Assessment Update: Progress, Trends, and Practices in Higher Education. Volume 30, Issue 3, May-June 2018

This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) Assessment in Postsecondary Chemistry Education: A Comparison of Course Types (Rebecca E. Gibbons, Jessica J. Reed, Shalini Srinivasan, Sachel M. Villafañe, Emily Laga, Joshua Vega, Kristen L. Murphy, and Jeffrey R. Raker); (2) Beyond Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic: A Brief Case for Considering Values-Based Institutional Learning Outcomes (Debora Hinderliter Ortloff and Jacob E. Amidon); (3) Assessing Professional and Liberal Learning in the First-Year Seminar at Belmont University: A Pilot Pairing to Increase Value in Liberal and Professional Education (Beverly Schneller and Larry E. Wacholtz); (4) If a Student Learns and There's No One Around to Assess It, Does It Make a Sound? Reframing Assessment as Meaning Making (Jeremy D. Penn); (5) Assessment Institute Insights (Anthony Chase); and (6) NILOA Perspectives (George D. Kuh).