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Assuring and Improving the Quality of Higher Education

Here is useful reading list on Learning and Assessment. Enjoy!

Allen, M. J. (2004). Assessing Academic Programs in Higher Education. Bolton, MA: Anker.

Allen, M. J. (2006). Assessing General Education Programs. Bolton, MA: Anker.

American Association for Higher Education. (1998). Powerful Partnerships: A Shared Responsibility for Learning (www.aahe.org/assessment/joint.htm). Washington DC: AAHE, ACPA, & NASPA.

Anderson, L. W. & Associates. (2000) A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing. A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. Boston: Allyn & Bacon

Angelo, T. A., & Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Astin, A. W. (1991). Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. New York: Macmillan.

Astin, A. W. (1993). What Matters in College? Four Critical Years Revisited. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Banta, T. W. & Associates. (2002). Building a Scholarship of Assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Bourne, J. & Moore, J., eds. (2004). Elements of Quality Online Education: Into the Mainstream. Needham: Sloan Consortium.

Brown, J. S. & Duguid, P. (2000). The Social Life of Information. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.

Burke, J. C. & Associates. (2005). Achieving Accountability in Higher Education: Balancing Public, Academic, and Market Demands. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Cohen, A. M. (1998). The Shaping of American Higher Education: Emergence and Growth of the Contemporary System. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Cross, K. P., & Steadman, M. H. (1996). Classroom Research: Implementing the Scholarship of Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

DeZure, D. (Ed.). (2000). Learning from Change: Landmarks in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from Change Magazine 1969-1999. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

DiStefano, A., Rudestam, K. E., & Silverman, R. J., eds. (2004). Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Doherty, A., Riordan, T., & Roth, J. (Eds.). (2002). Student Learning: A Central Focus for Institutions of Higher Education. Milwaukee, WI: Alverno College Institute.

Driscoll, A. & Cordero de Noriega, D. (2006). Taking Ownership of Accreditation: Assessment Processes that Promote Institutional Improvement and Faculty Engagement. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Driscoll, A. & Wood, S. (2007). Developing Outcomes-Based Assessment for Learner-Centered Education: A Faculty Introduction. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Erwin, T.D. (1991). Assessing Student Learning and Development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Fried, J. & Evans, N. (2004). Learning Reconsidered: A Campus-Wide Focus on the Student Experience. Washington, DC: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and The American College Personnel Association.

Gaff, J. G., & Ratcliff, J. L. (1997). Handbook of the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Comprehensive Guide to Purposes, Structures, Practices, and Change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Gardiner, L. (1994) Redesigning Higher Education: Producing Dramatic Gains in Student Learning. East Lansing, MI: ASHE Higher Education Report Series

Hakel, M. & Halpern, D. F., eds. (2002). Applying the Science of Learning to University Teaching and Beyond: New Directions for Teaching and Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Halpern, D. F. (2002). Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Huber, M. T., & Morreale, S. P., eds. (2002). Disciplinary Styles in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Exploring Common Ground. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education.

Huba, M. E. & Freed, J. E. (2000). Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses: Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Jarvis, P., ed. (2001). The Age of Learning: Education and the Knowledge Society. London: Kogan Page.

Leskes, A. & Wright, B. (2005). The Art & Science of Assessing General Education Outcomes. Washington, DC: Association of American College and Universities.

Lewis, R. G. and Smith, D. H. (1994). Total Quality in Higher Education. Delray Beach: St. Lucie Press.

Maki, P. (2006). The Assessment of Doctoral Education. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Massy, W. F. (2003). Honoring the Trust: Quality and Cost Containment in Higher Education. Bolton, MA: Anker.

Mentkowski, M. & Associates. (2000). Learning That Lasts: Integrating Learning, Development, and Performance in College and Beyond. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Mestre, J. (2005). Transfer of Learning: Research and Perspectives.

Miller, R. (2007). Assessment in Cycles of Improvement. Faculty Designs for Essential Learning Outcomes. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Miller, R. & Leskes, A. (2005). Levels of Assessment. From the Student to the Institution. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Musil, C. M. (2006) Assessing Global Learning. Matching Good Intentions with Good Practice. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

National Research Council. (2003). Evaluating And Improving Undergraduate Teaching: In Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

National Research Council. (2000). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

National Research Council. (2001). Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

O’Banion, T. (1997). A Learning College for the 21st Century. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx & American Council on Education.

Palmer, P. J. (1993). To Know As We Are Known: Education As A Spiritual Journey. San Francisco: Harper.

Palomba, C. A. & Banta, T. W. (1999). Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing and Improving Assessment in Higher Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Riordan, T. & Roth, J. (2005). Disciplines as Frameworks for Student Learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Shavelson, R. J. (2007) A Brief History of Student Learning Assessment. How We Got Where We Are and a Proposal for Where to Go Next. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Silverman, S. L. & Casazza, M. E. (2000). Learning and Development: Making Connections to Enhance Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Stevens, D. & Levi, A. J. (2005). Introduction to Rubrics. An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback and Promote Student Learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Suskie, L. (2004). Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide. Bolton, MA: Anker.

Urban Universities Portfolio Project. (2002). Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum. Special Issue, September, 13:3.

Vaill, P. B. (1996). Learning As A Way Of Being: Strategies for Survival in a World of Permanent White Water. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Walvoord, B. E. (2004). Assessment Clear and Simple : A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments and General Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Walvoord, B. A. & Anderson, J.A. (1998). Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Wellman, Jane V., Ehrlich, Thomas, ed. (2003). How the Student Credit Hour Shapes Higher Education : The Tie That Binds. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Wiggins, G. (1998). Educative Assessment: Designing Assessment to Inform and Improve Student Performance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

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