Principles that underlie assessment of
student learning
Research and learning, pedagogy and
methods of assessment
The scholarship of assessment
Internet meta-sites
National projects
Authentic assessment - Guidelines for writing rubrics
Principles that underlie assessment
of student learning
American Association for Higher
Education, American College Personnel Association, National
Association of Student Personnel Administrators. 1998.
“Powerful Partnerships: A Shared Responsibility for
Learning.”
www.aahe.org/assessment/joint.htm
American Association for Higher Education. 1987. “Nine
Principles for Good Practice for Assessing Student
Learning.”
http://www.aahe.org/assessment/principl.htm
Angelo, Thomas. 1999. “Doing Assessment as if Learning
Matters Most.” AAHE Bulletin. May.
www.aahebulletin.com/public/archive/archive.asp#assessment
Cambridge, Barbara, et. al, eds. 2001. Electronic
Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and
Institutional Learning, Washington, DC: AAHE.
www.aahe.ital.utexas.edu/electronicportfolios
Huba, Mary E. and Freed, Jann E. 2000. Learner-Centered
Assessment on College Campuses: Shifting the Focus from
Teaching to Learning. MA: Needham Heights: Allyn &
Bacon.
Maki, Peggy. Forthcoming, 2004. A Framework for
Building a Sustainable Institutional Commitment to Assessing
Student Learning. Stylus Publishing and AAHE.
Maki, Peggy. 2002. “Developing an Assessment Plan to Learn
about Student Learning.” The Journal of Academic
Librarianship. (pre-publication version at
www.aahe.org/assessment/assessmentplan.htm. (Use
acrobat reader for charts.)
Maki, Peggy. 2002. “Moving from Paperwork to Pedagogy:
Channeling Intellectual Curiosity into a Commitment to
Assessment.” AAHE Bulletin. May.
www.aahebulletin.com/public/archive/paperwork.asp
Palomba, Catherine A., and Banta, Trudy B. 1999.
Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing and Improving
Assessment in Higher Education. CA: Jossey-Bass.
Shavelson, Richard J. and Huang, Leta. 2003. “Responding
Responsibly to the Frenzy to Assess Learning in Higher
Education.” Change. January/February. 10-19.
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Research and
learning, pedagogy and methods of assessment
Bransford, John D., Brown, Ann L., and Cocking, Rodney R.
eds. 1999. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience,
and School.
http://books.nap.edu
Halpern, Diane and Hakel, Milton. Eds. 2002. Applying
the Science of Learning to University Teaching and Beyond.
New Directions for Teaching and Learning. Spring. No. 89.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Mentkowski, Marcia and Associates. 2000. Learning That
Lasts: Integrating Learning, Development, and
Performance in College and Beyond. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
National Research Council. 2001. Knowing What Students
Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment.
Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
http://books.nap.edu
Suskie, Linda, ed. 2000. Assessment to Promote Deep
Learning, Washington, DC: AAHE.
Svinicki, Marilla D., ed. 1999. Teaching and Learning
on the Edge of the Millennium: Building on What We Have
Learned. New Directions for Teaching and Learning.
November 80. Winter. CA: Jossey-Bass.
Zull, James E. 2002. The Art of Changing the Brain:
Enriching Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning.
Sterling, Virginia: Stylus Publishing
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The scholarship of
assessment
Banta,
Trudy W. and Associates. 2002. Building a Scholarship of
Assessment. CA: Jossey-Bass.
Huber,
Mary Taylor and Morreale, Sherwyn P., eds. 2002. Disciplinary
Styles in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Exploring
Common Ground. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher
Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching.
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Important internet
meta-sites
http://www.aahe.org/assessment/assess_links.htm (online
assessment)
www.aahe.org/teaching/portfolio_db.htm (portfolio
clearinghouse)
http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/assmt/resource.htm
http://ericae.net/ (Eric Clearinghouse on Assessment and
Evaluation)
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National
projects
http://www.brevard.edu/fyc/ (Policy Center on the First Year of
College)
http://www.brevard.edu/firstyearhallmarks/ (Hallmarks of
Excellence project, an aspirational model for the first year of
college and a method to evaluate campus achievement of these
hallmarks)
http://www.indiana.edu/~nsse/ (National Survey of Student
Engagement. See Project DEEP)
http://www.pkal.org/ (Project Kaleidoscope focuses on Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/vkp/ (Visible Knowledge
Project focuses on improving the quality of college and university
teaching through a focus on both student learning and faculty
development in technology-enhanced environments. Strong
bibliography on the scholarship of teaching and learning.)
http://km12.carnegiefoundation.org/html/gallery.php (The
Knowledge Media Laboratory of the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching provides examples of ways that faculty can
make ideas, insights, and new understandings generated in the course
of teaching available so that others can build upon them.)
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