90-Minute Recording of Audio Online Seminar • Originally Broadcast December 4, 2008 • $189

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 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 is 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 also looks 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 CD cost is just $189. It applies per site, not per person … meaning you can invite others from around your campus to hear this program at no additional cost. Just project it in a lecture hall or meeting facility!

Who will benefit from hearing this seminar:
• Faculty
• Faculty Development Personnel
• Academic Affairs Personnel
• Academic Administrators
• Department Chairs
• Academic Deans
• Continuing/Extension Education Personnel

Featured Higher Education Presenter:

        Linda Suskie

Available in CD or print transcript format. The CD contains an audio presentation with PowerPoint and can be viewed on any standard personal computer equipped with Windows Media Player. Our CDs are not compatible with Macintosh computer systems. Presenter's handouts are included as a PDF on CDs and in hard copy with transcript purchases.

90-Minute Recording of Audio Online Seminar • Originally Broadcast December 4, 2008 • $189