Summit provides opportunity to discuss assessment

Sacramento State Provost Joseph Sheley, in collaboration with the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Assessment and the Office of Academic Program Assessment, will hold the second Assessment Summit 1-4 p.m., Monday, March 9, in the University Union Forest Suite.

The theme this year is “Showcasing our Assessment, Celebrating our Success.” The summit is designed to give the campus community an opportunity to learn about the status of assessment and to preview campus submissions that were competitively reviewed and accepted for presentation at the annual Western Association of Schools and Colleges meeting in April.

In addition to remarks by Sheley, other speakers will include a PACA panel and presentations by Otis Scott, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies and sociology Professor Amy Liu; art professor Daniel Frye and Music Department chair Ernie Hills; and professor Roberta Ching, Learning Skills.

The summit is also an opportunity to showcase the University’s progress with assessment, to elicit comments that could help refine and enhance campus presentation at the WASC conference, and to demonstrate to WASC the University’s commitment to improve student learning says Don Taylor, director of Academic Planning and Quality.