Handbook on Measurement Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

<p>In this valuable resource, well-known scholars present a detailed understanding of contemporary theories and practices in the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation, with guidance on how to apply these ideas for the benefit of students and institutions. Bringing together terminology, analytical perspectives, and methodological advances, this second edition facilitates informed decision-making while connecting the latest thinking in these methodological areas with actual practice in higher education. This research handbook provides higher education administrators, student affairs personnel, institutional researchers, and faculty with an integrated volume of theory, method, and application. </p> <p>List of Figures</p><p>List of Tables</p><p>Foreword</p><p><i>Edward J. Yaw</i></p><p>Preface: Improving Institutional Decision-Making through Educational Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation</p><p>Charles Secolsky and D. Brian Denison</p><p>Acknowledgements</p><p>Part I Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education: Past, Present, and Future</p><p>Introduction to Part I</p><p>1. The Failure of Higher Education to Follow the Standards It has Established in Methodology and Evaluation</p><p><i>Michael Scriven</i></p><p><em>2. </em>On Measurement in Educational Assessment</p><p><em>Robert J. Mislevy</em></p><p><strong>Part II Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education</strong></p><p>Introduction to Part II</p><p>3. Assessing the Quality of a University, Particularly Its Teaching</p><p>Robert E. Stake, Gloria Contreras, and Isabel Arbesú</p><p>4. Validity Issues in Measuring Student Success</p><p>Dwight L. Smith III</p><p>5. Course-Embedded Assessment: Aligning Pedagogical Practices to Enhance Student Learning</p><p>Kathryne Drezek McConnell and Peter E. Doolittle</p><p>6. Implementing Undergraduate Student Learning Outcomes Assessment at the Program and Institutional Levels</p><p>Thomas Judd and Bruce Keith</p><p>7. The Perennial Challenges of Accountability</p><p>James C. Palmer</p><p>8. Talking About Data: The Faculty Discourse on Practice, Student Learning, and Evaluative Processes</p><p>William H. Rickards</p><p>9. Benchmarking in Community Colleges</p><p>Lou A. Guthrie and Jeffrey A. Seybert</p><p>10. Mixed-Methods Specialists in Action: Linking Mixed-Methods Research to Learning and Classroom Assessment</p><p>Delwyn L. Harnisch, John W. Creswell, and Timothy C. Guetterman</p><p>Part III Theoretical Foundations of Educational Measurement</p><p>Introduction to Part III</p><p>11. The Validation of Tests in Higher Education</p><p>Kurt F. Geisinger, Leslie R. Hawley, and Carina McCormick</p><p>12. Reliability</p><p>Bruce Thompson and Tammi Vacha-Haase</p><p>13. Using Classical Test Theory in Higher Education</p><p>David A. G. Berg, Elizabeth Schaughency, Jacques van der Meer, and Jeffrey K. Smith </p><p>14. Item Response Theory in Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation for Higher Education</p><p>Steven J. Osterlind and Ze Wang</p><p>15. Generalizability Theory in Assessment Contexts</p><p>Noreen M. Webb, Richard J. Shavelson, and Jeffrey T. Steedle</p><p>Part IV Testing and Assessment: Implications for Decision-Making</p><p>Introduction to Part IV</p><p>16. Scaling, Norming, and Equating</p><p>Michael J. Kolen and Amy B. Hendrickson</p><p>17. Setting and Validating Cut Scores for Tests</p><p>Mary J. Pitoniak and Deanna L. Morgan</p><p>18. College Placement Testing of Entering Students</p><p>Deanna L. Morgan</p><p>19. Admissions Testing in College and Graduate Education</p><p>Rebecca Zwick</p><p>20. Closing the Accommodation Gap: New Thinking on Accessibility and Accommodations for Secondary and Postsecondary Students with Disabilities </p><p>Manju Banerjee and Martha L. Thurlow</p><p>Part V Test Construction and Development</p><p>Introduction to Part V</p><p>21. Evidence-Centered Design and Postsecondary Assessment </p><p>Geneva D. Haertel and Reina Fujii</p><p>22. Building Content and Statistical Test Specifications</p><p>Tawnya Knupp and Deborah J. Harris</p><p>23. Item Analysis for Classroom Assessments in Higher Education</p><p>Jerome C. Clauser and Ronald K. Hambleton</p><p>24. Computer-Based Testing in Higher Education</p><p>Robert P. Dolan and Kelly S. Burling</p><p>Part VI Statistical Approaches in Higher Education Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation</p><p>Introduction to Part VI</p><p>25. Issues in the Analysis of Change</p><p>D. Betsy McCoach and Karen Rambo-Hernandez</p><p>26. Multilevel Linear Modeling in Higher Education Contexts</p><p>Ying Lu, Sharon L. Weinberg, and Marc A. Scott</p><p>27. Statistical Modeling in Educational Research</p><p>Ze Wang and Steven J. Osterlind</p><p>28. An Introduction to Bayesian Statistics with Applications for Higher Education Assessment</p><p>Guili Zhang</p><p>Part VII Approaches to Evaluation in Higher Education</p><p>Introduction to Part VII</p><p>Thomas E. Grayson</p><p>29. Program Evaluation, Performance Measures, and Evaluability Assessment in Higher Education</p><p>Thomas E. Grayson</p><p>30. Naturalistic Evaluation</p><p>David A. Erlandson</p><p>31. Responsive Evaluation</p><p>Kelly E. Godfrey and Doreen B. Finkelstein</p><p>32. Case Studies</p><p>Edith J. Cisneros-Cohernour</p><p>33. Survey Use in Academic Contexts: Considerations and Guidelines</p><p>Daphna Harel and Ellen Wentland</p><p>34. Empowerment Evaluation: Linking Theories, Principles, and Concepts to Practical Steps</p><p>David M. Fetterman</p><p>Part VIII Approaches to Assessment in Higher Education</p><p>Introduction to Part VIII</p><p>35. Rubric Development</p><p>Linda Suskie</p><p>36. New Learning <em>About</em> Learning: An Introduction to ePortfolio Assessment</p><p>Susan Kahn</p><p>37. The Role of Faculty Grading Processes in Program and General-Education Assessment</p><p>Barbara E. Walvoord</p><p>38. Postsecondary Writing Assessment</p><p>Peggy O’Neill and Sandra Murphy</p><p>39. Testing and Evaluation of English-Language Learners in Higher Education</p><p>Young Yee Kim, James Hart, Jamal Abedi, and Alan Vanneman</p><p>40. Evaluation and Assessment in an Online Setting: The Case of Asynchronous Online Discussion</p><p>Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi and Wenhao David Huang</p><p>Part IX Issues in Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education</p><p>Introduction to Part IX </p><p>41. Cognitive Flexibility Theory and the Assessment of 21st-Century Skills</p><p>Rand J. Spiro, Hannah A. Klautke, Cui Cheng, and Aric Gaunt</p><p>42. Reporting Assessment Results in Higher Education</p><p>April L. Zenisky and Jerold S. Laguilles</p><p>43. Presenting Learning Outcomes Assessment Results to Foster Use</p><p>Staci J. Provezis and Natasha A. Jankowski</p><p>44. Revisiting Reliability and Validity in Higher Education Research and Program Evaluation</p><p>Margaret D. LeCompte and Dorothy E. Aguilera-Black Bear</p><p>45. Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education: International Comparisons and Perspectives</p><p>Olga Zlatkin‐Troitschanskaia, Richard J. Shavelson, and Hans Anand Pant</p><p>46. Ethical Assessment and Institutional Advancement: Connecting Good Practice with the Need to Move Campuses Forward</p><p>Ashley Finley</p><p>About the Contributors</p>