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<p>Preface ix</p> <p>The Authors xiii</p> <p><b>Part One: History and Current Status of Assessment 1</b></p> <p>1 An Emerging Scholarship: A Brief History of Assessment 3<br /><i>Peter T. Ewell</i></p> <p>2 Promoting Academic Improvement: Organizational and Administrative Dynamics That Support Student Assessment 26<br /><i>Marvin W. Peterson and Derek S. Vaughan</i></p> <p><b>Part Two: Theoretical Foundations of Assessment 47</b></p> <p>3 The Roots of Assessment: Tensions, Solutions, and Research Directions 49<br /><i>Peter J. Gray</i></p> <p>4 A Scholar-Practitioner Model for Assessment 67<br /><i>T. Dary Erwin and Steven L. Wise</i></p> <p>5 Enacting a Collaborative Scholarship of Assessment 82<br /><i>Marcia Mentkowski and Georgine Loacker</i></p> <p>6 The Scholarly Assessment of Student Development 100<br /><i>George D. Kuh, Robert M. Gonyea, and Daisy P. Rodriguez</i></p> <p><b>Part Three: Methods of Assessment 129</b></p> <p>7 Measurement Issues in Outcomes Assessment 131<br /><i>Gary R. Pike</i></p> <p>8 Web Applications in Assessment 148<br /><i>Mark D. Shermis and Kathryn E. Daniels</i></p> <p>9 Information Support for Assessment 167<br /><i>Victor M. H. Borden</i></p> <p><b>Part Four: Scholarly Assessment 183</b></p> <p>10 Engaging and Supporting Faculty in the Scholarship of Assessment: Guidelines from Research and Best Practice 185<br /><i>Thomas Anthony Angelo</i></p> <p>11 Scholarly Assessment of Student Learning in the Major and General Education 201<br /><i>Catherine A. Palomba</i></p> <p>12 Program Review: A Spectrum of Perspectives and Practices 223<br /><i>Karen E. Black and Kimberly A. Kline</i></p> <p>13 Accreditation and the Scholarship of Assessment 240<br /><i>Barbara D. Wright</i></p> <p><b>Part Five: Toward a Scholarship of Assessment 259</b></p> <p>14 Characteristics of Effective Outcomes Assessment: Foundations and Examples 261<br /><i>Trudy W. Banta</i></p> <p>15 A Call for Transformation 284<br /><i>Trudy W. Banta</i></p> <p>References 293</p> <p>Name Index 319</p> <p>Subject Index 325</p>

"...is a book whose time has come." (<i>TCRecord.org</i>, February 27, 2003)

<b>Trudy W. Banta</b> is vice chancellor for panning and institutional improvement at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. She is a widely acknowledged leader in the field of assessment. Banta is the coauthor or editor of several books on assessment, including <i>Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing</i>, and <i>Improving Assessment in Higher Education</i> (Jossey-Bass, 1999). She is also the editor of the Jossey-Bass bimonthly <i>Assessment Update</i>.

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, <i>Building a Scholarship of Assessment</i> 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.

"This book is a watershed contribution in the evolution of assessment as a practice and an emerging field of study. As she has done so many times in the past, Trudy Banta has helped define the field and pointed the way to its future. She has assembled under one cover the best and the brightest thinkers in the field to reflect on assessment's evolution and on its considerable future as an area of scholarly endeavor. In concept and methodology, the book marks assessment's coming of age." --Patrick T. Terenzini, professor and senior scientist, Center for the Study of Higher Education, Pennsylvania State University <p>"This volume is instructive and helpful, will play a significant role in the field, and will contribute to the improvement of college instruction in America. What more could anyone ask?" --William Wresch, professor, management information systems, College of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh</p> <p>"Relying on tested experience and practice, the authors bring a range of clear examples and useful concepts to bear. This is an important collection and will be welcomed by the emerging profession of assessors." --David Leslie, professor of education, College of William and Mary</p>

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