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BOOKS ON ASSESSMENT

Academic Advising 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, www.altamirapress.com, 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.  http://www.wiley.com.  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, http://www.jbp.com.   ISBN # 0-7879-0848-7
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, http://www.jbp.com.  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, http://www.jbp.com.   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, http://www.jbp.com.   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, http://www.aahe.org/catalog/ (paperback). ISBN # 1-56377-048-2
Authentic Assessment:  A Handbook for Educators
  • Hart, Diane, (1994). 120pp.  Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., http://www.awl.com.  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, http://www.jbp.com.  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, http://www.jbp.com.  ISBN # 0-7879-0921-1
Building a Scholarship of Assessment
  • Banta, Trudy W., and Associates, (2002).  320 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, http://www.jbp.com.   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, http://www.jbp.com (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, http://www.jbp.com.   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, http://www.jbp.com.  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, http://www.jbp.com,.  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, http://www.jbp.com $37.00 (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, www.altamirapress.com.   ISBN # 0-7619-8975-7
Designing qualitative research. (3rd ed.)
  • Marshall, Catherine, & Rossman, Gretchen B., (1999). 224 pp. Sage Publications, Inc.,  http://www.sagepub.com,.   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).   240 pp. American Association for Higher Education, http://www.aahe.org/catalog/ (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, http://www.jbp.com.   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, www.altamirapress.com,.   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, www.altamirapress.com,.   ISBN # 0-7619-9144-1
Essentials of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment
  • Quenk, Naomi L., (2000).  208 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, http://www.jbp.com.  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, www.altamirapress.com.   ISBN # 0-7619-9042-9
Evaluation for Continuing Education
  • Knox, Alan B., (2002).  320 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, http://www.jbp.com.  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, http://www.jbp.com.   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., http://www.wiley.com.   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, http://www.jbp.com.  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, http://www.algora.com/ (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, http://www.jbp.com.   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, http://www.jbp.com.   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, http://www.jbp.com.  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, http://www.jbp.com.  ISBN # 0-7879-5430-6
Learning That Lasts:  Integrating Learning, Development, and Performance in College and Beyond
  • Mentkowski, Marcia; and associates, (2000).  576 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, http://www.jbp.com.   ISBN # 0-7879-4482-3
Learning Through Assessment:  A Resource Guide for Higher Education
  • AAHE Assessment Forum, (1997).   124pp. American Association for Higher Education,http://www.aahe.org/catalog.   ISBN # 1-56377-004-0
Learning to Think:  Disciplinary Perspectives
  • Donald, Janet Gail, (2002).  352 pp. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, http://www.jbp.com.   ISBN # 0-7879-1032-5
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, www.altamirapress.com,.   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, http://www.jbp.com $39.00, ISBN # 0-7879-1043-0
Qualitative research design: An interactive approach
  • Maxwell, J. A., (1996).  153 pp.  Sage Publications, Inc. , http://www.sagepub.com $29.95 (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, www.altamirapress.com,, 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, http://www.jbp.com , 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, http://www.jbp.com, 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, 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, www.altamirapress.com.  ISBN # 0-7619-8972-2

 

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