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Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education

Catherine A. Palomba, Trudy W. Banta

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The Essentials of Successful Assessment. Developing Definitions, Goals, and Plans. Encouraging Involvement in Assessment. Selecting Methods and Approaches. Using Performance Measures and Portfolios for Assessment. Using Tests, Classroom Assignments, and Classroom Assessment. Listening to Students' Voices. Relating Assessment to the World of Work. Assessing General Education. Assessing Campus Environments and Student Experiences. Reporting and Using Assessment Results. A Matter of Choices.

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Key concepts: Active listening, Authentic assessment, Assessment for learning, Educational assessment, Standards-based assessment, Psychology, Medical education, Work (physics)