Articles and Books on Assessment

Overall Assessment

"AAHE Assessment Forum." Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from the University of Cal State website:
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/fipse/lessons2/aahe.html

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from the Eastern Illinois website: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02602938.asp

Assessing Transformation. Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from the Portland State University website: www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.cae/files/media_assets/EDU0251.pdf

Assessment Update. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (Institutional Research Office)

Astin, A.W. Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. New York: American Council on Education/Macmillan, 1993.

Banta, Trudy W. et al. Assessment in Practice: Putting Principles to Work on College Campuses. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996.

Bak, K., Head, J., Leiman, A., Lincoln, D., Steyn, D., and Yeld, N. Designing and Managing MCQs, 2003. Retrieved on September 4, 2003 from University of Cape Town website: http://web.uct.ac.za/projects/cbe/mcqman/mcqappc.html

Bloom, Benjamin S. (Ed.). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain. New York: David McKay Co., Inc., 1956.

Boyer, Ernest L. College: The Undergraduate Experience in America. NY: Harper and Row, 1987.

Bransford, John D., Brown, Ann L., and Cocking, Rodney R. (Eds.). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 1999.

Brown, S., and Race, P. 500 Tips on Assessment. London: Kogan Page Ltd., 1996.

Chaffee, Ellie E. et al. Assessing Impact: Evidence and Action. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Higher Education, 1997.

Development of Performance Criteria. Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from the Portland State University website: www.pdx.edu/media/g/l/Gloria_Rogers.pdf

DLRN’s Technology Resource Guide. 2003. Retrieved on September 4, 2003 from Distance Learning Resource Network website: http://dlrn.org/library/dl/guide4.html

Gardiner, L.F. et al. Learning Through Assessment: A Resource Guide. Washington, D.C.: American Association for Higher Education, 1997.

Gardiner, Lion F. Redesigning Higher Education: Producing Dramatic Gains in Student Learning. Washington, D.C.: George Washington University, 1994.

Guidelines for Assessment. Spring 2003. Retrieved on July 9, 2003 from California State University, Chico website: www.csuchico.edu/community/assessment.html

Herman, J., Aschbacher, P., and Winters, L. A Practical Guide to Alternative Assessment. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1992.

Huba, M. & Fried, J. Learner-centered Assessment on College Campuses. Shifting the Focus From Teaching to Learning. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2000.

Huba and Freed. Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses. Boston: Alyn and Bacon, 2000.

Hutchings, P. and Marchese, T. “Watching Assessment: Questions, Stories, Prospects.” Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning. 22 (5), 1999: 12 – 38.

Maki, P. Assessing for Learning: Building a Sustainable Commitment Across the Institution. Sterling, VA: Stylus and AAHE, 2004.

Major Categories in the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (Bloom 1956, 2001). Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from the University of Washington website: http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/guides/bloom.html

Operational Excellence and Assessment Support. 2006. Retrieved from the University of Central Florida website: http://oeas.ucf.edu

Palomba, C., Pickerill, B., Shivaswamy, U., Woosley, S., Moore, D., Shaffer, P., and Banta, Trudy. Assessment Essentials. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.

Ratcliff, J.L. Linking Assessment and General Education. University Park, PA: NCTLA, 1993.

Stout, T. Assessment Workbook, June 2003. Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from Ball State University Office of Academic Assessment and Institutional Research website: http://web.bsu.edu/IRAA/AA/WB/contents.htm

Suskie, L. Assessing Student Learning. A Common Sense Guide. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing, 2004.

Troy, M., and Lowe, P. University Assessment Manual. 2003. Retrieved May 7, 2008 from Texas A&M University Assessment and Evaluation Center website:
www.tamu.edu/mars/assess/HTMLfiles/Manual.html

UCF Continuous Quality Improvement Assessment Process, 2003. Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from the University of Central Florida Office of Operational Excellence and Assessment Support website: http://oeas.ucf.edu/doc/UCFAssessmentProcess050508.pdf

Walvoord, B. Assessment Clear and Simple. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

WEAVE: A Quality Enhancement Guide for Academic Programs and Administrative and Educational Support Units. April 2000. Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from the Virginia Commonwealth University website: www.vcu.edu/quality/pdfs/WEAVEManual2002.pdf

Weber, Ellen. Student Assessment that Works. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

Wiggins, G. Assessing Student Performance: Exploring the Purpose and Limits of Testing. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons (Jossey Bass) 1993.

Program Assessment

Assessment Handbook for Departments, 2003. Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from Concordia College Assessment and Institutional Research website: www.cord.edu/dept/assessment/guidelines.htm

Guidelines for Program Assessment: Standards and Levels, 2002. Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from St. Cloud University Assessment Office website: www.stcloudstate.edu/assessment/

Hatfield, S. Department Level Assessment: Promoting Continuous Improvement. IDEA Paper #35. Manhattan, KS: IDEA Center, 1999.

Selecting Means of Assessment for Program Improvement, 2003). Retrieved on May 7, 2008, from Auburn University Office of Assessment and Program Improvement website: www.auburn.edu/academic/provost/assessment/page26.html

Teaching Goals Inventory. Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from University of Iowa Center for Teaching website:
http://fm.iowa.uiowa.edu/fmi/xsl/tgi/data_entry.xsl?-db=tgi_data&-lay=Layout01&-view

Skills Assessment

Adelman, C. (Ed.). Performance and Judgment: Essays on Principles and Practice in the Aassessment of College Student Learning. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Research, 1987.

Courts, Patrick L. and Kathleen H. McInerney. Assessment in Higher Education: Politics, Pedagogy, and Portfolios. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993. (LB2366.2.C68)

Values Assessment

Melnyk, S., and Denzler, D. Operations Management – A Value-Driven Approach. Irwin, 1995.

Ragin, C. Constructing Social Research: The Unity and Diversity of Method. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1994.

Knowledge Assessment

Cherry, R. and Meyer, P. “Reliability Issues in Holistic Assessment.” Validating Holistic Scoring for Writing Assessment: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations (M. Williamson and A. Huot, Eds). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1993.

Gagne, R. Conditions of Learning and Theory of Instruction (3rd edition). New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Gardiner, L.F. (1994).

Glassick, C.E., Taylor Huber, M., and Maeroff, G.I. Scholarship Assessed. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass, 1997.

Huba, M. and Fried, J. Learner-centered Assessment on College Campuses.

Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2000.

Linn, R. and Baker, E. Can Performance-Based Student Assessments Be Psychometrically Sound? Performance-Based Student Assessment: Challenges and Possibilities, Ninety-Fifth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part 1 (J. Baron and D. Wolf, eds.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Stake, R. “Case Studies.” Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry (N. Denzin and Y. Lincoln, eds.) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1998.

Suskie, L. Assessing Student Learning. A Common Sense Guide. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing, 2004.

White, Edward M. Teaching and Assessing Writing: Recent Advances in Understanding, Evaluating, and Improving Student Performance, second edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994.

Outcomes Assessment

Abromeit, J., and Schulte, J. “Identifying Outcomes Toward Student Assessment” presented at 2003 AAHE Assessment Forum, Seattle, WA, June 2003.

Allen, M. and Noel, E. Outcomes Assessment Handbook. California State University Bakersfield, March 2002.

“Assessment: An Institution-Wide Process to Improve and Support Student Learning.” (2000, April). Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from College of DuPage Outcomes Assessment website: www.cod.edu/Dept/Outcomes/AssessmentBook.pdf

Erwin, T.D. Assessing Student Learning and Development: A Guide to the Principles, Goals, and Methods of Determining College Outcomes. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991.

Ewell, Peter. Assessing Educational Outcomes. New Directions for Institutional Research #47. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985.

Harding, L., Dickerson, D., and Kehoe, B. Guide to Outcomes Assessment of Student Learning. California State University, Fresno, 1999.

Hutchings, P. Behind Outcomes: Contexts and Questions for Assessment. Washington, D.C.: American Association for Higher Education, 1989.

Jacobi, M., Astin, A., & Alaya, F. College Student Outcomes Assessment: A Talent Development Perspective (ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 7). Washington, D.C.: Association for the Study of Higher Education, 1987.

Julian, F. The Capstone Course as an Outcomes Test for Majors. Assessment in Practice (T. Banta, J. Lund, K. Black, and F. Oblander, eds.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996.

Kuh, G.D. et al. “Student Learning Outside the Classroom.” Washington, DC: ASHE. Musil, C.M. (Ed.). (1992). Students at the Center: Feminist Assessment. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges, 1994.

Lenning, Oscar T. Improving Educational Outcomes. New Directions for Higher Education #16. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1976.

Mentkowski, Marcia and Associates. Learning that Lasts: Integrating Learning, Development, and Performance in College and Beyond. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

Nichols, James O. A Practitioner's Handbook for Institutional Effectiveness and Student Outcomes Assessment Implementation, third edition. New York: Agathon Press, 1995.

Nichols, James O. The Departmental Guide and Record Book for Student Outcomes Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness. New York: Agathon Press, 1995.

Palomba, C. and Banta, T. Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.

Pascarella, E., & Terenzini, P.T. How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991.

Outcomes Assessment Manual. Retrieved on May 7, 2003 from University of Wisconsin, Madison Assessment website: www.provost.wisc.edu/assessment/manual/

Randy, B. and Academic Assessment Committee. A Program Guide for Outcomes Assessment. Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from Geneva College, Assessment website: www.geneva.edu/object/assess_outcomes.html

Roth, R., Beyer, C., and Gillmore, G. Student Learning Outcomes. Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from University of Washington website: http://depts.washington.edu/grading/slo

Terenzini, Patrick T. "Assessment with Open Eyes: Pitfalls in Studying Student Outcomes." Journal of Higher Education (November/December, 1989) 60: 644-664.

Writing Statements of Intended Educational Outcomes. Retrieved on May 7, 2008 from Auburn University Office of Assessment and Program Improvement website: www.auburn.edu/academic/provost/assessment/page26.html

Classroom Assessment

Allen, M. “Planning, Implementing, and Assessing a Learner-Centered Curriculum.” Pre-conference workshop at 2003 AAHE Assessment Forum, Seattle, WA. June, 2003.

Andrade, H.G. "When Assessment is Lesson Plans and Lesson Plans is Assessment: Using Rubrics to Promote Thinking and Understanding." In L. Hetland and S. Veenema (Eds.), The Project Zero Classroom: Views on Understanding. Cambridge, MA: Project Zero, 1999.

Angelo, T.A., and Cross, K.P. Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers (2nd edition). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.

Bondy, Eric and Bill Kendall. "Ongoing Assessment," The Teaching for Understanding Guide. San Francisco: Josey-Bass, 1998: 86-87.

Borden, Victor M.H. and Banta, Trudy W. (editors) Using Performance Indicators to Guide Strategic Decision Making. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994.

Centra, John A. Renewing and Evaluating Teaching. New Directions for Higher Education #17. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1977.

Centra, John A. Reflective Faculty Evaluation: Enhancing Teaching and Determining Faculty Effectiveness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.

Diamond, R. Designing and Assessing Courses and Curricula. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

Gaff, Jerry G. New Life for the College Curriculum: Assessing Achievements and Furthering Progress in the Reform of General Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991.

Gaff, Jerry G. and James L. Ratcliff Handbook of the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Comprehensive Guide to Purposes, Structures, Practices, and Change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.

Graziano, A., and Raulin, M. Research Methods: A Process of Inquiry (2nd Ed.). New York: Harper Collins, 1993.

Gronlund, Norman. E. How to Write and Use Instructional Objectives (6th Ed.). Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000.

Gronlund, Norman E. Assessment of Student Achievement. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1998.

Haladyna, T. (2nd ed.). Developing and Validating Multiple-choice Test Items. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates, 1999.

Integrity in the College Curriculum: A Report to the Academic Community. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges, 1985.

Jacobs, L.D., and Chase, C.I. Developing and Using Tests Effectively. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992.

Marzano, Robert J. Transforming Classroom Grading. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2000.

Ory, J.C., and Ryan, K.E. Tips for Improving Testing and Grading. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993.

Popham, W. James. Classroom Assessment: What Teachers Need. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

Ratcliff, James L. Assessment and Curriculum Reform. New Directions for Higher Education #80. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992.

Walvoord, B., and Anderson, V. Effective Grading. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998.