ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Academic Achievement	2
College Graduates	2
Communication Skills	2
Critical Thinking	2
Educational Assessment	2
Evaluation Utilization	2
Higher Education	2
National Programs	2
Problem Solving	2
Student Evaluation	2
Testing Programs	2
Thinking Skills	2
Educational Improvement	1
Educational Objectives	1
Educational Policy	1
Evaluation Methods	1
Federal Programs	1
Measurement Techniques	1
Outcomes of Education	1
Program Development	1
More ▼

Source

Author

Banta, Trudy W.	1
Dunbar, Stephen B.	1

Publication Type

Reports - Evaluative	2
Speeches/Meeting Papers	2

Education Level

Audience

Location

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 2 results Save | Export

On the Development of a National Assessment of College Student Learning: Measurement Policy and Practice in Perspective. Draft.

Download full text

Dunbar, Stephen B. – 1991

In light of the National Education Goals of 1990, several arguments against any federally funded large-scale census approach to the assessment of college student learning in the United States are presented to clarify challenges to an objective of Goal 5, which specifies that "the proportion of college graduates who demonstrate advanced…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Graduates, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking

Toward a Plan for Using National Assessment To Ensure Continuous Improvement of Higher Education. Draft.

Download full text

Banta, Trudy W. – 1991

An outline is provided for a national educational assessment and improvement plan as suggested by the National Education Goals of 1990. The following implicit assumptions underlie National Education Objective 5.5: (1) abilities to think critically, communicate effectively, and solve problems can be defined and the definitions can be agreed upon as…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Graduates, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking