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Author Bresciani, Marilee J

Title Demonstrating student success : a practical guide to outcomes-based assessment of learning and development in student affairs / Marilee J. Bresciani, Megan Moore Gardner, and Jessica Hickmott
Edition 1st ed
Published Sterling, Va. : Stylus, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 203 pages)
Contents History and development of outcomes-based assessment -- Definition and rationale for outcomes-based assessment -- Components of an effective outcomes-based assessment plan and report -- Assessment methods -- Utilization and dissemination of results -- Implementation -- Criteria for evaluating effective outcomes-based assessment practice -- Barriers to effective assessment -- Collaboration -- Funding and other resources -- Resources and recommendations for future practice
Summary Beginning with a brief history of assessment, the book explains how to effectively engage in outcomes- based assessment, presents strategies for addressing the range of challenges and barriers student affairs practitioners are likely to face, addresses institutional, divisional, and departmental collaboration, and considers future developments in the assessment of student success. One feature of the book is its use of real case studies that both illustrate current best practices in student affairs assessment that illuminate theory and provide examples of application. The cases allow the author
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Student affairs services -- United States -- Evaluation -- Textbooks
Education, Higher -- United States -- Evaluation -- Textbooks
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Education, Higher -- Evaluation
Student affairs services -- Evaluation
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Textbooks
Form Electronic book
Author Gardner, Megan Moore, 1976-
Hickmott, Jessica, 1985-
ISBN 9781441656858
1441656855
9781579225155
1579225152