Scholarship of Assessment
Members of the UPAC (University Program Assessment Committee) leadership have actively engaged in peer development and scholarship in assessment. During the 2022-23 academic year, Walsh faculty presented their scholarship of assessment at regional and national conferences. The list of scholarly activities in assessment includes:
Drs. Amy Heston, Ute Lahaie, Mary Cook gave a poster presentation entitled Launching Effective Assessment Practices Through Collaborative Leadership at the IUPUI Assessment Institute in Indianapolis, IN, on 10/09/2022.
Drs. Ute Lahaie, Mary Cook, and Seth Hepner gave a poster presentation entitled Assessment Made Simple Through Targeted Professional Development at the IUPUI Assessment Institute in Indianapolis, IN, on 10/10/2022.
Drs. Ute Lahaie, Amy Heston, and Mary Cook gave a presentation entitled Optimizing Assessment for HLC Accreditation: Strategies and Initiatives at the Ohio Association for Institutional Research and Planning’s (OAIRP) Fall Conference in Columbus, OH on 10/21/2022.
Myla Demko, Dr. Tim Smith, and Dr. Amy Heston gave a presentation entitled Designing Assessment Strategies to Evaluate Student Success in Qualitative Analysis for the Organic Chemistry Laboratory at the Mid-East Honors Association (MEHA) in Indianapolis, IN on 4/23/2023.
Drs. Branko Bucar, Phil Kim and Chase Senk gave a presentation entitled What’s the Difference: A Comparative Analysis of the Use of the Standardized External Tests and Internally Developed Comprehensive Tests to Assess Program Objectives at the QM (Quality Matters) Ohio Annual Member Meeting in North Canton, OH on 5/12/2023.
Dr. Randall Rair gave a presentation entitled Test Environment for Optimal Performance in High School Students: Measure Development and the Relationship with Standardized Test Scores at the QM Ohio Annual Member Meeting in North Canton, OH on 5/12/2023.
Drs. Ute S. Lahaie, Amy Heston, Seth Hepner, and Mary Cook gave a presentation entitled How to Build a Culture of Assessment from Within at the Association for Institutional Research’s annual conference, the 2023 AIR Forum, in Cleveland, OH on 5/31/ 2023. This panel presentation was selected as a featured session by the AIR conference review panel.
Drs. Amy Heston, Ute Lahaie, and Mary Cook had their article Launching Effective Assessment Practices Through Collaborative Leadership: Our Assessment Journey published in the Assessment Update journal: Vol 35. No. 4 (Wiley.com), 7/21/2023.
