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Assessment Bibliography

The following is a list of assessment aids and professional papers maintained as resources in the Office of Institutional Research. Most items may be checked out for a limited time period. Contact us if additional information is needed.

• The Academic Profile - Assessing General Education. Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.
• Accountability and Assessment - Getting Ahead of the Game. Authors: Randi Levitz and Lee Noel. Noel Levitz Centers Occasional Paper, July 1991.
• Assessing Assessment. Authors: Reid Johnson, Joseph Prus, Charles J. Anderson, and Elaine El-Khawas. American Council on Education, May 1991.
• Assessing Attitudes and Opinions of Students and Alumni. ACT Survey Services.
• Assessing Character Outcomes in College. Editors: Jon C. Dalton, Terrence R. Russell and Sally Kline, Summer 2004.
• Assessment Essentials. Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education. Authors: Catherine A. Palomba & Trudy W. Banta.
• Assessing Higher Order Thinking and Communication Skills in College Graduates Through Writing. Author: Edward M. White. Commissioned paper prepared for a workshop on Assessing Higher Order Thinking and Communication Skills in College Graduates, November 17-19, 1991.
• Assessing Student Attitudes: Computer Versus Pencil-and-Paper Administration. Authors: Christopher M. Antons, Benjamin L. Dilla, and Miriam L. Fultz.
• Assessing the Quality of Teaching in Canadian Universities. Authors: Alenoush Saroyan, and Janet G. Donald. Centre for University Teaching and Learning, McGill University. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 1992.
• Assessment, Outcomes Measurement and Attrition (Reflections, Definitions and Delineations).
• Assessment Case Studies: Common Issues in Implementation with Various Campus Approaches to Resolution.Author: James O. Nichols.
• Between Anecdote and Science: Using E-mail to Learn about Student Experiences. Author: Deborah K. Furlong, Office of Institutional Research, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
• Are College Students Satisfied? A National Analysis of Changing Expectations. Author: Lana Low, Noel-Levitz, a USA Group Foundation, New Agenda Series.
• Collin County Community College Assessment Methods Guide. Authors: Dr. Dean Wallace, Chair, Council on Planning and Institutional Effectiveness and Dr. Thomas K. Martin, Director, Institutional Research Office. November 8, 1996.
• Data and Information for Executive Decisions in Higher Education. Author: Dennis P. Jones. National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, 1982.
• The Department Head's Guide to Assessment Implementation in Administrative and Educational Support Units. Authors: James O. Nichols, Director, University Planning and Institutional Research, The University of Mississippi and Karen W. Nichols, Executive Director, Institutional Effectiveness Associates.
• The Departmental Guide and Record Book for Student Outcomes Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness. Authors: James O. Nichols, Director, University Planning and Institutional Research, The University of Mississippi and Karen W. Nichols, Executive Director, Institutional Effectiveness Associates.
• Dimensions of Retention: Findings From Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. Authors: Marcia J. Belcheir, Coordinator, Office of Institutional Assessment, Boise State University, and Barbara Michener, Project Manager, Office of Institutional Assessment, Boise State University.
• An Evaluation Report - Education Network of Maine Courses: Flashlight Student Survey. Author: Judith L. Johnson, Ph.D.
• Factors Affecting Retention Behavior: A Model to Predict At-Risk Students. Authors: William E. Sadler, Fredric L. Cohen, and Levent Kockesen. Paper presented to the Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum, Orlando, Florida, May 1997.
• The First-Year Experience in American Higher Education: An Annotated Bibliography, 3rd Edition., Author: Andrew K. Koch, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina, 2001.
• Graduates Who Never Planned To Graduate: A Community College's Impact on Student Aspirations. Author: Prudence A. Widlak, Ph.D. Research Associate, Office of Research and Planning, College of DuPage. Paper presented at The Association for Institutional Research 37th Annual Forum, May 21, 1997.
• General Education Assessment for Improvement of Student Academic Achievement: Guidance for Academic Departments and Committees. Authors: James O. Nichols, Director Emeritus, University Planning and Institutional Research, The University of Mississippi and Karen W. Nichols, Executive Director, Institutional Effectiveness Associates.
• HBCU Graduates: Employment, Earnings and Success After College. Author: Kenneth E. Redd, USA Group Foundation, New Agenda Series.
• Implementing Institutional Effectiveness: A Workshop for Stephen F. Austin State University. Author: Richard Middaugh, Sam Houston State University. June 24, 1993.
• Learning Styles and Achievement in Postsecondary Classrooms. Authors: Mary J. Thompson, D.Ed., and Terrence P. O'Brien, Ph.D. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 3, 1991.
• Licensure Examination Results as Outcome Indicators: Issues and Challenges. Authors: Dr. Gita Wijesinghe Pitter, Ms. Claudia H. Lanham, and Mrs. Donna McGalliard, Office of Academic Programs, State University System of Florida. Paper presented at the 37th Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, May 1997.
• Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics Revisited: A Comparison of Three Methods of Representing Change. Author: Gary R. Pike. Paper presented at the annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research, San Francisco, CA, May 1991.
• Major Field Tests. Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.
• A Mediating Effect for General Education Gains: A Simultaneous Examination of the Effects of General Education Requirements and Institutional Type of Freshmen-to-Senior Gains on the ACT COMP Exam for a National Sample. Author: Dr. William E. Knight, Georgia Southern University. Paper presented at the annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Chicago, IL, May 16-19, 1993.
• A Method for Assessing Undergraduate General Education. Authors: Kimmberly A. Ratcliff, Robert M. Arkin, and Mona K. Dove.
• Millennium Catalog. Series on Higher Education. American Council on Education.
• National Student Satisfaction Report. Noel-Levitz, a USA Group company.
• Overcoming Survey Research Problems. Editor: Stephen R. Porter. New Directions for Institutional Research, Spring 2004.
• Policies and Guidelines for Uses of Data from ACT-Administered Assessments.
• Portfolio Assessment Handbook, 1990-91. Institution: Thomas A. Edison State College, Trenton, NJ.
• A Practitioner's Handbook for Institutional Effectiveness and Student Outcomes Assessment Implementation. Author: James O. Nichols.
• Program Assessment Services Information. Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.
• Proving and Improving: Strategies for Assessing the First College Year. Author: Randy L. Swing. National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina, 2001.
• Proving and Improving, Volume II: Tools and Techniques for Assessing the First College Year. Author: Randy L. Swing. National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina, 2004.
• Reinventing Assessment. Author: Randy Elliot Bennett, ETS Policy Information Center, June 1998.
• Report on Academic Advising. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
• Spring 2000 Publications List, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
• Structuring and Nurturing Departmental-Level Performance Assessment and Planning. Author: Leland Blank, Director Institutional Self-Study Texas A&M University. TAIR 15th Annual Conference, February 25, 1993.
• The Student Instructional Report II. ETS survey instrument for student evaluation of instructors.
• Student Satisfaction Surveys: Does Question Order Really Matter? Authors: Jill L. Auerbach, Research Associate, Division of Finance and Administration and Carol A. Hand, Research Associate, Office of Institutional Research, Georgia State University. Paper prepared for The Association for Institutional Research 37th Annual Forum, May 18-21, 1997.
• Student Transfer and Outcomes Between Community Colleges and a University Within an Urban Environment. Authors: Mary K. Kinnick, Mary F. Ricks, Susan Bach, Dan Walleri, Juliette Stoering, and Belen Tapang.
• The Survey Kit, Volumes 1 -9. Series editor: Arlene Fink. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, 1995.
• Time Will Tell, Portfolio-Assisted Assessment of General Education. Author: Aubrey Forrest and a study group on portfolio assessment. With support from the Exxon Education Foundation. The AAHE Assessment Forum, American Association for Higher Education, 1990.
• Using Construct Validity to Evaluate Assessment Instruments: A Comparison of the ACT-COMP Exam and the ETS Academic Profile. Authors: Gary R. Pike, Associate Director, and Trudy W. Banta, Research Professor & Director, Assessment Resource Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, March 1989.
• Using Faculty-Developed Exit Examinations to Evaluate Academic Programs. Authors: Trudy W. Banta and Janet A. Schneider. This article is based on a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 1986.

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