Beyond the Big Test: Noncognitive Assessment in Higher Education Book

	Preface
	The Author
1	The Big Test ... and an Alternative Approach	1
2	Going Beyond the Big Test	13
3	Reliability, Validity, and Diversity	21
4	Noncognitive Assessment Model	35
5	Admissions and Financial Aid: Traditional and Nontraditional Measures	59
6	Teaching a Diverse Student Body Successfully	79
7	Advising and Counseling with Noncognitive Variables	101
8	Evaluating and Designing Campus Programs with Noncognitive Variables	129
9	Conclusions and Recommendations	141
App. 1	Examples of the Situational Attitude Scale	157
App. 2	Basic Noncognitive Questionnaire with Scoring and Administration Information	167
App. 3	Norms Using Noncognitive Questionnaire Scoring Key	175
App. 4	Two Alternate Forms of the Noncognitive Questionnaire and Scoring Instructions	179
App. 5	Short Answer Noncognitive Assessment Form	187
App. 6	Principles of Interviewing for Noncognitive Variable Diagnosis	189
App. 7	Interview Questions Employed in Campus Site Visits (Lilly Endowment Evaluation)	193
App. 8	Example Cases for Training Raters in Evaluating Admissions or Financial Aid Applications	195
App. 9	Online References for Racism Class	227
App. 10	Racism Course Rating Form	229
App. 11	Protocol for Interracial Interaction Study	231
App. 12	Campus Climate Survey (University of Maryland Diversity Survey)	233
	References	243
	Name Index	263
	Subject Index	267