Books

Angelo, T. A., & Cross, K. P. (1994). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers (2^nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Available at amazon.com   
§         An excellent resource for classroom-based assessment.

Banta, T. W., & Associates (2002). Building a scholarship of assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Available at amazon.com  

Banta, T. W., Lund, J. P., Black, K. E., & Oblander, F. W. (1995). Assessment in practice: Putting principles to work on college campuses. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Available at amazon.com  

Walvoord, B. E., Anderson, V. J., & Angelo, T. A. (1998). Effective grading: A tool for learning and assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Available at amazon.com  
§         Read this book to learn more about Primary Trait Analysis, a powerful assessment tool.

Mentkowski, M., & Associates (1999). Learning that lasts. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Available at amazon.com  

Palomba, C. A., & Banta, T. W. (Eds.) (2001). Assessing student competence in accredited disciplines: Pioneering approaches to assessment in higher education. Stylus Pub Llc. Available at amazon.com  

Pellegrino, J.W., Chudowsky, N., & Glaser, R. (Eds.). (2001). Knowing What Students Know, Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Available free online at http://books.nap.edu/books/0309072727/html/R1.html 

Suskie, L. (2000). Assessment to Promote Deep Learning. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education. Available at AAHE https://www.aahe.org/catalog/index.cfm
§         A collection of presentations by major speakers at AAHE’s 1999 and 2000 Assessment
      Conferences offers cutting-edge ideas from leaders in the field.

Handbooks Published by Universities

Evaluation planning guide. University of Washington, Office of Educational Assessment, Program Evaluation Division. Available at http://www.washington.edu/oea/evaluatn.htm
§         Chapter 4 is a terrific chapter!

Collecting feedback to improve teaching and learning. Chapter 5 in The Penn State teacher II by D. M. Enerson, R. N. Johnson, S. Milner, & K. M. Plank. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at The Pennsylvania State University. This chapter is available online at http://www.psu.edu/celt/PST/feedback.html

Assessment of student learning: An introduction. Western New England College.
http://www.wnec.edu/~kpaul/PROTO/docs/forms/Assessment_Guide.pdf

Assessment workbook. Ball State University: Office of Academic Assessment & Institutional Research.  Available online at http://www.bsu.edu/web/assessment/WB/contents.htm

Online Glossaries

http://www.chapman.edu/provost/assessment/glossary.html

http://condor.stcloudstate.edu/~assess/definitions.html

http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/assess/terminology.htm

http://www.niu.edu/assessment/_resourc/asterms.shtml

http://www.csulb.edu/%7Esenate/assessment/assessment_glossary.html