A bird's-eye view of assessment : Selections from the editor's notes

Here, pioneer Trudy Banta illuminates the many facets of assessment in colleges and universities during the past two decades. Addressing the principles of good assessment practice, she gives an insider?s perspective and shares the larger questions and answers encountered in assessment. In the final section, she looks at assessment outside the United States. This valuable publication will give you a broader, deeper appreciation of the successes, snares, and future of outcomes assessment. A Bird's-Eye View of Assessment......Page 3 Contents......Page 5 Introduction—Selections from Trudy Banta's "Editor's Notes"......Page 7 On the Crest of the Wave......Page 16 Weaving Assessment into the Fabric of Higher Education......Page 19 Revealing the Results of Assessment......Page 20 This One's for Students......Page 23 The Power of a Matrix......Page 27 Welcome News About the Impact of Assessment......Page 31 Are We Making A Difference?......Page 37 Toward a Scholarship of Assessment......Page 40 How Do We Know Whether We Are Making a Difference?......Page 43 Demonstrating the Impact of Changes Based on Assessment Findings......Page 48 Take Part in the National Goals Debate......Page 53 Do Faculty Sense the Tightening of the Accountability Noose?......Page 56 Can We Combine Peer Review and National Assessment?......Page 58 Trying to Clothe the Emperor......Page 62 Are There Measures for Improvement and Accountability?......Page 70 Assessment: A Global Phenomenon......Page 74 Evaluation of Teaching and Learning in Germany......Page 76 A Global Perspective—At Last......Page 80 The Most Compelling International Dialogue to Date......Page 84 Two Conferences, Two Systems—Similar Perspectives?......Page 88 Sour Notes from Europe......Page 92 A selection of Banta's "Editor's Notes" columns in the journal Assessment Update, 1989-2010. "Trudy Banta has not only been the editor of 'Assessment Update' since its inception in 1989, she has also been one of the principle discussants, practitioners, and theorists of outcomes assessment in higher education. This collection of her editorial notes showcases her unique vantage point, illuminating the many facets of assessment in colleges and universities during the past two decades. At once realistic and positive, these essays will repay many readings."--Pg.[4] of cover.