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Assessment Resources

The Office of Research, Planning and Assessment is working to build a collection of assessment resources, both on-line and off-line. We cannot guarantee the availability or content of external resources.  We encourage your suggestions for additions to our resource library--please e-mail suggestions to Mary Wahl Schmitt

Recommended Reading

The following books are available in the assessment resource library (located in 307 Johnson Hall). 

  • Assessing for Learning: Building a Sustainable Commitment Across the Institution, by Peggy L. Maki (Stylus Publishing LLC, 2004)
  • Assessing Student Learning and Development, by Marilee J. Bresciani, Carrie L. Zelna, and James A. Anderson (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2004)
  • Assessment Essentials, by Catherine A. Palomba and Trudy W. Banta (Jossey Bass, 1999)
  • Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, by Alexander W. Astin (Oryx Press, 1993)
  • Classroom Assessment Techniques, by Thomas A. Angelo and K. Patricia Gross (Jossey Bass, 1993) 
  • Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment, by Barbara E. Walvoord and Virginia Johnson Anderson (Jossey Bass, 1998) 
  • Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom, by John C. Bean (Jossey Bass, 2001) 
  • Knowing what Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment , by The National Research Council (National Academy Press, 2001) 

The following books are available in the Carlyle Campbell Library:

  • Assessment for Excellence by Alexander W. Astin (American Council on Education/Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991)
  • Classroom Assessment Techniques by Thomas A. Angelo and K. Patricia Gross (Jossey Bass, 1993) 
  • Making a Difference by Trudy W. Banta (Jossey Bass, 1993)
  • Stirring the Head, Heart and Soul by H. Lynn Erickson (Corwin Press, Inc., 1995)
Links to Other Institutional Assessment Pages
  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: 
Pam Steinke, Ph.D., Director of Assessment and Institutional Research at 919.760.8913 
Page maintained by Mary Wahl Schmitt, Assessment and Technology Associate