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Ewell, P. (2009, November) Occasional Paper 1 by National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)

In 1987, Peter Ewell delivered a paper at the AAHE Assessment Forum entitled "Assessment, Accountability, and Improvement: Managing the Contradiction." This NILOA Occasional Paper analyzes what is the same and what has changed over the past two decades, and offers suggestions for how institutions can manage the persistent tension between the twin purposes of assessment in the current higher education environment.

Banta, T.W., Griffin, M., Flateby, T.L. & Kahn, S. (2009, December) Occassional Paper No. 2 by National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)

Of the various ways to assess student learning outcomes, many faculty members prefer what are called "authentic" approaches that document student performance during or at the end of a course or program of study. In this paper, assessment experts Trudy Banta, Merilee Griffin, Teresa Flateby, and Susan Kahn describe the development of several promising authentic assessment approaches. The contributors draw on their rich assessment experience to illustrate how portfolios, common analytic rubrics, and online assessment communities can more effectively link assessment practices to pedagogy.

By Doug Lederman, April 4, 2011 Inside HigherEd The author discusses a new campaign by AFT Higher Education. The effort will have members of the American Federation of Teachers (represented by more than 200,000 college and university instructors, professional staff and graduate students) more directly involved in national and campus discussions on student success in higher education.