Assessing student learning: a common sense guide

University Business, Sept, 2004 by Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti

By Linda Suskie, Anker Publishing Co., Inc., 2004, 331 pp., $39.95

Assessing student learning is not as simple as giving a test and assigning a grade. Instead, assessment--mastery of a single course or effectiveness of an entire program--involves careful design, execution, scoring, and presentation. Assessing Student Learning takes the reader step-by-step through this process, providing numerous examples and exercises to clarify major points and encourage mastery of the main concepts. Useful for all who deal with student assessment, this book should be required reading for all new faculty stepping into the classroom.