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Palomba, Catherine A.; Banta, Trudy W. – 1999
This book examines current assessment practices in higher education and offers suggestions on planning assessment programs, carrying them out, and using the results to improve academic programs. Examples from all types of institutions (community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and comprehensive, doctoral and research institutions) are used to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Curriculum Based Assessment, Educational Assessment
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Direct linkBanta, Trudy W.; Black, Karen E.; Kahn, Susan; Jackson, Julia E. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2004
Community colleges are increasingly pressed to develop assessment approaches of genuine value to students, faculty, and other stakeholders. Numerous institutional examples illustrate a set of principles for good practice in planning, implementing, and sustaining community college assessment.
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Community Colleges, Standardized Tests, Higher Education
Download full textBanta, Trudy W. – 1999
This booklet opens with a list of the features that society now demands from higher education and then describes approaches to assessing the community college mission. Twenty-first century expectations for higher education are being shaped by: (1) a change in focus from teaching to learning; (2) the need to base credentials on demonstrated…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Administration, College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment
