2001
Western Regional Meeting
May 3 - 5, 2001
Assessing Student Competency Performance
Abstract:
This workshop will introduce practical techniques for assessing student
performance of competencies using accounting coursework. Participants will: (1)
learn about the importance of establishing targets for levels of student
competency performance, (2) practice assessing levels of actual accounting
student coursework performance, and (3) learn how to use assessment results to
improve their courses and educational programs. The techniques introduced in
this session are based on guidance in the forthcoming AICPA curriculum
evaluation tools (part of the AICPA Core Competency Framework for Entry Into
the Accounting Profession).
Background:
Legislators, accrediting organizations, and other stakeholders increasingly
demand that educators assess student educational outcomes. Unfortunately, few
accounting educators are adequately trained in assessment methods. In addition,
many assessment activities fail to provide meaningful information to educators
about how they might improve their educational courses and programs. The
AICPA's curriculum evaluation tools are designed to provide accounting
educators with resources to help them conduct assessments and use the findings
to improve their educational strategies.
Statement of
Purpose:
The purpose of the workshop is to provide accounting educators with practical
tools that they can use to assess student competency performance and to use the
assessment findings for continuous improvement.
Targeted
Audience:
This workshop will be useful to faculty, administrators, and curriculum or
assessment committee members. The techniques learned in the session apply to
both course-level and program-level assessment.
How the Session Will
Be Conducted:
This session will be highly interactive. Participants will practice conducting
assessments of student competency performance and will generate ideas for using
the techniques from the workshop in their own courses and programs.
Presentation
time: Thursday, May 3, 2001, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Fee: $60
Presenter: Susan K. Wolcott
- Principal, WolcottLynch Associates, Educational Consultants
- Chair, AICPA Core Competency Framework Curriculum Evaluation Task Force
- Chair, AAA Teaching & Curriculum Section Committee on Pedagogy