Download or read book Assessing Student Achievement in General Education written by Trudy W. Banta and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-02-26 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standardized tests have been cyclically resurrected as assessment tools and repeatedly found wanting. This new issue looks at the broad range of skills; effective writing, information literacy, critical/analytical thinking, moral awareness, general communication ability, and more; desired in college graduates and explores the difficulties in designing successful measures of general education learning outcomes that satisfy all stakeholders. Click here to view all five installments of Trudy Banta's Assessment Update Collections.