In this book, leading experts in the field examine the current state of assessment practice and scholarship, explore what the future holds for assessment, and offer guidance to help educators meet these new challenges. The contributors root assessment squarely in several related disciplines to provide an overview of assessment practice and scholarship that will prove useful to both the seasoned educator and those new to assessment practice. Ultimately, Building a Scholarship of Assessment will help convince skeptics who still believe outcomes assessment is a fad and will soon fade away that this is an interdisciplinary area with deep roots and an exciting future.

In this book, leading experts in the field examine the current state of assessment practice and scholarship, explore what the future holds for assessment, and offer guidance to help educators meet these new challenges. The contributors root assessment squarely in several related disciplines to provide an overview of assessment practice and scholarship that will prove useful to both the seasoned educator and those new to assessment practice. Ultimately, Building a Scholarship of Assessment will help convince skeptics who still believe outcomes assessment is a fad and will soon fade away that this is an interdisciplinary area with deep roots and an exciting future.

Preface ixThe Authors xiiiPart One: History and Current Status of Assessment 11 An Emerging Scholarship: A Brief History of Assessment 3Peter T. Ewell2 Promoting Academic Improvement: Organizational and Administrative Dynamics That Support Student Assessment 26Marvin W. Peterson and Derek S. VaughanPart Two: Theoretical Foundations of Assessment 473 The Roots of Assessment: Tensions, Solutions, and Research Directions 49Peter J. Gray4 A Scholar-Practitioner Model for Assessment 67T. Dary Erwin and Steven L. Wise5 Enacting a Collaborative Scholarship of Assessment 82Marcia Mentkowski and Georgine Loacker6 The Scholarly Assessment of Student Development 100George D. Kuh, Robert M. Gonyea, and Daisy P. RodriguezPart Three: Methods of Assessment 1297 Measurement Issues in Outcomes Assessment 131Gary R. Pike8 Web Applications in Assessment 148Mark D. Shermis and Kathryn E. Daniels9 Information Support for Assessment 167Victor M. H. BordenPart Four: Scholarly Assessment 18310 Engaging and Supporting Faculty in the Scholarship of Assessment: Guidelines from Research and Best Practice 185Thomas Anthony Angelo11 Scholarly Assessment of Student Learning in the Major and General Education 201Catherine A. Palomba12 Program Review: A Spectrum of Perspectives and Practices 223Karen E. Black and Kimberly A. Kline13 Accreditation and the Scholarship of Assessment 240Barbara D. WrightPart Five: Toward a Scholarship of Assessment 25914 Characteristics of Effective Outcomes Assessment: Foundations and Examples 261Trudy W. Banta15 A Call for Transformation 284Trudy W. BantaReferences 293Name Index 319Subject Index 325