11th ANNUAL TEXAS A&M ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE - Feb 20-22, 2011
HandoutsBelow you will find presentations and handouts from the Assessment Conference as well as some materials suggested by conference coordinators, speakers, and participants. Thank you to presenters for sharing.
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- Plenary
- SACS Presentation
- LEAP State Handouts
- Workshops
- Concurrent Sessions
- Poster Sessions
- Suggested Reading
Plenary
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Dr. Carol Geary Schneider President, Association of American Colleges and Universities Eliciting and Assessing Our Students’ Best Work (notepages) (handout) (rubric) |
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Dr. Peter Ewell Vice President, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems Will It Be on the Test? Assessment and Quality Work Today (handout) |
SACS Presentation
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Dr. Demetria Gibbs Director of Training and Research, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Back to the Future: Restoring the IE Peer Evaluator Training (handout) |
Texas LEAP State Handouts
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Texas LEAP State Flyer |
Workshops
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W-1.1: Texas Core Revision: In Pursuit of Student Success
(handout1) (handout2) Dr. Rex Peebles, Vice President for Instruction, Midland College Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Amarillo College Dr. Agnes DeFranco, Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Studies, University of Houston |
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W-1.2: Rubrics: Ensure Engagement, Clarity and Equity for Students and Faculty Alike (handout) Dr. Dannelle Stevens, Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Portland State University Dr. Barbara Millis, Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, University of Texas-San Antonio |
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W-1.3: Engaging Faculty in Assessing Critical Thinking Using the CAT Instrument
Dr. Barry Stein Chair and Professor, Department of Psychology, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Ada Haynes, Professor, Department of Sociology, Tennessee Technological University Mr. Kevin Harris, Assistant Director of Assessment, Center for Assessment and Improvement of Learning |
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W-1.4: Assessment for Beginners Dr. Dan Lineberger, Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University Dr.Mark Troy, Associate Director, Measurement and Research Services, Texas A&M University |
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W-2.1: Developing Your Own Course-Specific Assessment Instrument (handout) Dr. David Silva, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Texas-Arlington |
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W-2.2: VALUE-ing What You Do: Engaging in Learner-Centered Assessment Using the AAC&U VALUE Rubrics Dr. Susan Albertine, Vice President for Engagement, Inclusion and Success, AAC&U Dr. Ryan McLawhon, Assistant Director, Office of Institutional Assessment, Texas A&M University |
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W-2.3: Developing a Department Assessment Plan consistent with SACS Expectations Dr. Bob Smallwood, Assistant to the Provost for Assessment, University of Alabama |
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W-2.4: Curricular Redesign: The Art and Science of Pedagogic Change Dr. Debra Fowler, Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, Texas A&M University |
Concurrent Sessions
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A Proxy Approach to Assessment and Student Learning Amlan Datta, Cisco College |
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Ancient Teachings and Modern Assessment: Embracing the Gap Tanya Renner, World Medicine Institute |
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Assessing Critical Thinking Across Capstone Projects in a Master of Arts in Teaching Program Ronald S. Beebe, University of Houston-Downtown |
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Assessing Institutional Assessment: Where is Your Campus? Catherine Wehlburg, Texas Christian University |
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Assessing Oral Communication Skills Across the Curriculum (handout) Karen H. Nelson, Austin College |
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Assessing Oral Communications in the General Education Curriculum and the Major David Marshall, Edward Waters College |
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Assessing Research and Educational Support Services: An Accreditation Imperative Elizabeth Noel, Marcia Shelton, Kay Norman, and Glenda Jones, Prairie View A&M University |
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Assessing Student Learning and Reporting the Results in a Faculty-Centered Way Charles Garabedian and Richard Whipple, Southwest Texas Junior College |
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Assessing Student Learning in the Co-Curricular: Using Multiple Measures
Darby Roberts, Kathy Collins, Katy King, and Melissa Shehane, Texas A&M University |
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Assessing Student Success in a Master's Degree Program: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data
Aimee Roundtree, University of Houston-Downtown |
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Assessment at the Course Level: Not a Burden, But Rather a Benefit!...And an Advantage in Assessment
(handout) Bruce F. Bockhorn, Prairie View A&M University |
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Assessment of a Multi-faceted Initiative: The Roles of Mentoring, Advising, Curriculum, and Scholarly Community in Developing an Undergraduate Research Program
Susan Power Bratton, Baylor University |
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Austere Assessment - Financially Responsible Assessment for Classrooms and Programs Douglas Eder, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville |
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Closing the Assessment Circle Oscar Plaza, South Texas College |
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"Closing the Loop" in Graduate Assessment Yan Zhang and John Aje, University of Maryland University College |
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Cross-institutional Collaboration on Assessment of Student Learning: Exploration and Discussion Jeremy Penn, Oklahoma State University |
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Designing a Common Repository for Program Learning Outcomes OR Let's Not Reinvent the Wheel (i.e., I'll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours) John M. Cornwell, Rice University |
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Designing Assessment Methods for a W Course in Agricultural Systems Management: Successes and Failures Valerie Balester, Steve Searcy, Clyde Munster, Candace Schaefer, and Steve Kaminczak, Texas A&M University |
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Designing Meaningful Institutional Assessment Plans: Taking the Big Picture View Catherine Wehlburg, Texas Christian University |
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Destination Accreditation: Making Assessment Meaningful and Visible Heidi Taylor, West Texas A&M University |
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Developing Strategies for Implementing an Assessment Technology Solution Craig Bach, Drexel University |
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Development of a Data Warehouse: The Long and Winding Road (handout1) (handout2) Tracy Chapman, Brenda Coppard, and Steve Riedl, Creighton University |
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Different Purposes, Parallel Processes: Integrating Strategic Planning and Student Learning Outcomes Assessment T. Gilmour Reeve, Bobby L. Matthews, and Rebecca Owens, Louisiana State University |
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Distance Education: Principles of Assessment and Accreditation Ryan McLawhon, Texas A&M University |
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Electronic Assessment in a Multi-section eLearning-based Environment: An Approach for Administrators James Baker and Cecelia Hawkins, Texas A&M University |
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Engaging Teacher Education Faculty in Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes: An Action Research Model Anjoo Sikka, Ron S. Beebe, Myrna D. Cohen, Valentina Blonski Hardin, and Christopher Witschonke, University of Houston-Downtown |
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Herding Cats: Creating a culture of Assessment in an Interdisciplinary Arts & Humanities Department Raquel Patricia Chiquillo, University of Houston-Downtown |
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Here Assessment! There Assessment! Everywhere Assessment! Streamlining Program Assessment at the Graduate Level (handout1) (handout2) (handout3) Jaleh Rezaie, Jo Ann G. Ewalt, MaryEllen Thompson, and Jan Colbert, Eastern Kentucky University |
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How to Go From Data Blues to Assessment Jazz! (handout) Dana Harwell, Jan Miller, Denis Knight, and Elizabeth Hohn, University of West Alabama |
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Improving the Quality of Formative Assessments (handout1) (handout2) (handout3) (handout4) Jean Sorensen, Dennis Westman, James Scoggins, and Frances Haratyk, Grayson County College |
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Institutional Effectiveness: Closing the Loop on Strategic Planning and Institutional Assessment in an Age of Accountability
Kelly Jackson Charles, Fayetteville State University |
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Interactive Focus Groups and "Quick Course Diagnoses" for Assessment/Change Barbara Millis and Jose J. Vazquez, University of Texas at San Antonio |
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Is Norming Normal?: Creating Opportunities to Reflect on College Essay Grading Ann M. Pearson, San Jacinto College |
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It Takes a Village to Assess a Project: Individual Faculty Assessments Create Authentic Project Assessment for the San Jacinto College QEP Karen Hattaway, San Jacinto College-North, and Eddie Weller, San Jacinto College-South |
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Learning From Sharing: Assessing the Assessment Process to Improve Student Learning (handout) Rena Murphy and Tara Rose, University of Kentucky |
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Learning Outcomes Assessment: Maintaining Momentum (handout) Beth Wuest, Texas State University-San Marcos |
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Lessons Learned From the Development and Assessment of an Online Nursing Program at the Community College Level Mary Bjorklund and Donna Spivey, Lone Star College-Kingwood |
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Making Lemonade: A Value-Added Approach to HB 2504 Implementation Holly Verhasselt and Jane K. Linnstaedter Mims, University of Houston-Victoria |
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Making the Accreditation Connection: Using an Outcome Attainment Measure for Linking Student Learning to Course, Program and Institutional Goals Ronald Carriveau and Michael Simmons, University of North Texas |
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Master's Level Programmatic Assessment: A Practitioner's Model for Assessing the Affective Domain of Student Learning L. Rusty Waller and Rick Lumadue, Texas A&M University-Commerce |
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Mechanix: Software-Assisted Assessment at All Stages of Learning Martin Field, Tracy Hammond, Julie Linsey, and Erin McTigue, Texas A&M University |
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Moving the Higher Education Community towards Gathering, Reporting On, and Using Evidence to Improve Student Learning (handout) |
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One to Three and Three to One Assessment Processes: One University's Response to Resource Constraints Joseph S. Anderson and Krista Rodin, Northern Arizona University |
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Practical Strategy for Connecting Program and Course Level Student Learning Assessment Scott Heinerichs, West Chester University |
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Practice What You Preach: Administrators in the Classroom Barbara Rodriguez and Lisa Chapman, Central Carolina Community College |
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Qualitative Analysis of Curriculum Maps and Broad-based Input as a Basis for QEP Topic Selection (handout) Karen C. Laljiani, Allison Shaskan, Juanita Marquez, and Judson Yeats, El Centro College |
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Qualitative Assessment: Planning Your Students' Journey Barbara Lindsey Brown and Danielle Bible, San Jacinto College-Central, and Bret Nelson, San Jacinto College-North |
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Recommendations from the Committee on Faculty Teaching Performance Evaluation at Texas A & M University (handout) Ben Wu, Simon Sheather, Howard Blair, and Jean Layne, Texas A&M University |
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Redefining General Education at San Jacinto College: The Next Steps toward Assessment Judy Harrison and Karen Hattaway, San Jacinto College-South, and Kelly Mizell, San Jacinto College-North |
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Rubrics + Readability = Retention - the 3 R's: Making the Connection (handout) (followup) Helen E. Woodman, Christine Conley-Sowels, and Clifton Franklund, Ferris State University |
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Starting From Scratch: A Small, Private University Builds a New General Education Assessment System John M. Tichenor, Toni L. Blum, and Megan O’Neill, Stetson University| |
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Strengthening Our Programs: Cycles of Practice from Learning Outcomes, Curriculum Mapping, Pedagogy, Philosophy, Assessment, and Continuous Improvement John M. Cornwell, Rice University |
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S-T-R-E-T-C-H-I-N-G a General Education Core Texas Style (handout) Patricia A. Rehak, Wharton County Junior College |
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Student Affairs Assessment: Linking Back to the University (handout) John M. Cissik, Texas Woman’s University |
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The Evolution of a Culture of Assessment K. Hyoejin Yoon and Loretta Rieser-Danner, West Chester University of Pennsylvania |
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The Journey of Assessing the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Cathy L. Bays, University of Louisville |
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The Palo Alto College Summer Assessment Institute: An Authentic Learning Experience that Helped PAC Go From 0 to 60 in 10 Weeks! (handout) Pat Stone, Theresa Dorel, Bailey Lathem, Weldon Riggs, and Sharon Carson, Palo Alto College |
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The Use of Rubrics in Assessing Student Performance in Graduate Courses (handout2) JoAnn Canales, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi |
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Truth in Advertising: Course Assessment with a Learning Map Carol M. Lerch, Landmark College |
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Using Assessment Processes, Data and Cooperation to Strategically Plan the First-Year Experience Margaret F. Boorstein and Loretta Knapp, Long Island University |
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Using Embedded Rubrics in Online Simulations to Track the Development of Domain-specific Problem Solving ( handout1) (handout2) (handout3) Charles C. Farnsworth, Texas A&M University |
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Using the Excellence in Higher Education Framework to Support Strategic Planning and Accreditation Douglas A. Mains and Marc Foster, University of North Texas Health Science Center |
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Using University-wide Assessment Results to Support Improvements in Assessment Quality, Critical Thinking and Faculty Development Tom Matthews, Robyn Hesse, and Todd Pourciau, Lamar University |
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Validating Student Learning Outcomes for the Leadership and Ethics Institute Rita Thornton and David R. Troutman, The University of Texas at Austin |
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What If Literacy Is the Problem-and the Solution? C.J. Bibus, Wharton County Junior College |
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"Why? My Teaching is Great as it is - I Don't Need Help." - Gender and Faculty Engagement with Assessment P. Denise Cobb, Victoria Scott, and Michael Leber, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville |
Poster Sessions
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Capturing the Student Experience: How the Department of Horticulture Sciences is Using E-Portfolios for Student Assessment and Development Dan Lineberger and Jeff Roberts, Texas A&M University |
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Evaluating the Assessment: Overview of the Assessment Review Process Ryan Beard, Texas A&M University |
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General Education Assessment Plan: A Four-Tiered Approach Ryan McLawhon, Texas A&M University |
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How to Efficiently Document Service Learning on Your Campus Gregory W. Phillips, Blinn College |
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Mapping University Core Competencies in Writing and Speaking to NSSE and FSSE Mark Troy and Dongling Zhan, Texas A&M University |
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Questioning to Make a Difference
Christine Darrohn, University of Maine-Farmington |
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Reflections through the Cloud: An Innovation in Student Assessment
Jane Perschbach, Central Texas College |
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Reflective Action & Practice: Assessing Student Progress Through Service Learning and Field Service Projects
Kathryn Jenkins and Amelia Hewitt, University of Houston-Downtown |
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Revising the State Core Curriculum: A focus on 21st Century Competencies
Rex Peebles, Midland College, Russell Lowery-Hart, Amarillo College, and Agnes DeFranco, University of Houston |
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Summer Projects: An Incubator for Innovation (handout) Linda Wright and Faye Murphy, Tarrant County College |
Suggested Reading
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Bibliography for Assessment |
| About the Conference |
