Assessing Student Learning in Higher Education

Introduction

Section 2
 Background  Survey
What is Assessment?
Why Assessment? Accountability
Accreditation

Section 4
Assessment Tools and Data

Section 5
Course Assessment

Section 6
Program Assessment

Section 7
Closing the Loop
 

Section 8
Implementing Assessment Training on Campus

Section 9
References & Resources

Definitions

Workbook

Using Materials from this Website

Why Assessment? Educational Improvement

“Post secondary assessment done right must be rooted in the course and in the classroom, in the individual cells, to speak metaphorically, where the metabolism of learning actually takes place” (Wright, 1999).

“Classroom assessment is the purest form of assessment-for-improvement, because the information gleaned can be immediately used to improve teaching and learning …the further away from the individual classroom you get, the harder it becomes to turn assessment data into useable information” (Miller, 1997)

Classroom assessment data has unique features which make it especially useful for producing immediate and palpable improvement in learning. Classroom assessment can:

Proceed to Assessment for Learning

Resources and Links

Evaluating learning in individual courses.    Wright, 1999.

Doing Assessment as if Learning Matters Most. Angelo, 1999