News & Events
This section is designed to provide assessment related news and events including: RIT highlights and initiatives, assessment opportunities, topics of interest, challenges, workshops and events.
News
3rd Annual Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Progress Report
Each academic degree program has been sent an email with a link to complete the progress report. Program submissions are due April 17, 2013. Please contact the SLOA Office at 475.2310 or visit the Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Progress Report web page if you have questions or need support.
Assessment is a Team Sport
A team (Leah Bradley, Sandi Connelly, Elizabeth Hane, and Anne Wahl) from RIT traveled to West Point, NY in April to present Assessment is a Team Sport at the 2013 Assessment Network of New York (ANNY) Conference. The presentation provided an overview of the Faculty Engagement Model that drives RIT’s General Education assessment practices. Click here to see the PowerPoint presentation.
Q2S: Assessing program level Student Learning Outcome’s (SLOs) during the transition to semesters
Be Strategic and Selective; focus on:
- 1–2 program level SLOs each year
- Courses/assignments in both quarter and semester programs (capstone, co-op, major project)
- Major elements of program level assessment plan (scoring guides, rubrics, analyze existing data)
- Creating opportunities for conversations about assessment data
We welcome the opportunity to work with you and your faculty. Call us at 585.475.2310.
Q2S: Redesigning your course for semesters
- Review our introductory Guide to Course level Assessment – Coming Soon
- Look for our Guide to Course level Assessment online tutorial – Coming Soon
RIT selected for client "Success Story" by TaskStream
Taskstream selected RIT to tell its own unique story on how we are using the Assessment Management System to archive, track, and manage our General Education Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan. Click here to read the story.
Upcoming Assessment Conferences
2013 Institute on General Education and Assessment
June 1–5, 2013 at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Author: AAC&U
Third Annual AALHE Assessment Conference (2013)
June 3-5, 2013 at Hilton Lexington/Downtown Hotel, Lexington, KY
Author: Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE)
9th Annual Summer Academic Assessment Institute
June 6-7, 2013 at Keene State College, Keene, NH
Author: New England Educational Assessment Network (NEEAN)
HEDS Annual Conference
June 9-12, 2013 at Embassy Suites, Indianapolis, IN
Author: Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium
Assessment in HE Conference
June 26-27, 2013 at Maple House Conference Center, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Assessment in the Arts Conference
July 18-20, 2013 at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Denver, CO
Author: RMCAD
12th Annual Assessment & Collaboration Conference
July 22-24, 2013 at Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, Chicago, IL
Author: LiveText
West Texas Assessment Conference
October 16, 2013 at Overton Hotel and Conference Center, Lubbock, TX
Author: Texas Tech University
2013 Assessment Institute
October 27-29, 2013 at Marriott Indianapolis Downtown, Indianapolis, IN
Author: IUPUI Planning and Institutional Improvement
MSCHE 2013 Annual Conference
December 8-10, 2013 at Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Author: Middle States Commission on Higher Education
