Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Source
New Directions for… | 3 |
Author
Blaich, Charles F. | 1 |
Borden, Victor M. H. | 1 |
Hansen, Michele J. | 1 |
Wise, Kathleen S. | 1 |
Young, Robert E. | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 3 |
Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
Education Level
Higher Education | 2 |
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Blaich, Charles F.; Wise, Kathleen S. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
Most assessment arguments are about measurement. When is it better to use direct versus indirect measures of student learning? Is one standardized test of critical thinking better than another? Is applying rubrics to student work better than using standardized tests? How valid are self-reported measures of learning? Although these arguments are…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Liberal Arts

Young, Robert E. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1987
The future of faculty development programs will benefit most from a systematic assessment of program goals, a factor often ignored or taken for granted while program process and product are evaluated. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Faculty Development
Hansen, Michele J.; Borden, Victor M. H. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2006
This chapter describes how an action research framework facilitates using evaluation and assessment results to improve programs and demonstrate institutional effectiveness. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Institutional Evaluation, Action Research