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Using the CAS Standards in Assessment Projects
Author(s) -
Dean Laura A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new directions for student services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0695
pISSN - 0164-7970
DOI - 10.1002/ss.20046
Subject(s) - standards based assessment , higher education , professional standards , medical education , academic standards , program evaluation , engineering ethics , professional development , evaluation methods , educational assessment , political science , engineering management , psychology , pedagogy , engineering , medicine , public administration , law , reliability engineering
This chapter provides an overview of the use of professional standards of practice in assessment and of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS). It outlines a model for conducting program self‐studies and discusses the importance of implementing change based on assessment results.