Assessment Resources in the Oakton Library

A special reserve shelf of books and articles on assessment are available at the circulation desk of the library at the main campus. In addition, the librarians can search online databases for you on assessment in general or on specific topics related to types of assessment, asssessment techniques, and assessment in your field. The following are some of the assessment materials available:

Angelo, Thomas A. and K. Patricia Cross. Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. LB2822.75.A541993 (on reserve)

Banta, Trudy W. ed. Making a Difference: Outcomes of a Decade of Assessment in Higher Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. LA227.4.M351993 (on reserve)

Grady, Emily. Portfolio Approach to Assessment. Bloomington, Ind: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1992. REAVIS.LB3051.G721992

Kapp, Joan and Amile Sharon. Compendium of Assessment Techniques. Princeton: Cooperative Assessment of Experimental Learning, 1975 LB3051.K58

Knight, Michael E. and Denise Gallaro eds. Portfolio Assessment: Application of Portfolio Analysis. Lanham, Md: University Press of America, 1994. LB1029.P67P661994 (on reserve)

Rothman, Robert. Measuring Up: Standards, Assessment, and School Reform. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995. SKOCC.LB3060.3.R681995

IRA/NCTE Joint Task Force on Assessment. Standards for the Assessment of Reading and Writing. Newark, Del: International Reading Association;Urbana, Ill: National Council of Teachers of English, 1994. LB1576.I771994

Sundberg, Norman D. Assessment of Persons. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1977. BF698.4.S931977

Walberg, Herbert J. and Geneva D. Haertel. Assessment Reform: Challenges and Opportunities. Bloomington, Ind: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1994. REAVIS.LB3051.W351994

Weinstein, Claire E. and Ernest T. Goetz eds. Learning and Studying Strategies : Issues in Assessment, Instruction, and Evaluation. Orlando: Academic Press, 1988. LB1060.L42351988

Williams, Paul L. 1994 NAEP Reading: A First Look : Findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1995. DOC.ED1.302:R22+6.