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Assessment: Articles and Books on Assessment

General Education Assessment

Allen, Mary J. Assessing General Education Programs. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006.

Banta, Trudy W. Editor.  Assessing Student Achievement in General Education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 2007.

Crowe, Mary and David Brakke. Assessing the Impact of Undergraduate-Research Experiences on Students: An Overview of Current LiteratureCouncil on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 2008.

Eder, Douglas J. "General Education Assessment Within the Disciplines." Journal of General Education v53 n2 p135-157 2004

Opposing Views

Brown, Karin. Is Assessment Destroying the Liberal Arts? Though and Action 2013-2016.

Warner, John.  Against Assessment: You Can't Measure the UnmeasurableInside Higher Ed, 2016.

Lederman, Doug.  Harsh Take on Assessment... From Assessment Pros.  Inside Higher Ed 2019.

Global Learning Assessment

Wasson DH, Jackson MH. Assessing Cross-Cultural Sensitivity Awareness: A Basis for Curriculum ChangeJournal of Instructional Psychology. 2002;29(4):265. 

Learning Goals

Student Outcomes

Fort, Andrew O. Learning about Learning Outcomes: A Liberal Arts Professor AssessesLiberal Education 2011, Vol. 97 No. 1.

Namaste, N. Liberal Arts Skills in Action.  National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2015.

Humanities Assessment

Helm TE. What Are You Assessing? College Teaching. 2000;48(3):90.

Ross, E. Wayne . The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities.  State University of New York Press, 2006.