Summer 2016 Issue Available
The contributions presented in this issue of Research & Practice in Assessment demonstrate how assessment scholars have addressed challenges faced in assessing students’ skills and knowledge....
View ArticleThe Seven Silos of Accountability in Higher Education: Systematizing Multiple...
Higher education accountability is a field characterized by complexity. Prior frameworks grounded in psychometrics, economics, and history fall short in explaining the persistence and composition of...
View ArticleReturn of the Pig: Standards for Learning Improvement
Higher education has made impressive progress concerning student learning outcomes assessment practices. Yet – despite the assumption that better assessment would lead to better student learning – few...
View ArticleUsing a CAS Self-Study to Teach Assessment Practice
There are likely as many approaches to teaching assessment as there are people teaching assessment. Graduate courses on assessment can be structured with a singular focus, such as learning outcomes...
View ArticleReview of “Learning Assessment Techniques: A Handbook College Faculty”
Elizabeth F. Barkley and Claire Howell Major’s book, Learning Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty (Wiley & Sons, 2016), strives to take a fresh look at course-level learning...
View ArticleProof in the Pudding: Implications of Measure Selection in Academic Outcomes...
Academic outcomes assessment in student affairs is integral for both service improvement and demonstrating the unit’s value to the university’s academic mission. However, identifying the right measures...
View ArticleExamining Construct Validity of the Quantitative Literacy VALUE Rubric in...
Data-driven decision making is increasingly viewed as essential in a globally competitive society. Initiatives to augment standardized testing with performance-based assessment have increased as...
View ArticleCombining Academic, Noncognitive, and College Knowledge Measures to Identify...
Research shows college readiness can be predicted using a variety of measures, including test scores, grades, course-taking patterns, noncognitive instruments, and surveys of how well students...
View ArticleFrom the Editor – Choosing Wisely
Faculty, student affairs educators, and administrative leaders in higher education regularly seek, generate, and use information to inform their decision making and their practices. Some of the...
View ArticleAnniversary Issue Available
Research & Practice in Assessment has cause for celebration – the journal commemorated its tenth anniversary! The board of the Virginia Assessment Group, under the leadership of RPA’s founding...
View ArticleSummer 2017 Issue Available
The contributions presented in this issue of Research & Practice in Assessment demonstrate the importance of data in decision making and selecting appropriate measures to demonstrate student...
View ArticleMinimizing Bias When Assessing Student Work
Bias is part of the human condition and becoming aware of how to avoid bias will help to ensure greater accuracy in the work of assessment. In this paper the authors discuss three different theoretical...
View ArticleActionable Steps for Engaging Assessment Practitioners and Faculty in...
Implementation fidelity data indicate to what extent the delivered educational intervention (e.g., pedagogies, curricula) differs from the designed intervention (Gerstner & Finney, 2013; O’Donnell,...
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