Educating Researchers

May 2007 available at
http://www.edschools.org/EducatingResearchers/index.htm
This is the third in a series of policy reports on the results of a
four-year study of America's education schools. This report focuses on
the need for quality education research and on the preparation of the
scholars and researchers who conduct it.

Longitudinal assessment of student learning: Simplistic measures aren't
enough

by Catherine Hoffman Beyer and Gerald M. Gillmore

Change Magazine, May/June 2007.
Using a mixture of methods to assess students' learning over the course
of their college careers is difficult, but it provides the depth needed
to help institutions improve learning for other students.