Assessing for Learning: Building a Sustainable Commitment Across the Institution

This investigation of learning assessment is designed to help colleges and universities ascertain how well their students achieve educational goals and how students apply their learning beyond the classroom. Maki, a higher education consultant who specializes in this area, advocates for the establishment of a permanent, ongoing process and offers assessment frameworks and strategies, but no formulae. Each chapter includes institutional examples, lists of additional resources, worksheets, guides, and exercises. The book is published by Stylus in association with the American Association for Higher Education. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Peggy L. Maki is a higher education consultant who specializes in assisting undergraduate and graduate colleges and universities, higher education boards, higher education organizations, and disciplinary organizations integrate assessment of student learning into educational practices, processes and structures. Her work also focuses on assessment within the context of accreditors' expectations for institutional effectiveness. She has served as member of the Board of Contributors of About Campus as well as its Department Editor for Assessment for. She has been a national board member of AAC&U’s VALUE Project (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) and serves annually as a faculty member in AAC& U's national Institutes on General Education and Assessment and Assessment in Engaged Departments; has served as a faculty member in the Carnegie Foundation's Integrated Learning Project; and teaches graduate-level seminars focused on assessment. Currently, she also serves as sole consultant to the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education.