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Assessment Education Framework

The Assessment Education Framework was developed by the NASPA Student Affairs Assessment, Evaluation and Research (SAAER) Knowledge Community to provide structure for those interested in learning more about assessment. A central goal of the framework is to assist practitioners who have been charged with assessment to intentionally choose training options to support their assessment work and track their training over time. NASPA is offering four hour-long webinars based on modules from the Framework beginning in April 2009.

Contact: Joseph DeSanto, Assistant Director of Educational Programs,
202-265-7500


Using Data for Decisions: Data Integration (Assessment 400)

Wednesday, July 22, 2009
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (EDT)

Webinar Overview:
A common challenge in the “world of assessment” is to “close the loop” by actually using data to drive decision-making.  Engaging assessment to the point of merely collecting data is not enough; using  findings to support decision-making to improve programming and overall student learning is vital if assessment is to be truly useful in higher education settings.  This webinar will focus on how data can be used to inform decision-making and to advance student learning. 

Overview of data integration techniques 

  • Determining appropriate uses for a data integration project
  • Data storage methodologies
  • Negotiating data access and use
  • Integrating and analyzing the data
  • Presenting the data

Attendees will learn the concepts involved in integrating data from multiple sources in order to build a multi-purpose dataset.  The example that will be used will be creating a first year student longitudinal dataset for the purposes of program evaluation, identifying at-risk academic performance indicators and retention tracking. 

Presenter:

Ted Elling  Ted Elling, EdD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
for Research and Systems Development
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Ted Elling is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs for Research and Systems Development at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His current responsibilities include coordinating research, assessment and information technology efforts for the division in addition to serving as the senior projects manager of various division and university wide initiatives. He received his Ed.D. in Higher and Adult Education from Teachers College, Columbia University with an emphasis in Student Personnel Administration. His research interests include data integration to enable assessment and program evaluation, first year student retention and graduation rate issues. He has published in the areas of assessment, minority student retention, information technology and the influence of work on college student development.  He was the national co-chair for the NASPA Assessment, Evaluation and Research Knowledge Community from 2005 to 2009.

Registration:

The registration period for this event has ended.

  By July 8, 2009 After July 8, 2009
Individual Member

$179

$229
Non-Member

$279

$339
Student Member

$129

$179

Last Day to Register is July 17, 2009!


Cancellation & Refund Policy:
Registration deadline is July 8, 2009. All requests for cancellation and refunds must be in writing and will incur a $35 processing fee. No refunds will be granted after July 8, 2009. Questions? Call the NASPA office at 202-265-7500 or via e-mail at office@naspa.org.