This book's contribution will be a very big one--and not just insize...there is no compAndium of examples like it. As such, it'sinvaluable. It will be very useful to those who plan and carry outassessment on campuses. ?Thomas A. Angelo, director, AAHE Assessment Forum Brings together in one volume the best current knowledge of whatassessment methods work best and how their principles should beincorporated into all effective assessment efforts'whether atinstitutional, program, or department levels. Drawing from 165actual cases'and reporting 86 of them in their entirety'the authorsillustrate methods and techniques of assessment covering a widerange of objectives in diverse types of institutions.