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Index
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface: Improving Institutional Decision Making through Educational Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation
Acknowledgements
Section 1: Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
1. Assessing the Quality of a University—Particularly Its Teaching
2. Classroom-Level Assessment: Aligning Pedagogical Practices to Enhance Student Learning
3. Student Learning Outcomes Assessment at the Program and Institutional Levels
4. The Bottom Line: Will Faculty USE Assessment Findings?
5. The Perennial Challenges of Accountability
6. Using National, State, and Local Data for Administrative Decision-Making
7. Empowerment Evaluation and Accreditation Case Examples: California Institute of Integral Studies and Stanford University
8. Benchmarking in Higher Education
Questions and Exercises for Section 1
Section 2: Theories and Technical Aspects of Educational Measurement
9. Classical Test Theory and Higher Education: Five Questions
10. Generalizability Theory in Assessment Contexts
11. Item Response Theory in Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation for Higher Education
12. Scaling, Norming, and Equating
13. Reliability
14. The Validation of Tests in Higher Education
15. Statistical Modeling in Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation for Higher Education
16. Issues in the Analysis of Change
Questions and Exercises for Section 2
Section 3: Test Construction and Development
17. Building Content and Statistical Test Specifications
18. Evidence-Centered Design in Assessment Development
19. The Assessment of 21st-Century Skills in Community College Career and Technician Education Programs
20. Item Analysis Procedures for Classroom Assessments in Higher Education
21. Using Content Specialists for Detecting Item and Test Unfairness
22. Computer-Based Testing in Higher Education
Questions and Exercises for Section 3
Section 4: Testing and Assessment for Decision-Making
23. Setting and Validating Cut Scores for Tests
24. College Placement Testing of Entering Students
25. Admissions Testing in Higher Education
26. Postsecondary Writing Assessment
27. Authentic Assessment Validation: A Heuristic Rubrics Cube
28. Cognitive Diagnostic Method: Rule Space, Q-Matrix Theory and Applications
Questions and Excercises for Section 4
Section 5: Approaches to Evaluation in Higher Education
29. Program Evaluation in Higher Education
30. Qualitative Evaluation
31. Naturalistic Evaluation
32. Responsive Evaluation
33. Case Studies and Validity
34. Mixed Methods Specialists in Action: Linking Mixed Methods Research to Learning and Classroom Assessment
35. Survey Use in Academic Contexts: Considerations and Guidelines
Questions and Exercises for Section 5
Section 6: Issues in Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
36. Using Data to Find Common Ground Between Secondary and Postsecondary Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
37. Testing and Evaluation of English-Language Learners in Higher Education
38. Evaluation of Teacher Quality
39. Reporting Assessment Results in Higher Education
40. Presenting Learning Outcomes Assessment Results to Foster Use
41. Revisiting Reliability and Validity in Higher Education Research and Program Evaluation
42. Ethical Assessment and Institutional Advancement: Connecting Good Practice with the Need to Move Campuses Forward
Questions and Exercises for Section 6
Concluding Remarks
About the Contributors
Index
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