Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education 2nd Edition by Barbara E. Walvoord (PDF)

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The first edition of Assessment Clear and Simple quickly became the essential go-to guide for anyone who participates in the assessment process in higher education. With the increased pressure to perform assessment to demonstrate accountability, Assessment Clear and Simple is needed more than ever. This second edition of the classic resource offers a concise, step-by-step guide that helps make assessment simple, cost-efficient, and useful to an institution. It contains effective strategies for meeting the requirements of accreditation agencies, legislatures, review boards, and others, while emphasizing and showing how to move from data to actions that improve student learning. This thoroughly revised and updated edition includes many new or expanded features, including:Illustrative examples drawn from the author’s experience consulting with more than 350 institutionsA basic, no-frills assessment plan for departments and for general educationTips on how to integrate portfolios and e-portfolios into the assessment processSuggestions for using rubrics and alternatives to rubrics, including doing assessment for multidisciplinary workClear instructions on how to construct a coherent institution-wide assessment system and explain it to accreditorsIdeas for assigning responsibility for general education assessmentStrategies for gathering information about departmental assessment while keeping the departmental workload manageableInformation on how to manage assessment in times of budgetary cutbacksPraise for the Second Edition of Assessment Clear and Simple”Walvoord’s approach to assessment is wonderfully straightforward; it is also effective in facilitating faculty engagement in assessment. We’ve applied a number of her methods to our campus assessment efforts with success. This book makes assessment both manageable and useful in improving and enhancing student learning.”—Martha L. A. Stassen, director of assessment, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and president, New England Educational Assessment Network (NEEAN)”Walvoord’s work clearly presents the basics for getting started in assessment of student learning while honestly addressing the complexities of assessment when driven by faculty passion for student learning. This book is a valuable resource for the novice as well as the developing experts who are leading their institutions in academic assessment.”—Bobbi Allen, faculty assessment director, Delta College

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Editorial Reviews: From the Inside Flap The first edition of Assessment Clear and Simple quickly became the essential go-to guide for anyone who participates in the assessment process in higher education. With the increased pressure to perform assessment to demonstrate accountability, Assessment Clear and Simple is needed more than ever. This second edition of the classic resource offers a concise, step-by-step guide that helps make assessment simple, cost-efficient, and useful to an institution. It contains effective strategies for meeting the requirements of accreditation agencies, legislatures, review boards, and others, while emphasizing and showing how to move from data to actions that improve student learning. This thoroughly revised and updated edition includes many new or expanded features, including:Illustrative examples drawn from the author’s experience consulting with more than 350 institutionsA basic, no-frills assessment plan for departments and for general educationTips on how to integrate portfolios and e-portfolios into the assessment processSuggestions for using rubrics and alternatives to rubrics, including doing assessment for multidisciplinary workClear instructions on how to construct a coherent institution-wide assessment system and explain it to accreditorsIdeas for assigning responsibility for general education assessmentStrategies for gathering information about departmental assessment while keeping the departmental workload manageableInformation on how to manage assessment in times of budgetary cutbacksPraise for the Second Edition of Assessment Clear and Simple”Walvoord’s approach to assessment is wonderfully straightforward; it is also effective in facilitating faculty engagement in assessment. We’ve applied a number of her methods to our campus assessment efforts with success. This book makes assessment both manageable and useful in improving and enhancing student learning.”—Martha L. A. Stassen, director of assessment, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and president, New England Educational Assessment Network (NEEAN)”Walvoord’s work clearly presents the basics for getting started in assessment of student learning while honestly addressing the complexities of assessment when driven by faculty passion for student learning. This book is a valuable resource for the novice as well as the developing experts who are leading their institutions in academic assessment.”—Bobbi Allen, faculty assessment director, Delta College From the Back Cover The first edition of Assessment Clear and Simple quickly became the essential go-to guide for anyone who participates in the assessment process in higher education. With the increased pressure to perform assessment to demonstrate accountability, Assessment Clear and Simple is needed more than ever. This second edition of the classic resource offers a concise, step-by-step guide that helps make assessment simple, cost-efficient, and useful to an institution. It contains effective strategies for meeting the requirements of accreditation agencies, legislatures, review boards, and others, while emphasizing and showing how to move from data to actions that improve student learning. This thoroughly revised and updated edition includes many new or expanded features, including:Illustrative examples drawn from the author’s experience consulting with more than 350 institutionsA basic, no-frills assessment plan for departments and for general educationTips on how to integrate portfolios and e-portfolios into the assessment processSuggestions for using rubrics and alternatives to rubrics, including doing assessment for multidisciplinary workClear instructions on how to construct a coherent institution-wide assessment system and explain it to accreditorsIdeas for assigning responsibility for general education assessmentStrategies for gathering information about departmental assessment while keeping the departmental workload manageableInformation on how to manage assessment in times of budgetary cutbacksPraise for the Second Edition of Assessment Clear and Simple”Walvoord’s approach to assessment is wonderfully straightforward; it is also effective in facilitating faculty engagement in assessment. We’ve applied a number of her methods to our campus assessment efforts with success. This book makes assessment both manageable and useful in improving and enhancing student learning.”—Martha L. A. Stassen, director of assessment, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and president, New England Educational Assessment Network (NEEAN)”Walvoord’s work clearly presents the basics for getting started in assessment of student learning while honestly addressing the complexities of assessment when driven by faculty passion for student learning. This book is a valuable resource for the novice as well as the developing experts who are leading their institutions in academic assessment.”—Bobbi Allen, faculty assessment director, Delta College About the Author Barbara E. Walvoord is professor emerita at the University of Notre Dame. She was coordinator of Notre Dame’s regional accreditation self-study, the founding director of four faculty development programs– all of which have won national acclaim—and a consultant on assessment. She is the coauthor of Effective Grading, from Jossey-Bass. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐This is now an older treatment of assessment in educational settings, but it’s still useful because of the very practical and general nature of the information. I would recommend this as an introduction to the topic from a practical point of view.

⭐Purdue global on line text book

⭐A good read. Suggest anyone needing to get a ‘handle’ on assessment read this. Short and sweet.

⭐This book is fantastic! Need to assess? Wondering where and how to start? This book will put you on the right path.It is always within arms reach of my desk.

⭐If your college is just beginning institutional assessment, then this is the book for you. It has several talking points that will allow faculty and the administration to join together in the task. Overall, I enjoyed it.

⭐This is an excellent short but comprehensive guide to assessment. I already have the author’s book on effective grading which I also recommend highly.

⭐Excellent information, easy to understand and read. I’m so glad I found it.

⭐This is a great starting point for those who aren’t familiar with assessment or have no idea where to start the process.

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