Assessment Committee USC Center for Testing and Assessment

Assessment Bootcamp and 2014 Assessment Symposium: Sign-ups now OPEN!

May 2014

ASSESSMENT BOOTCAMP
Assessment Bootcamp: Tuesday, June 10-Friday, June 13th The Assessment Bootcamp will be a one week event where we will offer all of our workshops back to back as a way for everyone to catch up on Assessment before the Assessment Symposium the following week.

TUESDAY, JUNE 10

WORKSHOPS THAT WILL BE OFFERED

10:00-12:00: DEVELOPING AN ASSESSMENT PLAN 1:00-3:00: ETHICS IN ASSESSMENT 3:00-5:00: LEARNING OUTCOMES

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 10:00-12:00: INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS 1:00-3:00: DEVELOPING SURVEY ITEMS 3:00-5:00: HOW TO USE QUALTRICS THURSDAY, JUNE 12 10:00-12:00: USING EXISTING DATA 1:00-3:00: DATA ANALYSIS WITH SPSS AND EXCEL 3:00-5:00: QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS FRIDAY, JUNE 13

10:00-12:00: PRESENTING YOUR FINDINGS

**PLEASE NOTE: 12:00-1:00 will be a Brown Bag Lunch hour. Feel free to bring your lunch and interact with other participants and/or get help from the Assessment Committee on questions. SIGN-UPS BEGIN TODAY, MAY 1ST, ON THE ASSESSMENT WEBSITE.
When signing up for workshops, please only sign up for the ones that you plan on attending so we have accurate numbers. Need to confirm what classes you need? Feel free to email Juliana to confirm! For questions, feel free to e-mail jrcalhou@usc.edu for more information.

ASSESSMENT SYMPOSIUM Don't Reinvent the Wheel: Capitalizing on Existing Resources in Assessment
Why reinvent the wheel when there are many existing resources in your office, on campus, and online for you to use in Assessment? To learn more about how to do this, please join us for the 4th Annual Assessment

Symposium on June 17th, 2014 from 10:30AM-

4:00 PM in GFS.
SCHEDULE:

10:30am Check-In/Poster Sessions 11-11:50am Opening Session 11:50am-1:00pm Lunch/Poster Sessions 1-3pm 4 Concurrent Sessions 1:50-2:00 and 2:50-3:00-Breaks/Poster Sessions 3-4pm Closing Session

INTERESTED IN PRESENTING DURING THE CONCURRENT SESSIONS? Fill out this survey by May 20th to be considered. INTERESTED IN PRESENTING A POSTER? Fill out this survey by June 5th to be considered. INTERESTED IN ATTENDING ? The RSVP link will open on May 1st and close on June 1st so make sure to register early!

ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS

Thank you for everyone that has been attending our workshops. We would like to congratulate the people that have completed all of the requirements of the Assessment Certificate. CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK!!!

Janet Loh Jon Rey

Janna Bernstein Angela Bae Taylor Ainslie Breanne Tcheng

See below for more information on earning your Assessment Certificate!

ASSESSMENT CLASS OPPORTUNITY: EDUC 614

Are you looking to gain more Assessment experience and/or finish your Capstone for the Assessment Certificate? Do you want to explore Assessment in an academic setting? Then EDUC 614 is the class for you. In this class we will review outcomes assessment, program evaluation, and research design in a postsecondary educational administration. Class is held June 2nd-June 30th on Mondays from 4:00-9:40. Interested? E-mail Jrcalhou@usc.edu for more information!

Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Workshops are Tuesday mornings from 10:00AM-11:30 AM with a Drop-In Session from 11:30AM-12:00PM

SAVE THE DATES!!!

September 9 Developing an Assessment Plan September 23- Learning Outcomes October 14- How to Create Survey Items October 28-Interviews and Focus Groups November 18-How to Present Your Results January 27- Ethics in Research and Assessment February 10- How to Use Qualtrics March 3- Data Analysis with SPSS and Excel April 14-Qualitative Data Analysis April 28-How to Present Your Results

Assessment Certificate
The certificate consists of 7 workshops total and a Capstone Project:

3 core (3 required) 1 data collection 1 data analysis 1 presenting findings (1 required) 1 Elective Capstone Project

Assessment Certificate Information

About Us Connect with Us Workshops