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ERIC Number: EJ611498
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-0365
External and Internal Influences on Institutional Approaches to Student Assessment: Accountability or Improvement?
Peterson, Marvin W.; Augustine, Catherine H.
Research in Higher Education, v41 n4 p443-79 Aug 2000
A survey of 885 public undergraduate institutions examined influences of state characteristics, accreditation emphases, and institutional dynamics on three approaches to student assessment (cognitive, affective, and post-college). Institutional dynamics and accreditation region were found to be the primary influences on all three student assessment approaches and institutional types. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Assessment, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, National Surveys, Student Evaluation, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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