The high rate of students taking developmental education courses suggests that many students graduate from high school unready to meet college expectations. A college readiness screener can help colleges and school districts better identify students who are not ready for college credit courses. The primary audience for this guide is leaders and…

The American College Personnel Association's (ACPA's) Sustainability Task Force partnered with the Commission on Assessment and Evaluation with the goal of creating assessment tools to help ACPA members effectively measure student learning around sustainability. Towards these ends, Kimberly Yousey-Elsener (StudentVoice), Diana Richter Keith…

During its 20 years of existence the College Scholarship Service has made a continuous effort to improve the status of the professional administrator in the field of financial aid. One contribution has been the publication of a detailed book that describes the CSS need analysis system. This comprehensive guide includes information about the basic…

This booklet is designed for those who want to make the college campus a safer environment for women. Specifically, it provides information to help make public and semi-public places safer and more comfortable for women, focusing on preventing sexual harassment and assault. The booklet introduces the safety audit and explains what the audit is…

The Student Accountability Model (SAM) was developed by a consortium of 12 members, to provide a system of procedures for identifying and describing California community college occupational students and for obtaining information about them after they leave college. The two components of the model are the Student Accounting Component…

Describes campus violence found on college campus, including rape, assault, hazing, harassment, and bias-related violence. Offers set of guidelines to assist high school students in assessing campus safety at colleges and universities they may be considering. Discusses high school counselor's role in providing information and perspectives that…

Measurement of student achievement is an integral part of the teaching-learning process in Health Occupations Education and is essential for effective guidance of student growth. The measurement devices used in classroom and clinical site instruction should be directed toward stated behavioral objectives, providing valid and reliable evidence of…

The Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning project (CAEL) has developed general principles for assessment of prior experiential learning which can be adapted for local circumstances and individual learning. An overview of the basic principles of good assessment practice, as represented in current CAEL publications, is provided. Procedural…

This is the introduction and summary of a series of six papers discussing major issues about student assessment for the University of Wisconsin Extended Degree Program, a program designed to give academic credit for college level learning derived from experiences outside the scope of formal classes. A distinction is made between prior learning,…

Principles and guidelines for the use of expert judgment of experiential learning are outlined. The report deals with a number of basic issues that apply to expert judgment, such as the role of the evaluator in defining criteria, and structuring the assessment procedure so that it will be reliable and valid. The importance of establishing…

This guide is designed for college students interested in developing their interpersonal skills through an experiential learning program. Experiential learning is defined as learning--either prior or sponsored--which takes place outside the classroom. Guidelines for developing objectives, planning the learning activities, and preparing for…

A model for assessing and awarding credit for prior experiential learning is presented; the adult student's experiences are summarized in a portfolio. The model incorporates eight stages: facilitating the construction and assessment of a portfolio, identifying significant prior experiences, expressing the learning outcomes of prior experiences,…

This student guide is directed at the adult student who petitions for college credits based on prior experiential learning. It will assist such adults in maximizing the value of their prior experiences in relation to educational goals and successfully obtaining appropriate credit. The reader is led step by step through the process of identifying…

This handbook is intended to facilitate the teaching, learning, and assessment of college creditable interpersonal competence acquired or enhanced by experiential learning situations. Experiential learning may be a result of prior experience, such as community affairs and work experience, or may be sponsored by the college. The concept of…

A model for assessing specific competences acquired in work situations, and for relating these skills to occupationally oriented degree programs, is presented. The Work Assessment Model is designed to help a college specify the competences acquired, define the learning objectives of occupational and career programs, and translate the competences…