The newly updated edition of Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education, the classic text by Trudy Banta and Catherine Palomba, made it to the top of a short list of reading recommendations compiled online recently in response to a query on an assessment listserv. And that should be no surprise, given that there are a number of reasons why this book and these authors might come readily to mind for such readers: The first edition of the authors’ text served as an introduction to and overview of the assessment field for many current practitioners.
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