Building a scholarship of assessment

Preface. The Authors. Part One: History and Current Status of Assessment. 1 An Emerging Scholarship: A Brief History of Assessment (Peter T. Ewell). 2 Promoting Academic Improvement: Organizational and Administrative Dynamics That Support Student Assessment (Marvin W. Peterson and Derek S. Vaughan). Part Two: Theoretical Foundations of Assessment. 3 The Roots of Assessment: Tensions, Solutions, and Research Directions (Peter J. Gray). 4 A Scholar Practitioner Model for Assessment (T. Dary Erwin and Steven L. Wise). 5 Enacting a Collaborative Scholarship of Assessment (Marcia Mentkowski and Georgine Loacker). 6 The Scholarly Assessment of Student Development (George D. Kuh, Robert M. Gonyea, and Daisy P. Rodriguez).Part Three: Methods of Assessment. 7 Measurement Issues in Outcomes Assessment (Gary R. Pike). 8 Web Applications in Assessment (Mark D. Shermis and Kathryn E. Daniels). 9 Information Support for Assessment (Victor M. H. Borden). Part Four: Scholarly Assessment. 10 Engaging and Supporting Faculty in the Scholarship of Assessment: Guidelines from Research and Best Practice (Thomas Anthony Angelo). 11 Scholarly Assessment of Student Learning in the Major and General Education (Catherine A. Palomba). 12 Program Review: A Spectrum of Perspectives and Practices (Karen E. Black and Kimberly A. Kline). 13 Accreditation and the Scholarship of Assessment (Barbara D. Wright). Part Five: Toward a Scholarship of Assessment. 14 Characteristics of Effective Outcomes Assessment: Foundations and Examples (Trudy W. Banta). 15 A Call for Transformation (Trudy W. Banta). References. Name Index. Subject Index.