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Title Handbook on measurement, assessment, and evaluation in higher education / edited by Charles Secolsky and D. Brian Denison

Imprint New York, NY : Routledge, 2012

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 Circulating Stacks  LB2331.62 .H36 2012    AVAILABLE
Call # LB2331.62 .H36 2012
Pages/Media xxii, 680 p. :
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary Includes bibliographical references and index
Increased demands for colleges and universities to engage in outcomes assessment for accountability purposes have accelerated the need to bridge the gap between higher education practice and the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation. This Handbook provides higher education administrators, student affairs personnel, institutional researchers who generate and analyze data, and faculty with an integrated handbook of theory, method, and application. This resource brings together applied terminology, analytical perspectives, and methodological advances from the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation to facilitate informed decision-making in higher education. Special features include classroom assessment and student outcomes; assessment techniques for accountability and accreditation; test theory, item response theory, validity and reliability; qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods evaluation; and context and ethics of assessment. Questions and exercises follow each section to reinforce the concepts and insights presented in the preceding chapters. Bridging the gap between practice in higher education with advances in measurement, assessment, and evaluation, this book enables educational decision-makers to engage in more sound professional judgment and provides higher education administrators with both high-level and detailed views into contemporary theories and practices, supplemented with guidance on how to apply them for the benefit of students and institutions.--Provided by publisher
Contents Improving institutional decision making through educational measurement, assessment, and evaluation / Charles Secolsky and D. Brian Denison -- Section 1. Assessment and evaluation in higher education / Charles Secolsky and D. Brian Denison. Assessing the quality of a university, particularly its teaching / Robert E. Stake, Gloria Contreras, and Isabel Arbesú -- Classroom-level assessment: aligning pedagogical practices to enhance student learning / Kathryne Drezek McConnell and Peter E. Doolittle -- Student learning outcomes assessment at the program and institutional levels / Thomas Judd and Bruce Keith -- The bottom line: will faculty USE assessment findings? / Trudy W. Banta and Gary R. Pike -- The perennial challenges of accountability / James C. Palmer -- Using national, state, and local data for administrative decision-making / Sathasivam 'Kris' Krishnan, [et al.] -- Empowerment evaluation and accreditation case examples: California institute of integral studies and Stanford University / David Fetterman -- Benchmarking in higher education / Jeffrey A. Seybert, Ellen J. Weed, and Trudy H. Bers --
Section 2. Theories and technical aspects of educational measurement / Charles Secolsky and D. Brian Denison. Classical test theory and higher education: five questions / Elizabeth Schaughency, [et al.] -- Generalizability theory in assessment contexts / Noreen M. Webb, Richard J. Shavelson, and Jeffrey T. Steedle -- Item response theory in measurement, assessment, and evaluation for higher education / Steven J. Osterlind and Ze Wang -- Scaling, norming, and equating / Michael J. Kolen and Amy B. Hendrickson -- Reliability / Bruce Thompson and Tammi Vacha-Haase -- The validation of tests in higher education / Kurt Geisinger, Leslie H. Shaw, and Carina McCormick -- Statistical modeling in measurement, assessment, and evaluation for higher education / Steven J. Osterlind and Ze Wang -- Issues in the analysis of change / D. Betsy McCoach, Karen E. Rambo, and Megan Welsh --
Section 3. Test construction and development / Louise Yarnall. Building content and statistical test specifications / Tawnya Knapp and Deborah J. Harris -- Evidence-centered design in assessment development / Geneva Haertel, [et al.] -- The assessment of 21st-century skills in community college career and technician education programs / Louise Yarnall and Jane Ostrander -- Item analysis procedures for classroom assessments in higher education / Jerome C. Clauser and Ronald K. Hambleton -- Using content specialists for detecting item and test unfairness / Sydell T. Carlton -- Computer-based testing in higher education / Robert Dolan and Kelly Burling --
Section 4. Testing and assessment for decision-making / Charles Secolsky and D. Brian Denison. Setting and validating cut scores for tests / Mary J. Pitoniak and Deanna L. Morgan -- College placement testing of entering students / Deanna L. Morgan -- Admissions testing in higher education / Rebecca Zwick -- Postsecondary writing assessment / Peggy O'Neill and Sandra Murphy -- Authentic assessment validation: a heuristic rubrics cube / Jion Liou Yen and Kevin Hynes -- Cognitive diagnostic method: rule space, Q-matrix theory and applications / Kikumi K. Tatsuoka, [et al.] --
Section 5. Approaches to evaluation in higher education. Program evaluation in higher education / Thomas E. Grayson -- Qualitative evaluation / Christopher Pondish -- Naturalistic evaluation / David A. Erlandson -- Responsive evaluation / Kelly E. Godfrey and Doreen B. Finkelstein -- Case studies and validity / Edith J. Cisneros-Cohernour -- Mixed methods specialists in action: linking mixed methods research to learning and classroom assessment / Delwyn L. Harnisch, John W. Creswell, Timothy Guetterman -- Survey use in academic contexts: considerations and guidelines / Ellen Wentland --
Section 6. Issues in assessment and evaluation in higher education / April L. Zenisky -- Using data to find common ground between secondary and postsecondary accommodations for students with disabilities / Manju Banerjee and Martha L. Thurlow -- Testing and evaluation of English-language learners in higher education / Young Yee Kim, [et al.] -- Evaluation of teacher quality / Stephanie L. Knight -- Reporting assessment results in higher education / April L. Zenisky and Jerold S. Laguilles -- Presenting learning outcomes assessment results to foster use / Staci J. Provezis and Natasha A. Jankowski -- Revisiting reliability and validity to higher education research and program evaluation / Margaret D. LeCompte and Dorothy E. Aguilera-Black Bear -- Ethical assessment and institutional advancement: connecting good practice with the need to move campuses forward / Ashley Finley -- Concluding remarks / Charles Secolsky and D. Brian Denison
OCLC # 742234340
ISBN # 9780415880756 (hardback)
0415880750 (hardback)
9780415880763 (paperback)
0415880769 (paperback)
9780203142189 (ebook)
0203142187 (ebook)
Subject Education, Higher -- Evaluation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Educational tests and measurements -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Alt Name Secolsky, Charles
Denison, D. Brian

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