Assessing Student Learning is a standard reference for college faculty and administrators, and the third edition of this highly regarded book continues to offer comprehensive, practical, plainspoken guidance. The third edition adds a stronger emphasis on making assessment useful; greater attention to building a culture in which assessment is used to inform important decisions; an enhanced focus on the many settings of assessment, especially general education and co-curricula; a new emphasis on synthesizing evidence of student learning into an overall picture of an integrated learning experience; new chapters on curriculum design and assessing the hard-to-assess; more thorough information on organizing assessment processes; new frameworks for rubric design and setting standards and targets; and many new resources. Faculty, administrators, new and experienced assessment practitioners, and students in graduate courses on higher education assessment will all find this a valuable addition to their bookshelves.

Assessing Student Learning is a standard reference for college faculty and administrators, and the third edition of this highly regarded book continues to offer comprehensive, practical, plainspoken guidance. The third edition adds a stronger emphasis on making assessment useful; greater attention to building a culture in which assessment is used to inform important decisions; an enhanced focus on the many settings of assessment, especially general education and co-curricula; a new emphasis on synthesizing evidence of student learning into an overall picture of an integrated learning experience; new chapters on curriculum design and assessing the hard-to-assess; more thorough information on organizing assessment processes; new frameworks for rubric design and setting standards and targets; and many new resources. Faculty, administrators, new and experienced assessment practitioners, and students in graduate courses on higher education assessment will all find this a valuable addition to their bookshelves.

List of Tables viiList of Lists ixList of Figure xiiiList of Exhibits xvPreface to the Third Edition xixIntroduction 1Part 1 Understanding AssessmentChapter 1 What Is Assessment? 7Chapter 2 The Many Settings for Student Learning and Assessment 15Chapter 3 What Are Effective Assessment Practices? 23Part 2 Laying a Foundation for Assessment SuccessChapter 4 Learning Goals: Articulating What You Most Want Students to Learn 39Chapter 5 Designing Curricula to Help Students Learn What's Important 63Chapter 6 How Will Your Evidence of Student Learning be Used? 85Chapter 7 Planning Assessments in Academic Programs 93Chapter 8 Planning Assessments in General Education, Co-curricula, and Other Settings 105Part 3 Building a Pervasive, Enduring Culture of Evidence and BettermentChapter 9 Guiding and Coordinating Assessment Efforts 117Chapter 10 Helping Everyone Learn What to Do 127Chapter 11 Supporting Assessment Efforts 139Chapter 12 Keeping Assessment Cost-Effective 149Chapter 13 Collaborating on Assessment 165Chapter 14 Valuing Assessment and the People Who Contribute 175Part 4 The Assessment ToolboxChapter 15 Designing Rubrics to Plan and Assess Assignments 189Chapter 16 Creating Effective Assignments 205Chapter 17 Writing Multiple-Choice and Other Objective Tests 215Chapter 18 Assembling Evidence of Student Learning into Portfolios 235Chapter 19 Selecting Published Instruments 245Chapter 20 Other Assessment Tools 259Chapter 21 Assessing the Hard-to-Assess 273Part 5 Understanding and Using Evidence of Student LearningChapter 22 Setting Meaningful Standards and Targets 287Chapter 23 Summarizing and Storing Evidence of Student Learning 305Chapter 24 Analyzing Evidence of Student Learning 319Chapter 25 Sharing Evidence of Student Learning 333Chapter 26 Using Evidence of Student Learning to InformImportant Decisions 355References 367Index 377