"The timing for this book could not be better. With regional accrediting agencies across the country focusing on the assessment piece of the learning paradigm, with more and more states moving to a form of performance-based funding with specific milestones which equate to dollars for colleges, and with greater demands for meaningful accountability measures from state and federal sources, assessment has risen to the top of the priorities hierarchy for community colleges. The strategies and tools presented in this volume should be of assistance to community college instructional and student services professionals. CEOs, vice-presidents and deans are provided with ideas which can assist them as they view assessment from a global perch. Program and service directors, teaching faculty, counselors and advisors who are on the front lines, will learn assessment approaches that they can utilize from day one.
William E. Piland, Professor Emeritus
San Diego State University
Moving from a strong conceptual framework to implementation of assessment of student learning outcomes, the authors guide community college faculty, student services and assessment professionals through a variety of rational and workable approaches. This book is about empowering educators with practical, tested activities, that help community colleges design and put in to action a system of assessment that provides evidence-based outcome information. This book is a must have resource for any community college professional engaged in assessment of student learning.
Brad C. Phillips, Ph.D., President/CEO
Institute for Evidence-Based Change
Gardner, Kline, and Bresciani and their chapter authors have crafted a comprehensive, lucid examination and explication of assessment of student learning outcomes in Americas community and technical colleges. They have done a masterful job of interweaving theory and practice, and in so doing, have provided both rationale and justification for assessment of community college student learning. This volume makes considerable progress in filling a critical void in, and thus makes a major contribution to, the higher education assessment literature.
Jeff Seybert, Higher Education Consultant, and former Director, National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute
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