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Books on Assessment

Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook
  • Gordon, Virginia, and Habley, Wesley R.; Editors. (2000). Jossey-Bass, Inc., Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-5025-4
Analyzing and Interpreting Ethnographic Data (Ethnographer's Toolkit; v. 5)
  • LeCompte, Margaret D., and Schensul, Jean J. (1999). Rowman & Littlefield Pub., Inc., AltaMira Press, ISBN # 0-7619-8974-9
Architecture for Change: Information as Foundation: Presentations from the 1998 AAHE Assessment Conference
  • Ehrmann, Stephen C.; Miller, Margaret, A.; et al., editors, (1999).  American Association for Higher Education. ISBN # 1-56377-044-X (paperback)
Asking Questions: A Practical Guide to Questionnaire Design
  • Sudman, Seymour and Bradburn, Norman M. (1982). Jossey-Bass, Inc., Publishers. ISBN # 0-87589-546-8
Assessing Adult Learning in Diverse Settings: Current Issues and Approaches: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education #75
  • Rose, Amy D., and Leahy, Meredyth A. (1997). Jossey-Bass, Inc., Publishers.  ISBN # 0-787-99840-0 
Assessing Impact: Evidence and Action: Presentations from the 1997 AAHE Conference on Assessment and Quality
  • Chaffee, Ellen E., Ewell, Peter T., Gelmon, Sherril B., et al., Editors.  (1997). American Association for Higher Education, publishers. ISBN # 1-56377-026-1(paperback)
Assessing Performance in an Age of Accountability: Case Studies: New Directions for Higher Education #91 
  • Gaither, Gerald H. (1995). 120pp. Wiley, John & Sons, Inc., publishers.  ISBN # 0-787-99941-5 
Assessing Student Competence in Accredited Disciplines: Pioneering Approaches to Assessment in Higher Education
  • Palomba, Catherine A., and Banta, Trudy W. (2001). Stylus Publishing.  ISBN# 1-5792-2034-7 (cloth).
Assessment: Cases Studies, Experience and Practice from Higher Education
  • Schwartz, Peter and Webb, Graham; Editors. (2002). Stylus Publishing.  ISBN# 0-7494-3623-9 (paperback); 0-7494-3689-1 (cloth)
Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education
  • Palomba, Catherine A.; Banta, Trudy W., (1999). 432 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-4180-8
Assessment for Excellence: Designing Assessment to Inform and Improve Student Performance 
  • Wiggins, Grant P., Iura, Lesley (Ed.), (1998). 361 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, ISBN # 0-7879-0848-7
Assessment for excellence: The philosophy and practice of assessment and evaluation in higher education. 
  • Astin, A.W. (1991). New York: Macmillan.
Assessment in Practice: Putting Principles to Work on College Campuses 
  • Banta, Trudy W., Lund, Jon P., Black, Karen E., Oblander, Frances W. (1995). Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, ISBN # 0-787-90134-2 
Assessment in Higher Education: Student Learning, Teaching, Programmes and Institutions (Higher Education Policy Series, 56)
  • Heywood, John. (1999). Jessica Kingsley Publishers.  ISBN # 1853028312
Assessment in Student Affairs
  • Upcraft, M. Lee, and Schuh John H., (1996). 400 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-0212-8
Assessment Matters in Higher Education
  • Brown, Sally, and Glasner, Angela; Editors. (1999). Open University Press. ISBN# 0-3352-2042-X
Assessment Practice in Student Affairs: An Applications Manual
  • Schuh, John H.; Upcraft, M. Lee; and associates, (2000). 544 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers.  ISBN # 0-7879-5053-X
Assessment to Promote Deep Learning: Insight From AAHE's 2000 and 1999 Assessment Conferences
  • Suskie, Linda; editor, (2001). 78pp. American Association for Higher Education (paperback). ISBN # 1-56377-048-2
Authentic Assessment: A Handbook for Educators
  • Hart, Diane, (1994). 120pp. Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., ISBN # 0-201-81864-7
Balancing Qualitative and Quantitative Information for Effective Decision Support (New Directions for Institutional Research, no. 112, winter 2001)
  • Howard, Richard D.; Borland, Kenneth W., Jr.; editors, (2001). 100 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers.  ISBN # 0-7879-5796-8
The Bases of Competence: Skills for Lifelong Learning and Employability
  • Evers, Frederick T.; Rush, James C.; Berdrow, Iris, (1998). 273 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers.  ISBN # 0-7879-0921-1
Building a Scholarship of Assessment
  • Banta, Trudy W., and Associates, (2002). 320 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers.  ISBN # 0-7879-5945-6
Classroom Assessment Techniques-A Handbook for College Teachers
  • Angelo, Thomas A., and Corss, K. Patricia, (1993). 427pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publsihers (paperback).  ISBN #1-55542-500-3
Collaboration Between Student Affairs and Institutional Researchers to Improve Institutional Effectiveness (New Directions for Institutional Research, no. 108, winter 2000)
  • Pickering, J. Worth; Hanson, Gary R.; editors, (2000). 112 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-5727-5
College Student Outcomes Assessment: A Talent Development Perspective 
  • Jacobi, Maryann, Astin, Alexander W., Ayala, Frank Jr., (1987). 144 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-91331-742-X 
Creating Campus Community: In Search of Ernest Boyer's Legacy
  • McDonald, William M.; and associates, (2002). 224 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-5700-3
Designing and Assessing Courses and Curricula: A Practical Guide, 2nd ed.
  • Diamond, Robert M., (1997). 352 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers (paperback). ISBN # 0-7879-1030-9
Designing and Conducting Ethnographic Research (Ethnographer's Toolkit; v.1)
  • LeCompte, Margaret D.; Schensul, Jean J., (1999). 240 pp. Rowman& Littlefield Pub., Inc., AltaMira Press.  ISBN # 0-7619-8975-7
Designing qualitative research. (3rd ed.)
  • Marshall, Catherine, & Rossman, Gretchen B., (1999). 224 pp. Sage Publications, Inc. ISBN #0-7619-1340-8
Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning
  • Cambridge, B.L.; Kahn, S.; Tompkins, D.P.; Yancey, K.B.; editors, (2001). 240pp. American Association for Higher Education (paperback). ISBN # 1-56377-050-4
Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom
  • Bean, John C., (2001). 304 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers.  ISBN # 0-7879-0203-9
Enhanced Ethnographic Methods: Audiovisual Techniques, Focused Group Interviews, and Elicitation Techniques (Ethnographer's Toolkit; v.3)
  • Schensul, Jean J.; LeCompte, Margaret D.; Natasi, Bonnie K.; Borgatti, Stephen P., (1999). 176 pp. Rowman& Littlefield Pub., Inc., AltaMira Press. ISBN # 0-7619-9129-8
Essential Ethnographic Methods: Observations, Interviews, and Questionnaires (Ethnographer's Toolkit; v.2)
  • Schensul, Stephen L.; Schensul, Jean J.; LeCompte, Margaret D., (1999). 336 pp. Rowman & Littlefield Pub., Inc., AltaMira Press.  ISBN # 0-7619-9144-1
Essentials of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment
  • Quenk, Naomi L., (2000). 208 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers.  ISBN # 0-471-33239-9
Ethnographer's Toolkit-7 volumes, boxed set
  • Schensul, Jean J.; LeCompte, Margaret D.; et al., (1999). 7 volume kit pp. Rowman& Littlefield Pub., Inc., AltaMira Press.  ISBN # 0-7619-9042-9
Evaluation for Continuing Education
  • Knox, Alan B., (2002). 320 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers.   ISBN # 0-7879-6143-4
Evaluation Models (New Directions for Evaluation, no. 89, spring 2001
  • Stufflebeam, Daniel L., (2001). 106 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-5755-0
Evaluation: 10 Significant Ways for Measuring and Improving Training Impact
  • Merwin, Sandra J., (1982, 1992). 88 pp. Wiley, John, & Sons, Inc. ISBN # 0-7879-5123-4
The Expanding Scope of Evaluation Use (New Directions for Evaluation, no. 88, winter 2000)
  • Caracelli, Valerie J.; Preskill, Hallie; editors, (2000). 118 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-5433-0
General Education Assessment for Improvement of Student Academic Achievement: Guidance for Academic Departments and Committees
  • Nichols, James O.; Nichols, Karen W., (2001). Algora Publishing (hardback).  ISBN # 0-87586-133-4
The Handbook of Multicultural Assessment: Clinical, Psychological, and Educational Applications, 2nd ed.
  • Suzuki, Lisa A.; Ponterotto, Joseph G.; Meller, Paul J.; editors, (2001). 640 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-5177-3
The Handbook of Student Affairs Administration
  • Barr, Margaret J., and Desler, Mary K., (2000). 704 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-4720-2
How Accreditation Influences Assessment (New Directions for Higher Education, no. 113, spring 2001)
  • Ratcliff, James L.; Lubinescu, Edward S.; Gaffney, Maureen A.; editors, (2001). 120 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-5436-5
How and Why Language Matters in Evaluation (New Directions for Evaluation, no. 86, summer 2000)
  • Hopson, Rodney K.; editor, (2000). 116 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-5430-6
How college affects students: Findings and insights from twenty years of research.
  • Pascarella, E.T., & Terenzini, P. (1991).  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 
Improving higher education environments for adults: Responsive programs and services from entry to departure.
  • Schlossberg, N.K., Lynch, A.Q., & Chickering, A.W. (1989). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Learning That Lasts: Integrating Learning, Development, and Performance in College and Beyond
  • Mentkowski, Marcia; and associates, (2000). 576 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-4482-3
Learning Through Assessment: A Resource Guide for Higher Education
  • AAHE Assessment Forum, (1997). 124 pp. American Association for Higher Education. ISBN # 1-56377-004-0
Learning to Think: Disciplinary Perspectives
  • Donald, Janet Gail, (2002). 352 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-1032-5
Leaving College: Rethinking the causes and cures for student attrition. (2nd edition)
  • Tinto, V. (1993).   Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
The Liberal Arts Advantage: How to Run Your Degree Into a Great Job
  • Giangrande, Gregory, (1998). 208 pp. Morrow, William, and Co.  ISBN # 0-380-79567-1
Mapping Social Networks, Spatial Data, and Hidden Populations (Ethnographer's Toolkit; v. 4)
  • Schensul, Jean J.; LeCompte, Margaret D.; Trotter, Robert T., II; Cromley, Ellen K.; Singer, Merrill, (1999). 224 pp. Rowman & Littlefield Pub., Inc., AltaMira Press. ISBN # 0-7619-9112-3
Measuring What Matters: Competency-Based Learning Models in Higher Education (New Directions for Institutional Research, no. 110, summer 2001)
  • Voorhees, Richard A.; editor, (2001). 120 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers.  ISBN # 0-7879-5782-8
Narrative Inquiry: Experience and Story in Qualitative Research
  • Clandinin, D. Jean; Connelly, F. Michael, (2000). 240 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-4343-6
New Directions for Higher Education, How Accreditation Influences Assessment, No. 113 Spring 2001 Experience and Story in Qualitative Research
  • Ratcliff, James L., Lubinescu, Edward S., Gaffney, A. Editors. (2000). 240 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-5436-5
Organizational Surveys: Tools for Assessment and Change
  • Kraut, Allen I., editor, (1996). Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-0234-9
Powerful Programming for Student Learning: Approaches That Make a Difference: New Directions for Student Services #90 
  • Liddell, Debora L., Lund, John P., (2000). 110 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-787-95443-8 
Practical Pointers on Quality Assessment
  • Cox, Bill and Ingleby, Mandy. (1997). Kogan Page, Publishers.  ISBN# 0-7494-2187-8 (cloth); 0 7494 2188 6 (paper)
Qualitative research and case study applications in education
  • Merriam, S. B. , (1998). 502 pp. (hardback) Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-1043-0
Qualitative research design: An interactive approach
  • Maxwell, J. A., (1996). 153 pp. Sage Publications, Inc. (paperback).  ISBN #0-8039-7329-2
Qualitative Research in Practice
  • Merriam, Sharan B., (2002). 480 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers.  ISBN # 0-7879-5895-6
Research design: Qualitative & quantitative approaches. 
  • Creswell, John W., (1994). 228 pp. Sage Publications, Inc. ISBN # 0-8039-5255-4
Researcher Roles and Research Partnerships (Ethnographer's Toolkit; v. 6)
  • LeCompte, Margaret D.; Schensul, Jean J.; Weeks, Margaret R.; Singer, Merrill, (1999). 192 pp. Rowman & Littlefield Pub., Inc., AltaMira Press, ISBN # 0-7619-8973-0
Researching into Assessment and Evaluation in Colleges and Universities
  • Ashcroft, Kate; Palacio, David. (1999). ISBN # 0-7494-1769-2
Student Affairs Research, Evaluation, and Assessment: Structure and Practice in an Era of Change (New Directions for Student Services, no. 85, spring 1999)
  • Malaney, Gary D.; editor, (1999). 100pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-4216-2
Student Assessment in Higher Education: A Handbook for Assessing Performance
  • Miller, Allen H.; Imrie, BradfordW.; Cox, Kevin, editors (1998). 256pp. Kogan Page Ltd. ISBN # 0-7494-2797-3 
The Student Ratings Debate: Are They Valid? How Can We Best Use Them? (New Directions for Institutional Research, no. 109, spring 2001) (2 copies)
  • Theall, Micheal; Abrami, Philip C.; Mets, Lisa A.; editors, (2001). 106 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-5756-9
Thinking About Answers: The Application of Cognitive Processes to Survey Methodology
  • Sudman, Seymour; Bradburn, Norman M.; Schwarz, Norbert, (1996). 304pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-0120-2
Understanding the College Choice of Disadvantaged Students (New Directions for Institutional Research, no. 107, fall 2000)
  • Cabrera, Alberto F.; La Nasa, Steven M.; editors, (2000). 112 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers. ISBN # 0-7879-5439-X
Using Ethnographic Data: Interventions, Public Programming, and Public Policy (Ethnographer's Toolkit; v. 7)
  • Schensul, Jean J.; LeCompte, Margaret D.; et al., (1999). 208 pp. Rowman & Littlefield Pub., Inc., AltaMira Press.  ISBN # 0-7619-8972-2
What matters in college.
  • Astin, A.W. (1993).  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

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