Foreword / Heather E. Perfetti --
Preface / Jane Marie Souza --
Introduction : an overview of exemplars in assessment / Tara A. Rose --
Part one: Student learning and assessment. The evolving measure of learning / Bill Moseley and Sonya Christian --
Students as partners in cocurricular assessment / Jessica Greene, Burton Howell, and Michael Sacco --
Assessment of student learning in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences / Jeffrey Lindauer and Patricia A. Coward --
Leveraging technology to facilitate assessment processes / Scott Carnz, Mary Mara, and Amy Portwood --
Indigenous assessment : cultural relevancy in assessment of student learning / Stephen Wall, Lara M. Evans, and Porter Swentzell --
One institution's journey to annual program assessment / Carol Traupman-Carr, Dana S. Dunn, and Debra Wetcher-Hendricks --
A systematic approach to building a culture of assessment : a multiyear, cohort-based professional development model / Mary Kay Helling, Jana Hanson, and Kevin Sackreiter --
Introducing assessment -task choice in an online bachelor course / Ryan Jopp, Keryn Chalmers, Sandra Luxton, and Jay Cohen --
Employing peer learning and assessment at scale / Brian Harlan, Shawn Moustafa, and Roxie Smith --
Many birds with one stone : developing a multipurpose student assessment system / David D. Dworak --
Part two: Student learning and assessment in the disciplines. Assessment of public health competencies at multiple levels / Sondos Islam --
Elevating assessment processes through stakeholder engagement / Leigh M. Onimus and Joyce A. Strawser --
Competency-based student assessment in online and in-person master of public health programs / Kimberly Krytus, Sarah Cercone Heavey, and Gregory G. Homish --
Designing and assessing cocurricular strategies to promote personal and professional development / Bergunda V. Sweet, Katherine A. Kelley, Melissa S. Medina, and Marianne McCollum --
Part three: Faculty engagement and assessment. Giving life to institutional student learning outcomes / Dan Shapiro --
Assessing for learning : the scholarship of teaching and learning and campus assessment culture / Kristina A. Meinking --
Part four: Institutional effectiveness and assessment. A structured protocol for demonstrating institutional effectiveness / Eric D. Stamps --
Transforming from within : strategic planning as a tool for institutional reflection, direction, and transformation / R. Ray D. Somera and Marlena Montague --
Being sage about institutional effectiveness / Elisa Hertz --
Do we have it? do we do it? does it work? : a three question framework for addressing accreditation standards and ensuring institutional effectiveness / Dawn L. Hayward, Nancy Ritze, and Rebecca Gullan --
Editor and contributor biographies --