Editorial
What is Assessment and its Place in Education?    /   2 

Assessment
Assessing the Effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning in Higher 
	Education: Lessons from the Literature   /   4   
	Claire H. Major, University of Alabama
	Betsy Palmer, University of Iowa
Assessing the Effects of Incorporating Service in Learning: 
	The Search for a Comprehensive Process of Service Learning Evaluation   /   10
        Tara Grey Coste, University of Southern Maine
	Marvin Druker, Lewiston-Auburn College
Reliability in Evaluating Portfolios for Higher Education Teacher Accreditation   /   17
	David Baume,  Open University, UK
	Mantz Yorke, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Implementing Web-Based Digital Portfolios in Three Teacher Preparation Programs   /   25
	Minaz Fazal, Iona College
	Dianne Goldsby, Iona College
	Barbara Cozza, University of Scranton
	Serra Goethals, Bellarmine College
	Rose Howard, Bellarmine College
Making Informed Choices:  A Model for Comprehensive Classroom Assessment   /   31
	Suzanne S. Mueller, East Stroudsburg University
	Faith H. Waters, East Stroudsburg University
	Patricia S. Smeaton, East Stroudsburg University
	Patricia Pinciotti, East Stroudsburg University
Accountability and Integration in Assessment:  Identifying Learning Goals   /   38
	Sue M. Norton, University of Wisconsin
	Arthur L. Dudycha, University of Wisconsin
Getting Real:  Implementing General Education Assessment that Works   /   43
	Peter T. Klassen, College of DuPage
	Russell Watson, College of DuPage
Implementing a Web-Based  Adaptive Senior Exit Survey for Undergraduates   /   51
	Jeffrey P. Adams, Montana State University
	Timothy F. Slater, Montana State University
Assessing the College Impact on Students' Lifetime Educational Aspirations   /   58
	Gail T. McLure, American College Testing, IA
	A. M. Srikanta Rao, Tuskegee University, AL
Fairness in Grading   /   64
	J. Thomas Davis, University of South Carolina
Self-Grading for Formative Assessment  in Problem-Based Learning   /   68
	M. B. Ulmer, University of South Carolina Spartanburg
Student Voices: Improving the Quality of Course Evaluations   /   72
	Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines
Linking Outcomes Assessment with  Teaching Effectiveness 
	and Professional Accreditation   /   79
	James O. Carey, University of South Florida
	Anna H. Perrault, University of South Florida
	Vicki L. Gregory, University of South Florida
Assessing Students' Course-Related Attitudes  
	Using Keller's Model of Academic Motivation   /   87
	Lou M. Carey, University of South Florida
	Tary L. Wallace, University of South Florida
	James O. Carey, University of South Florida
Assessment of Learning Preferences  In a Compressed Video 
	Distance Learning Environment   /   95
	Reneé L. Cambiano, Northeastern State University
	Jack B. De Vore, University of Arkansas
	James E. Snow, University of Arkansas
Developing a Tool For Assessing Writing  in a General Psychology Course   /   98
	Thomas Reynolds, University of Minnesota
	Thomas Brothen, University of Minnesota
	Cathrine Wambach, University of Minnesota
Collaborative Action Research  to Assess Student Learning and Effect Change   /   105
	Linda A. Catelli, Dowling College
 	Joan Carlino, Belmont Ave. Elementary School, North Babylon, NY
Explicit Teaching and Assessment of Genre Conventions in University 
	Education: an Example from Biology   /   113
	Jan Skillen, University of Wollongong, Australia
	Neil Trivett, University of Wollongong, Australia

Student Voice
Completing the Doctorate:  Reflections of a Recent Graduate   /   119
	Dr. Julie Kaomea, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Columns
Tiger's Eye: Student Evaluations Are Important Assessment Tools   /   16
Perspectives: Tinted Glasses: The Defining Power of Assessment   /   37
POV: To Assess or Not to Assess --That Is  Not  the Question   /   49
Thinking about it: My Job, My Self   /   56
Teaching Mindfully: Can We Stop Beating our Heads against the Uncarved Block?   /   77
Valedictory Views:  Assessment and Other Paradigms   /   124