Measuring college learning responsibly :: accountability in a new era /

Accrediting boards, the federal government, and state legislatures are now requiring a greater level of accountability from higher education. However, current accountability practices, including accreditation, No Child Left Behind, and performance reporting are inadequate to the task. If wielded ind...

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1. Verfasser: Shavelson, Richard J., 1942-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.
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Zusammenfassung:Accrediting boards, the federal government, and state legislatures are now requiring a greater level of accountability from higher education. However, current accountability practices, including accreditation, No Child Left Behind, and performance reporting are inadequate to the task. If wielded indiscriminately, accountability can actually do more harm than good. This innovative work looks broadly at how accountability is being considered by campuses, accrediting boards, higher education organizations, and governments in the US and abroad. It explores how new demands for accountability and new technologies are changing the way student learning is assessed. The author, one of the most respected assessment researchers in the nation, provides a framework for assessing student learning and discusses historical and contemporary debates in the field. He details new directions in assessment, such as the Collegiate Learning Assessment he helped develop, analyzes exemplary campus assessment programs, and proposes considerations necessary for designing successful accountability systems.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index.
ISBN:9780804773515
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