Measuring college learning responsibly : accountability in a new era /

Accrediting boards, the federal government, and state legislatures are now requiring a greater level of accountability from higher education. However, current accountability practices, including accreditation, No Child Left Behind, and performance reporting are inadequate to the task. If wielded ind...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shavelson, Richard J., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Universities and colleges > United States > Examinations.
Educational tests and measurements > United States.
Educational accountability > United States.
Education, Higher > United States > Evaluation.
Universités > États-Unis > Examens.
Tests et mesures en éducation > États-Unis.
Responsabilité du rendement (Éducation) > États-Unis.
STUDY AIDS > College Entrance.
STUDY AIDS > Advanced Placement.
STUDY AIDS > TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Education, Higher > Evaluation.
Educational accountability.
Educational tests and measurements.
Universities and colleges.
Schulleistungsmessung
Hochschule > Evaluation > USA.
Student > Lernen > USA.
Lernen > Student > USA.
Student > Evaluation > USA.
United States.
USA.
Examinations.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Assessment and accountability policy context
  • Framework for assessing student learning
  • Brief history of student learning assessment : déjà vu all over again
  • The Collegiate Learning Assessment
  • Exemplary campus learning assessment programs
  • On the centrality of information in the demand for accountability
  • Accountability : a delicate instrument
  • State higher education accountability and learning assessment
  • Higher education accountability outside the United States
  • Learning assessment and accountability for American higher education.

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