Information Science Reference Cases on Assessment and Evaluation in Education

Product Description With the demand to maintain a competitive advantage, the assessment and evaluation of education is vital in measuring the knowledge and skills of the students, community, and educational system as a whole by providing educators with the facts needed to enhance and improve the learning process.<br><br><em>Cases on Assessment and Evaluation in Education</em> presents a collection of case studies describing the methods used to assess an education course, what factors to assess, as well as which factors determine the success of these factors. This casebook aims to bring together different research perspectives on the questions surrounding the issues of educational assessment and evaluation. About the Author <strong>Mehdi Khosrow-Pour</strong> (DBA) received his Doctorate in Business Administration from the Nova Southeastern University (FL, USA). Dr. Khosrow-Pour taught undergraduate and graduate information system courses at the Pennsylvania State University – Harrisburg for 20 years where he was the chair of the Information Systems Department for 14 years. He is currently president and publisher of IGI Global, an international academic publishing house with headquarters in Hershey, PA and an editorial office in New York City. He also serves as executive director of the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA), and executive director of the World Forgotten Children’s Foundation. <br><br>He is the author/editor of over twenty books in information technology management. He is also the editor-in-chief of the <em>Information Resources Management Journal</em>, the <em>Journal of Cases on Information Technology</em>, the <em>Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations</em>, and the <em>Journal of Information Technology Research</em>, and has authored more than 50 articles published in various conference proceedings and journals.