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The second edition of Assessment for Excellence arrives as higher
education enters a new era of the accountability movement. In the
face of mandates such as results-based funding and outcomes-based
accreditation, institutions and assessment specialists are feeling
increasingly pressured to demonstrate accountability to external
constituencies. The practice of assessment under these new
accountability pressures takes on special significance for the
education of students and the development of talent across the
entire higher education system. This book introduces a talent
development approach to educational assessment as a counter to
prevailing philosophies, illustrating how contemporary practices
are unable to provide institutions with meaningful data with which
to improve educational outcomes. It provides administrators,
policymakers, researchers, and analysts with a comprehensive
framework for developing new assessment programs to promote talent
development and for scrutinizing existing policies and practices.
Written for a wide audience, the book enables the lay reader to
quickly grasp the imperatives of a properly-designed assessment
program, and also to gain adequate statistical understanding
necessary for examining current or planned assessment policies.
More advanced readers will appreciate the technical appendix for
assistance in conducting statistical analyses that align with a
talent development approach. In addition, institutional researchers
will benefit from sections that outline the development of
appropriate student databases.
The second edition of Assessment for Excellence arrives as higher
education enters a new era of the accountability movement. In the
face of mandates such as results-based funding and outcomes-based
accreditation, institutions and assessment specialists are feeling
increasingly pressured to demonstrate accountability to external
constituencies. The practice of assessment under these new
accountability pressures takes on special significance for the
education of students and the development of talent across the
entire higher education system. This book introduces a talent
development approach to educational assessment as a counter to
prevailing philosophies, illustrating how contemporary practices
are unable to provide institutions with meaningful data with which
to improve educational outcomes. It provides administrators,
policymakers, researchers, and analysts with a comprehensive
framework for developing new assessment programs to promote talent
development and for scrutinizing existing policies and practices.
Written for a wide audience, the book enables the lay reader to
quickly grasp the imperatives of a properly-designed assessment
program, and also to gain adequate statistical understanding
necessary for examining current or planned assessment policies.
More advanced readers will appreciate the technical appendix for
assistance in conducting statistical analyses that align with a
talent development approach. In addition, institutional researchers
will benefit from sections that outline the development of
appropriate student databases.
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