*CPE Session 10: Sunday, August 7, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Assessment of Learning Outcomes and Accounting Programs
Description/Objectives:
The Teaching and Curriculum Section proposes a full-day CPE session on assessment of learning in accounting programs. This all-day session will include several presenters from successful AACSB, or regional accreditation/reaffirmation efforts, and will offer hands-on activities. Registrants are asked to send a copy of their department’s mission statement, assessment plan and 1–3 examples of assessment measures or rubrics for review and evaluative comments to Dr. Paul E. Bayes, Department of Accountancy, East Tennessee State University, Box 70710, Johnson City, TN 37604. These should be sent by July 10, 2005. Each session, morning and afternoon, will include hands-on activities that cover such areas as:
- What is assessment? and what AACSB and regional accrediting agencies expect
- Developing an assessment plan
- Building and using measurement rubrics
- Motivating faculty and student participation in assessment
- Closing the loop
Format/Structure:
Workshop activities will use interactive assessment experiences, examples of both successful and unsuccessful learning outcome measures, and evaluation of currently used measures. A tentative schedule appears below:
| What are assessment/AACSB expectations |
10 minutes |
| Building a rubric to assess student learning |
55 minutes |
| Performance measurement |
30 minutes |
| Assessing the business core |
20 minutes |
| Use of assessment data to improve the curriculum |
50 minutes |
| Assessment experiences and tools |
55 minutes |
| Morning break |
20 minutes |
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| Lunch—registrant responsibility |
60 minutes |
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| Development of online assessment |
60 minutes |
| AICPA Educational Competency Assessment |
120 minutes |
| Evaluation of mission statements and rubrics |
10 minutes |
| Afternoon break |
20 minutes |
Intended Audience:
College and departments preparing for accreditation or reaffirmation.
Faculty and administrators with an interest in assessment.
Individuals interested in measuring learning outcomes and providing continuous improvement.
Presenters:
Paul E. Bayes, East Tennessee State University
Julie Adamich, St. Petersburg College
Penne Ainsworth, University of Wyoming
Joseph Bittner, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Thomas Calderon, The University of Akron
Patricia Eason, The University of Texas at El Paso
John Elfrink, Central Missouri State University
Steve G. Green, United States Air Force Academy
Sherry Mills, New Mexico State University
Sponsor:
Teaching and Curriculum Section
* Denotes special requirements or prerequisite
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