Improving Qualitative Assessment In Higher Education

This dissertation considers in turn the role education plays in civil, democratic society; the role assessment plays in education; and the role theoretical constructs and cultural contexts play in assessment. Then, through literature review, document analysis, and interviews, the analysis investigates, identifies, and recommends grounded-theory-derived practices for improving qualitative assessment in higher education settings. The process of qualitative assessment is understood as being heuristic and continual, requiring re-examination and revision to maintain both its validity and reliability. To this end, rubrics are essential to efficiently and reliably assessing everything qualitative, whereas the realities of institutional culture and politics require adroit leadership from educators and administrators, drawing from manifest praxes in organizational theory, management theory, and political theory, to affect progressive change.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D. in Higher Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Leadership and Counselor Education

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Russell, Chad Woodson

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lori A. Wolff
• Joe M. Blackbourn
• Douglas R. Davis

• Assessment Methodology
• Learning Outcomes
• Program Administration
• Qualitative Assessment
• Rubrics
• Validity
• Higher Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/621

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-1620