirements of accreditation agencies, legislatures, review boards, and others. Assessment Clear and Simple explores a variety of topics and shows how to
- Build on assessment already in place
- Use classroom work and grading process
- Get faculty and department on board
- Assess hard–to–define goals such as moral and civic development
- Develop workable learning goals
- Tailor assessment to its purposes
- Select sensible assessment measures
- Make criteria explicit
- Use assessment to improve learning
- Establish effective oversight without an assessment bureaucracy
- Write an assessment report
- Interpret the institution’s culture to external audiences
Assessment Clear and Simple can help your institution employ assessment as a powerful instrument for improvement and provide a basis for wiser planning, budgeting, and change in curriculum, pedagogy, staffing, programming, and student support.
