The College Classroom Assessment Compendium: A Practical Guide to the College Instructors Daily Assessment Life [Hardcover]

The College Classroom Assessment Compendium provides new and seasoned instructors with comprehensive strategies, perspectives, and solutions for the daily challenges and issues involved in student assessment. Composed of cross-referenced, research-based entries organized for effective and immediate access, this book provides systematic explanations of assessment policies and practices, including guidelines for classroom implementation. Situated beyond the techniques covered in most instructor training and preparation, these practical entries draw from a variety of disciplines and offer an invaluable reference for college instructors interested in developing coherent, reliable classroom assessment climates.

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

1. Introduction

2. Align Assessments to Learning Objectives

3. Assessment Philosophy

4. Assessment Plan

5. Attendance

6. Beneficence

7. Borderline Grade Cases

8. Cheat Sheets or Crib Sheets

9. Cheating and Plagiarism

10. Collaborative Testing

11. Compensatory and Conjunctive Grading

12. Contract Grading and Learning Contracts

13. Criterion-Referenced Grading Approaches

14. Design Assessments First

15. Drop a Question

16. Drop the Lowest Grade

17. Effort

18. Equity

19. Evaluation Anxiety

20. Extra Credit

21. Fairness

22. Feedback

23. Feedback Timing

24. FERPA

25. Formative and Summative Assessments

26. Gatekeeping

27. Grade Explalƒ&