Winter 2012 Issue

Volume Seven: Winter   |   

The Winter 2012 issue of Research & Practice in Assessment opens with a special feature that engages the measurement of productivity in higher education.  Written by William Massy (Stanford), Teresa Sullivan (Virginia), and Christopher Mackie (National Academies), the piece highlights the collaborative efforts of the panel commissioned by the National Research Council.  Two peer review articles follow.  John Hathcoat and Jeremy Penn (Oklahoma State) provide a framework for conceptualizing measurement error when using authentic assessments and investigate the extent to which student writing performance may generalize across multiple tasks.  Then, using a common assignment and combined rubric, Rana Khan, Datta Kaur Khalsa, Kathryn Klose, and Yan Zhang Cooksey (University of Maryland, University College), present a model to assess graduate student learning in four competencies.

In the reviews, Linda Sax (UCLA) comments on Assessment for Excellence, the recently revised edition by Alexander Astin and anthony lising antonio.  In light of the dominant discourse on innovation in higher education, Lisa Hatfield (Portland State) roots assessment professionals in our context with a review of Reinventing Higher Education.   The conclusion of the issue is a deliberate contrast to its opening feature article.  Here, in a piece entitled “Discovery”, the fine art photography of Adam Barnes is combined with an excerpt from Maria Montessori’s The Discovery of the Child.

 

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