Assessment in Higher Education - Politics, Pedagogy, and Portfolios

As part of the American school reform movement, administrators are searching for ways of measuring students' skills and progress within the system. Courts and McInerney focus on the qualitative assessment possible through the use of student portfolios, particularly at the college level. The authors are concerned that the teaching and learning process will be subsumed by assessment and will become even more test-driven than it now is. A critical look at multiple-choice, standardized examinations shows how unmindful our educational testing is of psychosocial diversity. The authors warn that in upgrading American education nationwide, more effective and self-confirming measures should be faculty developed and locally controlled. The authors propose a new compact among teachers and students as they take mutual responsibility for the learning process and changing curriculum.

List of contents

Introduction
Testing, Anyone? Rhetoric and Realities
Dehumanizing Norms
Qualitative Program Assessment: From Tests to Portfolios
Portfolios and the Individual Student: Assessing for Learning
Making Sense: Teaching and Classroom Assessment
Final Words: Look Out Below
Appendix A: Grid for Reading
Appendix B: GCP Assessment Project Outcomes and Findings
Appendix C: Information Sheet for Students
Appendix D: Information Sheet for Advisors
Bibliography
Index

About the author

PATRICK L. COURTS is Professor of English at the State University of New York at Fredonia. He is author of The Creative Word and has published numerous articles on literacy.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick L. Courts, Courts Patrick L., Kathleen Mcinerney, Kathleen H. McInerney
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.1993
• EAN: 9780275944261
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94426-1
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, universities, Higher education, tertiary education, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Current Events and Issues: Education