Assessment and Improvement in Higher Education
Book Series

About the Series 

Produced by organizers of the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis, the oldest and largest U.S. event focused on assessing and improving higher education, this series provides readers the principles, practices, and perspectives related to assessment and improvement within the broader higher education ecosystem. Approaches to assessment and improvement can occur in any collegiate context in which goals can be established, evidence-informed interventions can be implemented to achieve goals, outcomes of interventions can be assessed, and ongoing improvements can be made as a result of assessment findings. Series titles reflect both enduring issues and emerging opportunities—informed by research and scholarship—to enhance professional practice for the wide range of practitioners involved in higher education assessment and improvement. Titles in the series will include a focus on:

• Offering foundational knowledge and skills related to assessment and improvement.
• Promoting leadership and strategic directions to influence assessment and improvement practices.
• Fostering inclusive environments to provide welcoming contexts for all learners.
• Implementing innovative instruction to enhance learning experiences.
• Facilitating engaged learning in curricular, co-curricular, community, and experiential settings
• Using data and evidence to promote a culture of innovation reliant on assessment and improvement.
• Supporting and empowering students to achieve their personal, academic, and professional goals.

The book series includes Assessment 101 in Higher Education: The Fundamentals and How to Apply Them, Interrogating, Disrupting, and Reframing College Student Learning Outcomes, and Relationship-Centered Assessment in Higher Education: A Model for Leadership and Practice. Additional titles will be released in the series soon.

Authors interested in contributing can share their ideas with the series editor, Stephen Hundley, at shundley@iu.edu. 

	Assessment 101 in Higher Education: The Fundamentals and How to Apply Them by Keston H. Fulcher, Megan R. Good, and Elizabeth R. H. Sanchez. Assessment 101 in Higher Education is your all-in-one guide to conducting and facilitating assessment in specific programs, as well as coordinating institution-wide assessment processes.
	Interrogating, Disrupting, and Reframing College Student Learning Outcomes by Jarek Janio. Interrogating, Disrupting, and Reframing College Student Learning Outcomes, the second book in the Assessment and Improvement in Higher Education book series, positions learning as the observable, verifiable demonstration of skills and competencies acquired through instruction, shifting the focus from grade-point averages and standardized tests to direct evidence of college student performance.
	Relationship-Centered Assessment in Higher Education: A Model for Leadership and Practice by Emilie Clucas Leaderman and Gina B. Polychronopoulos.  Relationship-Centered Assessment in Higher Education: A Model for Leadership and Practice, the third book in the Assessment and Improvement in Higher Education book series, offers a practical, human-centered framework for fostering meaningful relationships in higher education assessment.
	Continuous Improvement for a New Era in Higher Education: Launching Actionable Assessment by Will Miller, Naima Wells, Rob Berwick.  Continuous Improvement for a New Era in Higher Education: Launching Actionable Assessment, the fourth book in the Assessment and Improvement in Higher Education book series, offers a practical mission control kit for moving assessment beyond mere compliance and toward sustained innovation and meaningful transformation as higher education faces declining confidence, budget constraints, and rapid technological change.