Assessment Committee USC Center for Testing and Assessment

Assessment Bootcamp and 2014 Assessment Symposium

April 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.

WORKSHOPS THAT WILL BE OFFERED

TUESDAY, JUNE 10 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 WILL BEGIN ON MAY 1ST ON THE ASSESSMENT WEBSITE. 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 so 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 Tuesday, 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 (opens May 1st) by May 20th to be considered. INTERESTED IN PRESENTING A POSTER? Fill out this survey (opens May 1st) 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
See below for more information on earning your Assessment Certificate!

ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITY

Are you looking to gain more Assessment experience and/or finish your Capstone for the Assessment Certificate? There are a few opportunities with various department to gain both qualitative and quantitative experience. Interested? E-mail Jrcalhou@usc.edu for more information.

SPRING 2014 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Workshops are Tuesday mornings from 10:00AM-11:30 AM with a Drop-In Session from 11:30AM-12:00PM April 29-How to Present Your Results

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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

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