CPE SESSION 23: SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Using the Educational Competency Assessment (ECA) Website
[Cancelled]

Description/Objectives:
The AICPA will demonstrate the capabilities of the ECA website (http://www.aicpa-eca.org) and facilitate presentations by educators who have used the site to assess student performance and to evaluate coverage of competencies across courses and accounting programs.

The session will demonstrate how to navigate the major areas of the ECA LIBRARY—the Core Competency Database, Education Strategies, and in particular the information and guidance on Evaluating Competency Coverage and Assessing Student Performance.

The demonstration will also focus on using the site's two organizers, reporting capabilities and administrative options such as creating new assessments and evaluations and filing the data and reports.

Specifically, the session will emphasize the use of the Assessing Student Performance (ASP) Organizer that guides you through the process of gathering, analyzing and using assessment information to determine how well students are developing the AICPA's Core Competencies, and the Evaluating Competency Coverage (ECC) Organizer that guides you through the process of determining and documenting the degree to which the AICPA’s Core Competencies are covered in courses and in programs.

The reporting function used in the assessment of student performance is unique in that it allows users to determine the manner in which activities are presented. The session will demonstrate how student activities can be sequenced in any order, based on core competency, course, education strategy, and activity type or time period.

Hundreds of educators have experienced the ECA site and the benefits this tool can provide. Attend the session and learn how you and your accounting program can benefit from using the ECA site.

Format/Structure:
Demonstration using live website/link and testimonials from accounting educators that have used the ECA website.

Intended Audience:
Accounting educators and department chairpersons; 4-year colleges and community colleges.

Presenter:
Joe Bittner, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

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