ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|4 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|3 pages

Align Assessments to Learning Objectives

chapter 3|2 pages

Assessment Philosophy

chapter 4|3 pages

Assessment Plan

chapter 5|2 pages

Attendance

chapter 6|3 pages

Beneficence

chapter 7|3 pages

Borderline Grade Cases

chapter 8|2 pages

Cheat Sheets or Crib Sheets

chapter 9|5 pages

Cheating and Plagiarism

chapter 10|3 pages

Collaborative Testing

chapter 11|5 pages

Compensatory and Conjunctive Grading

chapter 12|4 pages

Contract Grading and Learning Contracts

chapter 13|3 pages

Criterion-Referenced Grading Approaches

chapter 14|3 pages

Design Assessments First

chapter 15|4 pages

Drop a Question

chapter 16|2 pages

Drop the Lowest Grade

chapter 17|4 pages

Effort

chapter 18|4 pages

Equity

chapter 19|4 pages

Evaluation Anxiety

chapter 20|7 pages

Extra Credit

chapter 21|6 pages

Fairness

chapter 22|4 pages

Feedback

chapter 23|3 pages

Feedback Timing

chapter 25|3 pages

Formative and Summative Assessments

chapter 26|5 pages

Gatekeeping

chapter 27|3 pages

Grade Explanation

chapter 28|4 pages

Grade Feeding Frenzy

chapter 29|4 pages

Grade Inflation

chapter 30|5 pages

Groupwork

chapter 31|3 pages

Humor

chapter 32|4 pages

Incomplete Grades

chapter 33|3 pages

Late Work

chapter 34|3 pages

Learning-Oriented Assessment

chapter 35|3 pages

Low Test Scores

chapter 36|6 pages

Make-Up Exams

chapter 37|3 pages

Mastery Opportunities

chapter 38|2 pages

Missing Assignments

chapter 39|3 pages

Non-Cognitive Factors

chapter 40|6 pages

Norm-Referenced Grading Approaches

chapter 41|4 pages

Not Everything That Matters Must Be Graded

chapter 42|3 pages

Online Assessment and Authentication

chapter 43|3 pages

Online Discussions

chapter 44|4 pages

Online Test Security

chapter 45|4 pages

Open-Book Exams

chapter 46|3 pages

Our Policy on Policies

chapter 47|6 pages

Participation

chapter 48|4 pages

Peer Assessment

chapter 49|3 pages

Personal Disclosures

chapter 50|3 pages

Pop Quizzes

chapter 51|3 pages

Prior Knowledge

chapter 52|5 pages

Quizzing Frequency

chapter 53|3 pages

Rubrics

chapter 56|4 pages

Self-Assessment

chapter 57|2 pages

Student Choice

chapter 58|4 pages

Take-Home Exams

chapter 59|3 pages

Test Security

chapter 60|3 pages

Zero Grades