Developing Outcomes-Based Assessment for Learner-Centered Education: A Faculty Introduction

The authors - a once skeptical chemistry professor, and a director of assessment sensitive to the concerns of her teacher colleagues - use a personal voice to describe the basics of outcomes-based assessment. The purpose of the book is to empower faculty to develop and maintain ownership of assessment by articulating the learning outcomes and evidence of learning that are appropriate for their courses and programs.

The authors offer readers a guide to the not always tidy process of articulat...