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SLO‐Based Grading Makes Assessment an Integral Part of Teaching Call for Contributions Editor's Notes: Assessing Assessment's ROI Assessment Plans: A Tool for Sanity Lessons from Multiple Institutional Assessment Measures of Specific Student Learning Outcomes and Satisfaction Assessment Measures: The ACT Engage Survey Community College Strategies: Student Learning Assessment: A Program‐Level Model     

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Launching E‐Portfolios: An Organic Process Call for Contributions Editor's Notes: Envisioning Learning Promoting Student Affairs Buy‐in for Assessment: Lessons Learned Working at Assessment Making the Case for Formative Assessment: How it Improves Student Engagement and Faculty Summative Course Evaluations From the States Assessment on Steroids: Colombia's National Testing Program     

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“Just Right” Outcomes Assessment: A Fable for Higher Education Call for Contributions Editor's Notes: Helping Faculty Members Learn Focus on the Bottom‐Line: Assessing Business Writing Including Students in Student Assessment Using Curriculum‐Embedded Assessments of Student Learning: Establishing a Model for Internal Benchmarking Assessment Measures: ExamSoft® Examination Management     

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ARTICLES Collaborative Online Assessments for Validity and Reliability Merilee Griffin Editor's Notes Trudy W. Banta Implementing the Class‐Level Survey of Student Engagement: First Impressions and Findings Ronald F. Rogers, Patrick F. Cravalho, Jonathan G. Boyajian Recognizing Progress in Degree‐Program Assessment: The Seals of Assessment Achievement and Excellence Thomas W. Paradis, Thomas M. Hopewell Building a Culture of Assessment: Ode to Musun, Baker, and Fulmer Jo‐Ellen Asbury COLUMN Community College Strategies Robin Anderson, with Keven Hansen and Joyce M. Ray Memo Bob Smallwood     

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Expanding Assessment Perspectives: The Importance of Student Leadership in Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Call for Contributions Empowering Faculty and Students with Assessment Data Including Faculty in Accreditation Preparation: Boon or Bane? Relating Students' Grades and Measures of Specific Outcomes Assessment Measures: The AAC&U VALUE Rubrics Community College Strategies: Creating Change and Buy‐In for Assessment through Faculty Learning Communities     

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ARTICLES Perspectives From Campus Leaders on the Current State of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Jillian Kinzie Editor's Notes Trudy W. Banta Peer Review of Program Assessment Efforts: One Strategy, Multiple Gains Margaret Fong Bloom Assessing Doctoral Applicants' Readiness for Doctoral‐Level Work Michelle A. Maher, Benita J. Barnes COLUMN From the States Peter T. Ewell FEATURE Recommended Reading Susan Kahn     

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ARTICLES Differential Effect of Topic: Implications for Portfolio Assessment Charles Secolsky, Ellen Wentland Editor's Notes Trudy W. Banta Developing a Collaborative Assessment Framework Norean Radke Sharpe, Rachel I. Reiser, Diane Contara Chase Developing Cost‐Reporting Guidelines for Learning Assessment and Accountability in Virginia Vernon B. Harper Jr. The Assessment Smorgasbord Dale L. Mort COLUMN From the States Peter T. Ewell     

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ARTICLES A Model for Integrating Assessment Across an Undergraduate Political Science Major Shala Mills, Bryan Bennett, C. B. Crawford, Lawrence Gould Editor's Notes Trudy W. Banta What Is a Rubric? Merilee Griffin The Internal Consultant Model for Assessment Kristi L. Lewis, Peter J. Swerdzewski The Art of Making Assessment Anti‐Venom: Injecting Assessment in Small Doses to Create a Faculty Culture of Assessment Philip I. Kramer COLUMN Assessment Measures Gary R. Pike     

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ARTICLES The Presentation of the Student Role in Everyday Classroom Life: An Assessment Jonathan I. Marx, Jennifer Crew Solomon, Bradley G. Tripp Editor's Notes Trudy W. Banta A Call for Student Involvement in the Push for Assessment Megan Rodgers Community Outreach: Assessment and Program Planning for Off‐Campus Students Jennifer Massey, Karla Gouthro Closing the Loop: Assessing SLOs for Quantitative and Qualitative Models in Business Courses George G. Klemic, Eveann Lovero COLUMN Assessment Measures Gary R. Pike FEATURE Recommended Reading Susan Kahn     

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Closing the Loop: How an Assessment Project Paved the Way for GE Reform Call for Contributions Value‐Added? Committing to Quality: Guidelines for Assessment and Accountability in Higher Education Creating a Cadre of Assessment Gurus (at Your Institution) Assessment as a Communication and Management Tool for Presidents and Trustees Assessing Institutional Assessment: One Institution's Progress in Developing Quality Assessment Practices From the States: Learning and Accreditation: The Elites Push Back     

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Through the Rearview Looking Glass: Collaborative Writing and the Accreditation Self‐Study Call for Contributions Editor's Notes: Another Glimpse of Evaluation in China Assessment is Not a Spectator Sport: Experiencing Authentic Assessment in the Classroom Faculty Development for Online Institutions Developing Meaningful Collaborations with Faculty to Sustain Assessments From the States: Wherever They Go: WICHE's Multistate Student Tracking Project Recommended Reading     

Excerpts from Achieving Educational Excellence

In the following three excerpts from his 1985 Achieving Educational Excellence: A Critical Assessment of Priorities and Practices in Higher Education, reprinted by permission of Jossey‐Bass Publishers, Alexander W. Astin describes and critiques four traditional conceptions of educational excellence, explains and defends the talent development approach that he espouses, and presents his conception of educational equity. Charles S. Adams comments on Astin's book in this issue's Reviews.     

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ARTICLES A Snapshot of Chemistry Faculty Members' Awareness of Departmental Assessment Efforts Mary Elizabeth Emenike, Jacob D. Schroeder, Kristen L. Murphy, Thomas Holme Engaging Colleagues' Final Examinations: Learning From a Hong Kong Model to Promote Mindful Practice Bradley A. Gangnon, Constance C. Milbourne Any Questions? Mary Lou D'Allegro Connecting Assessment to Resource Allocation: A Demonstration Project at Queens University of Charlotte Jamie B. Slater, Timothy E. Burson, John A. McArthur COLUMN Assessment Measures Gary R. Pike     

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Do Good Assessment Practices Measure Up to the Principles of Assessment? Call for Contributions Healthy Assessment: What Nursing Schools Can Teach Us about Effective Assessment of Student Learning Development of a National Survey for Secondary Mathematics Teacher Education Programs From the States: New Looks in Specialized Accreditation Community College Strategies: Curriculum‐Level Assessment: Finding Meaning and Focus for Real Results     

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ARTICLES Contra Assessment Culture Daniel J. Ennis Assessment on the Road: Benchmarking Student Services Through Site Visits Peter A. Konwerski, Andrew C. Sonn, Brian F. Hamluk Embedded Assessment: Using Data We Already Have to Assess Courses and Programs Suzanne Weinstein, Yu‐hui Ching, David Shapiro, Rose L. Martin Online Course Evaluation: Student and Instructor Perspectives and Assessment Potential Christian M. Reiner, Kimberly E. Arnold COLUMN Community College Strategies Ronald R. Pennington, Barbara H. Keim FEATURE Resources Susan Kahn     

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Can Assessment Loops Be Closed? A Pop‐Culture–Inspired Assessment of Intercultural Awareness: Reflections from Health Care Education How a Research Faculty Becomes Interested in Assessment A Pedagogical Approach to Assessment Assessment Measures: Developing Surveys of Student Engagement     

Building and Supporting a Validity Argument for a Standards‐Based Classroom Assessment of English Proficiency Based on Teacher Judgments

Using an argument‐based approach to validation, this study examines the quality of teacher judgments in the context of a standards‐based classroom assessment of English proficiency. Using Bachman's (2005) assessment use argument (AUA) as a framework for the investigation, this paper first articulates the claims, warrants, rebuttals, and backing needed to justify the link between teachers' scores on the English Language Development (ELD) Classroom Assessment and the interpretations made about students' language ability. Then the paper summarizes the findings of two studies—one quantitative and one qualitative—conducted to gather the necessary backing to support the warrants and, in particular, address the rebuttals about teacher judgments in the argument. The quantitative study examined the assessment in relation to another measure of the same ability—the California English Language Development Test—using confirmatory factor analysis of multitrait‐multimethod data and provided evidence in support of the warrant that states that the ELD Classroom Assessment measures English proficiency as defined by the California ELD Standards. The qualitative study examined the processes teachers engaged in while scoring the classroom assessment using verbal protocol analysis. The findings of this study serve to support the rebuttals in the validity argument that state that there are inconsistencies in teachers' scoring. The paper concludes by providing an explanation for these seemingly contradictory findings using the AUA as a framework and discusses the implications of the findings for the use of standards‐based classroom assessments based on teacher judgments.