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Direct linkLiu, Ou Lydia – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2017
Student learning outcomes assessment has been increasingly used in U.S. higher education institutions over the last 10 years, partly fueled by the recommendation from the Spellings Commission that institutions need to demonstrate more direct evidence of student learning. To respond to the Commission's call, various accountability initiatives have…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Accountability, Higher Education, Educational Improvement
Download full textRios, Joseph A.; Sparks, Jesse R.; Zhang, Mo; Liu, Ou Lydia – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
Proficiency with written communication (WC) is critical for success in college and careers. As a result, institutions face a growing challenge to accurately evaluate their students' writing skills to obtain data that can support demands of accreditation, accountability, or curricular improvement. Many current standardized measures, however, lack…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Writing Tests, College Outcomes Assessment
Liu, Ou Lydia; Liu, Huili; Roohr, Katrina Crotts; McCaffrey, Daniel F. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2016
Learning outcomes assessment has been widely used by higher education institutions both nationally and internationally. One of its popular uses is to document learning gains of students. Prior studies have recognized the potential imbalance between freshmen and seniors in terms of their background characteristics and their prior academic…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Achievement Gains, College Freshmen, College Seniors
Liu, Ou Lydia – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2011
Higher education institutions are becoming increasingly accountable to stakeholders at many levels as the federal government, accrediting organizations, and the public place a stronger emphasis on student learning outcomes. Evidence of student learning that is comparable across institutions is of urgent demand. Various accountability initiatives…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Accountability, Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation
Liu, Ou Lydia – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2011
Evaluation of the effectiveness of higher education has received unprecedented attention from stakeholders at many levels. The Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) is one of the initiatives to evaluate institutional core educational outcomes (e.g., critical thinking, written communication) using standardized tests. As promising as the VSA…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Evaluation Methods, Comparative Analysis, College Outcomes Assessment
Lakin, Joni M.; Elliott, Diane Cardenas; Liu, Ou Lydia – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2012
Outcomes assessments are gaining great attention in higher education because of increased demand for accountability. These assessments are widely used by U.S. higher education institutions to measure students' college-level knowledge and skills, including students who speak English as a second language (ESL). For the past decade, the increasing…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Achievement Tests, English Language Learners, College Students
Liu, Ou Lydia – Educational Testing Service, 2011
The purpose of this report is to identify the most prominent issues in U.S. higher education and to develop strategic research plans to address the issues that are most relevant to ETS's capabilities in measurement and assessment through the ETS's higher education research initiative. In the United States, issues related to higher education such…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Testing Programs, Accountability, Strategic Planning
