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Exemplars in Assessment celebrates institutional and program success as measured by authentic assessment and student learning, providing a welcome respite from a national higher education environment that so often equates higher education's success solely with student loan metrics and graduation rates. It illustrates cooperation, partnership, and shared purpose among accreditors and the institutions and programs that they accredit. Faculty, administrators, and accreditors will find ideas and inspiration from others who have gone before on the assessment journey. --Laura Rasar King Executive Director, Council on Education for Public Health Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education provides a one-of-a-kind insider's look into higher education as it relates to the undeniable importance of assessment - both of students and of an institution as a whole. Exemplars provides the building blocks that allow the reader to embrace assessment and understand its critical role in ensuring the quality of education being provided. I am delighted to endorse this publication and hopeful that it provides the reader with a go-to manual in understanding and utilizing assessment at their own institutions. --Heather M. Stagliano Director of the Council on Podiatric Medical Education American Podiatric Medical Association If I were granted one wish, it would be that all of higher education would better use assessment data to guide the ongoing enhancement of student learning. Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education shows us how meaningful assessment can help to guide us as we work to ensure that our students are learning what we promise in our institutional or program mission statements. Whether you are a faculty member, an assessment professional, or an administrator, this book shows how the assessment process can provide a roadmap to institutional effectiveness and is, most certainly, a wish come true. --Catherine Wehlburg Editor-in-Chief, New Directions for Teaching and Learning. In a time when higher education professionals must step-up their efforts to assess teaching and learning in order to improve outcomes for all students, this book provides exemplars in the field of assessment from colleges and universities who represent diverse missions and student populations. Recommended by their respective accreditor, the institutions highlighted in this book provide the reader a wealth of information about effective assessment structures and practices that can be molded to fit a variety of educational cultures and environments. --Stephanie Droker President, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Souza and Rose have produced a wonderful and much-needed volume that engages practitioners in bringing the oft-described assessment for accountability together with assessment for improvement in learning. By focusing on the major regional accreditors' standards for assessment of student learning and then examining how a diverse set of campuses and programs use those standards, they illustrate how their actions and policies to achieve improved student learning provide the evidence that accreditors need for summative assurance of quality standards. A truly welcome change from check-the-box routines that may satisfy the minimum report requirements but do not help students, faculty, or organizations achieve quality. --Terrel L. Rhodes and Kate McConnell Senior Scholar, AAC&U; and Vice President, AAC&U Student learning assessment is not often linked with the word 'inspiring.' This book is truly inspiring and affirming that programs and institutions are finding real value in committing to assessing and improving student learning all across the United States. It puts to shame the occasional naysayers that assessment is of no value. The stories and case studies presented here cover a useful range of experiences across a diverse group of institutions showing that assessment can be done thoughtfully and with impact. There is so much to learn here with so many helpful approaches that address not only how to undertake assessment but to identify steps to success. It is definitely a good read at all levels within institutions. --Ralph Wolff President of the Quality Assurance Commons and former President of the Senior College Commission of WASC The authors emphasize the notion that there is no one right way to do assessment with the breadth of institutional examples featured in this book. Tackling the tension of accountability and improvement head-on, the editors allow each institution to lay bare their own institutional assessment story and discuss future directions of assessing student learning within their context. By collaborating with accreditors to spotlight institutions with effective assessment approaches, AALHE might just be on to something--envisioning accreditors as partners in this work. --Gianina Baker Acting Director, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) This collection puts a human face on assessment activity, revealing challenges and innovations as institutions try to meet accreditation requirements while improving teaching and learning. The full range of complexity of the task is on display in the chapters, each centering on the difficult task of understanding student development and acting on the results. Anyone facing challenges in their own assessment program (and who isn't?) needs to read this book. --David A. Eubanks Assistant Vice President for Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness Office of Assessment and Institutional Research, Furman University

The authors emphasize the notion that there is noone right way to do assessment with the breadth of institutional examplesfeatured in this book. Tackling the tension of accountability and improvementhead-on, the editors allow each institution to lay bare their own institutionalassessment story and discuss future directions of assessing student learningwithin their context. By collaborating with accreditors to spotlightinstitutions with effective assessment approaches, AALHE might just be on tosomething-envisioning accreditors as partners in this work. In a time when higher education professionals must step-up theirefforts to assess teaching and learning in order to improve outcomes for allstudents, this book provides exemplars in the field of assessment from collegesand universities who represent diverse missions and student populations.Recommended by their respective accreditor, the institutions highlighted inthis book provide the reader a wealth of information about effective assessmentstructures and practices that can be molded to fit a variety of educationalcultures and environments. This collection puts a human face on assessment activity,revealing challenges and innovations as institutions try to meet accreditationrequirements while improving teaching and learning. The full range ofcomplexity of the task is on display in the chapters, each centering on thedifficult task of understanding student development and acting on the results.Anyone facing challenges in their own assessment program (and who isn't?) needsto read this book. Exemplars in Assessment celebratesinstitutional and program success as measured by authentic assessment andstudent learning, providing a welcome respite from a national higher educationenvironment that so often equates higher education's success solely withstudent loan metrics and graduation rates. It illustrates cooperation,partnership, and shared purpose among accreditors and the institutions andprograms that they accredit. Faculty, administrators, and accreditors will findideas and inspiration from others who have gone before on the assessmentjourney. Souza and Rose have produced a wonderful and much-needed volume that engages practitioners in bringing the oft-describedassessment for accountability together with assessment for improvement inlearning. By focusing on the major regional accreditors' standards forassessment of student learning and then examining how a diverse set of campusesand programs use those standards, they illustrate how their actions andpolicies to achieve improved student learning provide the evidence thataccreditors need for summative assurance of quality standards. A truly welcomechange from check-the-box routines that may satisfy the minimum reportrequirements but do not help students, faculty, or organizations achievequality. Exemplarsof Assessment in Higher Educationprovides a one-of-a-kind insider's look into higher education as it relates tothe undeniable importance of assessment - both of students and of aninstitution as a whole. Exemplars provides the building blocks thatallow the reader to embrace assessment and understand its critical role in ensuring the quality of education being provided. I am delighted to endorsethis publication and hopeful that it provides the reader with a go-to manual inunderstanding and utilizing assessment at their own institutions. If I were granted one wish,it would be that all of higher education would better use assessment data toguide the ongoing enhancement of student learning. Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education shows us how meaningfulassessment can help to guide us as we work to ensure that our students arelearning what we promise in our institutional or program mission statements.Whether you are a faculty member, an assessment professional, or anadministrator, this book shows how the assessment process can provide a roadmapto institutional effectiveness and is, most certainly, a wish come true. Student learning assessment is not often linkedwith the word 'inspiring.' This book is truly inspiring and affirmingthat programs and institutions are finding real value in committing toassessing and improving student learning all across the United States. It puts to shamethe occasional naysayers that assessment is of no value. The stories and casestudies presented here cover a useful range of experiences across a diversegroup of institutions showing that assessment can be done thoughtfully and withimpact. There is so much to learn here with so many helpful approaches thataddress not only how to undertake assessment but to identify steps to success.It is definitely a good read at all levels within institutions.

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Jane Marie Souza, PhD, serves as the Associate Provost for Academic Administration/Chief Assessment Officer and Accreditation Liaison Officer at the University of Rochester. She served as the 2019-2020 president of the Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education and previously served as editor for the organization’s publication, Intersection. Dr. Souza has served on accreditation teams for the New England Commission on Higher Education, Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, and Council on Podiatric Medical Education, where she was a member of the Council 2016-2019. Dr. Souza has been involved with assessment in education since the 1990s when her class was designated a “Lighthouse” site in the state of Massachusetts for her work with curricular alignment and assessment. While working with pharmacy education 2011- 2015, she was elected chair of the Assessment Special Interest Group of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and recognized with an Excellence in Assessment award. Dr. Souza served as an assessment consultant for institutions across the country, offering workshops on the use of technology in the classroom, mapping curricular outcomes, and meeting accreditation standards through effective assessment. She has presented at conferences including the Association for Institutional Research, Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education, Drexel Assessment Conference (keynote), Assessment Institute in Indianapolis (section keynote), Texas A&M, and Association for Medical Education in Europe. Dr. Souza holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Nebraska, an M.Ed. in Curriculum Development from Curry College, and BA in English from the University of Massachusetts. Tara A. Rose, PhD, is the Director of Assessment at Louisiana State University. Working collaboratively with faculty, staff

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