Presentations and Handouts from the 7th Annual
Texas A&M's Assessment Conference

Below you will find presentations from the Assessment Conference as well as some materials suggested by conference coordinators, speakers, and participants. This list will grow as suggestions are made.

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Opening Keynote Presentation - What is "Good" Assessment? A New Model for Fulfilling Accreditation Expectations - Linda Suskie

 

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Plenary Presentation: Assessment Reconsidered: What Higher Education Should Have Learned From the Past Twenty Years - Stephen D. Spangehl

 

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Closing Plenary Presentation: Assessing Learning Outcomes - Implications for the Futrure of Higher Education Accountability - Geri Malandra

 

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Himani's Suggested Booklist

 

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Approach to Accountability prepared for the National Commission on the Future of Higher Education

 

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A Branch that Bears Fruit: Student Centered Disability Services - Kay Norman, Marchia Shelton

 

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A Learning Portfolio Approach to Research and Teamwork in Agribusiness Education - handouts - Dr. Eluned Jones, Dr. Victoria Salin

 

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A Model for Building Outcomes Assessment Capacity in Major Research Universitites Through a Program of Undergraduate Research - Christopher M. Quick, PhD, Charles C. Farnsworth, PhD

 

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Assessing Our Way Out of Chaos: Using Assessment to Design & Refine Homeland Security Curriculum - David McIntyre, Nancy Small

 

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Assessing Dynamic Transfer Students - Jennifer Beck, Susan Thompson, Katie Brown

 

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Assessing Student Learning in the Major - Bob Smallwood

 

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Assessing Student-Learning Outcomes in the Two-Year Insitution - Mary Frances Gibbons, Carole Johnson

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Assessing the Undergraduate Mathematics Program - handout - Therese Shelton

 

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Assessment at the Grassroots handouts - Mandy Kallus and Sharon MIller

Annotated Bibliography in Favor of Distributed Assessment
Gateway Law
Rubric for DS & ESL English
DCF Rubric

 

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Assessment for Accreditation: An Integrated University Perspective - Simone F. Tiu, Kwok Bun Yue, Sharon Hall, Bryan Morgan

 

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Authentic Assessment Toolkit: Strategies to Reach and Teach the Millennial Generation - Kim Dooley, Leah Wickersham

E-Portfolio Resources
Assessment Philosophy vs Practice
Discussion Forum Rubric
9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning
Becoming Information Literate in a Global Society

 

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Before, During and After an Accreditation Team Visit: What We Did Right, and How, handout - Ray D. Somera

 

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Assessment for Accreditation: An Integrated University Perspective - Simone F. Tiu, Kwok Bun Yue, Sharon Hall, Bryan Morgan

 

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Building a General Education Assessment Program from Scratch - Jason Powell

 

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Continuous Planning and Assessment for Achieving Expected Outcomes in the 21st Century Paradigm Shift - Yondell Maten, RNC, PhD, WHNP, CNS & Paula Simpson, AD, BS

 

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Core Curriculum Assessment/General Education Assessment - Dr. Loraine Phillips, Dr. Leslie Janac

 

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Developing a Service Learning Model Using Course-Embedded Assessment - Dr. Gregory W. Phillips

 

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Energize your ESL program through self assessment - Anne Albarelli

 

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Environmental Influences on Leadership Development: Findings of a Study of Leadership at Texas A&M University - Sharra Durham, Krista Bailey, Carol McBryde

 

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It's All About Learning: Assessing a Quality Enhancement Plan - Johnnie Rosenauer, Robert E. Zeigler, Susan Espinoza

Effective Learner-Centered Classroom Practices
San Antonio College's QEP

 

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LaGuardia Community College General Education, Outcomes Assessment, ePortfolios - Charles Keyes

 

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Making the Most of Rubrics: Assessment of Student Writing from Classroom to Program - Dr. Claude Gibson

Classroom Use of Rubrics

 

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Nuclear Engineering Technology Students' Capstone Experience to Assess Technical Competencies: A Case Study - Byron F. Thinger, Harpal S. Dhillon, J. Patrick Jones

 

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Overcoming Student Resistance to a Teaching Innovation - Wendy L. Keeney-Kennicutt, PhD, Adalet Baris Gunersel, Nancy J Simpson, PhD

 

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Preparing for SACS-COC Compliance Cerification: Conducting a Readiness Audit - Julia Pet-Armacost, Robert L. Armacost

 

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Program Assessment for Professional Accreditation and Internal Program Review - Jeffrey Froyd, Debra Fowler

 

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Program Assessment System Design for Continuous Improvement - Julia Pet-Armacost, Robert L. Armacost

 

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Seeking to Attain Continuous Improvement in the Learning Environment at a Research University -Texas A&M's Quality Enhancement Plan, January 2001 to the Present - John P. Fackler

 

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Teaching and Assessing for Synthesis in General Education Courses - Carol Canavan

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Telling Your QEP Story - Russell Lowery-Hart

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The Triadic Survey in Building Capacity -G. Donald Allen, Dianne S. Goldsby

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