Assessment Clear and Simple is "Assessment 101" in a book--a concise and step-by-step guide written for everyone who participates in the assessment process. This practical book helps to make assessment simple, cost-efficient, and useful to the institution, while at the same time meeting the requirements of accreditation agencies, legislatures, review boards, and others.

Assessment Clear and Simple explores a variety of topics and shows how to:

• Build on assessment already in place



• Use classroom work and grading process



• Get faculty and department on board



• Assess hard to define goals such as moral and civic development



• Development workable learning goals



• Tailor assessment to its purposes



• Select sensible assessment measures



• Make criteria explicit



• Use assessment to improve learning



• Establish effective oversight without an assessment bureaucracy



• Write an assessment report



• Interpret the institution's culture to external audiences