This second edition of Assessment Essentials updates the
bestselling first edition, the go-to resource on outcomes
assessment in higher education. In this thoroughly revised edition,
you will find, in a familiar framework, nearly all new material,
examples from more than 100 campuses, and indispensable
descriptions of direct and indirect assessment methods that have
helped to educate faculty, staff, and students about
assessment.

Outcomes assessment is of increasing importance in higher
education, especially as new technologies and policy proposals
spotlight performance-based success measures. Leading authorities
Trudy Banta and Catherine Palomba draw on research, standards, and
best practices to address the timeless and timeliest issues in
higher education accountability. New topics include:

Using electronic portfolios in assessment
Rubrics and course-embedded assessment
Assessment in student affairs
Assessing institutional effectiveness

As always, the step-by-step approach of Assessment
Essentials will guide you through the process of developing an
assessment program, from the research and planning phase to
implementation and beyond, with more than 100 examples along the
way. Assessment data are increasingly being used to guide
everything from funding to hiring to curriculum decisions, and all
faculty and staff will need to know how to use them effectively.
Perfect for anyone new to the assessment process, as well as for
the growing number of assessment professionals, this expanded
edition of Assessment Essentials will be an essential
resource on every college campus.

Autorentext

TRUDY W. BANTA is a professor of higher education and
senior advisor to the chancellor for academic planning and
evaluation at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
She is the founding editor of Assessment Update, a bimonthly
periodical published by Jossey-Bass.

CATHERINE A. PALOMBA is director emeritus of assessment
and institutional research at Ball State University.