Assessing Student Learning in the Disciplines: Assessment Update Collections Book

Introduction: Assessing Student Learning in the Disciplines   Trudy W. Banta     1
Faculty Development for Assessment
The Way to a Faculty Member's Head is through the Discipline   Barbara D. Wright     7
Assessment in the Major: Response to a State Initiative   Trudy W. Banta     13
Student Competence as a Basis for Assessment
Student Competence as the Basis for Designing Curricula, Instruction, and Assessment   Trudy W. Banta     17
Agricultural Faculty Constructs Competence Matrix   Charles Cleland     20
Faculty Evaluation of Student Work: Simple, Powerful, and Overlooked   David A. Shupe     21
Assessment in Disciplines Subject to Accreditation
Simulated Performance Assessment in a Community College Nursing Program   Gloria Goldman     26
Competence-Based Curricula and Assessment: The Case of Teacher Education in Indiana   Karen Schmid   Susan J. Kiger     32
Outcomes Assessment: Collaboration between Schools of Social Work   Roy W. Rodenhiser   Victoria Buchan     38
Assessing Proficiency in Engineering and Technology within a Multidisciplinary Curriculum   James JF Forest   Bruce Keith     43
Assessment Practices for Distance MBA Programs: A Snapshot   James A. McCambridge   Kathy L. Thornhill     47
Assessment in Disciplines Not Subject to Accreditation
Assessment of the Major at Virginia Commonwealth University: Two Examples   Barbara S. Fuhrmann     52
Capstones and Quality: The Culminating Experience as Assessment   Billy Catchings     55
Assessment Outcomes Confirm the Value of a University's Required Fitness/Wellness Course   Gwen C. Robbins   Debbie Powers   Jerry Rushton     60
Assessment through the Senior Letter   Virginia McKinley   Spencer A. McWilliams     63
Assessing Student Learning in Graduate Programs   Patricia D. Murphy     68
Standardized Measures of Student Learning in the Major
Public Reporting of Teacher Pass Rates: Anomaly or Precedent?   Peter T. Ewell     71