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Direct linkHerman, Joan, Ed.; Hilton, Margaret, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2017
The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainment--the number of years a person spends in school--strongly predicts adult earnings, as well as health and civic engagement. Yet relative to other developed nations, educational attainment in the United States is lagging, with young Americans who heretofore led the…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation, Interpersonal Competence
Bresciani, Marilee J.; Gardner, Megan Moore; Hickmott, Jessica – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2010
This practical guide to outcomes-based assessment in student affairs is designed to help readers meet the growing demand for accountability and for demonstrating student learning. The authors offer a framework for implementing the assessment of student learning and development and pragmatic advice on the strategies most appropriate for the…
Descriptors: Institutional Evaluation, Student Personnel Services, Evaluation Methods, Outcome Measures
Shermis, Mark D.; DiVesta, Francis J. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Classroom Assessment in Action" clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these basic concepts, the authors then…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Scores, Measurement
Mc Iver, Martha Abele; Farley-Ripple, Elizabeth – Educational Research Service, 2008
This resource examines the role of the central office in improving instruction and therefore improving student achievement. Mac Iver and Farley-Ripple provide a comprehensive review of the available research (since the 1970s) on the role of the central office in student achievement. First, they review the research chronologically, and then by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Central Office Administrators, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement
