Mentkowski initiated Alverno's approaches to educational research and institutional
assessment in 1976, including the Alverno longitudinal research,
the validation of performance assessment, and evaluation of major fields.
serves on Alverno's Educational Policies Committee
is a long-standing member of Alverno's Council for Student Assessment
is a member of Alverno's Valuing in Decision-Making Department
has served on Alverno's Curriculum Committee
Affiliations
Advisory Board of Core Commitments: Educating Students of Personal and Social Responsibility (AAC&U)
immediate past Vice President of Division I (Education in the Professions) of the American Educational Research Association(AERA)
Enacting a Collaborative Scholarship of Assessment Mentkowski, M., & Loacker, G. (2002). Enacting a collaborative scholarship
of assessment. In T. W. Banta & Associates, Building
a scholarship of assessment (pp. 8299). San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
Higher Education Assessment and National Goals for Education: Issues, Assumptions, and Principles Mentkowski, M. (1998). Higher education assessment and national goals
for education: Issues, assumptions, and principles. In
N. M. Lambert & B. L. McCombs (Eds.), How students learn:
Reforming schools through learner-centered education (pp.
269–310). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Creating
a Culture Where Assessment Improves Learning Loacker, G., & Mentkowski, M. (1993). Creating a culture where assessment
improves learning. In T. W. Banta & Associates, Making
a difference: Outcomes of a decade of assessment in higher education (pp. 5–24). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.