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He argues that assessments must fit institutional standards and goals and address both process and outcomes. Bennett proposes multiple methods, such as objective competency tests and requiring graduating seniors to submit a detailed paper for annual review, discussion, and evaluation. 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The papers could be kept on file and \"would be readand discussed once a year,by students and professors,\"Bennett suggested.  \nIncoming freshmen also could be given exams similar to advanced placementtests,Bennett said,and the same tests could be given to those students be-fore they graduate。\"The difference,the value added,could be persuasivelyapparent to the applicants to the next freshman class,\"he said.  \nBennett did not back any particular assssment plan,saying that colleges candevelop tests in\"any number of forms to suit any number of purposes.\"  \n(more)  \n# BENNETT CONTINUES CALL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ASSESSMENT(Cont.)\n\nThe Education Department's role would be to stand behind good ideas when itcan.He said only that colleges should set standards,\"articulate the visionof the educated person”and formulate a method of assessment.  \nThe assessments,Bennett asserted,could cover even those areas the secretaryconsiders\"life's enduring fundamental questions:What is justice?What shouldbe loved?What deserves to be defended?\"  \nSuch basic philosophies could be assessed,Bennett said,\"if students are giv-en the chance to say what they know and how they've been affected by thatknowledge.  There is no reason why we can't ask students broad questions andassess the depth of their answers.As a teacher,I did it all the time.\"--Bill Reinhard  \n# JTPA ENROLLING MORE DISABLED STUDENTS\n\nDisabled youth and adults increased their participation rates in the Job Train-ing Partnership Act(JTPA)basic grant program during the program year endingJune 30,according to a new statistical report.  \nof all youths completing training under the Title IIA basic grant program,  \n9.7 percent were disabled,according to the study by the President's Committeeon Employment of the Handicapped.That's an increase of more than two percen-tage points from last year's 7.5 percent rate.  \nDisabled adults increased their share of training opportunities,but at a low-er rate than youths,according to the figures.Of all adults completing TitleIIA training in the last program year,8.1 percent were disabled,up from  \n7.7 percent the previous year.  \nJTPA Title IIA provides basic job training grants to states.Sixty pe","cbCaipi0aI7WSQsP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipi0aI7WSQsP","pdf",1823031,"English","# Bennett Continues Call for Higher Education Assessment\n## Goals and standards for assessment\n## Proposed assessment methods\n## Role of the Education Department","[{\"question\":\"What does William Bennett say colleges should do regarding assessment?\",\"answer\":\"Bennett urges colleges to develop educational assessment programs that measure how much students learned from their collegiate experience.\"},{\"question\":\"How should the tests be designed according to Bennett?\",\"answer\":\"He says the test must be designed to fit the standards and goals the institution aims for.\"},{\"question\":\"What assessment methods does Bennett suggest for graduating seniors?\",\"answer\":\"He suggests objective tests for minimum competency and requiring each graduating senior to write a 10-page paper on the most important thing learned, stored and reviewed annually by students and professors.\"}]","Bennett Continues Call for Higher Education Assessment | PDF",1790621362,18]