The ASSESSMENT Primer: Assessing and Tracking Evidence of Learning Outcomes

By Lynn Null and Ruth Stiehl

NOTE: This is one of six books in The Outcome Primers Series 2.0 that form the only complete professional guide to establishing and sustaining a learning outcomes and assessment system in colleges, agencies, and industry. Other books in the series include The OUTCOME Primer, The CONTENT Primer, The MAPPING Primer, The GUIDING Primer, and The SUSTAINABILITY Primer and may be purchased as a complete set at www.outcomeprimers.com.(WHO)The ASSESSMENT Primer is a practical book for college instructors, instructional designers, and workplace trainers on how to (OUTCOME) develop tasks, tools, and systematic processes for assessing and tracking evidence of learning outcomes to assist and advance learners and continuously improve learning experiences at the organization, program, and course levels.(QUESTION) The one driving question answered is: What can learners do to show evidence of the intended outcomes and how will the evidence be collected, documented, tracked, and used? (HOW TO USE) Used alone (as a module), this book is an effective resource for staff development. Used in conjunction with its five companion Primers, it forms a complete systems approach to professional development for outcomes and assessment planning. FEATURED HIGHLIGHTSThe following features distinguish this Primer:* Contemporary, work quality emphasis - a better alternative to objective testing. * Systems perspective - use of river metaphor to illustrate the ubiquitous nature of learning assessment, from "put-in" to "take-out".* Learner-focused framework for thinking about assessment - ASSIST, ADVANCE, ADJUST.* Illustrations that simplify complex and abstract concepts.* A Facilitator's Guide that provides step by step instructions and planning for a work session that guides instructors for prototyping assessment criteria and creating work quality assessment tools (scoring guides and rubrics) at the program, course, and workshop levels.* Graphics and tools: maps, river images, scoring guides, rubrics, data displays. * Modular flexibility - functions as an independent module for in-service training as well as a systems approach to professional development for outcomes and assessment planning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1523633972
• ISBN13: 9781523633975
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.4" x 8.5"