Assessing Student Learning is a standard reference for college faculty and administrators, and the third edition of this highly regarded book continues to offer comprehensive, practical, plainspoken guidance.

• The third edition adds a stronger emphasis on making assessment useful;
• greater attention to building a culture in which assessment is used to inform important decisions
• ; an enhanced focus on the many settings of assessment, especially general education and co-curricula;
• a new emphasis on synthesizing evidence of student learning into an overall picture of an integrated learning experience;
• new chapters on curriculum design and assessing the hard-to-assess;
• more thorough information on organizing assessment processes; new frameworks for rubric design and setting standards and targets;
• and many new resources.

Faculty, administrators, new and experienced assessment practitioners, and students in graduate courses on higher education assessment will all find this a valuable addition to their bookshelves.