Reviews

Peet, M. C. and Robinson, D. (1978) The Critical Examination. Morris, Helen (1979). Where's That Poem? Swatridge, C. and S. (1979) The Biblio File: an Index of prose Passages. Raggett, Michael, Tutt, Christine, qnd Raggett, Patricia (Editors), (1979) Assessment and Testing of Reading: Problems and Practices.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
National Curriculum Assessment: A Review of Policy 1987–1994 Richard Daugherty (1995)
Beyond Testing: Towards a Theory of Educational Assessment Caroline Gipps (1994)
Effective Assessment and the Improvement of Education: A Tribute to Desmond Nuttall Roger Murphy and Patricia Broadfoot (1995)
Working with Parents of Children with Special Needs Hornby, G.
Changing Theories and Practices of Discipline Roger Slee (1995)
Christian Assemblies for Primary Schools Swain, Revd. S. (1995)     

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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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ARTICLES Assessment Trends: A Ten‐Year Perspective on the Uses of a General Education Assessment Jana M. Hanson and Lavonne Mohn Editor's Notes Trudy W. Banta Assessment on a Budget: Overcoming Challenges of Time and Money Cynthia Tweedell Junior Faculty Members' Involvement in University Assessment Min Liu Beyond the Grade: Developing Opportunities for Course‐Embedded Assessment Jeff King COLUMN From the States: Regional Accreditation Redux Peter T. Ewell FEATURE Recommended Reading Chris Mayer     

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Job Challenge Profile: Learning From Work Experience. Cynthia D. McCauley, Patricia J. Ohlott, & Marian N. Ruderman, Center for Creative Leadership, 1999. Learning Tactics Inventory. Maxine Dalton. Center for Creative Leadership, 1999.     

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ARTICLES A Rose by Any Other Name: Grading and Assessment Elizabeth C. Greville Diversity as a Learning Goal: Challenges in Assessing Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes Pam Bowers Challenges to the Credible Assessment of Learning Don Noel Smith Integrating Assessment and Budget Planning Processes: A Good or a Bad Idea? Jeff E. Hoyt COLUMNS From the States Peter T. Ewell 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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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 Postsecondary Assessment: Faculty Attitudes and Levels of Engagement Tara Eisenhauer Ebersole Editor's Notes Trudy W. Banta Where Learning and Assessment Meet Mark W. Lencho, Michael J. Longrie, Stephen J. Friedman The Degree Specification Project: A Case Study in Departmental Outcomes Assessment Daniel A. Weinstein, Beverly Schneller COLUMN Community College Strategies Richard Haney, Debralee McClellan F EATURE Resources Susan Kahn     

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ARTICLES Took Survey. Got Shirt: Using Effective Educational Practices to Maximize NSSE Response Rates Matthew L. Feldmann and Keli Jackson My Own Worst Enemy: Five Ways My Best Intentions Impair Assessment Jeremy D. Penn Repairing a Broken Assessment System Christie Hill Magoulias Assessment in Times of Turbulence: Using Assessment Tools to Understand and Change Processes in Student Services Jennifer Massey, Bruce Griffiths, and Nanci Corrigan COLUMNS Assessment Measures: The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Surveys Gary R. Pike Community College Strategies: Improving Faculty Ownership of General Education and Its Assessment Rose Mince, Lynne A. Mason, and Nancy Bogage     

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ARTICLES Using the Academic Skills Inventory to Assess the Biology Major Kyle Seifert, Carol A. Hurney, Clifton J. Wigtil, Donna L. Sundre Expanding Professional Development Opportunities to Enhance the Assessment Process Elizabeth A. Jones Sustaining Assessment: A Post‐Epidemiological Approach Using The Program Evaluation Standards Rick D. Axelson, Arend Flick Clarification of Assessment and Evaluation Gloria K. Goldman, Lori E. Zakel Horizontal Assessment W. James Bradley COLUMN From the States Peter T. Ewell FEATURE Resources Susan Kahn     

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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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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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ARTICLES Alternative Assessment in the Cloud Paul Baepler The Deficits of Standardized Tests: Countering the Culture of Easy Numbers Daniel L. McCollum Assessing a Course with “The State of the Union” Address Hilary Fletcher, Alex Heidenberg, Gerald Kobylski Developing an Assessment Plan for a Professional Program: A Collaborative Success Kenneth R. Phillips, Sheila S. Thompson COLUMN From the States: A Coalition of the Willing: The Presidents' Alliance for Excellence in Student Learning and Accountability Peter T. Ewell FEATURE Recommended Reading Susan Kahn     

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ARTICLES Lessons Learned: Assurance of Learning Is Primarily About Learning, Not Assurance Iris Berdrow Transforming Course Evaluations into a Meaningful Measure of Student Outcomes Achievement Christopher A. McCullough Assessing Student Understanding in and Between Courses in Chemistry Jennifer Claesgens, Kathleen Scalise, Mark Wilson, Angelica Stacy Have You Been Flossing? An Analogy for Educational Program Assessment Marcus Jorgensen Assessment of Progress for Undergraduate Majors in Small Departments: A Faculty‐Student Assembly Kenneth R. Albone COLUMN Community College Strategies Rosalie V. Mince, Tara Eisenhauer Ebersole     

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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     

Exploring adolescent development through the use of popular non-fiction novels

The purpose of this review is to examine the utility of using journalistic accounts of adolescence to convey the complexities of adolescent development. Three non-fiction texts are considered: Wonderland by Michael Bamberger, A Tribe Apart by Patricia Hersch, and A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind. The safe environment provided by these books gives prospective teachers an intellectual space to consider their future teaching and to hear the voices of their prospective students. Moreover, exploring these non-fiction texts helps prospective teachers understand today's adolescents and allows them to reflect on adolescent identity and development using a real-world setting.     

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The Power of Many: Building Capacity for Assessment Through Cross Institutional Collaboration Call for Contributions Building a Culture of Assessment in the Arts and Sciences A Practical Approach to Assessing Implementation Fidelity A Fatal Flaw in the Collegiate Learning Assessment Test From the States: Having it Both Ways: Massachusetts's Approach to Statewide Assessment