Audio Online Seminar • Thursday, December 4, 2008 • 12:00 - 1:30 PM CST • $214

It’s your first big decision when considering student assessment tools:

Store-bought or homemade?

“Store-bought” assessment tools – more generally known as “published assessment instruments” – have some advantages and disadvantages relative to homemade, or locally developed, tools. But published instruments are also a diverse lot; they need to be examined carefully, and on their individual merits.

You’ll get an excellent perspective on these tools in Choosing a Published Instrument to Assess Student Learning, an online seminar coming December 4. Led by Linda Suskie of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, this 90-minute presentation will help you decide whether published instruments should be part of your assessment program, and if so, which ones.

Here’s just some of what will be covered:
• The difference between a published and a standardized test.
• The relative advantages and disadvantages of published and locally-developed assessment tools.
• The key features of some of today’s most popular published tests and surveys.
• Sources of further information on published instruments, and ways to interpret and critically analyze that information.
• The essential questions that must be addressed as you plan the administration of an assessment program.
• The appropriate role of published instruments in your assessment program.

Ms. Suskie will also look in detail at many of the best-known (and some lesser-known) published instruments, including:
• MAPP
• CAAP
• CBASE
• Praxis 1
• Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA)
• The National Survey of Student Engagement
• GRE
• And more

Outstanding value … and you can invite a group at no additional fee
The seminar fee is just $189. It applies per site, not per person … meaning you can invite others from around your campus to attend at no additional cost. Just sign on from a lecture hall or meeting facility!

Who should attend:
• Faculty
• Faculty Development Personnel
• Academic Affairs Personnel
• Academic Administrators
• Department Chairs
• Academic Deans
• Continuing/Extension Education Personnel

Featured Higher Education Presenter:

        Linda Suskie

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Audio Online Seminar • Thursday, December 4, 2008 • 12:00 - 1:30 PM CST • $214

Date(s): 12/04/08
Time: 12:00 PM Central Standard Time - See other time zones above.
Cost: $214.00
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