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| Assessing
Student Attainment in the Academic Major: What's the Question?"
UAlbany IR Research Report No. 16 |
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Outlines the philosophical
foundations for assessment of student learning, summarizes
the generic purposes of collecting evaluation and assessment
information, and offers a list of methodologies for academic
departments to consider. |
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Overview
of the Assessment Methods used by academic departments
and programs at the University of Colorado at Boulder
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Brief descriptions of course
embedded, stuent projects, capstone courses portfolio
evaluation, nationally normed tests, unit specific tests,
pre-post tests, and surveys and interviews |
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The Busy
Chairperson's Guide to Assessment at Southeast Missouri
State
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A short and sweet overview of
assessment. |
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| National Postsecondary Education
Cooperative (NPEC) Sourcebook
of Assessment Information Volume I |
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Published tests or rubrics assessing
critical thinking, problem solving, and writing skills
with full descriptions and analyses of a plethora of published
instruments. |
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Assessment
Techniques and Activities used at Montana State University
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An extensive list of potential
ways to collect evidence of student learning |
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| Questions
to Ask When Evaluating Tests |
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In a 1994 issue of Practical Assessment,
Research, and Evaluation, Lawrence Rudner gives an excellent
list of guidelines to use when considering any published
instrument. |
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How
to Use the Mental Measurements Yearbook by the Buros
Institute. (The Mental Measuresments Yearbook is
available in the Main or Dewey Libraries, call number:
REF LB 1131 Z9 B8 1998)
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An excellent sourcebook available
in most college libraries for tests and instruments on
all kinds of mental traits. It includes instrument information,
contact information, citations, and critical reviews by
scholars. This site gives tips on using the MMY. |
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| Capstone
Courses at Truman State University's Assessment Almanac |
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Overview of the use of capstone courses |
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A
Capstone Course for Undergraduate Statistics Majors
by John D. Spurrier, University of South Carolina, Journal
of Statistics Education Volume 9, Number 1 (2001)
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Discusses a capstone course for undergraduate
statistics majors at the University of South Carolina. |
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| Capstone
Course Evaluation from the University of Wisconsin,
Madison's Assessment Manual |
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General overview of capstone courses. |
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Course-Embedded Assessment |
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Course-Embedded
Assessment at the University of Wisconsin
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Perfomance-based Assessment |
| Scoring
Rubrics: What, When, and How? by Barbara Moskal in
Practical Assessment, Research, & Evaluation |
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Explains types and uses of the
scoring rubric approach and provides a process for developing
scoring rubrics. |
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Scoring
Rubrics Resources
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Multiple resources on rubrics |
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Search
for Portfolio information
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Indiana University School of
Education's Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication.
Information repository assembled from the World Wide Web,
ERIC Database, and a variety of other bibliographic resources. |
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Special
Focus Area - Portfolios by the Maricopa Center for
Learning & Instruction,
Maricopa Community Colleges |
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Links to several sites on portfolio
assessment |
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Alverno College's Diagnostic
Digital Portfolio
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Designed to allow students, faculty, and
academic staff to upload assignments and assessments,
feedback and self-assessments for review on a regular
basis, track students' growing development as a learner,
and develop strategies for improvement |
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The
Use of Portfolio Assessment in Evaluation, Meg Sewell,
Mary Marczak, & Melanie Horn, University of Arizona,
Tucson.
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A general overview of portfolio assessment
that also contains an annotated bibliography |
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The
Digital Portfolio: A Richer Picture of Student Performance
by the Coalition of Essential Schools' Digital Portfolio
Project
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Research project funded by IBM to explore the development
and use of digital portfolios in five high schools
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Learner-Centered
Authentic Assessment at Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville
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Description of Senior Assignment (SRA) assessment
- similar to a porfolio but has more to do with a scholarly
engagement between a student and dedicated professor(s)
that results in a product. |
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The
Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP)
by ACT
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Assesses college students' academic
achievement in core general education skills. |
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| Higher
Education Assessment Support by ETS |
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ETS offers an array of tests and surveys
that can be used in outcomes assessment and institutional
evaluation. |
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| The
NPEC Sourcebook on Assessment, Volume 1: Definitions and
Assessment Methods for Critical Thinking, Problem Solving,
and Writing |
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Compendium of information about tests at
the postsecondary education level used to assess three
skills: critical thinking, problem solving, and writing. |
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| The
Association for Institutional Research (AIR) links
to sites focusing on testing |
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Unannotated link listing |
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| Measuring
Quality: Choosing Among Surveys and Other Assessments
of College Quality, 2001 |
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American Council on Education
(ACE) and Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
guide that describes and compares 27 national surveys
and assessments used to examine student performance and
institutional qulality. |
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| Test
Locator from the Mental Measurement's Yearbook |
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If you are looking for an assessment
test or instrument, this is the place to start, with information
on thousands of instruments. |
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| Senior
Tests at Truman State University |
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List of standardized tests required of all
seniors by discipline. |
