Assessment in American Higher Education. Issues and Contexts. [Report No.: OR-86-301

Sonst. Personen	Adelman, Clifford (Hrsg.)
Institution	Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Titel	Assessment in American Higher Education. Issues and Contexts. [Report No.: OR-86-301
Quelle	(1986), (90 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Stellungnahme; Academic Achievement; Accountability; Business Administration Education; College Students; Cost Estimates; Educational Assessment; Educational Policy; Educational Quality; Educational Testing; Engineering Education; Higher Education; Institutional Characteristics; Outcomes of Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Professional Education; Program Evaluation; Student Evaluation; Test Selection + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Verantwortung; Collegestudent; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ingenieurausbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Berufsausbildung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Testauswahl
Abstract	Emerging and traditional forms of assessment in U.S. higher education are considered in this collection of five conference papers from the 1985 National Conference on Assessment in Higher Education. Included are a foreword by Education Secretary William J. Bennett and concluding remarks by Clifford Adelman. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "The Growing Interest in Measuring the Educational Achievement of College Students" (Terry W. Hartle); "Assessing Outcomes in Higher Education" (John Harris); "The Costs of Assessment" (Peter T. Ewell, Dennis P. Jones); "Assessment in Higher Education: To Serve the Learner" (Georgine Loacker, Lucy Cromwell, Kathleen O'Brien); and "Assessment in Career-Oriented Education" (Sandra E. Elman, Ernest A. Lynton). The papers include descriptions of different testing programs and the sponsoring organization's address and phone number. Assessment programs and cost estimates for four types of colleges are also covered: a small, private liberal arts college; a major public research university; a regional, comprehensive, public university; and a mid-sized community college. The conclusion briefly considers the role of judgment in culture and language as a theoretical ground for thinking about assessment. Key issues implicit in the papers are also identified, and a 48-item bibliography of technical and theoretical references is provided. (SW)
Anmerkungen	U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Special Services Division, Publications Branch, 80 F Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20208.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01