Review of “Assessment for Excellence”

Linda J. Sax   |   

Twenty years ago I was fortunate enough to have read the first edition of Assessment for Excellence (Astin, 1991) while enrolled in a graduate course on assessment taught by Alexander Astin. I recall appreciating the book’s point of view, conversational tone, clear explication of methods, and thought-provoking commentary. I relied extensively on that book in order to learn the key conceptual and methodological issues surrounding assessment, and for the last eighteen years have used it as the primary textbook in my graduate courses on assessment and evaluation in higher education.

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