Assessment and Accreditation: Foundations and Principles

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Braskamp, L. A., & Engberg, M. E. (2014). Guidelines for judging the effectiveness of assessing student learning. Loyola University Chicago: Chicago, IL.

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New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability. (2012). Committing to quality: Guidelines for assessment and accountability in higher education. Retrieved from https://www.chea.org/sites/default/files/presentations/Committing%20to%20Quality.pdf

U.S. Department of Education. (1988). Secretary’s Procedures and Criteria for Recognition of Accrediting Agencies. Federal Register, 53(127), 25088-25099.

U.S. Department of Education. (2006). A test of leadership: Charting the future of U.S. higher education. Washington, D.C: Author. Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hiedfuture/reports/pre-pub-report.pdf

Warren, J. (1984). The blind alley of value added. AAHE Bulletin, 37(1), pp. 10-13.

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Assessment Tools, Measures, and Approaches

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Council of Graduate Schools. (2011). Preparing future faculty to assess student learning. Washington, D.C.: Author. Retrieved from https://www.cgsnet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Preparing_Future_Faculty_to_Assess_Student_Learning_2011.pdf

Crawford, C. B., & Gould, L. (2012). Department chair perspective on learning outcomes assessment at Kansas’ public universities. Assessment Update, 24(1), 9. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/au.241

Cummings, R., Maddux, C. D., & Richmond, A. (2008). Curriculum-embedded performance assessment in higher education: Maximum efficiency and minimum disruption. Political Science and Politics, 34(3), pp. 657-661. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02602930701773067

Evans, C. (2013). Making sense of assessment feedback in higher education. Review of Educational Research, 83(1), pp. 70-120. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654312474350

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Otis, M. M. (2010). Listening to students. Change: The Magazine for Higher Learning, 42(3), pp.51. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00091381003704578

SDSU Center for Teaching & Learning. (2004). 360 action verbs for writing student learning outcome statements in higher education. Author. Retrieved from: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~oir/pdfs/Action_verb_%20for_SLOs.pdf

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