Assessment in higher education :  issues of access, quality, student development, and public policy : a festschrift in honor of Warren W. Willingham / 
 Assessment in higher education :  Issues of access, quality, student development, and public policy : a festschrift in honour of Warren W. Willingham 
edited by Samuel J. Messick. 
 - xxiv, 261 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> "This volume commemorates the career contributions to research on higher education of Warren W. Willingham. It contains the proceedings of a conference held in his honor at Educational Testing Service in March 1995"--Pref. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> List of Contributors --  Preface --  Bibliography --  Prelude --  The Changing Face of Higher Education Assessment --  Enhancing Student Access and Success in Higher Education --  Personal Qualities and Human Development in Higher Education: Assessment in the Service of Educational Goals --  Assessment to Improve College Instruction --  Assessing and Credentialing Learning from Prior Experience --  Commentary: Feedback and Reflection in Facilitating Further Learning --  Commentary: Characteristics of Assessment in Support of Student Access and Success --  Expanding Admissions Testing --  Implications of Standards-Based Reform for Admissions Testing --  From 2 to 3 Rs - The Expanding Use of Writing in Admissions --  A Theory-Based Framework for Future College Admissions Tests --  Commentary: Expanding the Breadth and Depth of Admissions Testing --  Commentary: Interpreting Scores in Context to Identify Student Potential --  Politics and Public Policy of Higher Education Assessment --  Assessment of Higher Education Quality: Promise and Politics --  Assessment, Student Development, and Public Policy --  Issues of Equity and Fairness in Higher Education Assessment --  Computer-Based Testing for Examinees with Disabilities: On the Road to Generalized Accommodation --  Directions in the Assessment of Linguistic Minorities --  Human Diversity and Equitable Assessment --  A Systemic View of Test Fairness --  Prospects --  Technology and the Future of Higher Education Assessment --  Author Index --  Subject Index.  Pt. I.  Ch. 1.  Pt. II.  Ch. 2.  Ch. 3.  Ch. 4.  Ch. 5.  Ch. 6.  Pt. III.  Ch. 7.  Ch. 8.  Ch. 9.  Ch. 10.  Ch. 11.  Pt. IV.  Ch. 12.  Ch. 13.  Pt. V.  Ch. 14.  Ch. 15.  Ch. 16.  Ch. 17.  Pt. VI.  Ch. 18. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0805821074 9780805821079 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98025282 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Willingham, Warren W.--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Universities and colleges--Examinations--United States--Congresses<br/>College students--Rating of--United States--Congresses<br/>Universities and colleges--Entrance examinations--United States--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB2366.2.  / A874 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378.1664