Development of a National Assessment of College Student Learning: Measurement Policy and Practice in Perspective.

Dunbar, Stephen B.

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ERIC Number: EJ461691

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Publication Date: 1993

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Development of a National Assessment of College Student Learning: Measurement Policy and Practice in Perspective.

Dunbar, Stephen B.

Journal of General Education, v42 n2 p83-104 1993

Argues against large-scale, federally funded, census approaches to measuring higher education outcomes, outlining specific problems. Discusses the effects of tests as instruments of educational reform, the cross-discipline transfer of higher-order skills, and the technology of setting performance standards. Places measurement within the broader context of educational reform. (DMM)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Evaluation Problems, Government Role, Higher Education, Policy Formation, Student Evaluation, Testing Programs, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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